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(One Treatise, Thirty Prescriptions)

The treatise states: Peng Zu said, "To make a person's body strong and prevent aging, to avoid exhausting Qi and strength through sexual intercourse, and to maintain a youthful complexion without signs of aging, nothing surpasses the antler of sika deer (Elaphurus davidianus). The method is to scrape it into powder, ten taels in weight, mix it with one raw Aconitum carmichaelii root (Sheng Fuzi), take one fangcun bi [a small measuring spoon] dose with wine, three times a day; this is highly effective. Alternatively, it can be roasted until slightly yellow and taken alone, which also prevents aging."

However, this prescription treats various diseases caused by deficiency and exhaustion (Xu Lao), eliminates impotence (Yin Wei), clear semen, insufficient strength, difficulty in urination and defecation resembling strangury (Lin syndrome), cold qi invading the head and forehead and knotting at the Guanyuan (CV 4) acupoint, weakness due to forced sexual activity, scanty semen with residual dripping, pain in the waist and spine, heaviness in the four limbs, dry throat and mouth, loss of taste in food, lack of Qi and strength, blurred vision, palpitations, restlessness, deficiency and exhaustion of the Five Zang organs, and shortness of breath with chest oppression.

Amber (Hu Po) (one tael, ground), Rapeseed (Wujingzi), Sesame Seed (Humaizi), Plantago Seed (Cheqianzi), Cnidium Fruit (Shechuangzi), Dodder Seed (Tusizi), Goji Berry (Gouqizi), [Text missing], Ophiopogon Tuber (Maidong) (each one sheng), Tangerine Peel (Jupi), Cistanche Stem (Roucongrou), Pine Resin (Songzhi), Oyster Shell (Muli) (each four taels), Pine Kernel (Songzi), Biota Seed (Baizi), Perilla Seed (Renzi) (each three taels), Cassia Twig Heart (Guixin), Dendrobium Stem (Shihu), Talcum (Huashi), Poria (Fuling), Szechuan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Ginseng Root (Renshen), Glehnia Root (Duheng), Teasel Root (Xuduan), Polygala Root (Yuanzhi), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Achyranthes Root (Niuxi), Moutan Bark (Mudan) (each three taels), Tetrapanax Pith (Tongcao) (three taels and a half).

Process each of the above thirty medicinal materials separately, sift them, mix them, and pound for two thousand strokes. Store them in a reed bag. Take one fangcun bi dose before meals, three times during the day and once at night. Decoct with cow or sheep milk until cooked. Regular consumption strengthens sexual function, lightens the body, tonifies Qi, aids digestion, increases appetite, enhances resistance to cold and heat, and cures various diseases. Even after intercourse with ten women, there will be no damage; the semen becomes solid like paste. After seventy days of taking this medicine, sexual intercourse is permissible. Long-term use makes the elderly appear younger, turns white hair black, and causes fallen teeth to regrow.

This prescription treats lightening of the body, tonifying Qi, strengthening bones, supplementing insufficient marrow, and making Yin Qi vigorous.

Cistanche Stem (Roucongrou), Schisandra Fruit (Wuweizi), Polygala Root (Yuanzhen), Licorice Root (Gancao) (each one sheng), Rehmannia Root (Sheng Dihuang) (thirty jin, juice extracted), Hackberry Fruit (Chushizi), Scrophularia Herb (Shenhuaocao), Dried Lacquer (Ganqi) (each [quantity missing]).

Soak the above eight medicinal materials in Rehmannia juice overnight, take them out, expose them to the sun to dry, then soak again, repeating until the juice is fully absorbed. Process into a powder. Take one fangcun bi dose with wine on an empty stomach, three times a day. After thirty days of intake, strength doubles; even after intercourse with ten women, there is no harm.