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Dry the *Asparagi Radix* (Tianmendong, 天门冬) in the sun. Mix with honey and pound into pills. Use daily to wash the face.

Another prescription: *Trichosanthis Pericarpium* (Gualou Rang, 栝蒌瓤) (3 liang), *Semen Armeniacae Amarum* (Xingren, 杏仁) (1 liang), and *Porcinus Pancreas* (Zhu Yin, 猪胰) (pounded into a paste). Apply to the face every night to make the skin lustrous and smooth. It prevents chapping of the skin in winter.

*Os Tibiae Ovinae* (Yang Jing Gu, 羊胫骨) (powdered), mixed with *Ovi Albumen* (Jizi Qing, 鸡子清). Apply to the face every night and wash off with rice water in the morning. After ten days, the complexion becomes white and tender; this is highly effective.

Four large pig trotters. Wash clean and boil down into a paste. Apply to the face before sleep and wash off the next morning. Wrinkles will disappear after half a month.

Rendered pork fat. Apply every night.

*Semen Tribuli* (Jili Zi, 蒺藜子) and *Gardeniae Fructus* (Shanzhizi, 山栀子) (each 1 he). Pound into powder. Mix evenly with vinegar. Apply at night and wash in the morning.

*Calomelas* (Qingfen, 轻粉), *Talcum* (Huashi, 滑石) (purified by water flotation), and *Semen Armeniacae Amarum* (Xingren, 杏仁) (skin removed, pulp taken, equal parts). Pound into powder and steam. Add *Borneolum Syntheticum* (Bingpian, 冰片) (a small amount). Mix evenly with egg white (yolk removed). Wash the face and apply. After one month, the complexion resembles red jade. This is named "Red Jade Paste" (Hongyu Gao, 红玉膏).

Another prescription: *Litharge* (Miduoseng, 密陀僧) (1 liang), finely powdered. Mix with human milk or honey to form a thin paste. Slightly warm it each night and apply as a hot compress to the face. Wash off the next morning.

Also, decoct winter mulberry leaves (*Folium Mori*, Dong Sang Ye, 冬桑叶) into a concentrated juice for storage. In winter, take one cup of this juice mixed with water to wash the face in the morning. The skin becomes smooth as a mirror and is protected from cold.

(Also known as facial acne/pustules)
Mix aged *Calcitum* (Chen Duanshi, 陈锻石) with vinegar and apply externally.

Another prescription: Burn loofah sponge (*Luffae Fructus Retiatus*, Sigua, 丝瓜) until carbonized but retaining its nature, powder it, mix with water, and apply.

Another prescription: *Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus Spina* (Zaojiao, 皂角) (2 liang), *Arisaema Cum Bile* (Sheng Nanxing, 生南星) (2 qian), and *Oryza Sativa Glutinosa Semen* (Nuomi, 糯米) (1 he). Pound together into powder. Mix with ginger juice and apply; effects are immediate.

Another prescription: *Rhei Radix et Rhizoma* (Dahuang, 大黄), *Bletillae Rhizoma* (Baiji, 白芨), and *Myrobalan Myrobalanus Chebulae Fructus* (Wubeizi, 五倍子) pounded together into powder. If injured by falling while drunk and struck by a stone, causing bleeding from the face and forehead that does not stop, apply juice from crushed olives (*Canarii Fructus*, Ganlan, 橄榄) ground with water. Healing occurs overnight.

Buckwheat hulls, mung bean hulls, black soybean hulls, *Cassiae Semen* (Juemingzi, 决明子), and *Chrysanthemi Flos* (Juhua, 菊花) used together as pillow filling. Eyesight remains bright even in old age.

On the 23rd day of the ninth lunar month each year, wash the eyes once with mulberry leaf decoction. Eyesight will never dim in old age, and one can read fine print at night; the benefits are infinite. Mulberry leaves harvested on the 5th day of the fifth month, the 6th day of the sixth month, or during the Start of Winter solar term are best. Mix in equal proportions with black sesame seeds (*Sesami Nigris Semen*, Heizhima, 黑脂麻), form honey pills, named "Mulberry Pill" (Fusang Wan, 扶桑丸). It removes gray hair, darkens beard, and improves vision.