换白令黑方。
莲子草汁（一升） 母丁香（半两） 铁生（一两） 毗黎勒（一五） 东引槐枝灰（一
两）
摩勒
上件药。捣细罗为散。与莲子草汁相和令匀。每欲换时。先点药于髭须根下。即拔却。
涂药
难用
又方。
老生姜皮（一斤）
上置于油腻不洁铛中。密盖之。勿令通气。令一精细人。曙色未分。便须缓煎之。尽一
日。
第四
染髭发令黑方。
没石子 乌药 鸡肠草 莲子草 青胡桃皮 酸石榴皮 马齿苋 青盐 熟干地黄 东
南柳
上件药。都捣。用蜜水和为剂。以春大麦面裹。入瓷罐子内盛。用盐泥固济。候干。更
泥。
自然
换髭法。
黑 猪鬃〔灰二（一）两〕 没石子（一七枚酥炒黑焦） 酸石榴皮（末四钱） 母丁
香（末
三钱） 旱莲子（末四钱）
上件药。都研令极细。每拔时。药末一字。生姜汁少许。旋折柳枝子搅如稀膏。别以新
柳枝
黑髭鬓。铅梳子方。
铅（十两） 锡（三两二味同销为汁去滓令净） 没石子（二枚） 诃黎勒皮（二枚） 婆
罗得
（四
两醋炒）
熟
上件药。捣罗为末。先销铅锡为汁。取诸药末一半入铅锡中。以柳木篦搅令匀。便倾入
梳模
以热
乌色。
换髭法。
莲子草（一两） 没石子（五枚） 母丁香（十枚） 猪粪灰（一两） 酸石榴皮（一
枚）
上都捣。罗为末。用生姜自然汁和。瓷盒内盛。以东引柳枝子。点于白髭下。点药了。
便拔
又方。
酸石榴根（三两细锉） 白蜜（三两） 硫黄（一两细研） 绿矾（一两细研）
上件药相和。入瓶子中。从今年十二月埋之。至来年十二月内取出。用涂须发甚良。
又方。
胡粉（二两） 锻石（六两）
上件药。以橘皮煎汤。和之如粥。先以皂荚汤。净洗发髭极净。候干。夜卧时。以药涂
髭发
以生
又方。
硼砂（一两） 酸石榴（一两）
上件药。将硼砂。纳在石榴中心。却盖封定。盛于瓷瓶中。埋于马粪内。三七日取出。
用染
又方。
胡桃根皮（一秤） 莲子草（十斤）
上件药。碎锉。入瓷瓶子内。以水五斗。浸一日去滓。釜中熬至五升。入芸苔油一斗。
以慢火同煎取五升。收贮瓶内。染头时。先用炭灰汁洗净。后用药涂之讫。即上用牛蒡叶包
裹。上更用绢油子裹。如此五七日黑也。常夜洗涂之为妙。
染髭鬓令黑。永不白方。
婆罗勒 生铁屎（捶碎） 母丁香 诃黎勒皮 莲子草 草豆蔻（去皮） 黄连（去须）
密
陀僧
上件药。捣罗为末。用清浆水一升相和。即入瓷瓶中。以蜡纸密封头。不令水入。即于
宅内
寸以
候口
一染
又方。
生麻油（二升） 干瓦松（一斤半）
上于油中煎瓦松令焦。即取出。细研为散。却别入生麻油内浸之。涂髭发甚妙。
又方。
上取八九月经霜桐叶兼子。多收捣碎蒸之。以生布绞取油。先以泔洗头净后。涂此油。
熟
又方。
上用铧铁打作四十九片。如棋子大。烧令赤。即于浆水中淬之。又更烧淬。如此四十九
遍。
Formula for turning white hair black.
*Portulaca oleracea* juice (1 sheng) *Syzgium aromaticum* (half liang) Iron filings, raw (1 liang) Terminalia chebula Retz. (1.5 liang) Ash from branches of locust tree growing towards the east (1 liang) Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.
The above herbs. Pounded finely and sieved into a powder. Mixed evenly with *Portulaca oleracea* juice. Whenever one wishes to change the color, first apply the medicine to the root of the beard/hair, then pluck it out.
Apply medicine
Difficult to use
Another formula.
Skin of old ginger root (1 jin)
Place it in a greasy and unclean cauldron. Cover tightly to prevent air circulation. Have a meticulous person slowly decoct it before dawn. Continue for one full day.
Fourth
Formula for dyeing beard and hair black.
Chebulic myrobalan *Aucklandia lappa* *Commelina communis* *Portulaca oleracea* Skin of green walnut Acid pomegranate peel Purslane Green salt Prepared *Rehmanniae Radix* Willow branches from the southeast direction
The above herbs. All pounded. Mixed with honey water to form a paste. Wrapped in spring barley flour. Placed inside a porcelain jar. Sealed firmly with salt mud. Wait until dry, then apply another layer of mud.
Naturally dried
Method for changing beard.
Black Pig bristle ash (1 liang) Chebulic myrobalan (7 pieces, stir-fried with butter until black and charred) Acid pomegranate peel (powdered, 4 qian) *Syzgium aromaticum* (powdered, 3 qian) *Ecliptae Herba* (powdered, 4 qian)
The above herbs. All ground to an extremely fine powder. Each time plucking, take a "yi zi" amount (a very small quantity) of the powder, add a little fresh ginger juice, and stir with a broken willow branch until it forms a thin paste. Use a new willow branch separately
to dye the beard and temples black. Formula for lead comb.
Lead (10 liang) Tin (3 liang, melt both together, remove impurities to make clean) Chebulic myrobalan (2 pieces) Bark of Terminalia chebula Retz. (2 pieces) Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. (4 liang, stir-fried with vinegar and cooked)
The above herbs. Pounded and sieved into powder. First melt lead and tin into liquid. Take half of the herb powder and add it into the lead-tin liquid. Stir evenly with a willow wood spatula. Then pour into a comb mold.
With heat
To achieve a black color.
Method for changing beard.
*Portulaca oleracea* (1 liang) Chebulic myrobalan (5 pieces) *Syzgium aromaticum* (10 pieces) Ash from pig manure (1 liang) Acid pomegranate peel (1 piece)
The above herbs. All pounded and sieved into powder. Mixed with natural juice of fresh ginger. Stored in a porcelain box. Using a willow branch growing towards the east, dot the medicine under the white beard hairs. After applying the medicine,
pluck immediately
Another formula.
Roots of acid pomegranate (3 liang, finely chopped) White honey (3 liang) Sulfur (1 liang, finely ground) Green vitriol (1 liang, finely ground)
Mix the above herbs. Place in a bottle. Bury it starting from December of this year. Retrieve it in December of the following year. Applying it to beard and hair is very effective.
Another formula.
Cerussa (Lead carbonate) (2 liang) Calcined stone (6 liang)
The above herbs. Mix with decoction of orange peel to a porridge-like consistency. First wash the head and beard thoroughly with soap pod soup. Wait until dry. At night before sleep, apply the medicine to the beard and hair.
Use raw
(Note: Text implies application with raw oil or keeping moist)
Another formula.
Borax (1 liang) Acid pomegranate (1 piece)
The above herbs. Place borax into the center of the pomegranate. Seal it tightly. Store in a porcelain bottle. Bury in horse manure. Retrieve after twenty-one days. Use for dyeing
Another formula.
Bark of walnut root (1 cheng) *Portulaca oleracea* (10 jin)
The above herbs. Finely chopped. Place in a porcelain bottle. Soak in 5 dou of water for one day, then remove dregs. Decoct in a pot until reduced to 5 sheng. Add 1 dou of rapeseed oil. Simmer over low fire together until reduced to 5 sheng. Store in a bottle. When dyeing hair, first wash clean with plant ash water. Then apply the medicine. Immediately wrap with burdock leaves. Wrap further with silk-oiled paper. In this manner, it turns black after five to seven days. It is best to wash and apply at night regularly.
Formula for dyeing beard and temples black, never turning white again.
Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. Iron oxide scale, raw (crushed) *Syzgium aromaticum* Bark of Terminalia chebula Retz. *Portulaca oleracea* Cardamom seed, peeled Coptis chinensis Franch., remove roots
Litharge
The above herbs. Pounded and sieved into powder. Mix with 1 sheng of clear fermented grain water. Place in a porcelain bottle. Seal the mouth tightly with wax paper to prevent moisture entry. Bury in the courtyard
one cun deep in soil
Wait for opening
One dyeing session
Another formula.
Raw sesame oil (2 sheng) Dried *Parmelia saxatilis* (1.5 jin)
Fry the *Parmelia saxatilis* in the oil until charred. Remove and grind finely into powder. Soak it back into raw sesame oil separately. Applying to beard and hair is very wonderful.
Another formula.
Take tung leaves and fruits that have undergone frost in August or September. Collect plenty, pound, and steam. Squeeze out the oil using raw cloth. First wash the head cleanly with rice washing water. Then apply this oil.
Cooked
Another formula.
Take the plowshare iron from the above method, hammer into forty-nine pieces. Size like chess pieces. Heat until red hot. Quench in fermented grain water. Heat and quench again. Repeat this process forty-nine times.