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Seeds (referring to herbs that tonify the kidney, secure essence, and promote fertility) can treat various diseases.

*Sha Jili* (Tribuli Fructus) 8 liang, *Chuan Xuduan* (Dipsaci Radix) 4 liang (washed with wine), *Fupenzi* (Rubiae Semen) 4 liang (washed with wine, calyx removed), dried *Gouqi* (Lycii Fructus) 4 liang, *Shanyuzi* (Corni Fructus) 4 liang (pits removed, washed with wine).
Processed into steamed dough cakes, beaten with wine into pills, size of a wutong seed. Take 3 qian on an empty stomach, taken down with plain boiled water.

*Chenxiang* (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), *Muxiang* (Aucklandiae Radix), *Lurong* (Cervi Cornu Degelatinatum), *Da Huixiang* (Foeniculi Fructus), *Xiao Huixiang* (Anisi Stellati Fructus) (stir-fried with salt water), *Qingpi* (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride), *Zhizi* (Gardeniae Fructus) (shell removed, stir-fried), *Buguzhi* (Psoraleae Fructus), *Mutong* (Akebiae Caulis), *Shudi Huang* (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), *Roucongrong* (Cynomorii Herba), *Dilong* (Pheretima) (washed clean of soil, stir-dried), *Shichangpu* (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma) each 1 liang, *Huba* (Foeniculi Fructus / often refers to Fagara or similar in this context, here likely *Huluba* Trigonellae Semen given the pairing, but text says Huba, literal translation: *Haba*) 2 liang (half raw, half processed), one pair of *Dahaima* (Hippocampus) (roasted with butter), *Renshen* (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (optional).
Grind all into fine powder, bind with wine paste into pills, size of a wutong seed. Take 1 qian per dose, twice daily (morning and evening), efficacy seen after two weeks (14 days).

*Liu Huang* (Sulfur) 4 liang, ground into powder, mixed with water to form a paste. Take 3 liang of *Shiyan* (Swallow Stone/Ornithocephalus fossil), heat until red hot, frequently throw into the paste until it becomes酥 (crumbly/brittle texture). External use ingredients: *Baiziren* (Biota Semen) 3 qian, *Gouqi* (Lycii Fructus) 5 qian, *Renshen* (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) 3 qian.
Grind all into fine powder, bind with flour paste into pills, size of a mung bean. Take 40 pills per dose, taken down with light salt water.

Another prescription:
Crack a small hole at the top of an egg, remove the yolk and white, clean the shell. Fill the shell completely with sliced *Renshen* (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), seal the hole with cotton paper, and incubate together with twenty-one fertilized rooster eggs until all eggs are dry.
Take out the ginseng, grind into powder, seal in a clean porcelain bottle. Take 3 fen every night with wine.

*Renshen* (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) 2 qian, *Gouqi* (Lycii Fructus) 5 qian.
Decoct in water and wine totaling 2 jin, drink in several portions. When drinking wine, take pig kidneys, score them with a knife in cross-hatch patterns, and fill the grooves with powder made from 5 qian of *Gu Zhi* (Psoraleae Fructus).

Treats symptoms of shortness of spirit, irritability and restlessness, restless sleep at night, palpitations and fright (Jing Ji Zheng Zhong - sudden palpitations and constant anxiety), mental confusion, and forgetfulness.
*Chuan Lian* (Coptidis Rhizoma) 8 liang (stir-fried with ginger juice), *Guishen* (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) 3 liang, *Sheng Dihuang* (Rehmanniae Radix Recens) 3 liang, *Sheng Cao* (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Recens) 1 liang, *Xuanshen* (Scrophulariae Radix) 4 liang (washed with wine), *Zao Ren* (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen) 2 liang (stir-fried until black), *Bai Fushen* (Poria cum Risso) 4 liang, *Yuanzhi Rou* (Polygalae Radix) 2 liang (soaked in licorice water), *Hupo* (Electrum) 1 liang, *Xijiao* (Rhinocerotis Cornu) 1 liang, *Chensha* (Cinnabaris) 1 liang (used as coating).
Make pills using decoction of Lotus Seed (*Lianzi*) and Rush Pith (*Dengxin*), size of a wutong seed. Take 1 qian per dose, taken down with plain boiled water on an empty stomach.