（治妇女粉刺黑斑）
五月五日，收带根益母草紫花者，晒干烧灰，以商陆根捣自然汁，加好醋和搜灰作饼，炭火
过收之，半年方可入面擦之。能润肌去滞。苏颂曰∶唐天后炼益母草泽面，五月五日，采
益母根苗具者，勿令着土晒干，捣烂以面水和成丸，如鸡子大，再晒干，仍作一炉，四旁开
窍，上下置火，安药中央，大火烧一炊久，即去大火，留小火养之，勿令火绝，经一伏时出
之，瓷器中研极细无声，收用，如澡豆法，日用一方寸，每灰十两，加水飞滑石一两，胭脂
一两，研匀用之，一月之后，面如美玉。
（名女人面脂）
轻粉（一两） 杏仁（去皮，一两） 滑石（水飞，一两） 冰片（一分） 麝香（少许）
上为细末，蒸过，入冰麝再研，以鸡子清调匀，洗面后涂之。旬日，肤若凝脂。
冬瓜仁（五两，去壳） 桃花（四两） 白杨皮（二两）
为末，米饮服方寸匕，日三服。欲白，倍加冬瓜仁。欲红，倍加桃花。服三十日，面白如玉
，五十日后，手足皆白。一方∶用陈皮，去白杨皮，此宫中尝服之剂。
王瓜根捣汁，浆水和匀，入冰片少许，入夜洗面涂药，百日后，肌肤柔嫩，痱 全除。
玉容散 治妇女面无光彩，颜色白而不润泽。
香芷（五分） 肥皂（一两） 细辛（钱半） 甘松（二钱半） 荆芥（五钱） 木贼（三钱） 白丁香
（二钱） 杏仁（三钱） 花粉（五钱） 蕤仁（五钱） 藿香叶（三钱） 天虫（五钱） 山奈（钱半）
陀僧（五钱） 元明粉（三钱） 轻粉（二钱） 硫黄（一钱） 铅粉（一两） 苏合油（五钱，后
入） 冰片（一钱）
上药共为细末，临睡吐津调匀，擦面过夜，次日清早，用煮酒一杯，冲热水洗去，再拍玉容
粉。
Cardamomi Fructus Rotundus (Baidoukou Ren, white cardamom seed) [2 qian] Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Beixixin, Northern Asarum root and rhizome) [2 qian]
Pulverized, held in the mouth before sleep.
(Treating acne and black spots in women)
On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, collect Motherwort Herb (Yimucao, Leonurus japonicus) with roots and purple flowers, dry it, and burn it to ash. Crush Phytolaccae Radix (Shanglu, Pokeweed root) to obtain its natural juice, add good vinegar to mix and knead the ash into cakes, calcine over charcoal fire, and store. It can be used for facial rubbing only after half a year. It can moisten the skin and remove stagnation. Su Song said: Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty refined Motherwort Herb for facial care. The method is: on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, harvest Motherwort Herb with both roots and shoots, ensuring no soil contamination. Dry them, crush them, mix with flour and water to form pills the size of chicken eggs, dry them again, place them in a furnace with ventilation holes on all sides, position fire above and below, place the medicine in the center, burn fiercely for the duration of one meal, then reduce to a small fire to maintain heat without extinguishing it. After one "Fu Shi" (approx. two hours), take it out, grind it extremely fine in a porcelain vessel until silent, and store for use. Use it like bath powder, applying an area of one square inch daily. For every ten liang of ash, add one liang of Talcum (Huashi, Talc) processed by water flotation and one liang of Cinnabar (Yanzhi, here referring to red pigment/rouge). Grind evenly and use. After one month, the face will be as lustrous as beautiful jade.
(Named Women's Facial Fat/Cosmetic)
Calomelas (Qingfen, Mercurous Chloride) [1 liang] Almond (Xingren, Prunus armeniaca seed, peeled) [1 liang] Talcum (Huashi, Talc, water-flown) [1 liang] Borneolum Syntheticum (Bingpian, Borneol) [1 fen] Moschus (Shexiang, Musk) [a little]
All ingredients are ground into a fine powder, steamed, then mixed with Borneol and Musk and ground again. Blend with egg white, apply to the face after washing. Within ten days, the skin becomes smooth and glossy like congealed fat.
Benincasae Semen Exsiccatum (Dongguaren, Winter Melon Seed, shelled) [5 liang] Persicae Flos (Taohua, Peach Blossom) [4 liang] Cortex Populus Albæ (Baiyangpi, White Poplar Bark) [2 liang]
Grind into powder, take with rice drink, one fangcun bi per dose, three times a day. To whiten the complexion, double the amount of Benincasae Semen Exsiccatum. To redden the complexion, double the amount of Persicae Flos. After thirty days of ingestion, the face becomes white as jade; after fifty days, the hands and feet also become white. Another prescription: use Tangerine Peel (Chenpi), removing White Poplar Bark. This was a formula once consumed in the imperial palace.
Akebiae Caulis Radix (Wagua Gen, Wild Melon Root) crushed for juice, mixed evenly with Jiangshui (fermented rice water), add a little Borneolum Syntheticum. Wash face at night and apply medicine. After one hundred days, the skin becomes soft and tender, and prickly heat (Fei, miliaria) is completely eliminated.
Yurong San (Jade Face Powder) Treats dullness of the female face, pale color lacking moisture and luster.
Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Xiangzhi, Bai Zhi) [5 fen] Saponaria Officinalis (Fangzao, Soapwort) [1 liang] Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin, Asarum) [1.5 qian] Nardostachyos Radix et Rhizoma (Gansong, Spikenard) [2.5 qian] Schizonepetae Herba (Jingjie, Schizonepeta) [5 qian] Equiseti Stem (Muzei, Horsetail) [3 qian] Streptopeliae Faeces (Baidingxiang, Turtle Dove Droppings) [2 qian] Almond (Xingren, Prunus armeniaca seed) [3 qian] Panacis Japonici Radix (Huafen, Notoginseng or similar root depending on context, often Puerariae Radix or Panax notoginseng in ancient texts, here likely Puerariae Radix or similar whitening herb) [5 qen] Myrobalani Fructus Chebulae (Ruiren, Terminalia chebula fruit) [5 qian] Pogostemonis Herba (Huoxiangye, Patchouli Leaf) [3 qian] Bombyx Batryticatus (Tianchong, Dead Silkworm) [5 qian] Kaempferiae Rhizoma (Shannai, Sand Ginger) [1.5 qian] Calamina (Tuoseng, Calamine) [5 qian] Mirabilite (Yuanmingfen, Sodium Sulfate) [3 qian] Calomelas (Qingfen, Mercurous Chloride) [2 qian] Sulphur (Liuhuang, Sulfur) [1 qian] Cerussa (Qianfen, Lead Carbonate) [1 liang] Styrax Liquidus (Suheyóu, Liquid Storax) [5 qian, added last] Borneolum Syntheticum (Bingpian, Borneol) [1 qian]
All medicines are ground into a fine powder. Before sleep, mix with saliva, rub onto the face overnight. Early next morning, wash off with a cup of boiled wine diluted with hot water, then pat on Yurong Powder.