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Answer: The Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian (Zú Shàoyáng Dàn Jīng, Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Channel) manifests its luster in the hair. The Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian (Zú Shàoyīn Shèn Jīng, Foot Shaoyin Kidney Channel) manifests its brilliance in the hair. The Chong Mai (Chong Vessel) and Ren Mai (Ren Vessel) are the seas of the twelve meridians, referred to as the Sea of Blood (Xuè Hǎi, Sea of Blood). Their collaterals ascend to the lips and mouth. If blood is abundant, it nourishes the head, and the sideburns and hair will be beautiful. If the Sea of Blood is weak, the meridians will be empty and exhausted, unable to nourish and moisten; thus, the hair becomes sparse or bald. Some may have hair that is purely red or yellow.

Hair Growth Formula: Vitex Fruit (Cì Gāng Zǐ, Fructus Viticis), Celosia Seed (Qīng Yāng Zǐ, Semen Celosiae), Spreading Knotweed (Lián Zǐ Cǎo, Herba Polygoni Avicularis) (each 1 liang), Aconite Root (Fù Zǐ, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) ("er zi", a unit of measure or likely an error in the original text), Ash of Human Hair (Tóu Fà Huī, Cinis Capillorum) (1 spoonful).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Soak them in wine and place them in a porcelain vessel. Seal tightly and leave for two periods of fourteen days (28 days). Once prepared, mix with grease from a black hen and apply topically. First wash the hair with rice water, then apply the medicine. After several months, the hair can grow one chi long.

Eyebrow Growth Formula: Black Sesame Seeds harvested on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, dried in the shade and ground into powder. Mix with sesame oil and apply; eyebrows will grow luxuriantly.

Nourishing Yin and Blood Pill (Zī Yīn Yǎng Xuè Wán): Treats exhaustion deficiency, blood weakness, dry and rough muscles, restlessness in hands and feet, soreness and pain in limbs and joints, loss of sideburns and hair, lack of facial luster, abdominal tension and pain radiating to the lower back, excessive blood loss, internal depletion due to metrorrhagia and trauma, shortness of breath in the chest, inability to sleep day or night, depression and unhappiness, palpitations, and hyperhidrosis.
Ingredients: Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shú Dì Huáng, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dāng Guī, Radix Angelicae Sinensis) (each 1 liang), Deer Antler (Lù Róng, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum) (2 liang, processed with butter).
Grind the above into fine powder. Form pills with honey, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, swallowed with rice drink, at any time.

Answer: Generalized edema and swelling of the four limbs originate from water-dampness. Emaciation of the hands and feet with abdominal distension originates from Spleen pathology. Distension that is either full or diffuse relates to Qi stagnation. Regarding the symptom of abdominal distension, with bulging above and below, and a drum-like sound upon percussion, accompanied by panting and difficulty breathing, this arises because Qi from above does not descend and Qi from below does not ascend. Qi becomes obstructed in the middle jiao, having no place to rest. The Sanjiao (Triple Burner) becomes chaotic. If sudden distension occurs without other discomfort, this is due to dysfunction of the Spleen and Stomach, where cold qi suddenly attacks, invading the middle jiao cold, causing Qi to gather and condense, leading to obstruction and blockage, thus resulting in distension. The *Neijing* states: "Cold in the zang organs generates fullness diseases." This refers to such cases. If the umbilicus protrudes, it is difficult to treat; if there is free passage of stool, it is a adverse sign (ni zheng).

Agarwood Qi-Regulating Pill (Chén Xiāng Dǎo Qì Wán): Regulates Qi and reduces swelling.
Ingredients: Black and White Pharbitis Seeds (Hēi Bái Qiān Niú, Semen Pharbitidis) (each 1 liang, stir-fried, take 1 liang of powder), Green Citrus Peel (Qīng Pí, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride) (remove white pith, process together with Croton Seed), Tangerine Peel (Chén Pí, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) (remove white pith, process together with Croton Seed), Agarwood (Chén Xiāng, Aquilaria Lignum), Areca Seed (Bīng Láng, Semen Arecae) (half liang, sliced, processed with 50 Croton Seeds, remove husks and membranes, stir-fry the three ingredients until yellow, discard Croton Seeds), Scorpion (Quán Xiē, Scorpio), Chinese Pepper (Bì Chéng Qié, Fructus Tetradii), Clove (Dīng Xiāng, Flos Caryophylli), White Pepper (Hú Jiāo, Piperis Longi Fructus) (each half liang), Spurge Seed (Xù Suí Zǐ, Semen Euphorbiae Lathyridis) (1 qian, crushed), Radish Seed (Luó Bo Zǐ, Semen Raphani) (3 liang, stir-fried).
Grind the above into fine powder. Grind scallion whites into a paste and use it to bind the powder into pills, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with decoction of stir-fried wine lees; vinegar water is also acceptable.

Shenzhu Pill (Shén Zhù Wán): Treats emaciated limbs and large abdomen.
Ingredients: Burreed Tuber (Sān Léng, Rhizoma Sparganii), Cardamom Fruit Kernel (Cǎo Guǒ Zi Rén, Semen Amomi Rotundae), Chinaberry Fruit (Chuān Liàn Zǐ, Fructus Meliae Toosendan) (each 1 liang, boiled in one bowl of vinegar until dry, then baked dry), Fennel (Huí Xiāng, Fructus Foeniculi), Radish Seed (Luó Bo Zǐ, Semen Raphani), Inner Skin of Chestnut (Lì Zi Nèi Pí, Endocarpium Castaneae) (each 1 liang).
Grind the above into powder. Bind with vinegar paste into pills, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills with radish soup; reduce to 30 pills for those with deficiency.