“上古天真论”曰∶男子年过八八六十四数，先天渐失，元气寝虚，脏腑皆衰，筋骨弛懈，血脉
短促，精神耗散，肌肉无华，日就憔悴。惟借药饵扶护，以培后天。语云∶破屋修容易。此之谓也。古
圣先哲尝草以备药，治人百病，复遗
方书以利后世，诚以医药有斡旋造化之功。无如服饵者，守身不慎，致六气外侵、七情内炽、饮食众毒
暗攻，虽日进参术，犹之用兵者，锐师临阵、强寇势盛，寡不敌众，无效则谓参术无功，置而勿论，非
自贻伊芳戚乎。方书所载补益之剂甚多，或真材无处可求，或大药乏资难购，又或铺张灵应，名实不符。今
惟取平易而素尝历验者，略载数方，以备采择，既自宝以护身，兼广传而寿世。
前云慎医药戒漫尝者，以病时言也，此云备药物谨护持者，以平时言也。
长春至宝丹 （服此丹能健脾开胃，进食止泻，强筋壮骨，填精补髓，活血助阳，润泽肌肤，调
和五脏，延年益寿，返老还童。凡人六十以后，急需接助，以救残衰，服此丹，至老无痿弱之症。）
鹿角胶（四两） 牡蛎粉（炒成珠） 熟地（八两） 枸杞子（四两，酒蒸） 当归（四两，酒蒸）
破故纸（四两） 牛膝（四两，酒洗） 巨胜子（四两，炒） 巴戟（四两，酒浸） 肉苁蓉（酒洗，
去鳞甲，六两） 杜仲（姜汁炒去丝，四两） 哺退鸡蛋壳（七个，炙黄，研） 鳖头（五两，蜜酥炙）
黑驴肾（一条，切片，酒煨，杵烂） 琐阳（四两，酥炙） 黄狗肾（三条，酒煨，杵烂） 人参
鸽子蛋（三十六个，煮熟入药）
先将众药磨成细末，将二肾、鸽蛋捣烂，入药拌匀，蜜丸，石臼杵千余下，做成桐子大。每服三钱。
老年常服精力不衰方
白蜜（二斤） 公猪 子油（四两） 核桃（二斤） 鸡蛋（二十个）
先将蜜熬好，猪油切烂放下，又将桃肉用水泡去皮，捣碎放下，复将蛋打开放下，滚好，随
将大碗盛贮。早晚或汤或滚水化开，任服。
八仙糕 （治无病，久病，老病脾胃虚弱，精神短少等症）
人参 山药（六两） 莲肉（六两） 芡实（六两） 茯苓（六两） 糯米（七升） 早粳米（
七升） 白糖霜（二两五钱）
上将山药、参、莲、芡、苓五味，各为细末，再将粳、糯米为粉，与上药末和匀，并白糖入蜜汤中
炖化，摊铺笼内，切成条，蒸熟，火上烘干，收好。饥时用白汤泡数条服。舒脾宽胃，功难笔述。
回春乌龙丸 （此秘方。服之体健身轻，耳聪目明，乌须黑发，齿落更生，阳事强壮，丹田如火
，百病消除）
乌龙（一付全用。即乌犬骨，连头至尾脊骨一条，不用水洗，用黄酒浸一宿，用硼砂五钱，和奶酥油
搽骨上，火炙黄色为度，秤骨二十四两足。犬须一周年者佳，如走去阳者不效。一犬不足，用二犬骨，务
秤足分两） 胡桃仁（五钱，去皮，炒黄） 巴戟（酒浸，去骨，一两） 石莲子（去壳，一两）
枣仁（炒，一两） 远志（甘草水浸，酒炒）一两 肉苁蓉（酒洗，去鳞甲，三两）
石斛（要金钗者，二两） 桑寄生（二两） 大茴香（一两，酒炒） 故纸（二两。酒炒） 石菖
蒲（一两） 芡实（炒，一两） 莲须（一两） 鹿茸一对（炙酥）
上药共末，用黄酒打糊为丸，桐子大。每服空腹，酒下。
牛骨髓膏 （此膏专补虚损，活血荣筋，润泽肌肤，返老转童）
牛髓一斤，炼过白蜜一斤，和在一处，瓷罐收贮。另用炒熟麦面，每面三匙用髓蜜二匙拌匀，滚水
或酒冲服。
脂桃膏 （取木火相生）
补骨脂十两（拣净，黄酒浸一夕，蒸熟晒干，为末。又名破故纸） 胡桃肉二十两（温水泡去皮，
捣如泥） 蜂蜜一斤（白者更佳）
先将蜂蜜入锅内煎一二滚，即以前二味入蜜内搅匀，收入瓷罐内。每饭前空心，酒调一盏服。如不
饮酒，用滚水亦可。（忌芸苔、油菜）
补骨脂属火，坚固元阳，暖丹田，入命门补相火。（肾虚则命门火衰，不能熏蒸，致脾胃虚寒，迟
于运化，饮食减少，故补命门相火即是补脾胃也）胡桃肉属木，温肺化痰，补气养血，通命门，助肾火
，合故纸有木火相生之妙，能使精气内充。昔郑相国生平不服他药，只此一方久服，后容颜如少，须发
转黑。
牛乳膏
牛乳（二斤） 淮山药一斤（研成粉） 杏仁一斤（滚水泡，去皮尖）
先将山药、杏仁细研成粉，拌入牛乳，用新瓷罐封固久煮。每日空心酒调服。
牛乳补虚劳。山药，白入肺，甘入脾，补其不足，又益肾强阴，益心气，治健忘，化痰，止遗
精泻痢。杏仁除风散寒，顺气行痰，润燥消积。
莲薏粥
白莲肉（去皮心，一两） 薏苡仁（一两） 白米（一合）
莲肉涩精浓肠，除脾泄。薏苡仁健脾去湿，补肺清热，治香港脚，疗筋急。白米粥畅胃气，生精
液，除烦清热。
黄 汤
黄 乌鸡（骨肉毛俱黑者良）
黄 补气固表，实腠理，炙用补中，益元气，生血。乌鸡属水（余皆属木，故动风）补虚温中
，益肝肾。男用雌。
延年益寿膏 （能乌须延年，填精补髓，阴虚阳弱无子者服至半年即有子，神效）
赤白何首乌各一斤（黑豆拌蒸晒） 赤白茯苓各一斤（人乳拌蒸晒） 怀山药四两（姜汁拌炒）
川牛膝（酒炒，八两） 菟丝子八两（酒炒） 甘枸杞（八两） 杜仲（去皮，姜汁炒，八两） 破故纸
（四两，黑芝麻拌炒，去麻不用）
炼蜜丸，梧子大。每服七十丸，盐汤或酒任下。
加味安神丸 （主安神益志，治心虚血少，触事多惊及健忘、不寐。服之神气自足）
当归身（酒炒，二两） 熟地黄（二两） 茯神（一两五钱） 远志肉（一两，泡，去心） 炒酸枣
仁（一两） 炙黄 （二两） 人参 柏子仁（一两五钱） 上桂（五钱） 白芍药（一两，炒） 北五味
（五钱） 小橘红（一两） 粉甘草（五钱）
蜜丸。每服三钱，滚水下。
加减资生丸 （治脾气怯弱，食后反饱）
杭白术（漂） 薏苡仁（炒） 淮山药（蒸） 白扁豆（炒，各二两） 北桔梗（一两） 白茯苓
（蒸） 白豆蔻（去壳，煨） 炒吴曲 大麦芽（炒） 香附米 西砂仁（去壳） 净芡实（炒） 广橘皮
（各一两） 白莲肉（去心，四两） 粉甘草（一两）
研末，炼蜜丸。每服五钱。
辟寒丹
雄黄 赤石脂（粘香者佳） 干姜
上各等分，为末，用蜜同白松香末为丸，如梧子大。酒送下四丸，至服十丸止。可不衣棉，赤身入水。
辟暑丹
雌黄（研，水飞） 白石脂（水飞） 丹砂（研细，黄泥裹烧如粉） 磁石（水飞去赤）
各等分，人乳同白松香为丸，如小豆。空心白汤送下四丸，服至三两许。夏月衣裘褐，暑气亦不侵入。
二方乃仙传，颇有神验也。
黑发乌须方
黑豆五升，拣去扁破。用一大砂锅，将乌骨老母鸡一只，煮汤二大碗。无灰老酒二大碗。何首乌四两
，鲜者用竹刀削碎，陈者用木槌打碎，陈米四两，旱莲草四两，桑椹三两，生地黄四两，归身四两，破故
纸二两，俱为 咀，拌豆。以酒、汤为水，砂锅大作一料，砂锅小作二料，用文火煮豆，以干为度。去药
，存豆，取出晾去热气，以瓷罐盛之。空心用淡盐汤食一小合。以其曾用鸡汤煮过，早晚宜慎于盖藏，以
防蜈蚣也。食完再制。但自此永不可食萝卜。服至半载，须发从内黑出，目明如少，极妙。
The "Treatise on the Heavenly Origin of Ancient Times" states: When a man passes the age of sixty-four (eight cycles of eight years), his congenital foundation gradually diminishes, and his primordial qi (Yuan Qi) becomes increasingly deficient. The functions of the zang-fu organs all decline; muscles and bones become lax and weak; blood vessels become short and restricted; spirit and essence are dissipated; muscles lose their luster; and he becomes emaciated day by day. One can only rely on medicinal herbs to support and protect, thereby cultivating the post-heavenly spleen and stomach. As the saying goes, "It is easy to repair a dilapidated house." This is what it refers to.
Ancient sages and philosophers personally tasted hundreds of herbs to prepare medicines, treating various diseases in people, and left behind prescription books to benefit future generations. This is truly because medicine and herbs possess the miraculous power to reverse fate and save lives. Unfortunately, those who take medicines often fail to guard their bodies carefully, leading to invasions of the six climatic pathogens from outside, excessive internal emotional disturbances, and dark attacks by various toxins in food. Even if they take ginseng and atranagalus daily, it is like using an elite army in battle against a powerful enemy that is strong and numerous; the few cannot defeat the many. If there is no effect, they conclude that ginseng and atranagalus are ineffective, discard them, and stop discussing them. Is this not inviting disaster upon oneself?
Prescription books record many tonifying formulas. Some true materials are hard to find; some precious drugs are difficult to purchase due to lack of funds; or perhaps there is exaggerated promotion of their efficacy, with names not matching reality. Now, I only select those that are simple and have been frequently verified as effective, briefly recording a few for reference. This serves both to cherish oneself and protect the body, and to widely spread these methods to benefit the world.
The previous mention of "being cautious with medicine and avoiding random experimentation" refers to the time when one is ill. The current mention of "preparing medicines and guarding carefully" refers to daily health preservation.
Changchun Zhibao Dan (Taking this pill strengthens the spleen and opens the appetite, stops diarrhea, strengthens tendons and bones, fills essence and supplements marrow, invigorates blood and assists yang, moistens skin, harmonizes the five zang organs, prolongs life, and reverses aging. For anyone over sixty, urgent assistance is needed to rescue declining vitality. Taking this pill ensures no weakness symptoms until old age.)
Deer Antler Glue (4 liang) Oyster Shell Powder (stir-fried until pearl-like) Prepared Rehmannia Root (8 liang) Goji Berries (4 liang, steamed with wine) Angelica Sinensis (4 liang, steamed with wine)
Psoralea Fruit (4 liang) Achyranthes Root (4 liang, washed with wine) Sesame Seed (4 liang, stir-fried) Morinda Root (4 liang, soaked in wine) Cistanche Stem (washed with wine, scales removed, 6 liang) Eucommia Bark (stir-fried with ginger juice, silk fibers removed, 4 liang) Chicken Eggshell (7 pieces, roasted yellow, ground) Turtle Head/Shell (5 liang, roasted with honey and butter)
Black Donkey Kidney (1 piece, sliced, simmered in wine, pounded soft) Cynomorium (4 liang, roasted with butter) Yellow Dog Kidney (3 pieces, simmered in wine, pounded soft) Ginseng
Pigeon Eggs (36 pieces, cooked and added to medicine)
First, grind all herbs into fine powder. Pound the two kidneys and pigeon eggs until soft, mix with the herb powder, form pills with honey, pound in a stone mortar over a thousand times, and shape into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 3 qian per dose.
Elderly Daily Pill for Unfading Vitality
White Honey (2 jin) Oil from Male Pig Testicles (4 liang) Walnut Kernels (2 jin) Eggs (20 pieces)
First, boil the honey well. Add the chopped pig oil. Then soak the walnut meat in water, peel it, pound it, and add it. Next, beat the eggs and add them. Boil well, then store in a large bowl. Take morning and evening, either as soup or dissolved in boiling water, as desired.
Baxian Gao (Treats spleen and stomach deficiency, lack of spirit, etc., caused by being healthy for long periods, chronic illness, or old age)
Ginseng Chinese Yam (6 liang) Lotus Seeds (6 liang) Euryale Seed (6 liang) Poria (6 liang) Glutinous Rice (7 sheng) Early Japonica Rice (7 sheng) White Sugar Frost (2.5 qian)
First, grind the Chinese yam, ginseng, lotus seeds, euryale seeds, and poria into fine powders separately. Then grind the japonica rice and glutinous rice into flour. Mix the flour with the herb powders evenly. Dissolve the white sugar in honey water, steam the mixture spread in a steamer basket, cut into strips, dry on fire, and store. Soak several strips in plain hot water and eat when hungry. It soothes the spleen and widens the stomach; its merits are hard to describe fully.
Huichun Wulong Wan (This is a secret formula. After taking it, the body becomes strong and light, hearing and vision improve, hair turns black, fallen teeth regrow, sexual function strengthens, the lower dantian feels warm, and hundred diseases are eliminated.)
Wulong (One whole set. That is, black dog bone, including the entire spine from head to tail. Do not wash with water. Soak in yellow wine overnight. Rub with 5 qian borax mixed with milk butter onto the bone. Roast over fire until yellow. Weigh exactly 24 liang of bone. Dogs with whiskers grown for one year are best; castrated dogs are ineffective. If one dog's bone is insufficient, use two dogs' bones, ensuring the weight is exact.) Walnut Kernels (5 qian, peeled, stir-fried yellow) Morinda Root (soaked in wine, woody core removed, 1 liang) Stone Lotus Seed (shelled, 1 liang)
Sour Jujube Kernel (stir-fried, 1 liang) Polygala Root (soaked in licorice water, stir-fried with wine) 1 liang Cistanche Stem (washed with wine, scales removed, 3 liang)
Dendrobium (Jinchai variety preferred, 2 liang) Taxillus Branch (2 liang) Star Anise (1 liang, stir-fried with wine) Psoralea Fruit (2 liang, stir-fried with wine) Acorus Rhizome (1 liang) Euryale Seed (stir-fried, 1 liang) Lotus Stamen (1 liang) Deer Antler Velvet (one pair, roasted until crisp)
Grind all herbs into powder. Use yellow wine to make a paste and form pills, size of paulownia seeds. Take on an empty stomach, swallowed with wine.
Ox Marrow Paste (This paste specifically tonifies deficiency, invigorates blood, nourishes tendons, moistens skin, and reverses aging.)
Ox Marrow 1 jin, refined white honey 1 jin. Mix together and store in a porcelain jar. Separately, use roasted wheat flour. For every 3 spoons of flour, mix with 2 spoons of marrow-honey paste. Take with boiling water or wine.
Zhitao Gao (Taking the principle of Wood generating Fire)
Psoralea Fruit 10 liang (cleaned, soaked in yellow wine overnight, steamed, dried, ground. Also known as Po Gu Zi) Walnut Meat 20 liang (soaked in warm water, peeled, pounded into paste) Honey 1 jin (white is better)
First, boil the honey in a pot for one or two boils. Add the first two ingredients to the honey and stir evenly. Store in a porcelain jar. Take one cup before meals on an empty stomach, mixed with wine. If one does not drink alcohol, boiling water is also acceptable. (Avoid rapeseed and mustard greens.)
Psoralea belongs to Fire, solidifying primordial yang, warming the dantian, entering the Mingmen to supplement ministerial fire. (Kidney deficiency leads to Mingmen fire decline, failing to warm and transform, causing spleen-stomach deficiency-cold, slow digestion, and reduced appetite. Thus, supplementing Mingmen ministerial fire is equivalent to tonifying the spleen and stomach.) Walnut meat belongs to Wood, warming the lungs, resolving phlegm, tonifying qi and blood, unblocking the Mingmen, assisting kidney fire. Combined with Psoralea, it creates the wonder of Wood generating Fire, filling the interior with essence and qi. Formerly, Chancellor Zheng never took other medicines, only this formula long-term. Later, his face looked young, and his beard and hair turned black.
Niu Nai Gao (Cow Milk Paste)
Cow Milk (2 jin) Huai Shan Yao (Chinese Yam) 1 jin (ground into powder) Almonds 1 jin (soaked in boiling water, peeled and deseeded)
First, finely grind the Chinese yam and almonds into powder. Mix into the cow milk. Seal in a new porcelain jar and boil for a long time. Take daily on an empty stomach, mixed with wine.
Cow milk tonifies deficiency and勞 (consumption). Chinese yam, white enters the Lungs, sweet enters the Spleen, tonifying insufficiency, benefiting the Kidneys, strengthening Yin, benefiting Heart Qi, treating forgetfulness, resolving phlegm, stopping seminal emission and dysentery. Almonds dispel wind and scatter cold, regulate qi and move phlegm, moisten dryness and eliminate accumulation.
Lian Yi Zhou (Lotus and Coix Porridge)
White Lotus Seeds (peeled and cored, 1 liang) Coix Seed (1 liang) White Rice (1 he)
Lotus seeds astringe essence and thicken the intestines, treating spleen diarrhea. Coix seed strengthens the spleen, removes dampness, tonifies the lungs, clears heat, treats gout, and heals tendon spasms. White rice porridge promotes stomach qi, generates fluids, relieves irritability, and clears heat.
Huang Tang (Astragalus Soup)
Astragalus Black-boned Chicken (those with black flesh, bones, and feathers are good)
Astragalus tonifies qi and secures the exterior, consolidates the couli (pores/skin texture). Roasted, it tonifies the middle, benefits primordial qi, and generates blood. Black-boned chicken belongs to Water (others belong to Wood, thus moving wind). It tonifies deficiency, warms the middle, benefits the Liver and Kidneys. Males should use hens.
Yannian Yishou Gao (Longevity and Health Paste) (Can blacken hair and prolong life, fill essence and supplement marrow. Those with yin deficiency, yang weakness, and infertility will conceive after half a year of taking it; extremely effective.)
Red and White Polygonum Multiflorum (He Shou Wu) each 1 jin (steamed and sun-dried with black beans) Red and White Poria each 1 jin (steamed and sun-dried with human breast milk) Huai Shan Yao (Chinese Yam) 4 liang (stir-fried with ginger juice)
Chuan Niu Xi (stir-fried with wine, 8 liang) Dodder Seed (Tu Si Zi) 8 liang (stir-fried with wine) Sweet Goji Berry 8 liang Eucommia Bark (skin removed, stir-fried with ginger juice, 8 liang) Psoralea Fruit (4 liang, stir-fried with black sesame seeds, remove sesame)
Refined honey pills, size of wu zi (paulownia seeds). Take 70 pills per dose, with salt water or wine.
Jiawei Anshen Wan (Modified Calming Spirit Pill) (Mainly calms the spirit and benefits intelligence, treating heart deficiency and blood shortage, frequent fright upon encountering events, forgetfulness, and insomnia. After taking it, spirit and qi naturally feel sufficient.)
Angelica Sinensis Body (stir-fried with wine, 2 liang) Prepared Rehmannia Root (2 liang) Poria with Hostwood (Fushen) (1.5 liang) Polygala Flesh (1 liang, soaked, cored) Stir-fried Sour Jujube Kernel (1 liang) Roasted Astragalus (2 liang) Ginseng
Biota Seed (Bai Zi Ren) (1.5 liang) Upper Cinnamon (Shang Gui) (5 qian) White Peony Root (1 liang, stir-fried) Northern Schisandra Berry (5 qian) Small Orange Peel (Xiao Ju Hong) (1 liang) Powdered Licorice Root (Fen Gan Cao) (5 qian)
Honey pills. Take 3 qian per dose, with boiling water.
Jiajian Zisheng Wan (Modified Nourishing Life Pill) (Treats weak spleen qi, feeling full after eating)
Hang Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala) (washed) Coix Seed (stir-fried) Huai Shan Yao (Chinese Yam) (steamed) White Hyacinth Bean (stir-fried, 2 liang each) Bei Jie Geng (Platycodon Root) (1 liang) White Poria (steamed) White Cardamom (shelled, baked) Stir-fried Wu Qu (Medicated Leaven) Large Malt (stir-fried) Cyperus Rhizome (Xiang Fu) Western Amomum Fruit (Xi Sha Ren) (shelled) Clean Euryale Seed (stir-fried) Guang Orange Peel (Guang Ju Pi) (1 liang each) White Lotus Seed (cored, 4 liang) Powdered Licorice Root (1 liang)
Grind into powder, refine honey to form pills. Take 5 qian per dose.
Bihan Dan (Cold-Repelling Pill)
Realgar Red Halloysite (Gypsum Rubrum) (sticky and fragrant is best) Dried Ginger
Equal parts of each, ground into powder. Form pills with honey and white pine resin powder, size of paulownia seeds. Swallow 4 pills with wine, up to 10 pills. One can wear no cotton clothes and enter water naked.
Bishu Dan (Heat-Repelling Pill)
Orpiment (ground, wet-processed) White Halloysite (wet-processed) Cinnabar (ground fine, wrapped in yellow clay and burned to powder) Magnetite (wet-processed to remove red color)
Equal parts. Form pills with human breast milk and white pine resin, size of small beans. Swallow 4 pills with plain hot water on an empty stomach, up to about 3 liang. In summer, wearing fur and coarse cloth, heat qi will not invade.
These two formulas are transmitted by immortals and are quite miraculous.
Heifa Wuxu Fang (Black Hair and Beard Formula)
Black Beans 5 sheng, pick out flat and broken ones. Use a large clay pot. Boil one old black-boned hen to make two large bowls of soup. Two large bowls of unadulterated old wine. Polygonum Multiflorum (He Shou Wu) 4 liang. Fresh ones are crushed with a bamboo knife; aged ones are smashed with a wooden mallet. Aged Rice 4 liang. Eclipta Flower (Han Lian Cao) 4 liang. Mulberry Fruit (Sang Shen) 3 liang. Raw Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang) 4 liang. Angelica Sinensis Body (Gui Shen) 4 liang. Psoralea Fruit (Po Gu Zi) 2 liang. All are cut into small pieces (ju) and mixed with beans. Use wine and soup as water. Large pot makes one batch; small pot makes two batches. Simmer beans over low heat until dry. Remove herbs, keep beans. Take out, cool off heat, store in porcelain jar. Eat a small measure (he) with light salt water on an empty stomach. Since boiled in chicken soup, cover carefully day and night to prevent centipedes. Make again after finishing. But from now on, never eat radish. After half a year of taking, hair and beard turn black from within, eyes become bright like youth, extremely wonderful.