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Clear the heart and calm the spirit. Generate essence and blood. Replenish qi and strength. Strengthen the lower origin (Kidney and Mingmen).
Gouqi (Lycii Fructus), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), Shudi (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), Yurou (Corni Fructus), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix), Wujia Pi (Acanthopanacis Cortex), Shichangpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), Digupi (Lycii Cortex) (each 6 qian), placed in a silk bag. Soak in good-quality wine for fourteen days. Take two or three cups every morning. Avoid radishes and contact with copper or iron vessels. It has great tonifying benefits.

Nourish heart blood. Benefit heart qi. Moistens kidney water.
Fuling (Poria) (4 liang), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Baiziren (Platycladi Semen, oil removed, each 3 liang), Guishen (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, washed with wine), Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix, washed with wine), Wuwei (Schisandrae Fructus), Yuanyanrou (Longan Arillus, pounded into paste), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (1.5 liang).
Grind all into powder. Use juice extracted from crushed Phragmitis Rhizoma to mix with Qianshi powder paste as a binder, form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 1 qian per dose, gradually increasing to 2 qian. Take morning and evening with plain boiled water.

Treats deficiency of essence and blood. Weakness of spirit and qi. Benefits spleen and strengthens stomach.
Qianshiren (Euryales Semen) (3 jin), Miren (Coix Seed, stir-fried), Sumi (Millet, stir-fried), Bainuomi (White Glutinous Rice, stir-fried, each 3 jin), Lianrou (Nelumbinis Semen, skin and heart removed, stir-fried, 1 jin), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, stir-fried).
Grind all into powder. Cook as porridge daily and take orally.

Chenmiguoqiao (Charred rice crust from old rice) (2 jin), Tuzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma, bran-fried, 3 liang), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, vinegar-fried, 3 liang), Gan Foshou (Citri Sarcodactylis Fructus, dried, 8 qian).
Grind all into powder. Add white sugar and mix with boiling water to take orally.

Xiantian Dazao Wan: A seventy-year-old elder passed down this formula, saying that after taking it, white hair can turn black again, and fallen teeth can regrow. Beyond the age of seventy, one will not fear cold, and bones and sinews will be strong.
Mianhuazi (Gossypii Semen, 12 liang, mixed with Qingyan salt solution and soaked overnight, shell removed, stir-fried until yellow), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex, 8 liang, mixed with Qingyan salt solution and soaked overnight, stir-fried until fibers break), Qianshi (Euryales Semen, steamed), Gouqi (Lycii Fructus, stir-fried, 5 liang).
Grind the above herbs into powder. Mix with refined honey and paste to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 4 qian on an empty stomach with salted water, gradually increasing to 5 qian.

Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, washed with wine), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex, fried with salt water), Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix, washed with wine), Shudi (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, steamed with wine), Gouqi (Lycii Fructus, soaked in human milk), Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen, steamed with wine), Nvzhenzi (Ligustri Lucidi Fructus), Beimu (Fritillariae Bulbus, heart removed), Baihe (Lilii Bulbus), Guijiao (Testudinis et Chelonis Carapax et Plastrum), Jinyingzi (Rosae Laevigatae Fructus, hairs removed).
Take equal parts of the above herbs. Add double the amount of Manhui (Ash of Moray Eel). Refine with honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50-70 pills per dose with rice soup.
Method for preparing Manhui: Find an old clay chamber pot. Choose one where there is the most and thickest "Ren Zhong Bai" (calcified deposits inside the pot), such that it cannot hold much urine. Use one large moray eel, weighing...