酸石榴 五倍子 芝麻叶 上同杵碎。用绢袋盛之。于铁器内水浸。掠发自黑。
乌须方
针砂（半两炒红醋蘸三五次） 荞面（半两） 川百药煎（一两） 上用荷叶熬醋水。
调为膏
子。
乌须发
针砂 百药煎 白芨（各等分） 上砂淘净。铜铁器中炒红。入药用水调擦。荷叶包之。
一醉散 治黑发。
槐子（四钱） 旱莲草（四分） 生地黄（半两） 上为细末。无灰酒一瓶。将药投酒
内。密
封之
变为
揩牙乌髭方（出圣济总录）
皂荚（怀州者十条） 生姜（自然汁） 地黄（自然汁） 各半盏。上以二汁和匀。旋
刷皂荚
于火
黑髭方（出圣惠方）
麻姑（八两捣令碎） 盐花（三两） 肥生地黄（一斤） 上捣绞取地黄汁。和前件药
于铛
中。熬
含药少
变黑矣
染须发方（出千金方）
胡粉（三两） 锻石（六两绢节熬令黄） 上如粉。以榆皮作汤。和之如粉。先以皂荚
汤洗
发极
发。
升。
方用
涂髭鬓方（出御药院方）
沥青 白胶（各一两） 上为末一处。用纸捻药。烧瓦盆取煤。同用胡桃瓤研成膏。涂
髭
鬓尤
染髭发令黑永不白方（出圣惠方）
生麻油（二斤） 干瓦松（一斤半） 上于油中。煎瓦松令焦。即取出细研为散。却别
入生
麻油
换髭发（出圣惠方）
砂（一两） 醋石榴（一两） 上将 砂内在石榴中心。以盖封定。盛于瓷瓶中。埋
于马
粪内
又方（出圣惠方）
胡桃根皮（一秤） 莲子草（十斤） 上碎锉。入瓷瓮子内。以水五斗浸一月。去滓。
釜中
熬至
药涂
染须发方（出圣惠方）
用盐汤洗沐后。以生麻油和蒲苇灰敷之。一作治白秃。
又方（出千金方）
用生麻油渍乌梅。常用敷头良。
倒流油乌髭发神方（出百一选方）
大诃子十六个。湿纸裹。慢火煨熟。取皮碾末。用糯米粥饮调涂。在熨斗内。用麻油四
两。
四边略通烟。频挑灯熏尽油为度。放冷。刀刮乳钵中。灯上烧胡桃肉二十个。存六分性。
桃
姜
净
得法染鬓方（出危氏方）
用针砂。以井水淘净滤干。醋浸炒黑为末。入百药煎少许。先一日将荞麦粉针砂各半。
调和
没
真
乌髭鬓揩牙药。（出百一选方）
用不蛀皂角。切作小段。长寸许。熔黑铅令销成水。投皂角炒如炭。不可太过。恐成灰。
取
胡桃膏（一名还春膏出御药院方）
用新小胡桃三枚。和皮捣细。用乳汁二盏。于银石器内。文武火熬。竹篦子搅成膏。每
用时
乌髭药方（一名还春膏出百一选方）
上针砂五两。筛出粗大片不使。只以细者。水澄过。去泥沙晒焙干。以 酸米醋浸数日。
然
寡
卧
之
即以所剪荷叶覆之。令周密。又以帛包系。恐污衣被。亦要护荷叶不走作也。次早起来。以
温汤款款洗之。白者已黄。黄者黑矣。使皂角澡豆末洗面不妨。但不可自使手染。恐指黑
。亦须耐烦。第二夜再上药。又四五日前。以诃子不拘多少。铫内使麻油煎。以黑色为度。
取出用热炉灰覆之逐日换。沁尽油。临时用皂角水洗净。焙干为细末。又以诃子去核。亦不
拘多少。使麦麸同炒。急手搅动。令诃子赤色为度。取出去尽麸。碾为细末。两味诃子。
使净瓷罐子盛。每使看髭多寡。使一钱或半钱。并百药煎细末同煎。二样诃子各等分。又使
小麦面。如三味药多少。以淘白米。第二次泔调重汤煮。如先夜糊浓薄搽髭。并根据上法染。
三五次后。却以两夜药并作一处。同调打糊亦得。每日用胡桃油润之。
治乌髭不老。
用风化锻石石四分。真蚌粉三分。铅粉二分。虢丹一分。同为末。临卧以皂角汤洗髭。
冷
治头不白换髭方（出圣惠方）
用刮老生姜皮一大升。于铛中以文武火煎之。不得令过沸。其铛惟得多油腻者尤佳。更
不须
得令
复时
以
治发黑。
用羊屎。方书多用。近人取纳鲜鱼腹中。瓦缶固济。烧灰以涂髭发。令易生而黑。甚效。
苍术丸（出朱氏集验方）乌髭鬓。驻颜色。壮筋骨。明耳目。除风气。润肌
肤。久服令人轻健。
用苍术不拘多少。用米泔水浸三两日。逐日换水。候满日取出。刮去黑
皮。切作片子。曝干
如梧桐子大。空心卧
下尤妙。忌桃李雀蛤
又方（出十便良方）
用收自己乱头发。净洗干。每一两入椒五十粒。泥封固入炉。大火一 。如黑糟细研。
酒服
又方（出本草）
用蓬 柞取汁。合成膏。涂发不白。食其子。令人好颜色。
又方（出本草）
用覆盆子柞取汁。合成膏。涂发不白。食其子。令人好颜色。
治发药。
用风化锻石一斤。用细柳条一寸长。四十九根。用粗柳条三根。将锻石并柳条。一同于
砂
一宿
次日
一捻膏（出危氏方）乌髭须。
用酸石榴结成时。就枝上。将石榴开一小孔。倾水银于中。却将元皮封之。以麻皮缠定。
用
月
黑髭须方
用蜒蚰四十九条。入瓷器内。研京墨水令食之。次于马粪内。埋藏一月取出。以白丝头
试染
皮肤
治头不光泽。腊泽饰发。（出肘后方）
用青木香、白芷、零陵香、甘松、泽兰各一分。用绵裹酒渍。再宿纳油裹煎。再宿加腊
泽
治乌髭发（出德生堂）
用腊月宰下黑牛胆。装槐角子在内。拴住。不以牛胆多少。挂在屋内阴干。一月后。每
日早
染髭发（出圣惠方）
用取八九月经霜桐叶。兼子多收。捣碎蒸之。以生布绞取油。先以泔洗头净。后涂此油
熟揩
又方（出圣惠方）
用铧铁打作四十九片。如棋子大。烧令赤。即于浆水中淬之。又更烧淬。如此四十九遍。
即
变髭发驻颜揩齿散（出圣惠方）
莲子草（端午日收） 破麻布（多年者） 上细锉。纳于瓷瓶中。以盐泥固济。大火烧
半日。
候
黑髭发方
柏叶 松叶（各四两） 丁香 没石子（各二两） 上为末。炼蜜和捣三二百杵。丸如
梧桐
子大
拔白令髭发生黑良日。（出千金方）
正月（四日） 二月（八日） 三月（十二日） 四月（十六日） 五月（二十日） 六
月（二十
四日）
（十日） 十
二月
酒。
食
又方（出圣惠方）
正月（五日十三日） 二月（八日十八日） 三月（三日） 四月（十三日二十五日） 五
月
（五日
九
月（八日
上日月。
并于午时前拔。此方深要根据法用之久验也。凡拔白发。即先以水于石上摩丁香汁。候拔
去。急手敷
神仙紫金膏（出余居士选奇方）乌髭须。
生姜（半斤和皮细锉） 皂角（四两不蛀者细锉） 细辛（去叶土一两） 香白芷（一
两锉）
上件
碗缝
研细
即止
染髭发方（出余居士选奇方）
锻石（新者） 黄丹 樟脑（等分） 用桑柴灰汁调敷。候干了。即用温水洗。后用胡
桃松
子研
诗曰、秘传海上神仙诀。妙夺人间造化机。白发变成黑发去。晚年化作少年归。
乌髭药方（出余居士选奇方）
针砂〔一（二）两用醋炒干〕 诃子（一两用麻油炒焦色为度去核） 荞麦面（二两） 上
三
味。
向髭鬓上浓上药不妨。用油单纸包定。勿令透气。次日用米泔水煮温洗髭。则黑如漆矣。染
髭洗了
立圣散（出余居士选奇方）乌鬓发。
乙卯年见曾南仲云。顷见零陵一急足。鬓发已白。后三年再来。其黑如漆。叩之云。一
道人
而
五圣不老散（一名五圣还童散出卫生家宝方）
不蛀皂角（五十锭刮去黑皮） 没石子（二对） 熟干地黄（焙洗） 胡桃肉（二十个）
蛇蜕
（二
榴皮
川
灵
仙
后
五
将皂
用
遇
黑白
牢牙
变白散（出卫生家宝方）齿药大能乌髭。
大浆石榴一个（用铁钉四十九个扎匀三日取出钉入丁香并盐少许以黄土固济令干用炭火
二斤
石（三
两炭
擦白发
乌髭揩牙药（出卫生家宝方）
苦参（半两） 青黛（一两如螺色青者） 青盐（一两） 上先以苦参为末。次研青黛。
又研
青盐
州。陛陆辞日。神宗怪其髭鬓尽黑。对云用此方。遂录进呈。
神妙乌髭方（出卫生家宝方）
每用酸石榴一个。于上匀钉小铁钉四十九个。遇夜安顿在露地或屋上。至晓即收在屋下。
勿
用
出
以
以
变白为黑方（出卫生家宝方）
针砂（醋煮） 诃子（麸炒黑色去核用皮） 五倍子（为末） 百药煎（为末各二钱） 荞
麦
（一钱
拭令极干
换白发方（出卫生家宝方）
吴白芷 菊花 旋复花 桂心 白茯苓 巨胜子（各三分） 荜澄茄 牛膝〔各二（三）
分〕
午时更进
二
风
正月（初四日） 二月（初六日） 三月（十二日） 四月（十六日） 五月（二十一
日） 六月
（二
一月（初
四日
白。
忽
方
乌髭石燕散（出卫生家宝方）
香附子（半斤用生姜一斤取自然汁浸三宿候香附子透焙干炒焦碾） 生干地黄（二两焙
干）
石
皂角
（
次
乌金散（出杨氏家藏方）牢牙乌髭。
酸石榴皮 生干地黄 槐白皮 青盐 何首乌 猪牙皂角（各一两） 升麻末（半两） 细
辛末
在内。
盐
每日早晚。常用揩牙盥漱。
再黑膏（出杨氏家藏方）乌髭。
胡桃（一枚捶碎壳取全肉于新瓦中心安顿四边着慢火逼渐渐簇火令近时时拨转胡桃令里
外焦黑地上放令冷用） 定粉（一分） 上件一处研如膏。用小瓷盒收之。每用少许。先涂
在
白髭根上。方用镊子摘髭。急用手擦药。入白髭窍内。后次即出黄髭。若三四次用。终身不
白
黑铅散（出杨氏家藏方）乌髭鬓。明目牢齿牙。
用黑铅半斤。大锅内熔成汁。旋入桑条灰。柳木搅令成沙。以熟绢罗为末。每日早晨。
如常擦牙齿。后用温水漱在盂子内。取用其水洗眼。治诸般眼疾。髭黄白者用之。皆变黑色
也
染髭鬓白令黑方（出肘后方）
酸浆煮豆洗之。黑如漆色。
乌须发。（出本草方）
以胡桃瓤和胡粉为泥。拔去白须发。以纳孔中。其毛皆黑。
染发仙方（出本草方）
以胡桃、青皮、压油。和詹糖香涂。发色如漆。
染须发方（出本草方）
以铅丹煎膏染之。
乌髭发。（出本草方）
用蘩缕为齑食之。
染髭发令永黑。（出本草方）
以铁落。及热未凝涂之。
变毛发。（出本草方）
以石榴花并叶。干之为末。和铁丹服之。一年变毛发。色黑如漆。铁丹乃飞铁为丹也。
乌髭发。（出本草方）
以毗黎勒烧灰。干敷立效。能染髭发变色。
染髭发。（出本草方）
以活师与青胡桃上皮。和为泥。染之不变。活师科斗虫也。
妇人涂发令黑方。（出本草方）
以芭蕉汁涂之。
黑发方（出本草方）
用芸苔子压取油敷头。令头发长黑。
染发（出本草方）
用金樱花和铁粉研。拔白发敷之。再出者黑。亦可染发。
染须至黑。（出本草方）
以针砂及没石子。染须至黑。
染发方（出本草方）
用大麦针砂没石子等末。染之令发黑。
乌髭鬓七效方（出本草方）
以小雌鸡一对。别处各养喂。不得令食虫并杂物。只与乌油麻一件。并与水吃。鸡长
大放
击破卵巅些些作窍。入砂于卵内安置。用纸粘损处数重。候干。用后放者卵。一齐令鸡抱。
候鸡子出为度。其药在卵内。自然结实。打破取出。烂研如粉。用蒸饼。丸如绿豆大。不计
时候。酒下五七丸。不惟变白。亦愈疾矣。
长生不饥黑毛发方。（出本草方）
取早藕食之。
令人体润。毛发不白。久服成仙。（出本草方）
以玉井水服之。
黑须发。
杂修养书云。正月一日。取五木煮以浴。令人至老须发黑。徐锴云、道家谓青木香为五
香。一云五木。道家多以此浴。当是其义也。
Background Information:
Book: Puji Fang (General Repository of Formulas); Author: Zhu Zi; Dynasty: Ming, Yongle 4th Year; Chapter: Blackening Beard and Hair (with Discussion) (2/2); Category: Formulas
**Acid Pomegranate Formula**
Fruit of *Punica granatum* L. (Suan Shiliu), Galla Chinensis (Wubeizi), Leaves of Sesamum indicum L. (Zhima Ye). The above ingredients are crushed together. Place them in a silk bag. Soak in water within an iron vessel. Washing the hair with this solution will turn it black.
**Formula for Blackening Mustache**
Magnetitum (Zhen Sha, half tael, stir-fried until red, dipped in vinegar three to five times), Flour of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench (Qiao Mian, half tael), Pilula Baiduojian (Chuan Baiyaojian, one tael). Boil vinegar water using lotus leaves. Mix into a paste.
**Formula for Blackening Mustache and Hair**
Magnetitum (Zhen Sha), Pilula Baiduojian (Baiyaojian), Rhizoma Bletillae Striatae (Baiji) (equal parts). Wash the Magnetitum clean. Stir-fry until red in a copper or iron vessel. Add medicine and mix with water for application. Wrap with lotus leaves.
**Yi Zui San (One Drunken Powder)**
Treats blackening of hair.
Seeds of Sophora japonica L. (Huai Zi, four qian), Herba Ecliptae (Hanlian Cao, four fen), Radix Rehmanniae Preparata? No, Fresh Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Dihuang, half tael). Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take one bottle of unadulterated wine. Throw the medicine into the wine. Seal tightly. [It will] become...
**Tooth-rubbing Formula for Blackening Beard** (From *Shengji Zonglu*)
Fructus Gleditsiae Sinensis (Zao Jia, ten from Huaizhou), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Sheng Jiang, fresh juice), Radix Rehmanniae Preparata? No, Fresh Radix Rehmanniae (Dihuang, fresh juice), each half cup. Mix the two juices evenly. Brush the Gleditsia fruit on fire... [text missing]
**Black Beard Formula** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
Rhizoma Polygala Tenuifolia? No, likely a specific herb named Magu (Magu, eight liang, crushed), Salt Flower (Yanhua, three liang), Plump Fresh Radix Rehmanniae (Fei Sheng Dihuang, one jin). Crush and squeeze out the juice of the Rehmannia. Combine with the above medicines and simmer in a pan... Contain a little medicine... [text missing] turns black.
**Formula for Dyeing Beard and Hair** (From *Qianjin Fang*)
Cerussa (Hufen, three liang), Calcined Ferrum (Duanshi, six liang, boiled in silk until yellow). Make into powder. Make a decoction of Ulmus pumila L. bark (Yupi). Mix like powder. First wash hair extremely clean with Zao Jia decoction... Hair... rises [shines].
[Text missing]
**Paste for Beard and Temples** (From *Yuyao Yuanfang*)
Asphaltum Judaeum (Qingliu), White Gelatin (Baijiao) (each one tael). Grind into powder and place together. Dip paper wicks in the medicine. Burn a clay pot to collect soot. Grind together with kernel Juglandis Regiae (Hetao Rang) into a paste. Apply to beard and temples, especially... [text missing]
**Formula for Dyeing Beard and Hair Black Permanently** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
Fresh Sesame Oil (Sheng Mazhuan, two jin), Dry Selaginella Tamariscina (Gan Wasong, one and a half jin). Put in oil. Fry the Selaginella until scorched. Remove and grind finely into powder. Add fresh Sesame Oil again...
**Replace Beard and Hair** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
Sand/Magnetite (Sha, one tael), Acid Pomegranate (Cu Shiliu, one tael). Place the sand in the center of the pomegranate. Seal with a lid. Place in a porcelain jar. Bury in horse manure...
**Another Formula** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
Bark of Juglans Mandshurica Maxim. Root (Hetao Genpi, one chang), Herb of Alternanthera Philoxeroides (Lianzi Cao, ten jin). Crush and chop finely. Put in a porcelain urn. Soak in five dou of water for one month. Remove dregs. Simmer in a cauldron... Apply medicine...
**Formula for Dyeing Beard and Hair** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
After washing with salt water, apply a mixture of fresh Sesame Oil and ash from cattail reeds. One version treats white alopecia.
**Another Formula** (From *Qianjin Fang*)
Soak Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc. (Wumei) in fresh Sesame Oil. Applying to the head is beneficial for regular use.
**Dao Liu You Divine Formula for Blackening Beard and Hair** (From *Baiyi Xuanfang*)
Fructus Terminaliae Chebulae Retz. (Da Hezi, sixteen pieces). Wrap in wet paper. Slow-fire roast until cooked. Peel and grind into powder. Mix with rice porridge drink for application. In an ironing board device, use four liang of Sesame Oil. Allow slight smoke from edges. Frequently trim lamp wick until oil is consumed. Cool. Scrape into mortar with knife. Roast twenty kernels of Juglandis Regiae over lamp, retaining six-tenths of its nature. Peach... Ginger... Clean...
**Method for Dyeing Temples** (From *Weishi Fang*)
Use Magnetitum (Zhen Sha). Wash clean with well water and filter dry. Soak in vinegar, stir-fry until black, and grind into powder. Add a small amount of Pilula Baiduojian (Baiyaojian). One day prior, mix equal parts Buckwheat Flour (Qiaomai Fen) and Magnetitum. Mix... Unsubstantiated characters: Mo, Zhen...
**Tooth-rubbing Medicine for Blackening Beard and Temples** (From *Baiyi Xuanfang*)
Use uncavitated Gleditsia sinensis Lam. (Zao Jiao). Cut into small segments, about one cun long. Melt lead nigrum (Heiqian) until liquid. Throw in Gleditsia fruit and stir-fry until like charcoal. Do not overdo it, lest it turns to ash. Take...
**Walnut Paste** (Also known as Huan Chun Paste, From *Yuyao Yuanfang*)
Use three new small walnuts. Crush finely with skin. Use two cups of milk. Simmer in silver or earthenware vessel with mild heat. Stir with bamboo spatula into paste. When using...
**Blackening Beard Medicine** (Also known as Huan Chun Paste, From *Baiyi Xuanfang*)
Take five liang of Magnetitum (Zhen Sha). Screen out coarse large pieces, use only fine ones. Clarify with water, remove mud and sand, sun-dry and bake. Soak in sour rice vinegar for several days. Then...寡 (missing context)... Lie down... Cover with cut lotus leaves. Ensure tightness. Wrap with cloth to prevent staining clothes and bedding. Protect the lotus leaf from displacement. Next morning, wash gently with warm water. White hairs have turned yellow, yellow ones black. Using Zao Jiao soap bean powder to wash face is acceptable. But do not let hands touch directly, fearing fingers turn black. Must be patient. Apply medicine again on the second night. Four or five days prior, take Hezi (Terminalia chebula) any amount. Fry in Sesame Oil in a pot until black. Remove and cover with hot stove ash, changing daily until oil is absorbed. When using, wash clean with Zao Jia water, bake dry, grind to fine powder. Also take Hezi, remove pits, any amount. Stir-fry with wheat bran, stirring quickly until Hezi turns red. Remove bran, grind to fine powder. Store both types of Hezi in a clean porcelain jar. When using, depending on amount of beard, use one qian or half qian. Mix with fine powder of Pilula Baiduojian (Baiyaojian) and fry. Equal parts of both types of Hezi. Also use wheat flour, proportional to the three medicines. Use second rinse water from washing rice. Steam cook. If the paste from previous night was thick or thin for applying to beard, follow the above method for dyeing. After three to five times, combine the two-night medicines together, mix and make paste. Daily, moisten with Walnut Oil. Treats blackening beard and anti-aging.
**Formula**
Use four parts of weathered Calcined Ferrum (Fenghua Duanshi), three parts of real Concha Margaritifera (Zhen Bangfen), two parts of Cerussa (Qianfen), one part of Guodian (Guodan). Grind together into powder. Before sleep, wash beard with Zao Jia decoction. Cold...
**Formula for Treating Head Not Turning White and Replacing Beard** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
Use one da sheng of scraped old ginger peel. Simmer in a pan with mild heat. Do not let boil excessively. A pan that retains more grease is best. More is not needed... Let it... Return time... With...
**Treating Black Hair.**
Use sheep feces. Often used in medical books. Recently, people put it inside fresh fish bellies. Seal in a pottery jar. Burn to ash and apply to beard and hair. Makes them grow easily and black. Very effective.
**Cangzhu Wan** (From *Zhushi Jiyan Fang*) Blackens beard and temples. Preserves complexion. Strengthens bones and tendons. Brightens eyes and ears. Removes wind-dampness. Moisturizes skin. Long-term use makes one light and vigorous.
Use Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma) any amount. Soak in rice washing water for two to three days. Change water daily. When full days pass, take out. Scrape off black skin. Slice. Sun-dry... Like paulownia seeds. Empty stomach before bed... Especially good below. Avoid peach, plum, sparrow, clam...
**Another Formula** (From *Shibian Liangfang*)
Collect own messy hair. Wash clean and dry. For every one liang, add fifty peppercorns. Seal with mud and put in furnace. High fire for one... Grind fine like black dregs. Take with wine...
**Another Formula** (From *Bencao*)
Extract juice from Peng... Zuo. Combine into paste. Apply to hair to prevent whitening. Eat its seeds. Improves complexion.
**Another Formula** (From *Bencao*)
Extract juice from Rubus chingii Hu (Fupenzi). Combine into paste. Apply to hair to prevent whitening. Eat its seeds. Improves complexion.
**Medicine for Hair.**
Use one jin of weathered Calcined Ferrum (Fenghua Duanshi). Use forty-nine fine willow twigs, one cun long. Use three coarse willow twigs. Put Duanshi and willow twigs together in sand... One night... Next day...
**Yi Ni Gao** (From *Weishi Fang*) Blackens beard.
When acid pomegranate has formed, on the branch, make a small hole in the pomegranate. Pour Mercury (Shuiyin) inside. Seal with original skin. Bind with hemp skin. Use... Month...
**Black Beard and Mustache Formula**
Use forty-nine slugs (Yanyou). Put in porcelain vessel. Grind Jing Ink (Jingshui) to make them eat it. Then bury in horse manure for one month. Remove. Test dyeing with white silk thread... Skin...
**Treating Lack of Gloss on Head. Wax Polish for Hair.** (From *Zhouhou Fang*)
Use Qingmuxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Linglingxiang (Lingzhicao), Gansong (Nardostachyos Radix), Zelans (Lycii Cortex? No, probably Herb of Agrimonia Pilosa or similar, but text says Zelans), each one fen. Wrap in cotton, soak in wine. After two nights, wrap in oil and fry. After two nights, add wax polish...
**Treating Blackening Beard and Hair** (From *De Sheng Tang*)
Use gallbladder of black cow slaughtered in the twelfth lunar month. Fill with seeds of Sophora japonica L. (Huai Jiao). Tie shut. Hang indoors to dry in shade. Regardless of amount of cow gallbladder. After one month, every morning...
**Dyeing Beard and Hair** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
Use tung leaves (Tong Ye) frosted in the eighth or ninth lunar month. Collect many seeds. Crush and steam. Squeeze out oil using raw cloth. First wash head clean with rice water. Then apply this oil... Cook and rub...
**Another Formula** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
Make forty-nine slices of plow iron. Size like chess pieces. Heat until red. Quench in starch water. Heat and quench again. Repeat forty-nine times. Then...
**Beard-Hair Changing Face-Preserving Tooth-Rubbing Powder** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
Herba Alternantherae Philoxeroides (Lianzi Cao, collected on Dragon Boat Festival), Old broken linen cloth (Po Mabu). Finely chop. Put in porcelain jar. Seal with salt mud. Fire-roast for half a day. Wait...
**Black Beard and Hair Formula**
Cacumen Platycladi (Boye), Cacumen Pinus (Songye) (each four liang), Flos Caryophylli (Dingxiang), Galla Chinensis (Meishizi) (each two liang). Grind into powder. Mix with refined honey and pound three to two hundred times. Pill size like paulownia seeds...
**Good Days for Plucking White Hairs to Grow Black Beard.** (From *Qianjin Fang*)
First month (fourth day), Second month (eighth day), Third month (twelfth day), Fourth month (sixteenth day), Fifth month (twentieth day), Sixth month (twenty-fourth day)... (tenth day), Twelfth month... Wine. Food...
**Another Formula** (From *Shenghui Fang*)
First month (fifth, thirteenth days), Second month (eighth, eighteenth days), Third month (third day), Fourth month (thirteenth, twenty-fifth days), Fifth month... (fifth, ninth... Ninth month (eighth... On these dates. Pluck before noon. This formula strictly requires following the method for long-term verification. Whenever plucking white hair, first rub Sichuan Pepper? No, Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) juice on stone with water. After plucking, quickly apply...
**Shenxian Zijin Gao** (From *Yu Jushi Xuanqi Fang*) Blackens beard.
Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Shengjiang, half jin with skin finely chopped), Fructus Gleditsiae Sinensis (Zao Jiao, four liang, uncavitated, finely chopped), Radix Asari (Xixin, de-leafed and cleaned, one liang), Rhizoma Angelicae Dahuricae (Xiang Baizhi, one liang, chopped)... Above ingredients... Bowl seam... Grind fine... Stop...
**Formula for Dyeing Beard and Hair** (From *Yu Jushi Xuanqi Fang*)
Calcined Ferrum (Duanshi, new), Minium (Huandan), Camphora (Zhangnao) (equal parts). Mix with lye from mulberry wood ash. When dry, wash with warm water. Then grind Walnut and Pine seeds...
**Poem:** Secretly transmitted immortal secret from the sea. Wondrously steals the mechanism of creation in the human world. White hair turns black. Late years return to youth.
**Blackening Beard Medicine** (From *Yu Jushi Xuanqi Fang*)
Magnetitum (Zhen Sha) [one or two liang, stir-fried dry with vinegar], Fructus Terminaliae Chebulae Retz. (Hezi, one liang, stir-fried in Sesame Oil until scorched, remove pit), Flour of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench (Qiaomai Mian, two liang). The above three ingredients. Applying thick medicine to beard and temples is fine. Wrap with oiled paper. Do not let air penetrate. Next day, wash beard with warm rice water. It will be black as lacquer. Dyed beard washed...
**Li Sheng San** (From *Yu Jushi Xuanqi Fang*) Blackens temple hair.
In Yimao year, Zeng Nanzhong said. Previously saw an urgent messenger from Lingling. Temple hair was already white. Came back three years later. Black as lacquer. Asked him. Said a Daoist... And...
**Wusheng Bulao San** (Also known as Wusheng Huantong San, From *Weisheng Jiabao Fang*)
Uncavitated Gleditsia sinensis Lam. (Zao Jiao, fifty cakes, scrape off black skin), Galla Chinensis (Meishizi, two pairs), Prepared Radix Rehmanniae (Shu Gan Dihuang, baked and washed), Kernel Juglandis Regiae (Hetao Rou, twenty pieces), Serpent Slough (Shetui, two... Pomegranate Peel (Liupi), Chuan... Ling... Xian... Later... Five... Put Zao... Use... Encounter... Black and White... Firm Teeth...
**Bai Bai San** (From *Weisheng Jiabao Fang*) Tooth medicine greatly blackens beard.
Large acid pomegranate one (pierce evenly with forty-nine iron nails, leave for three days, take out, insert Dingxiang and a little salt, seal with yellow earth, dry, use two jin charcoal fire... Stone (three liang charcoal... Rub white hair...
**Blackening Beard Tooth-Rubbing Medicine** (From *Weisheng Jiabao Fang*)
Radix Sophorae Flavescentis (Kushen, half liang), Indigo Naturalis (Qingdai, one liang, blue like snail shell), Green Salt (Qingyan, one liang). First grind Kushen into powder. Then grind Qingdai. Then grind... Green Salt... Zhou. Departing day of Bi Lu. Emperor Shenzong wondered why his beard and temples were all black. Answered saying he used this formula. Thus recorded and presented.
**Shenmiao Wu Zi Fang** (From *Weisheng Jiabao Fang*)
Use one acid pomegranate. Pierce evenly with forty-nine small iron nails. At night, place in open ground or on roof. By dawn, collect under the roof. Do not... Use... Out... With... With...
**Formula for Turning White to Black** (From *Weisheng Jiabao Fang*)
Magnetitum (Zhen Sha, boiled in vinegar), Fructus Terminaliae Chebulae Retz. (Hezi, stir-fried with bran until black, remove pit, use peel), Galla Chinensis (Wubeizi, make powder), Pilula Baiduojian (Baiyaojian, make powder, each two qian), Buckwheat (Yiqian... Wipe extremely dry...
**Formula for Replacing White Hair** (From *Weisheng Jiabao Fang*)
Baizhi (Baizhi), Chrysanthemi Flos (Juhua), Flores Inulae Japonicae (Xuanfu Hua), Ramulus Cinnamomi (Guixin), Poria (Baifuling), Sesamum indicum L. Seed (Jushengzi) (each three fen), Fructus Tetradii (Bidengqie), Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (Niuxi) [each two or three fen]... Advance at noon... Two... Wind... First month (fourth day), Second month (sixth day), Third month (twelfth day), Fourth month (sixteenth day), Fifth month (twenty-first day), Sixth month... (two... First month (first... fourth day... White. Suddenly... Formula...
**Wuzi Shiyan San** (From *Weisheng Jiabao Fang*)
Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi (Xiangfuzi, half jin, soak in one jin fresh ginger juice for three nights until Xiangfuzi penetrates, bake dry, stir-fry until scorched, grind), Dried Radix Rehmanniae (Shenggan Dihuang, two liang, bake dry)... Stone... Zao Jiao (... Next...
**Wujin San** (From *Yangshi Jiacang Fang*) Firm teeth, blacken beard.
Pericarpium Granati (Suan Shili Pi), Dried Radix Rehmanniae (Shenggan Dihuang), Bark of Sophora japonica L. (Huai Baipi), Green Salt (Qingyan), Radix Polygoni Multiflori (Heshouwu), Fructus Gleditsiae Sinensis (Zhuya Zaojiao) (each one liang), Radix Cimicifugae (Shengma) powder (half liang), Radix Asari (Xixin) powder... Inside. Salt... Morning and evening daily. Commonly use to rub teeth and rinse.
**Zaihei Gao** (From *Yangshi Jiacang Fang*) Blackens beard.
Walnut (one piece, crush shell, take whole meat, place in center of new tile, surround with slow fire, gradually gather fire to make near, frequently turn walnut to make inside and outside scorched black, place on ground to cool), Lead Subcarbonate? No, likely basic lead carbonate (Dingfen, one fen). Grind above ingredients together into paste. Store in small porcelain box. Use a little. First apply on root of white beard. Then use tweezers to pluck beard. Quickly rub medicine with hand. Enter pore of white beard. Next time, yellow beard comes out. If used three or four times, never white for life...
**Heiqian San** (From *Yangshi Jiacang Fang*) Blackens beard and temples. Brightens eyes, firms teeth.
Use half jin of Lead Nigrum (Heiqian). Melt into liquid in large pot. Gradually add Mulberry Ash (Sangtiao Hui). Stir with willow wood until sandy. Sieve through熟 silk into powder. Every morning. As usual rub teeth. Then rinse with warm water into basin. Take this water to wash eyes. Treat various eye diseases. Those with yellow or white beard use it. All turn black...
**Formula for Dyeing White Beard and Temples Black** (From *Zhouhou Fang*)
Wash with fermented bean soup (Suanjiang Zhudou). Black as lacquer color.
**Blackening Beard and Hair.** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Mix kernel Juglandis Regiae (Hetao Rang) with Cerussa (Hufen) into mud. Pluck out white beard and hair. Insert into pore. The hair becomes black.
**Immortal Formula for Dyeing Hair** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Use Walnut, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride (Qingpi), Pressed Oil. Mix with Storax (Zhantang Xiang) for application. Hair color like lacquer.
**Formula for Dyeing Beard and Hair** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Fry Minium (Qiandan) into paste to dye.
**Blackening Beard and Hair.** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Use Stellaria media (Fanlv) as relish to eat.
**Dyeing Beard and Hair Permanently Black.** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Use Iron Filings (Tielluo). While hot and not solidified, apply.
**Changing Hair and Beard.** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Use Pomegranate Flower and Leaves. Dry and grind into powder. Mix with Iron Dan (Tiedan) and ingest. One year changes hair and beard. Color black as lacquer. Iron Dan is made by flying iron into dan.
**Blackening Beard and Hair.** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Burn Terminalia chebula Retz. (Pili Le) to ash. Dry apply immediately effective. Can dye beard and hair to change color.
**Dyeing Beard and Hair.** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Use Huoshi (Leeches?) and outer skin of green walnut. Mix into mud. Dye does not change. Huoshi is leech.
**Formula for Women to Apply to Hair to Turn Black** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Apply Banana Juice (Bajiao Zhi).
**Black Hair Formula** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Use Rapeseed Oil (Yuntaizi pressed oil) applied to head. Makes hair grow black.
**Dyeing Hair** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Grind Rosa laevigata Michx. (Jinyingzi) with Iron Powder. Pluck white hair, apply. Next growth is black. Can also dye hair.
**Dyeing Beard Until Black.** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Use Magnetitum (Zhen Sha) and Galla Chinensis (Meishizi) to dye beard until black.
**Formula for Dyeing Hair** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Use Barley, Magnetitum, Galla Chinensis etc. powder. Dye to make hair black.
**Seven-Efficacy Formula for Blackening Beard and Temples** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Use one small female chicken. Raise separately. Do not let eat insects and miscellaneous things. Only give one piece of black sesame oil cake. And water. Chicken grows big... Break top of egg slightly to make hole. Put sand into egg. Paste damaged area with paper multiple layers. Wait for dry. Use later laid eggs. Let hen brood together. Wait until chicks hatch. Medicine in egg naturally solidifies. Break open, take out. Grind rotten into powder. Use steamed bun pill. Size like mung bean. Any time. Take five to seven pills with wine. Not only turns white to black, but also cures diseases.
**Long Life Not Hungry Black Hair and Beard Formula.** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Eat early lotus root.
**Makes body moist. Hair and beard do not turn white. Long term use leads to immortality.** (From *Bencao Fang*)
Take with Jade Well Water.
**Black Beard and Hair.**
Miscellaneous Cultation Book says. First day of first month. Take five woods to boil and bathe. Makes person until old beard and hair black. Xu Kai said. Daoists call Qingmuxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) as Five Fragrances. One says Five Woods. Daoists often bathe with this. Should be its meaning.