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Method for Making Noodles:
First, use E-Jiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin) solution. Mix with a small amount of Gancao Gao (Licorice Paste). Add Borax and Zi Zi (Purple Seed/Herb), blend evenly. Dip and consume. For dry eyes with peeling skin, the method is to steam Sesame Oil (Hemp Oil) and rub it on the affected area.

Precious Noodle Recipe:
In the first month, use fifteen jin of flour and twelve liang of salt; in the second month, twelve liang of salt; in the third month, fourteen liang of salt; in the fourth month, fifteen liang of salt; in the fifth month, nineteen liang of salt; in the sixth month, salt... [Text fragment]

Storage of Medicinal Materials:
Chenxiang (Agarwood) should be placed in an old, tightly sealed bottle. Even after long years, its fragrance remains clear and moist without dissipating. Moschus (Musk) wrapped externally, then further wrapped with Lotus Stem Leaves, can keep the fragrance sealed at the closure. Renshen (Ginseng) is layered with Xixin (Asarum) and stored in a new tile vessel, sealed tightly, to prevent insect infestation. Ascanis Testis (Fossa's Genital Organ) should be stored together with Han Jiao (Sichuan Pepper) and Zhangnao (Borneol), dried in the sun near fire, so that insects will not approach.

Medicinal Incompatibilities and Taboos:
Liang Yinju said: The 120 superior medicines are Jun (Monarch) herbs, mainly nourishing life to correspond to Heaven; the 120 medium medicines are Chen (Minister) herbs, mainly nourishing nature to correspond to Humanity; the inferior medicines... [Text missing] ...numbered by dosage types. Seventy-one act alone (Dan Xing), twelve are mutually enhancing (Xiang Xu), ninety are mutually assisting (Xiang Shi), seventy-eight are mutually feared (Xiang Wei), thirty-six are mutually killing (Xiang Sha), and those mutually loathing... [Text missing] ...Eighteen Incompatibilities. Renshen (Ginseng), Zishen, Shashen, Xuanshen, Danshen, Shaoyao (Peony Root), and Xixin (Asarum) all contradict Lulu (Veratrum Album). Baiji (Bletilla Rhizome), Bailian (Lilium Bulb), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Gualou (Trichosanthes Fruit), Beimu (Fritillaria Bulb)... [Text missing] ...Six Aged Medicines. Zhike (Aurantium Fructus), Zhuyu (Cornus Fruit), as well as Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Juhong (Citrus Peel), Yelangdu (Euphorbia Fissurata), and Mahuang (Ephedra Herb). These six types of medicines should be aged for a long time; when used in prescriptions, their efficacy is excellent.

Purification of Mirabilite (Fu Xiao):
Boil in Liu Zhi Tang (Willow Branch Decoction) for three cycles. When the decoction reduces, add hot water. Boiling is to suppress the "fire" property. Also, mix Jishi Cao (Dyschoriste linearis or similar herb) and Baizi Ren (Biota Seed) into pills the size of a bullet.

Method for Subliming Mercury Frost (Fei Shuixiang Fa):
Shuiyin (Mercury) (one jin), Puxiao (Mirabilite) (eight liang), Da Cu (Strong Vinegar) (half a jin), Huangfan (Yellow Alum) (ten liang), Xi (Tin) (twenty liang, refined to pass through three times), Xuanjing (Crystal/Nitre) (six liang).
Huangfan... [Text missing] ...make fine, spread medicine evenly. Sun... remove from fire.

Method for Manufacturing Mercury Frost:
Shuiyin (Mercury), Shiliuhuang (Realgar), Fulonggan (Dragon's Liver Soil) (each ten liang, finely ground), Yanhua (Salt Flower/Salt Powder) (one liang, which is salt powder). The above four ingredients, melt mercury in a separate pot. Shiliuhuang... and and... ash dead... make... steam... smear... with... two... one... condense mercury into cinnabar.
Use Gujingcao (Cyperus Rotundus or similar herb). [Note: Text is missing below this point.]