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To treat Kidney deficiency and weakness of the feet and knees.
Foeniculi Fructus (3 liang, stir-fried until fragrant) Cuscutae Semen (4 liang) Dioscoreae Rhizoma Dryum (2 liang) Halitussit Sal (1 liang)
First, wash and rinse the Cuscutae Semen thoroughly, soak it in wine without ash residue, decoct it under the sun for seven days; in winter, simmer it near a fire, dry it in the sun, and grind it separately into powder. Grind the remaining herbs into powder, mix evenly,
use wine and flour paste as a binder, and make pills the size of a cockle seed. Take 30-50 pills per dose, administered with salt water, wine, or light salt broth. I used to take this medicine for several years, which strengthened my physical power and appetite. A woman with dragging legs took this medicine for a long time, and her ability to walk on the ground eventually returned to normal.

To treat simultaneous deficiency of the Liver and Kidneys, consolidate essence and Qi, tonify true Yang, enrich and nourish the skin and flesh, and improve diet.
Schisandrae Fructus (selected) Morindae Officinalis Radix (soaked in wine, remove the heart) Cistanches Herba (soaked in wine, washed, dried by baking) Ginseng Radix (remove the rhizome) Cuscutae Semen
(soaked in wine, dried in the sun, ground together with paper strips into powder) Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata (sprinkled with wine, steamed nine times and dried nine times, baked and weighed) Rubi Fructus Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (stir-fried) Foeniculi Fructus (stir-fried until fragrant) Drynariae Rhizoma (wash off the hairs) Ostreae Concha (sealed with salt mud, dried, fired until red hot, remove mud and use; all in equal parts)
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, pound with refined honey, and make pills the size of a cockle seed, then bake them dry. Take 30 pills per dose, before meals on an empty stomach, administered with rice drink, two to three times a day.

This medicine tonifies essence and Qi and stops sweating. It mildly tonifies the deficiencies and emaciation of the Five Zang organs and the timidity and weakness of the Six Fu organs, enriches the skin and flesh, and improves diet.
Ginseng Radix (remove the rhizome) Dioscoreae Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma Poria Cum Radice (remove the skin) Dendrobii Caulis (remove roots, clean, wash, cut finely, stir-fry with wine) Astragali Radix
(coat with honey water, roast, take the top powder) Schisandrae Fructus (selected, each 1 liang)
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, make pills the size of a cockle seed with refined honey. Take 30 pills per dose, administered with water before meals on an empty stomach. Long-term use does not cause heat; it is especially suitable for young people.

Nourishes Blood and tonifies Qi, treats consumptive disease with lack of strength.
Astragali Radix
(coat with honey, roast) Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata (sprinkled with wine, steamed nine times and dried nine times, baked and weighed) Angelicae Sinensis Radix (wash off the rhizome, slice thinly, bake dry)
Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma (each 1 liang) Paeoniae Radix Alba (2.5 liang) Cinnamomi Cortex (remove coarse bark, do not expose directly to fire) Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (roasted, each 3 qian)
Grind the above ingredients into coarse powder. Take 4 da qian per dose, add 1.5 zhan of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and one large jujube, decoct until reduced to 0.8 zhan, filter out the dregs, and administer. I formulated this prescription based merely on the principles of Jianzhong Tang and Siwu Tang. After severe illnesses such as cold damage, malaria, or heatstroke, when there is consumptive disease and Qi deficiency, this prescription is effective for regulation. It is neither hot nor cold, but warm and tonifying.