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The Pearl of Hepu: A Good Karma from a Past Life, The Loving Mother’s Dream Omen Precedes the Pearl. Fulfilling Ethical Duties in Those Years, Today Joining Dong Xian in the Jade Pool. (Composed by Zhang Yu’e)

Dances and Songs Were Full of Spring Back Then, Seeing Through the World, Untainted by Dust. After Cultivating the Primal Skill for a Thousand Years, Today Accompanying Immortals in the Jade Pool. (Inscribed by Dong Shuangcheng)

Retreating to the East Sea, Fresh Kudzu Roots in the Mountains. Statecraft Unused in This World, Just Be a Great Luo Immortal. (Composed by Zhang Yu’e)

Chen Rises in the East, Following Order with Measure, Illuminating the Nine Provinces, Shining Upon the Lower Earth, Dividing the Territory of Jin. Turning Westward Gaze, Driving Away Heart Disease, Like a Mirror Reflecting the Lungs and Liver, Stars Arranged in This Direction, People Shall Have Much Fortune. (Respectfully Recorded by Heming)

O Holy Hua, Is It Not Only Medical Erudition? Burning Poison in Jingzhou, Seeking to Eliminate Treachery and Evil. Before the Jade Emperor’s Chariot, Incense Smoke Mists Over. (Respectfully Inscribed by Dushi)

Shedding the Court Hat and Abandoning Purple Robes, Retiring in Scholarly Attire, How Could It Be Humble? Half an Acre of Clear Spring, Shadow of the Golden Toad, Nourishing the True Primal Qi into the Green Ferns. (Respectfully Noted by Heju)

Belly Full of Brilliant Pearls, Talents Unrecognized in Times Past. Content in Poverty, Who Knows Your Uprightness? Weary of the Red Dust Road, Spirit Relies on the Green Willow Branch. Managing Literature Under the Southern Dipper, Guidance Relies on Immortal Masters. (By Hexiang)

Parting at Plum Ridge, Leaving Fragrance, Having a Unique Method to Support Parents. Now Regret in Heaven, Still Longing for the White Cloud Village. (Respectfully Inscribed by Heting)

The God of Longevity said: Human reproduction, though said to be determined by Heaven’s Mandate, is it entirely devoid of human effort? There are men who cannot father children, suffering from six diseases. What are these six? One is Essence Decline; Two is Sperm Scarcity. There are women who cannot bear children, suffering from ten diseases. One is Cold Womb; Two is Spleen-Stomach Cold; Three is Constricted Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel); Four is Liver Qi Stagnation; Five is Phlegm-Damp Excess; Six is Cold Uterus; Seven is Uterine Obstruction; Eight is Qi and Blood Deficiency; Nine is Hyperactive Ministerial Fire; Ten is Emotional Depression.

Zhang Guolao said: Men’s and women’s illnesses differ. Finding the cause of the disease and using the appropriate formula, why worry about having no children?

Standard Treatment Methods: For Qi Deficiency, use Liu Junzi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction) or Si Junzi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction); for Blood Deficiency, use Si Wu Tang (Four Substance Decoction); for Kidney Deficiency without Fire, use Ba Wei Tang (Eight Flavor Decoction, i.e., Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan); for Kidney Deficiency with Fire, use Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan (Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, and Rehmannia Pill).

Unique Treatment Methods: Success can be achieved with a single herb, without needing two. For example, for emesis, only one dose of Gua Di (Cucumeris Fructus) is sufficient; there is no need to add other herbs, which would otherwise constrain the effect.

Occasional/Combined Treatment Methods: In a formula, success cannot be achieved by a single herb alone; two herbs must be used together. For hematemesis, use Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) and Huang Qi (Astragali Radix); for Cold Invasion, use Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) and Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma); for Heat Invasion, if Upper Jiao Fire Qi is pervasive, without using heat-clearing agents, how can one extinguish the fire... Therefore, it is necessary to combine Ren Shen to rescue the patient at the critical moment of life and death... Lung Metal flows freely, its... Morphological Treatment Methods: Limbs and head/face have visible forms to guide treatment. For eye pain, treat the eyes; for headache, treat the head; for hand pain, treat the hands; for foot pain, treat the feet. For example, numbness in the hands is due to Qi... If one abandons the external form to seek... Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) 5 fen, Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) 1 qian. Receiving Gui Zhi allows entry into the Hand Meridian...