经曰∶肾之合骨也。其荣发也。多食甘，则骨痛而发落。又曰∶女子七岁肾气实，齿更发长
；五七阳明脉衰，面始焦，发始堕。丈夫八岁肾气实，发长齿更；五八肾气衰，发堕齿槁。又曰
∶发髭黄赤者，多热多气；白者，少血少气；黑者，多血少气。美眉者，太阳多血，通髯极须者
，少阴多血；美须者，阳明多血，此其时然也。盖足少阳胆之经，其荣在须；足少阴肾之经，其
华在发。故气血充盛，发须黑而美；若气血衰弱，须发白而落。鲜能挽复于既衰之后，可以保护
于未败之前。人年三十外，常服补肾滋阴之饵，不致枯槁也。
主方 （六子丸） 菟丝子（酒煮） 金铃子 覆盆子 五味子 枸杞子 蛇床子（各一
两） 牛膝 何首乌（酒浸） 熟地黄（酒蒸） 地骨皮（各三两） 木瓜（川） 茴香（舶上
者，盐炒。各二两）
上除地另捣，余为末，入地重晒、磨，酒糊和丸桐子大，每服七十丸，空心米汤下，新衣不
污。加参、苓、术（各二两），尤效。（忌白萝卜）。
七宝美髯丹 （一名七珍至宝丹）与神仙六子丸相间久服，补功无以加。
何首乌（赤白各一斤。酒洗，竹刀刮去皮，同牛膝、黑豆蒸） 破故纸（盐酒炒香） 菟丝
子（根据制药法煮饼） 牛膝（去芦。各八两），拌黑豆三升，用酒浸一日，甑内蒸熟，去豆用首乌
、膝，捣如泥。当归身（酒浸，晒、焙干，四两） 赤茯苓（用牛乳） 白茯苓（用人乳各五碗
，砂锅煮半干，晒燥。各一斤） 枸杞子（甘州者，晒燥。四两）
上为细末，炼蜜和匀、捣千下，丸如弹大，每服一丸，日三服。早温酒，午后姜汤，临睡盐
汤。初服七日，小便多或杂色，是脏腑病出；二七唇红津生，有腹痛勿惧，乃搜病根去；三七身
轻乳润，一月百病皆出；七七血长精添，火泻水溢。久服强健康宁。
乌须方 京省通行，此方可用，不坏须，制得法，可黑一月。
五倍子（四川大者，打碎捡净，锅内炒黑色，软烂有白烟起。用湿润青布裹，踏石压成饼，
晒燥，研末听用） 红铜花（取细铜丝炭火烧赤，淬醋内，再烧淬至化尽，去醋，晒干研，用时
焙末，二钱） 铜末（四分） 皂矾 明矾（各三分） 没石子（研末） 食盐（各二分）
砂（净，一分）
和匀，以烧酒或煎浓茶，用瓷杯调如稀糊，坐汤中，煮至杯内绿气生面上为好。先将皂角汤
洗须净，拭干，用湿皮纸托定， 柄挑药涂须，纸包过夜。次早温水洗，胡桃油捻之，连染二夜
，黑矣。
三青膏 生胡桃皮 生酸石榴皮 生柿子皮
先将榴皮去子，入丁香满，称过分两；后将桃、柿皮与榴、丁等分晒研末，牛乳调盛铅瓶中
，封口埋马粪内三、七日，取涂须。
简便方 发白返黑。
乌芝麻（酒拌） 九蒸九晒为末，枣肉丸服。
发落不生∶麻子（一升炒黑，）压油搽头。或鲜半夏捣擦。
发油污衣∶早梳毕，以鸡子清涂颈 发，新衣不污。
As stated in the *Huangdi Neijing* (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon): The Kidney corresponds to the bones, and its flourishing manifests in the hair. Excessive consumption of sweet flavors leads to bone pain and hair loss. It is also said: At the age of seven, a woman’s Kidney Qi becomes substantial; her teeth change, and her hair begins to grow. Around the age of thirty-five (five times seven), the Yangming channel declines; her face begins to wither, and her hair starts to fall out. At the age of eight, a man’s Kidney Qi becomes substantial; his hair grows, and his teeth change. Around the age of forty (five times eight), his Kidney Qi declines; his hair falls out, and his teeth become dry. It is further said: Beards that are yellowish-red indicate excess heat and Qi; white beards indicate deficient Blood and Qi; black beards indicate abundant Blood and deficient Qi. Those with beautiful eyebrows have abundant Blood in the Taiyang channel; those with full sideburns and chin beards have abundant Blood in the Shaoyin channel; those with beautiful chin beards have abundant Blood in the Yangming channel. This is determined by the timing of meridian Qi and Blood abundance. Generally, the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder channel manifests its flourishing in the beard; the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney channel manifests its flourishing in the hair. Therefore, when Qi and Blood are abundant, the beard and hair are black and beautiful; if Qi and Blood decline, the beard and hair turn white and fall out. It is difficult to restore what has already declined, but protection can be maintained before deterioration occurs. After the age of thirty, regularly taking tonics for Kidney Yin nourishment prevents withering.
Main Formula (Six Seeds Pill): Cistanche Seed (*Cuscutae Semen*, Tusizi) boiled in wine, Golden Bell Fruit (*Chuanlianzi*, Jinlingzi), Raspberry (*Fupenzi*, Fupenzi), Schisandra Berry (*Wuweizi*, Wuweizi), Goji Berry (*Gouqizi*, Gouqizi), Cnidium Fruit (*Chuanchuangzi*, Shuazhangzi) (each 1 liang); Achyranthes Root (*Niuxi*, Niuxi), Polygonum Multiflorum Root (*Heshouwu*, Heshouwu) soaked in wine, Prepared Rehmannia Root (*Shudihuang*, Shudihuang) steamed in wine, Lycium Bark (*Digupi*, Digupi) (each 3 liang); Quince (*Mugua*, Mugua from Sichuan), Fennel (*Huixiang*, Huixiang from overseas, stir-fried with salt) (each 2 liang).
Crush the Digupi separately. Grind the remaining ingredients into fine powder. Sun-dry and grind the Digupi again. Mix with rice wine paste to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 70 pills per dose, on an empty stomach with millet gruel. New clothes will not be stained. Adding Ginseng (*Renshen*, Renshen), Poria (*Fuling*, Fuling), and Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (*Baizhu*, Baizhu) (each 2 liang) enhances efficacy. (Avoid eating white radishes).
Seven Treasures Beard Beautifying Pill (also known as Seven Precious Ultimate Treasure Pill): Alternating long-term use with Divine Six Seeds Pill yields unparalleled tonifying effects.
Polygonum Multiflorum Root (*Heshouwu*, Heshouwu) (red and white varieties, 1 jin each; washed in wine, skin scraped off with a bamboo knife, steamed together with Achyranthes Root (*Niuxi*, Niuxi) and Black Soybeans (*Heidou*, Heidou)); Psoralea Fruit (*Poguozhi*, Poguzhi) stir-fried with salt and wine until fragrant; Cistanche Seed (*Cuscutae Semen*, Tusizi) cooked into a cake according to processing methods; Achyranthes Root (*Niuxi*, Niuxi) (remove rhizome, 8 liang each); mix with 3 sheng of Black Soybeans (*Heidou*, Heidou), soak in wine for one day, steam in a steamer until cooked, remove beans, use only Polygonum Multiflorum Root (*Heshouwu*, Heshouwu) and Achyranthes Root (*Niuxi*, Niuxi), crush into paste. Angelica Sinensis Root Body (*Dangguishen*, Danggui) soaked in wine, sun-dried and baked dry (4 liang); Red Poria (*Chifuling*, Chifuling) boiled with cow milk, White Poria (*Baifuling*, Baifuling) boiled with human milk (5 bowls each, boil in clay pot until half dry, sun-dry, 1 jin each); Goji Berry (*Gouqizi*, Gouqizi) from Gansu, sun-dried (4 liang).
Grind all into fine powder. Mix with refined honey, pound 1,000 times. Form pills the size of bullets. Take one pill per dose, three times daily. Morning: warm wine; afternoon: ginger soup; bedtime: salt water. First seven days: increased urination or mixed colors indicate expulsion of organ pathogens. Fourteen days: red lips and generated saliva; abdominal pain should not cause fear, indicating root pathogen extraction. Twenty-one days: light body and moistened flesh; after one month, hundred diseases expelled. Forty-nine days: blood growth and essence addition; fire purges and water overflows. Long-term use strengthens health and calms the spirit.
Blackening Beard Formula: Circulated in capital and provinces, this formula is usable without damaging the beard. If prepared correctly, it keeps the beard black for one month.
Chinese Gall (*Wubeizi*, Wubeizi) (large Sichuan variety, crushed and cleaned, stir-fried in pot until black, soft and rotten with white smoke rising. Wrap in wet green cloth, press with stone into cakes, sun-dry, grind to powder); Red Copper Flower (*Tonghua*, Tonghua) (take fine copper wire, burn red in charcoal, quench in vinegar, repeat burning and quenching until dissolved, remove vinegar, sun-dry, grind; roast and grind to powder before use, 2 qian); Copper Powder (*Tongmo*, Tongmo) (4 fen); Vitriol (*Zaofan*, Zaofan), Alum (*Mingfan*, Mingfan) (each 3 fen); Myrobalan (*Meishizi*, Meishi); Table Salt (*Yanshi*, Yanshi) (each 2 fen); Sand (*Sha*, Sha) (cleaned, 1 fen).
Mix evenly. Use liquor or strong tea decoction. Mix in a porcelain cup to a thin paste consistency. Place cup in hot water bath until green gas rises on the surface. Wash beard thoroughly with soap pod (*Zaojiao*, Zaoguo) decoction first, then dry. Support with wet leather paper. Apply medicine to beard with brush handle. Wrap in paper overnight. Next morning, wash with warm water, rub with walnut oil. Dye for two consecutive nights until black.
Three Greens Ointment: Fresh Walnut Skin (*Hetaopi*, Hetao), Fresh Sour Pomegranate Skin (*Liulipi*, Liuliu), Fresh Persimmon Skin (*Shizipi*, Shizi*).
Remove seeds from pomegranate skin, stuff with Clove (*Dingxiang*, Dingxiang), weigh accurately. Then dry persimmon skin, pomegranate skin, and cloves in equal parts, grind to powder. Mix with cow milk, store in lead bottle, seal, bury in horse manure for 3-7 days. Take out and apply to beard.
Simple Formula: White hair turns black.
Black Sesame (*Wuzhima*, Wuzhi) mixed with wine, processed through nine steaming and nine sun-drying cycles, ground to powder, formed into pills with jujube paste.
Hair Loss Not Regrowing: Hemp Seed (*Mazi*, Mazi) (1 sheng, stir-fried black), press for oil, apply to scalp. Or crush fresh Pinellia Tuber (*Banxia*, Banxia) and rub.
Hair Grease Staining Clothes: After morning combing, apply egg white to neck and hair; new clothes will not be stained.