干。用慢火炒令黄色,细捣末,每一斤末。用蒸过茯苓半斤,炼蜜为丸。如梧桐子大,空心
,卧时温熟水下十五丸。别用术末六两,甘草末一两,拌和匀,作汤点之,下术丸,妙。忌
桃,李,雀蛤及三白。
《千金方》,治发落不生,令长。
麻子一升,熬黑,压油,以敷头,长发,妙。
又治发不生。
以羊屎灰,淋取汁,洗之。三日一洗,不过十度,即生。
又治眉发髭落。
锻石三升,以水拌匀,焰火炒令焦。以绢袋贮,使好酒一斗渍之。密封,冬十四日,春
秋七日,取服一合,常令酒气相接。严云百日,即新髭发生,不落。
孙真人《食忌》,生发方。
取侧柏叶,阴干作末,和油涂之。
又方,令发鬓乌黑。
醋煮大豆黑者,去豆,煎令稠,敷发。
又方,治头秃。
芜菁子末,酢和敷之,日三。
《梅师方》,治年少发白,拔去白发。
以白蜜涂毛孔中,即生黑者。发不生,取梧桐子捣汁涂上,必生黑者。
《千金翼》疗发黄。
熊脂涂发,梳之散。头入床底,伏地一食顷,即出。便尽黑,不过一升脂,验。
杨氏《产乳》,疗白秃疮及发中生癣。
取熊白,敷之。
又疗秃疮。
取虎膏,涂之。
《圣惠方》,治白秃。
以白鸽粪,捣,细罗为散。先以醋,米泔,洗了,敷之,立瘥。
又治头赤秃。
用白马蹄烧灰,末,以腊月猪脂和,敷之。
《简要济众》,治头疮。
大笋壳叶,烧为灰,量疮大小。用灰调生油敷,入少腻粉,佳。
Stir-fry the medicinal materials over low heat until they turn yellow, then grind them finely into powder. For every jin (approx. 500g) of powder, mix with half a jin of steamed Poria cocos (Fuling, 茯苓). Form pills using refined honey, sized like paulownia seeds. Take fifteen pills on an empty stomach and before bed, swallowed with warm, boiled water. Additionally, take six liang of Atractylodes macrocephala powder (Baizhu, 白术) and one liang of Licorice root powder (Gancao, 甘草), mix evenly, and use the decoction to wash down the Baizhu pills; this is excellent. Avoid peaches, plums, sparrow meat, clams, and "Sanbai" (three whites: white rice, white flour, white sugar).
*Qianjin Fang* records a treatment for hair loss where hair fails to regrow, aiming to stimulate new growth.
Take one sheng of hemp seeds (Cannabis Fructus, 火麻仁), stir-fry until black, press out the oil, and apply it to the scalp to promote lush hair growth; this is miraculous.
Another prescription for treating lack of hair growth.
Use ash from sheep dung, leach it with water to obtain the juice, and use it to wash the head. Wash once every three days; within ten washes, hair will regenerate.
Another prescription for treating loss of eyebrows, scalp hair, and beard.
Take three sheng of calcined lime (Duan Shi, 锻石), mix evenly with water, and stir-fry over high heat until charred. Store in a silk bag and soak in one dou of good wine. Seal tightly; steep for fourteen days in winter or seven days in spring and autumn. Take one he (a unit of volume) when taken, ensuring a continuous sensation of alcohol in the body. Yan Yun stated that after one hundred days, new beard hair will grow and not fall out.
Sun Simiao's *Shi Ji* contains a hair-growth formula.
Take leaves of Platycladus orientalis (Ce Bai Ye, 侧柏叶), dry them in the shade, grind into powder, mix with oil, and apply.
Another prescription to darken temples and hair.
Boil black soybeans (Soybean, 大豆) in vinegar, remove the beans, boil the liquid until thick, and apply to the hair.
Another prescription for treating alopecia capitis.
Grind seeds of turnip (Wu Jing Zi, 芜菁子) into powder, mix with vinegar, and apply; do this three times daily.
*Mei Shi Fang* treats premature whitening of hair in young people and removing white hairs.
Apply white honey into the hair follicles; the new hair that grows will be black. If hair does not grow, crush seeds of Sapium sebiferum (Wutong Zi, 梧桐子), extract the juice, and apply; black hair will surely grow.
*Qianjin Yi* treats yellowing of hair.
Apply bear fat (Xiong Zhi, 熊脂) to the hair and comb it through to distribute. Insert the head under the bed, lie prone on the floor for about the time it takes to eat one meal, then emerge. The hair will become completely black; using no more than one sheng of fat proves effective.
Yang Shi's *Chan Ru* treats tinea capitis alba (white ringworm) and psoriasis-like lesions growing among the hair.
Apply bear fat (Xiong Bai, 熊白) to the affected area.
Another prescription for treating tinea capitis.
Apply tiger grease (Hu Gao, 虎膏) to the affected area.
*Sheng Hui Fang* treats tinea capitis alba.
Use white pigeon droppings, crush them, and sieve finely into a powder. First wash the area with vinegar and rice washing water, then apply the powder; healing occurs immediately.
Another prescription for treating erythematous tinea capitis.
Burn hooves of a white horse to ash, grind into powder, mix with lard rendered in the twelfth lunar month, and apply.
*Jian Yao Ji Zhong* treats scalp sores.
Burn large bamboo husk leaves to ash. According to the size of the sore, mix the ash with raw sesame oil for application; adding a small amount of lead carbonate (Ni Fen, 腻粉) is better.