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This paste fills the essence and supplements the marrow, transforms the intestines into sinews, completes the myriad spirits within the body, overflows the five zang organs, solidifies the marrow and fills the blood, turns white hair black, returns one to youthfulness, and enables movement as swift as a galloping horse. Taking several doses daily allows one to go without food all day without feeling hungry, strengthens willpower and memory, enabling the recitation of ten thousand words daily without fatigue, elevates spiritual awareness beyond ordinary dreams, and ensures dreamless sleep at night. For those under the age of twenty-seven, taking this single preparation can extend life to three hundred and sixty years; for those under forty-five, to two hundred and forty years; for those under sixty-three, to one hundred and twenty years; and for those over sixty-four, to one hundred years. After taking ten doses, abstaining from sexual desire and accumulating merits through hidden good deeds, one may become a "Di Xian" (Earth Immortal). One preparation divided among five people can cure five cases of carbuncle disease; divided among ten people, it can cure ten cases of consumptive disease. During preparation, one must bathe and maintain utmost sincerity, and never show it lightly to others.

Xinluo Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma Rubra / Korean Ginseng) (24 liang, remove the rhizome head), Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix) (16 jin, extract juice), Bai Fu Ling (Poria) (49 liang, remove black skin), Bai Sha Mi (White Honey) (10 jin, refined and purified).

Grind the ginseng and poria into fine powder. Filter the honey through raw silk. Extract the natural juice from the fresh rehmannia root. Do not use copper or iron vessels during grinding. Once the juice is fully extracted and dregs removed, mix the ingredients thoroughly. Seal the mixture in a silver-stone vessel or high-quality porcelain jar. Close tightly with two to thirty layers of clean paper. Place in a water bath and decoct using mulberry wood fire for three days and three nights. Remove and wrap the bottle mouth with several layers of wax paper. Submerge in a wellhead to eliminate "fire toxicity" for one shichen (two hours). Remove and decoct again in the old water bath for one day to evaporate moisture. Open the seal, take three qian (spoonfuls), divide into three cups, and offer sacrifices to Heaven, Earth, and all deities. Burn incense and bow with sincere and upright heart. Each morning on an empty stomach, take one qian mixed with wine.

Treats pain in the waist and knees, and all cold diseases within the abdomen. Enhances complexion luster, solidifies bone marrow, and enables speed comparable to a galloping horse.

Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma) (1 jin), Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) (1 sheng, soaked in hot water, remove skin and tip), Sheng Niu Nai Zi (Fresh Milk Fruit - likely referring to a specific local fruit or milk-based ingredient, literal translation: Raw Milk Child/Fruit) (2 sheng).

Grind the apricot seeds finely. Mix with the milk fruit and yam. Stir and press to extract the juice. Seal in a new porcelain jar. Decoct in a water bath for one day. Each morning on an empty stomach, take one qian mixed with wine.