Ten Dishes That Strengthen the Essence Gate
1. One pair of pig kidneys, split open, filled with 10 grams walnut kernels, 9 grams cornus fruit, and 8 grams psuedostellaria root, sewn shut and boiled until cooked, then consumed.
2. 150 grams lamb, 120 grams chinese yam, 100 grams cistanche, 150 grams dodder seeds, 150 grams walnut kernels, 10 green onions, and appropriate rice made into a soup for consumption.
3. One pair of lamb kidneys, 12 grams cistanche, 10 grams goji berries, 8 grams morinda root, 10 grams rehmannia glutinosa, all stewed until tender, discard residue, eat meat and drink broth, once daily.
4. 50 grams deer meat, combined with goji berries and polygonum multiflorum, stewed, discard residue, eat meat and drink broth.
5. 10 grams dog penis, decocted and taken orally, once nightly.
6. 250 grams dog meat, 50 grams black beans, seasoned with salt, ginger, five-spice powder, and a small amount of sugar, boiled until cooked and consumed.
7. One rooster, gut and entrails removed, chopped, stir-fried with oil and salt, placed in a bowl, mixed with 500 grams glutinous rice wine, steamed over water until cooked, then consumed.
8. Two sparrows, plucked and internal organs removed, combined with 25 grams each of dodder seeds and goji berries, boiled until cooked, discard residue, eat meat and drink broth.
9. Equal parts of garlic chives seeds, dodder seeds, schisandra berries, ligustrum fruit, rubus fruit, and goji berries, ground into fine powder, 10 grams per dose, twice daily, taken with warm water.
10. One pig kidney, 15 grams each of chinese yam and goji berries, 12 grams cornus fruit, placed in a clay pot, added with sufficient water and simmered into soup, consume meat and drink broth.