# GAI (A) |Jade essence: (A1) |··[Nature] Sweet, balanced. (A3) |··[Mainly for] (A31) |····The hundred diseases of the five viscera. (A32) |····softening the tendons, (A33) |····strengthening the bones, (A34) |····settling the ethereal and corporeal souls, (A35) |····developing the flesh and muscles, (A36) |····boosting the vital energy. (A4) |··[Prolonged consumption] (A41) |····Lets one endure cold and heat, (A42) |····frees from hunger and thirst, (A43) |····prevents aging and (A431) |······turns into a divine immortal, (A44) |····lightens the body (A441) |······to prolong one's years indefinitely. (A5) |··[Mortuary use] (A51) |····If one near death (A511) |······consumes 1 kg, (A5111) |········for three years after death (A51111)|··········the color will not change. (A6) |··[Another Name] Jade tablets. (A7) |..[Provenance] Mountain valleys.