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To treat postpartum lochia retention and blood stasis that fails to dissipate, accumulating into masses, causing sudden severe pain akin to Dunshi disease (a condition characterized by sudden, excruciating pain); as well as colicky pain in the heart and abdomen, accompanied by diarrhea.
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis Preparatum) (prepared, equal parts).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Each dose is one Fangcunbi (an ancient measuring spoon), taken with warm wine.

To treat postpartum cough and rebellious Qi.
Shilianrou (Endothelium Nelumbinis Seedis Preparatum) (ten pieces, core removed and stir-fried), Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli Preparatum) (ten cloves).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take half a zhan (ancient liquid measure) of water, boil for a few moments, and drink.

To treat postpartum pain in the waist and legs, inability to turn or move the body, high fever with spontaneous sweating, rigidity of the body, and shortness of breath.
Huangqi (Radix Astragali Membranacei) (two liang), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) (three liang), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) (two liang).
Cut the above ingredients into coarse fragments to make a san (powder/granule form). Each dose is four daqian (large qian), add one zhan and a half of water, five slices of fresh ginger, decoct until three-tenths of the liquid remains, filter out the dregs, and take warm before meals.

To treat postpartum wind-stroke, fever, flushed face, wheezing, and headache.
Gange (Radix Puerariae Lobatae) (three fen), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Jiegeng (Radix Platycodonis), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) (roasted, each one fen), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) (prepared, skin and umbilicus removed, half liang).
Cut the above ingredients into coarse fragments to make a san. Each dose is four qian, add one zhan and a half of water, five slices of fresh ginger, three jujubes, ten leaves of bamboo, decoct until three-tenths of the liquid remains, filter out the dregs, and take on an empty stomach. If vomiting occurs, add Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum).

To treat all diseases occurring after childbirth in women, regardless of severity, even in critical conditions where speech is lost.
Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan Radicis), Baishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride) (each half liang), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Baihe (Bulbus Lilii Preparatus) (soaked in water), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) (roasted), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis Preparatum) (prepared, each one liang), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata Chinensis), Mai (Frumentum Triticum Vulgare Preparatum) (stir-fried, each three qian), Honghua (Flos Carthami) (one and a half qian).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Each dose is two qian, add one zhan of water, three slices of fresh ginger, one jujube, decoct until three-tenths of the liquid remains, and take on an empty stomach. Pregnant women must not take this.

After childbirth, Qi and Blood are depleted, and the Five Viscera are damaged; only tonification should be employed, and purgation or draining methods should be avoided. Although lochia may not be fully expelled, tonifying medicines should not be administered immediately. One must wait until after the seventh day, when the mass below the navel has dissipated, before administering tonics. If the pain is extremely severe, or if there is metrorrhagia, trauma, or diarrhea leading to emaciation, weakness, and asthmatic fatigue, or if other diseases arise complicating old ailments, one should consult various formulas, carefully examine and regulate the condition, without being bound by specific days. For instance, Heishen San (Black Divine Powder) can be used without restriction.