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Treats various diseases in women, with no condition that cannot be cured.
Shu Di Huang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Bing Lang (Arecae Semen), Wu Yi (Xanthoxyl Fructus) (stir-fried), Chan Tui (Cicadae Periostracum) (washed), Bai Zi Ren (Biota Seed) (separately ground), Ma Ya Xiao (Natrii Sulfas) (burned), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Huang Qi (Astragali Radix), Bai Wei (Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma), Chuan Jiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) (each half liang); Li Yu Lin (Cyprini Carpionis Squama) (burned), Wan Can Sha (Bombycis Batryticatus) (stir-fried), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (processed), Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (processed, skin and umbilicus removed), Shi Gypsum (Gypsum Fibrosum) (?), Ze Lan (Lygodii Herba) (each one liang), Ben Cao (Ligustici Wallichii Rhizoma et Radix), Hou Po (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) (prepared with ginger juice and stir-fried), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (roasted), Bai Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) (processed, each one and a half liang), Hong Hua (Carthami Flos) (stir-fried), Wu Zhu Yu (Evodiae Fructus) (washed, each one fen).
The above are ground into powder, kneaded with refined honey, pounded for thousands of strokes, and formed into pills the size of bullet seeds. Take one pill per dose. Specific decoctions to aid administration are as follows:
For blood stasis masses and pain, take with mian hui (cotton ash) wine; for inducing labor, chew slowly with warm wine and swallow; for blood exhaustion and blood deficiency, take with Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix) wine; for metrorrhagia, take with zong lv hui (palma ash) wine;
for blood and qi pain, take with chao bai jiang (stir-fried white ginger) wine; for wind affecting blood, take with Jing Jie (Schizonepetae Herba) wine. For syncope and coma, fetal death in utero, and retention of placenta, use Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix) juice, tong zi xiao bian (urine of a healthy young boy), and wine, one cup each, boiled twice, then mix with the pill. For daily maintenance, dissolve with vinegar decoction or warm wine, taken on an empty stomach before meals.

Treats pre- and postpartum conditions in women, such as seeing black spots before the eyes, sudden mania resembling hallucinations of ghosts, retention of placenta, aphonia, abdominal distension and fullness, indigestion of food and fluids, dry mouth with irritability and thirst, alternating chills and fever, oral ulcers, throat swelling and pain, heart deficiency with palpitations, insomnia at night, postpartum wind-stroke, opisthotonos, flushed face, locked jaw, severe metrorrhagia with blood resembling pig liver, umbilical and abdominal pain, varying amounts of bleeding, formation of zheng jia (masses), confusion and fainting, swollen limbs, fetal restlessness during pregnancy, and stabbing pain from blood stasis after delivery.
Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix) (two jin, crushed, juice extracted through cloth, dregs reserved), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (one liang), Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizoma) (stir-fried in glutinous rice until red, rice removed, one liang), Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) (two jin, washed and crushed as above; stir-fry the dregs of Sheng Di Huang with Sheng Jiang juice, and stir-fry the dregs of Sheng Jiang with Sheng Di Huang juice until dry, then grind into powder), Pu Huang (Typhae Pollen) (four liang, stir-fried until fragrant), Nan Fan Hu Po (Succinum) (two liang, separately ground).
The above are ground into powder, formed into pills with honey, the size of bullet seeds. Dissolve one pill in Dang Gui Tang (Decoction of Angelicae Sinensis Radix) and take before meals.