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Treats women's Pi Qi disease (Spleen Qi disorder), Xue Qi disease (Blood Qi disorder), Xue Gu (Blood Gu syndrome), Qi Gu (Qi Gu syndrome), Shui Gu (Water Gu syndrome), and Shi Gu (Stone Gu syndrome).
Muxiang (Costus Root), Chenxiang (Aquilaria Wood), Ruxiang (Frankincense, ground), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, each 1 fen), Chuanxiong (Szechwan Lovage Rhizome), Hujiao (Black Pepper), Chenpi (Dried Tangerine Peel), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Jin Fan (Alum), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, processed), Suosha (Amomum Fruit), Huixiang (Fennel Seed, stir-fried, 1.5 liang), Tianqie (Solanum Torvum, 5 liang, select small red ones, sun-dried and weighed).
The above ingredients are washed, dried by baking, and ground into powder. Take 2 qian with warm aged rice water on an empty stomach and at noon. Avoid mutton.

Treats women's blood stagnation at the Baomen (uterine gate), or formation of Jia masses (abdominal masses) between the abdomen and hypochondrium, causing fullness and distension in the heart and abdomen, swelling and tightness resembling Stone Water (Shi Shui), commonly known as Xue Gu (Blood Gu).
Shijing (Stem of Lithospermum or similar herb, 1 liang), Dangguiwei (Angelica Sinensis Tail), Mabiancao (Verbena Officinalis Herb, each 0.5 liang), Honghua (Carthamus Flower, stir-fried, 0.5 liang), Wumeirou (Mume Fruit Flesh, each 0.5 liang), Pengzhu (Curcuma Zedoaria Rhizome, processed), Sanleng (Sparganium Rhizome, processed), Sumujie (Bixa Orellata Node), Moyao (Myrrh), Hupo (Amber, separately ground, each 1 fen), Gancao (Licorice Root, 1 qian).
The above ingredients are ground into powder. Take 2 qian mixed with strong decoction of Sumu (Bixa Orellata) wine; if unable to drink alcohol, a decoction of Jiang (Ginger) and Zao (Jujube) may be used instead.

Treats women's Xue Ying (Blood Goiter/Abdominal Mass), characterized by isolated abdominal swelling.
Dafupi (Areca Peel), Fangji (Stephania Root), Mutong (Akebia Stem), Houpo (Magnolia Bark, ginger-processed), Gualougen (Trichosanthes Root), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, bran-stir-fried), Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark, fried), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, steamed), Chenpi (Dried Tangerine Peel), Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, equal parts).
The above ingredients are cut into pieces for decoction. Take 1 liang per dose, add one bowl of water, boil until reduced to 0.6 bowl, strain, add 0.1 part wine, and take warm at any time.

Treats women with lower abdominal fullness, shaped like a Dun (an ancient vessel), slight difficulty in urination but no thirst. In postpartum cases, this indicates Water and Blood jointly stagnating in the Xueshi (Blood Chamber/Uterus).
Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, steamed, 4 liang), Gansui (Kansui Root, processed), Ejiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin, fried, each 2 liang).
The above ingredients are cut into pieces for decoction. Take 3 qian per dose, add one cup of water, boil until reduced to 0.7 cup, strain, and take warm. The blood stasis should then be discharged.

Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction)
Treats women who have suffered from Wind-Cold invasion for seven to eight days, subsequently developing alternating chills and fever occurring at regular intervals, with menstruation having just ceased. This is Re Ru Xue Shi (Heat Entering the Blood Chamber), where the blood must congeal, thus presenting symptoms resembling malaria with regular paroxysms. (See formula under Shaoyang Jing Shangfeng [Wind Invasion of Shaoyang Meridian]; in the Shanghan Men [Cold Damage Section], it states: Wind invasion must present with sweating, and Guixin [Cinnamon Twig] should be added.)