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Treats deficiency and damage to the Chong and Ren meridians (Chong and Ren vessels), irregular menstruation, excessive menstrual flow that does not stop, or delayed menstruation without onset, or metrorrhagia (uterine bleeding) with excessive blood loss that fails to cease. Also treats cases of previous miscarriage or abortion where retained uterine blood stasis causes lower abdominal pain, fever with diarrhea, vexation and heat in the palms, and dryness of the lips and mouth; as well as cold in the lower abdomen leading to infertility over a long period.

Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, washed seven times with decoction to remove slipperiness) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, soaked in wine overnight) Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong) Renshen (Radix Ginseng) Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan) Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus) Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini, fried with Gefen powder) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, roasted, two liang each) Wuzhuyu (Fructus Evodiae, washed with decoction and fried, three liang) Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis, heart removed, five liang)

Grind the above into a coarse powder. Take three qian per dose, add one and a half zhan of water and five slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), decoct until reduced to eight fen, strain, and take hot on an empty stomach before meals.

Treats fatigue due to blood deficiency, vexation and heat in the five centers (palms, soles, and chest), limb pain, heavy sensation in the head and eyes, palpitations with red cheeks, dry mouth and throat, fever with night sweats, decreased appetite, and lethargy; as well as conflict between blood heat causing dysmenorrhea or irregular menstruation, distending pain in the umbilical and abdominal regions, and alternating chills and fever resembling malaria. It also treats young women with weak blood and yin deficiency, disharmony of Ying and Wei (nutritive and defensive qi), phlegm-cough with tidal fever, emaciation, and gradual development of bone-steaming consumption.

Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan) Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, half soaked in salt water and roasted, half used raw) Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus) Moyao (Olibanum, ground separately) Yanhusuo (Rhizoma Corydalis) Honghua (Flos Carthami) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) Wuyao (Ligusticum Chuanxiong, one liang each) Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) Sumu (Santalum Rubrum) Guijian (Ramulus Corni) Pengzhu (Rhizoma Curcumae, processed, one fen each) Ganqi (Resina Dryobalanops, fried, two qian)

Grind the above into a fine powder. Take two qian per dose, decoct with white water until reduced to seven fen. Avoid raw and cold foods.

Treats labor injury to qi and blood, deficiency of the Chong and Ren meridians, abnormal uterine bleeding occurring suddenly, resembling bean curd juice, forming blood clots, mixed with five colors, or mixed with red and white discharge, cold pain in the umbilical and abdominal regions persisting for a long time, leading to sallow complexion, emaciation, dry mouth, decreased diet, weakness in the four limbs, empty vexation and palpitations, and infertility.

Fulonggan (Caudex Longanae Aridis) Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum, quenched in vinegar) Muli (Concha Ostreae, powder extracted) Wweigu (Cutula Sepiae, powder extracted) Yuyuliang (Halticolum, quenched in vinegar) Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus, equal parts)

Grind the above into a fine powder. Take two qian on an empty stomach with wine or water. For excessive leukorrhea (white discharge), add Muli and Wweigu; for excessive bloody discharge (red discharge), add Chishizhi and Yuyuliang; for excessive yellow discharge, add Fulonggan and Guixin, adjusting according to the condition. Another method includes adding Longgu (Os Draconis).