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Treats all blood disorders in women before and after childbirth. This includes severe exhaustion due to metrorrhagia (uterine bleeding), pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium, rebellious Qi with vomiting, accumulation of cold blood and cold Qi causing stabbing pain, passage of green or white stool, or passage of mixed-color stool, abdominal borborygmus due to deficiency, abdominal distension and hardness due to Qi stagnation, lower back pain caused by lochia retention, and spitting of green water. It addresses blood deficiency from frequent childbirth, sallow complexion, frailty due to labor injury, irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding leading to miscarriage, blood confusion (syncope due to blood pathology), blood vertigo, blood masses (abdominal masses), intermittent pain, dizziness and blurred vision, nausea, chest oppression with fainting, incomplete expulsion of lochia, body weakness with excessive sweating, and cold extremities. All these conditions are suitable for this prescription.

Huoxiang Ye (Agastache Leaf), Dingxiang Pi (Clove Pericarpium), Shu Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix) [washed and dried], Rougui (Cinnamon Twig Cortex) [coarse bark removed, each 1.5 liang], Gancao (Licorice Root) [roasted until reddish], Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) [using its sprouts, each 2 liang].

Crush the above herbs into a coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add one large cup of water, five slices of fresh ginger, and a ball of mugwort moxa. Decoct together until the volume reduces to 70%. Take warm on an empty stomach, before meals. If taken as a powder, decoct with added Doukou (Nutmeg) powder. For vomiting, add Huoxiang and fresh ginger to decoct. For upper heat and lower cold, add Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba) to decoct. It is suitable for any condition involving abdominal deficiency-cold and disharmony of Qi and Blood. Taking it once daily postpartum prevents various diseases. It is especially suitable for men suffering from deficiency-cold with stabbing sensations and heart/abdominal pain.

Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Tuber) in any quantity, remove the heart and roast until dry, then grind into powder. Grind Zhen Xijiao (Rhinocerotis Cornu, True Horn) to about 1 qian using wine. Mix with 2 qian of Maimendong powder and take with warm wine. The treatment is considered effective when bowel movement occurs shortly after administration; do not restrict the time of intake.

Treats lactating women with obstructed Qi and vessels, resulting in lack of milk secretion. It also treats stagnation in meridians and collaterals, causing swelling and pain in the breasts, retention of pathogenic toxins, or formation of carbuncles and sores. Taking this formula resolves internal toxicity and promotes milk flow.

Loulu (Euphorbiae Humifusae Herba) (2.5 liang), Shetui (Crotaphi Retracta, Snake Skin) [roasted, 10 strips], Gualou (Trichosanthis Fructus) (10 fruits, roasted quickly over high fire to retain charred nature).

Grind the above herbs into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with warm wine, and take at any time. Assist the effect by consuming hot soup or broth.

Treats lactating women with deficient Qi and blood, sluggish pulse, and extremely scanty milk secretion.

Grind the single herb mentioned above (Loulu) finely. Take 2 qian of stir-fried powder per dose, and take with a strong decoction of Loulu Tang (Euphorbia Humifusa Decoction).