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[Juanbai Wan (Cypress Twig Pill)]
Indicated for women and unmarried females, treating conditions where cold and heat pathogens in the abdominal viscera attack each other, resulting in severe colicky pain in the heart and abdomen, lower back pain, leg pain, leukorrhea with blood (red and white discharge), sallow complexion, and yellowish discoloration of the four limbs.
Ingredients: Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Preparatum, prepared ginger, 3 fen), Lurong (Cervi Cornu Detaxatum, prepared with vinegar deer antler), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, prepared rehmannia root, 1 liang 5 qian each), Juanbai (Selaginellae Herba, prepared with vinegar cypress twig), Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubra, quenched seven times with vinegar red halloysite), Baishizhi (Halloysit Alba, white halloysite), Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, ligusticum chuanxiong), Daizheshi (Haematitum, quenched seven times with vinegar hematite), Aiye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium, stir-fried with vinegar mugwort leaf), Sangjisheng (Taxilli Herba, mistletoe herb), Biejia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, prepared with vinegar turtle shell).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use rice paste boiled in vinegar as a binder to make pills, sized like wutong tree seeds. Take 70 pills per dose, on an empty stomach before meals, delivered with rice water.

The *Neijing* states: "When the yin pulse beats distinctly while the yang pulse is differentiated, it indicates pregnancy." If the pulses at the three positions (cun, guan, chi) are equal in floating and sinking characteristics, and there are no other symptoms, one can know that pregnancy has occurred. Once pregnant, many women suffer from morning sickness (egzu), characterized by nausea, vomiting, and aversion to food odors.

[Renshen Banxia Wan (Ginseng and Pinellia Pill)]
Indicated for egzu occurring in the third month of pregnancy, manifesting as retching, inability to eat, or mental emptiness with irritability.
Ingredients: Chi Fuling (Poria Cocos with Red Cortex, peeled), Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, pith removed, 5 qian each), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 5 qian each).
Cut the above ingredients into small pieces. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water, 7 slices of fresh ginger, and bamboo shavings (Zhuru) the size of a finger. Decoct until reduced to 0.7 cup, strain, and take warm. No specific timing required.

Indicated for pregnancy egzu disease, manifesting as mental confusion and oppression, retching, inability to eat, aversion to food smells, dizziness, painful irritation in all joints of the four limbs, and excessive sleepiness.
Ingredients: Xuanfuhua (Inulae Flos, stems and calyx removed), Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma, washed to remove soil), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 5 qian each), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, soaked in boiling water seven times), Chi Fuling (Poria Cocos with Red Cortex, peeled), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, radix removed, soaked in wine), Ganshengjiang (Dried Fresh Ginger), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, pith removed, 1 liang each).
Cut the above ingredients into small pieces. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water, 5 slices of ginger. Decoct until reduced to 0.7 cup, strain, and take warm. No specific timing required.

Indicated for pregnancy egzu, manifesting as acid regurgitation, coldness in the chest, abdominal pain, retching, and aversion to food.
Ingredients: Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, soaked in boiling water seven times), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Ganshengjiang (Dried Fresh Ginger, 5 qian each).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Soak in juice of Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix) and use steamed wheat cake (Zhengbing) as a binder to make pills, sized like wutong tree seeds. Take 40 pills per dose, delivered with rice water. No specific timing required.