治妊娠面目虚浮，肢体肿胀如水气，名曰子肿。
白术（一两） 生姜皮 大腹皮 陈皮 白茯苓皮（各半两） 喘加桑白皮。
上为末，每服二钱，米饮调，一日三次服。
治脾虚身面浮肿，心腹胀满，喘促，小便不利。
防己（七钱半） 木香（一钱） 桑白皮 紫苏 大便不通加枳壳、槟榔。
上水一钟半，生姜三片，煎服。
治子悬，胎气不和，凑上心腹，或胀满疼痛。
大腹皮 川芎 白芍 陈皮 紫苏叶 当归（各一钱） 人参 甘草（各五钱） 上每
服四钱，生姜五片，葱白七寸，水煎，空心温服。
治鬼胎如抱一瓮。
吴茱萸 川乌 秦艽 柴胡 白僵蚕
上为末，蜜丸梧子大。每服七丸，空心温酒下。取出恶物，即愈。
一方 治儿在腹中哭。多年空房下鼠穴中土一块，令妇人噙之，即止。
以枳壳、达生、芎归三方，抽其精粹而合此汤。临产一二日不下者
枳壳（二钱，麸炒） 香附（一钱，炒） 粉草（七分） 川芎（二钱） 当归（三
钱） 艾叶（八分） 大腹皮（姜汁洗，一钱半）
上水二钟，煎至一钟，待腰腹痛甚，服之即产。
治难产兼治胞衣不下，又治死胎。用萆麻子去壳四十九粒，细研成膏，涂脚心，胞衣即
下，速洗去。不洗去，肠出不收，却用此膏涂头顶，即缩入。
一方 治产数日，子死腹中不出，母气欲绝。瞿麦六两，通草三两，桂心三两，牛膝四
两，水九升，煎至三升，分三服，一日尽，自产。
Treats facial and ocular puffiness during pregnancy, with limb swelling resembling edema, known as Zi Zhong (Fetal Edema).
Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 1 liang), Sheng Jiang Pi (Zingiberis Recens Cortex), Da Fu Pi (Arecae Pericarpium), Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Bai Fu Ling Pi (Poria Cocos Cortex) (each 0.5 liang). If panting is present, add Sang Bai Pi (Mori Cortex).
Grind the above into powder. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with rice water. Administer three times a day.
Treats generalized and facial edema due to Spleen deficiency, abdominal distension and fullness, panting, and difficult urination.
Fang Ji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix, 7.5 qian), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 1 qian), Sang Bai Pi (Mori Cortex), Zi Su (Perillae Folium). If constipation occurs, add Zhi Qiao (Aurantii Fructus) and Bing Lang (Arecae Semen).
Add 1.5 zhong of water and 3 slices of fresh ginger. Decoct and take orally.
Treats Zi Xuan (Fetal Distension/Upward Rushing Fetus), where fetal qi is disordered and rushes upward to the heart and abdomen, causing distension or pain.
Da Fu Pi (Arecae Pericarpium), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Bai Shao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Zi Su Ye (Perillae Folium), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (each 1 qian), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (each 5 qian). Take 4 qian each time, with 5 slices of fresh ginger and 7 cun of Cong Bai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus), decocted in water. Take warm on an empty stomach.
Treats Gui Tai (Ghost Fetus/Abnormal Pregnancy resembling a jar held by arms).
Wu Zhu Yu (Evodiae Fructus), Chuan Wu (Aconiti Radix), Qin Jiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix), Bai Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus).
Grind the above into powder, make pills the size of wutong seeds using honey. Take 7 pills each time, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach. After expelling foul matter, the condition resolves.
Another method: To treat a fetus crying in the womb. Take a piece of earth from a rat hole in an empty house for many years, let the woman hold it in her mouth, and the crying will stop.
Combining the essence of Zhi Qiao Tang, Da Sheng San, and Xiong Gui Tang into this decoction. For those who have not delivered after one or two days of labor onset:
Zhi Qiao (Aurantii Fructus, 2 qian, stir-fried with bran), Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma, 1 qian, stir-fried), Fen Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata, 0.7 qian), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 2 qian), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 3 qian), Ai Ye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium, 0.8 fen), Da Fu Pi (Arecae Pericarpium, washed with ginger juice, 1.5 qian).
Add 2 zhong of water, decoct until 1 zhong remains. Take when lower back and abdominal pain are severe, and delivery will occur immediately.
Treats difficult labor, retained placenta, and dead fetus. Use 49 kernels of Bi Ma Zi (Ricini Seminis) without shells, grind finely into a paste, apply to the sole of the foot. The placenta will be expelled; wash off immediately. If not washed off, the intestine may prolapse and fail to retract; in that case, apply this paste to the top of the head, and the intestine will retract.
Another method: To treat a fetus dying in the womb after several days of labor, with the mother's vital qi nearly exhausted. Qu Mai (Dianthi Herba, 6 liang), Tong Cao (Tetrapanacis Medulla, 3 liang), Gui Xin (Cinnamomi Ramulus, 3 liang), Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, 4 liang). Add 9 sheng of water, decoct until 3 sheng remain. Divide into three doses, consume within one day, and natural delivery will occur.