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Treats postpartum blood stasis, muscle spasm and contracture, stiffness and rigidity of the waist and back, and pain throughout the body.
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Guigui (Cortex Cinnamomi), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae) (each 0.5 liang), Zhigancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, 3 qian), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis), Qianghuo (Rhizoma Notopterygii), Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), Sangjisheng (Cacumen Taxilli) (if unavailable, Xuanchuan [Radix Dipsaci] may be used as a substitute) (each 0.5 liang).
Take 4 qian per dose, decoct with water, and take hot on an empty stomach.

Treats postpartum wind-stroke, loss of consciousness, trismus (lockjaw), convulsions of the hands and feet presenting as opisthotonos (arched back like a bow), and salivation from the mouth. It also treats blood syncope, stiffness and rigidity of the four limbs, or sudden fainting accompanied by palpitations, vomiting, diarrhea, and a sensation of impending death.
Jingjie Sui (Flos Schizonepetae, roasted, 4 qian), Danggui Shenwei (Radix Angelicae Sinensis root and tail, 4 qian). For cases with trismus, pry open the mouth to administer the medicine, or insufflate into the nose to save the patient.
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with Doulinjiu (wine soaked with soybeans) or warm Tongbian (pediatric urine).

Treats various wind-induced spasms and cramps after childbirth, or flaccidity and weakness of the limbs.
Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba/Lactiflorae), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Shudi (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Qinjiao (Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae), Qianghuo (Rhizoma Notopterygii), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Baizhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae), Fuling (Poria), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae). Take half of the mixture, grind into powder, and form pills with refined honey; take the other half as powder, mixed with warm wine, swallowing 50 pills at a time.

Treats postpartum deficiency-labor (chronic debility), where despite the long duration of illness, the pulse is floating and vigorous, accompanied by fever and restlessness.
Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri, 8 qian), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata), Zhigancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba/Lactiflorae), Shudi (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis). Add 1.5 zhong of water, 3 slices of Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), and 2 dates (Zao), decoct and take.
Another prescription: Treats severe epigastric and abdominal pain after childbirth, or distension and oppression caused by retained lochia and blood stasis.
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba/Lactiflorae), Shudi (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Yuanhu (Rhizoma Corydalis), Taoren (Semen Persicae), Honghua (Flos Carthami), Xiangfu (Rhizoma Cyperi), Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride), Zelan (Herba Lycopi), Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan), Wulingzhi (Faeces Trogopterori) (equal amounts). Decoct with Tongbian (pediatric urine) and water, and take on an empty stomach.

Treats chronic debility (deficiency-labor) resulting from prolonged postpartum conditions, where both acupuncture and herbal medicine have been ineffective.
Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Fuling (Poria), Huangqi (Radix Astragali) (each 1 liang), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Renshen (Radix Ginseng) (each 1.6 liang), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) (each 7 qian).
Add 1.5 zhong of water and 3 slices of Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), decoct until reduced to 1 zhong, and take warm well after meals.