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Treatment for pain in the Blood Sea (uterus) of women:
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandoniae) (each 5 qian), Wuyao (Linderae Radix) (1 liang), Xiangfuzi (Cyperi Rhizoma) (2 liang, stir-fried).
The above herbs are cut into pieces. Each dose is 5 qian, decocted with two large zhan of water, strained, and taken warm before meals.

Treatment for leukorrhea with pain in the vaginal orifice, radiating to the heart causing urgent pain, yellowish complexion, flaccid skin, heaviness of the body as if weighed down by a mountain, and a sensation of coldness in the vagina:
Sheng Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) (each 5 fen), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Gaoliangjiang (Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma), Jiangjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Yuliren (Prunus Armeniacae Semen), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) (each 1 qian), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) (1 qian 3 fen), Bai Kuihua (Flower of White Chrysanthemum Indicum) (7 flowers).
The above herbs are chopped like hemp seeds, divided into two doses. Each dose is decocted with two large zhan of water until reduced to one zhan, strained, and taken slightly warm before meals.

Treatment for chronic deficiency and accumulated cold in women leading to amenorrhea, abdominal masses (zheng and pi), sudden severe abdominal pain, dark spots on the face, and emaciation:
Sha (processed sand ginger using paper barrier and boiling water), Hongdou (Adzuki Bean) (each 5 qian), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandoniae), Jiangjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) (each 1 liang), Sharen (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) (2 liang), Huaruishi (Rosa Rosae Chinensis Lapis), Banmao (Mylabris), Sheng Dihuangzhi (Fresh Rehmanniae Radix Juice), Tongzi Xiaobian (Urine of an uncircumcised boy) (each 1 sheng), Goudan from December (Dog Gallbladder) (7 units), Yuanqing (Mylabris Phalerata, processed with glutinous rice) (300 units, heads and feet removed, stir-fried with 1 sheng of glutinous rice until rice turns yellow, discard rice).
The above nine ingredients are ground into fine powder, boiled together with the three juices into a paste, and formed into pills the size of a chicken head, coated with Zhusha (Cinnabar). Each dose is one pill, chewed slowly with warm wine before meals; rice drink may also be used. Pregnant women must not take this.

Treatment for metrorrhagia and metrostaxis (profuse uterine bleeding) that does not stop. This is caused by insufficiency of Heart Qi, resulting from overwork and irregular diet. After a short interval since the last menstruation, the pulse at both Chi positions is wiry, tight, and surging, but weak upon deep pressure. The symptoms include a subjective sensation of coldness below the umbilicus as if ice were present, seeking thick clothing and quilts to ward off the cold; abundant white leukorrhea and slippery discharge, occasionally dripping like leaking roof water, sometimes mixed with fresh blood, and the Chi pulse is occasionally slightly surging.
Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix), Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) (each 3 fen), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) (each 4 fen), Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) (6 fen), Sheng Aiye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium) (1 qian), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) (1 qian 2 fen).
Chuanxiong is ground into fine powder. Danggui is washed with wine and chopped. Shudihuang and Dingxiang are ground into fine powder. Aiye is chopped. All are combined as one dose, decocted with two large zhan of water. First, decoct the five solid herbs until reduced to one zhan and two fen, strain, add Ejiao, and boil again over fire until reduced to one zhan. Take warm on an empty stomach.