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[Da Guan Ben Cao] After delivery is completed, allow the parturient to drink a cup of Tongbian (pediatric urine). She must not lie down immediately but should sit with eyes closed. After a short while, she may lie supine on the bed; lateral recumbency is inadvisable. The knees should be kept erect and the legs extended only later. She should lean high against the headboard, with thick padding on the mattress, and the four walls should be shielded without gaps to prevent Zefeng (pathogenic wind) from invading. Meanwhile, someone should frequently use an object to press from the heart region down to the umbilicus, ensuring that Elu (lochia) does not stagnate. Additionally, for three days, the parturient should frequently smell the vapor of vinegar and charcoal, or smoke from dried Qixi (dried lacquer). If dried lacquer is unavailable, old lacquerware should be burned to prevent Xueyun (blood fainting/syncope due to blood loss or stasis). Regardless of whether there is abdominal pain or illness, mix half a cup of Tongbian with wine, warm it, and take it five to seven times; this is excellent. (Chen Cangqi stated: Soaking Ramie juice and giving it to the parturient, or using Ramie as a pillow, can stop bleeding and fainting. For postpartum abdominal pain, placing Ramie on the abdomen stops the pain.)

[Zhu Danxi] Postpartum treatment should prioritize tonifying Qi and Blood first. Even if other miscellaneous symptoms exist, they should be treated secondarily.

[Da Guan Ben Cao] Dihuang Wan (Rehmannia Pill) treats postpartum abdominal pain, visual disturbances such as seeing black spots, mania resembling possession by spirits, retention of the placenta, aphonia, chest and epigastric fullness, indigestion of food and water, dry mouth with irritability and thirst, alternating chills and fever, oral ulcers, sore throat with swelling and toxicity, palpitations, insomnia, postpartum wind-stroke with opisthotonos, facial redness, trismus, menorrhagia resembling pig liver, umbilical and abdominal pain, restlessness and confusion, edema of the four limbs, unstable conception, and cyanosis of lips, mouth, and nails.

Shengdi Huang (Fresh Rehmanniae Radix, ground to extract juice, retaining dregs) and Sheng Jiang (Fresh Zingiberis Rhizoma, each two jin/500g, ground to extract juice, retaining dregs); Puhuang (Typhae Pollen) and Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), each four liang/120g.
Place the above in a silver or ceramic vessel. Stir-fry the Sheng Jiang dregs with Sheng Di Huang juice, and stir-fry the Sheng Di Huang dregs with Sheng Jiang juice, until dry. Roast all four ingredients together, grind into fine powder, and make pills using vinegar-cooked wheat paste, sized like large marbles. Take one pill before meals, dissolved in Dang Gui-infused wine. This is miraculous. Another method uses only Sheng Jiang and Sheng Di Huang, without Puhuang or Dang Gui, processed via the aforementioned intermixed frying method, ground into powder. Take three qian/9g per dose, mixed with warm wine.

[Zhu Danxi] Heishen Wan (Black Divine Pill) taken postpartum generates new blood and eliminates old blood. Swallow with plain boiled water; for deficient patients, swallow with a decoction of Renshen (Ginseng), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), and Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium). (Formula see Cui Sheng Men/Delivery Promotion Section.)

Yimu Gao (Motherwort Paste) treats all injuries and blood disorders in parturients. (Formula see Tiao Jing Men/Menstruation Regulation Section.)

[Da Guan Ben Cao] Women who seek coolness during summer childbirth often contract Wind-Cold, leading to abdominal accumulations, onset of myriad diseases, and eventually death, unresponsive to various treatments. Taoren Jian (Peach Kernel Decoction/Paste) is the primary remedy, taken after confinement.

Taoren (Peach Kernels, 1200 pieces, peeled of skin and tips, double-kernels removed, roasted until yellow).
Grind this single ingredient extremely finely. Mix with 1 dou 5 sheng/6 liters of premium wine, grinding repeatedly three or four times, similar to making oatmeal porridge, aiming for extreme fineness. Place in a small long-necked porcelain jar, seal tightly, and seal the lid with rice paste. Boil in a water bath for one fu shi/2 hours, maintaining heat but not too fierce, keeping the jar mouth above the water level. When fully cooked, take one ge/20ml with warm wine, twice daily.

Heishen San (Black Divine Powder) treats incomplete expulsion of lochia, retained placenta, attacking pain and fullness in the heart and abdomen, hard and painful distension of the umbilical and abdominal regions, syncope with unconsciousness, vision blacking out, and trismus, as well as various postpartum blood stasis disorders.

Shu Di Huang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix), Puhuang (Typhae Pollen, stir-fried), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, processed), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), each four liang/120g; Heidou (Soybean, roasted, peeled, half sheng/60g).
Grind into fine powder. Take two qian/6g per dose, decocted with half a cup of wine and half a cup of Tongbian (pediatric urine), then mixed and taken.
The aforementioned Heishen San is suitable for cases with abundant cold or during autumn and winter. For those with irritable temperaments, emaciated bodies, or during summer, caution is advised.

[Zhu Danxi] During pregnancy, the mother's Qi and Blood may be stagnant; postpartum, the mother is deficient. Therefore, postpartum conditions generally contraindicate Fa Biao (releasing the exterior/sweating methods). Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix) should not be used postpartum because its sour and cold nature damages the generating Qi.

[Da Guan Ben Cao] Do not overeat, lest accumulation form. Within the first month, avoid excessive talking, laughing, fright, worry, weeping, rumination, anger, rising forcibly from bed, prolonged sitting or walking, needlework, indulging in raw, cold, sticky, hard, greasy foods, fish, meat, and exposure to Wind-Cold. Symptoms may not appear immediately, but after one month, Ru Lao (postpartum consumptive fatigue) may develop. Intercourse is permitted only after one hundred days postpartum. Otherwise, chronic debility and myriad diseases will arise until death; be cautious. All women suffering from Wind disorders and cold deficiency below the umbilicus likely did so due to early sexual activity.

[Zhu Danxi] Someone asked: "In newly delivered women, good blood is depleted, and foul blood may remain; is Heishen San not an essential medicine?" I replied: "The Great Origin generates all things; this is the constant principle. In newly delivered women, good blood is not necessarily depleted, foul blood not necessarily accumulated, and viscera not necessarily cold. Why use medicine? Diligent care of diet and起居 (daily life) prevents disease. If foul blood truly exists and the body is weak and cold, a few doses are simple and effective. If other diseases exist, investigate the cause and meridian involvement; treat Qi disorders by regulating Qi, and Blood disorders by regulating Blood. Why rigidly adhere to this formula and order everyone to take it? Consider those with irritable temperaments, emaciation, internal fire, or confinement in summer; Ginger and Cinnamon are contraindicated when Fire is prevalent. Furthermore, nursing practices contradict reason. Meat broths ignite Fire in Yin meridians, easily causing internal injury. Ancients provided warnings; why consume rich mutton and chicken broths, and constantly administer Dang Gui Wan (Angelica Pill), Dang Gui Jian Zhong Tang (Angelica Decoction for Building the Middle), and Si Shun Li Zhong Wan (Four Smooths Regulating the Middle Pills)? Although these are tonics, they are excessively hot. How can non-cold viscera tolerate them? When a baby is born, the mother's abdomen suddenly expands; eating eggs and salty food immediately is unwise. Eggs are hard to digest, and salt generates heat, leading to complications. Rushing to medicate harms people. I often advise healthy parturients to reject Heishen San, eggs, salty food, and heavy meats, relying instead on white rice gruel for nourishment, occasionally adding lightly boiled dried fish. After half a month, introduce small amounts of meat. Eggs should also be cracked and boiled lightly to benefit the Stomach and dispel disease. Wealthy, indulgent women who suddenly present with leukorrhea, headache, Qi pain, chest fullness, rebellious Phlegm, dry mouth, irregular menstruation, hair loss, and fatigue suffer from Excess Yang and Deficient Yin. Their innate Qi and Blood are naturally balanced. Claims of excess or deficiency are often caused by such erroneous misconceptions."

[Mai Jue] Diagnosing women after childbirth: If the Cun Kou (inch position at radial artery) pulse is Hong (surging), rapid, and irregular, prognosis is poor (death). If the pulse is Chen (deep), Wei (minute), and continuous upon deep pressure, prognosis is good (life). Diagnosing women who have just given birth and are nursing: If the pulse is Chen (deep), Xiao (small), and Hua (slippery), prognosis is good (life). If the pulse is Shi (excess), Da (large), Jian (firm), Xian (wiry), and Ji (rapid), prognosis is poor (death).