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The *Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Symptoms of All Diseases) states: The meridians of Hand-Taiyang and Hand-Shaoyin in women transform downward into menstrual blood and upward into breast milk. If the meridian blood is insufficient, there will be no breast milk.

The *Ge Shi Fang* (Prescriptions by Master Ge) states: When discarding breast milk, do not pour it on the ground, as insects and ants will consume it, causing the breasts to cease producing milk; instead, one may splash it onto the eastern wall.

It further states: For a prescription to treat postpartum absence of milk due to blood deficiency:
Burn a magpie's nest to ash, take an amount held by three fingers (San Zhi Cuo), and ingest with wine.

Another prescription: Powder the honeycomb, and ingest an amount held by three fingers.

The Xia Ru San (Milk-Inducing Powder) from the *Duan Ju Fang* (Short Drama Prescriptions) is most effective.
Sanctuary Stone (Zhongru, 5 fen) Tongcao (6 fen) Euphorbiae Humifusae Herba (Loulu, 2 fen) Cassiae Ramulus (Guixin, 2 fen) Trichosanthis Radix (Gualou, 1 fen) Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 1 fen)
These six substances are crushed, sifted, and taken in a volume of one cun bi (Fang Cun Bi) with drink, three times daily.

Another prescription: Take 3 liang of Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao), add 3 sheng of water, boil for three boils, and drink all within one day; this is excellent.

The *Ji Yan Fang* (Collected Proven Prescriptions) offers a prescription for treating absence of breast milk:
Take 1 sheng of cut Trichosanthis Radix, add 4 sheng of wine, boil for three boils, remove the dregs, and ingest 0.5 sheng, three times daily.

The *Jing Xin Fang* offers a prescription for treating absence of breast milk in women:
Take 3 sheng of Adzuki Bean (Chixiaodou), boil to extract the juice, and ingest in one dose.

Another prescription: Crush a handful of Chinese Chive (Jiucai), extract the juice, and ingest it; in winter, use the root.

The *Qian Jin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) offers a prescription for treating absence of breast milk:
Take one set of Sow's Trotter (Zhusuiti), coarsely chop, add 2 sheng of water, boil to extract the juice, and drink; if milk does not come, prepare again.

Another prescription: Burn a carp's head, powder it, and ingest an amount held by three fingers with wine.

The *Seng Shen Fang* offers a prescription for treating failure of milk to descend:
Take raw Trichosanthis Radix, burn it to charcoal, grind and sift, and after meals, ingest a volume of one cun bi, four or five times daily.

Another prescription: Grind Trichosanthis Radix into powder, keep it dry without burning, also using a volume of one cun bi, and ingest with well-water drawn at dawn (Jinghua Shui).

The *Yi Men Fang* offers a prescription for treating absence of breast milk:
Sow's Trotter (2 pieces, chopped) Tongcao (6 liang, wrapped in silk)
Decoct together to make a soup and eat it.

(Note: The *Guang Li Fang* states: One set of Sow's Trotter, 12 fen of Tongcao, chopped, decocted in 4 large sheng of water until reduced to 2 large sheng, remove dregs, ingest one zhan after meals, and this liquid can also be used to cook soups or porridge. The *Qian Jin Fang*: One set of Sow's Trotter, coarsely chopped, decocted in 2 sheng of water to extract juice and drink; if milk does not come, prepare again.)

The *Zhen Zhong Fang* offers a prescription for treating absence of breast milk in women:
Take the girdle worn by the mother, burn it to ash, take an amount held by three fingers, and ingest with wine; milk production will immediately increase.