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The *Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Manifestations of All Diseases) states: Abdominal pain during menstruation occurs due to the depletion of Qi and Blood from overwork, combined with wind-cold invasion in a constitutionally weak body, thus causing pain.

The *Qipo Fang* (Prescriptions of Qipo) for treating women's abdominal pain and Qi-Blood disharmony occurring monthly:
Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, 2 liang), Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, 6 liang), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, 3 liang, processed with heat), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 2 liang), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 2 liang), Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, 2 liang, processed with heat), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix, 1 liang).
These seven ingredients are cut, boiled in six sheng of water until reduced to one and a half sheng, strained, and divided into three doses.

The *Seng Shen Fang* (Prescriptions of Monk Shen) for treating severe menstrual cramps resembling death: Fuling Tang (Poria Decoction):
Fuling (Poria, 3 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 2 liang), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, 2 liang), Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus, 2 liang).
These four ingredients are cut, boiled in seven sheng of water until reduced to two and a half sheng, and divided into three doses.

*Bai Bing Zhenjiu* (Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Hundred Diseases) for treating abdominal pain during menstruation:
Moxibustion at Zhongji (CV3), located four cun below the umbilicus.

The *Guangji Fang* (Broad Relief Prescriptions) for treating abdominal pain during menstruation:
Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (8 liang each); Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Fuling (Poria), Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus) (12 fen each).
Boil in six sheng of water until reduced to two sheng, strain, and take warm in three doses. The interval between doses should be equivalent to walking six or seven li. Avoid raw/cold foods and Sargassum (Haizao).

The *Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* states: The disease of Bengzhong (Metrorrhagia) results from repeated damage to the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel). These vessels originate within the Bao Gong (Uterus) and serve as the Sea of the Twelve Meridians. Excessive labor causes deficiency in Chong and Ren Qi, leading to an inability to control the menses, resulting in sudden profuse bleeding, termed Bengzhong. If there is retained blood stasis internally, bleeding may stop and start intermittently, dripping continuously; this is called Bengzhong Louxia (Metrorrhagia and Metrostaxis).

It further states: Persistent Louxia damages the Five Zang Organs. The color of the discharge varies according to the affected organ. Due to deficiency, the five colors mix with blood and descend. The manifestations are: white like phlegm, red like red juice, yellow like rotting melon juice, blue-green like indigo, and black like clotted blood.

The *Duanju Fang* (Short Drama Prescriptions) for treating women with Bengzhong, occurring ten or more times day and night, refractory to medical treatment:
Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 8 liang).
One ingredient, boiled in five sheng of wine until reduced to three sheng, divided into three doses. Those intolerant to alcohol should take as tolerated. (Identical to *Qianjin Fang*).

Also for treating the five types of Beng (discharge of red, white, green, yellow, black): Dazao Tang (Jujube Decoction):
Dazao (Ziziphi Jujubae Fructus, 100 pieces), Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 3 liang), Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini, 8 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, one chi long).
Four ingredients, boiled in one dou of water until reduced to three and a half sheng. Add Ejiao and melt it. Divide into three doses. Note: According to *Bencao*, one chi of Gancao weighs two liang correctly.

Also a divine prescription for Louxia:
Take Huai'er (Phellinus Linteus), burn it, grind, and sieve. Take one fangcun bi with wine, three times daily, for immediate cure. (Note: *Qianjin Fang* suggests burning Huaihua seeds and taking with wine.)

Also for chronic Louxia persisting for years with severe condition:
Take wood from overlapping magpie nests, burn together to ash, take one fangcun bi three times daily. "Overlapping nest" refers to wood from a nest built anew upon last year's nest where eggs were laid. (Identical to *Jiyan Fang*).

Also for stopping bleeding from Beng:
Crush fresh Jigen (Cirsii Japonici Radix) to obtain one sheng of juice. Take warm in one dose, or boil with wine and take as desired.

Another prescription: Crush fresh Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix) to obtain one sheng of juice. Take warm in one dose to stop bleeding. (Also recorded in *Qianjin Fang*).

*Yimen Fang* (Medical Gate Prescriptions) for prolonged Bengzhong with continuous day-and-night bleeding, refractory to treatment:
Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 8 fen), Shengdihuang Juice (Rehmanniae Radix Recens Juice, 1 sheng).
Boil in five sheng of wine until reduced to two sheng. Strain, add Shengdihuang juice, boil once more. Divide into three doses, spaced by walking eight or nine li. For those intolerant to alcohol, take frequently in small amounts to stop bleeding; these two ingredients can also be taken singly.

*Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) for women with persistent red Louxia and daytime/nighttime exhaustion of Upper Qi:
Guijia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, roasted), Muli (Ostreae Concha).
Equal parts, ground into powder. Take one fangcun bi with wine, three times daily.

Another prescription: Burn human hair, take one fangcun bi three times daily.

Also for treating five-colored discharge:
Da Dou Zi Tang (Black Soybean Purple Decoction), taken three times daily, is preferable.

Another prescription: Drink juice from Zengchen (sediment from steamers).

Another prescription: Take Puhuang (Typhae Pollen).

Also moxibustion for Bengzhong:
Moxibustion on the horizontal wrinkle of the lower abdomen, directly below the umbilicus, 100 moxa cones.

Another prescription: Moxibustion on both sides of Guanyuan (CV4), three cun away.

*Ge Shi Fang* (Ge's Prescriptions) for treating women's Bengzhong, Louxia, and menstruation, eliminating green, yellow, red, and white discharges to prevent conception:
Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, 2 liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 2 liang), Puhuang (Typhae Pollen, 2 liang).
Grind and sieve. Take five fen bi with wine, three times daily, increasing to one fangcun bi. (Identical to *Lu Yan Fang*).

Another prescription: Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubrum) honey pills, three pills the size of wutong seeds, three times daily.

Another prescription: Lu Fengfang (Vespa Crabro Nest) burned to ash, pinch with three fingers, take with wine, effective.

*Guangli Fang* (Broad Benefit Prescriptions) for treating Bengzhong Louxia blood:
Lingxiaohua (Campsis Grandiflorae Flos) powder, take one fangcun bi with warm wine, three times daily, stops immediately.

*Seng Shen Fang* for treating Bengzhong:
Sanger (Armillariae Myliotis), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, equal parts).
Sieve, take one fangcun bi with wine, four to five times daily.

Another prescription: Baimaogen (Imperatae Rhizoma, 20 jin), Xiaoji Gen (Cirsii Japonici Radix, 10 jin). Crush, squeeze juice, boil until reduced to five sheng. Take one sheng, three to four times daily.

*Jingxin Fang* for treating prolonged bleeding: Xiongzhu Wan (Chuanxiong Pill):
Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, 2 liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 2 liang), Puhuang (Typhae Pollen, 2 liang), Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini, 2 liang), Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 2 liang), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 3 liang), Ganhuidang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, 3 liang).
Seven ingredients, grind, sieve, mix, and form pills the size of soybeans. Take ten pills, three times daily.

Another prescription: Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Recens), Lian Gen (Nelumbinis Rhizoma), equal parts. Crush, squeeze juice, boil, and take as desired.

Longgu Wan (Dragon Bone Pill) for treating prolonged bleeding:
Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi et Scapulae), Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini, roasted), Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubrum), Muli (Ostreae Concha), Ganhuidang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, roasted, 2 liang each), Puhuang (Typhae Pollen, 3 liang).
Eight ingredients, grind, sieve, form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take fifteen pills, three times daily.

*Longmen Fang* for treating women's Louxia:
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang), Fuling (Poria, 2 liang), Muli (Ostreae Concha, 5 liang, separately ground).
Other ingredients ground into powder, mixed, taken with wine or water, twice daily, until cured.

Another prescription: Moxibustion one and a half cun left and right of the umbilicus, 300 cones each side.

*Jiyan Fang* for treating persistent women's Louxia powder:
Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, 3 liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 2 liang), Puhuang (Typhae Pollen, 1 liang), Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini, roasted, 3 liang), Wuzhegu (Sepiae Endoconcha, 2 liang, shell removed).
Sieve, make powder. Take one fangcun bi with wine, three times by day, twice by night. (Identical to *Qianjin Fang*).

*Su Jing Bencao Zhu* (Su Jing's Commentary on Materia Medica) states: Scrape and take Niuhuang (Bovis Calculus).

*Cui Yuxi Shijing* (Cui Yuxi's Food Classic) states: Scrape and take Hai Dulongzi (Sea Skull Seed).