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The *Yufang Mijue* (Secrets of the Jade Chamber) states: For women injured by their husbands, due to excessive yin-yang interaction causing illness, with swelling and pain in the yin organs, the prescription is:
Cortex Morus Albae Radicis (Sanggenbaipi, 桑根白皮) (cut, half sheng), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang, 干姜) (one liang), Cinnamon Twig Heart (Guixin, 桂心) (one liang), Jujube (Zao, 枣) (twenty pieces).
Boil in one dou of wine until it boils three times, take one sheng, do not allow sweating and exposure to wind. It can also be boiled with water.
The *Jiyan Fang* (Collected Proven Prescriptions) states: To treat women injured by their husbands, with heaviness in the four limbs and deficiency-type headache, the prescription is:
Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang, 生地黄) (eight liang), Peony Root (Shaoyao, 芍药) (five liang), Fermented Soybean (Xiangchi, 香豉) (one sheng), White Part of Scallion (Congbai, 葱白) (cut, one sheng), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang, 生姜) (four liang), Licorice Root (Gancao, 甘草) (two liang, roasted).
Cut each separately, boil in seven sheng of water to obtain three sheng of decoction, divide into three doses. If not cured, prepare again.
The *Qianjin Fang* (Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) treats unbearable pain during sexual intercourse, the prescription is:
Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian, 黄连) (six fen), Achyranthes Root (Niuxi, 牛膝) (four fen), Licorice Root (Gancao, 甘草) (four fen).
These three ingredients, boil in four sheng of water to obtain two sheng, wash the affected area with it, four times a day.
The *Liu Juanzi Fang* states: For women bleeding after sexual intercourse, the prescription is:
Cinnamon Twig Heart (Guixin, 桂心) (two fen), Longtan Earth (Fulongdan, 伏龙胆) (three fen).
These two ingredients, take with wine using a square-inch spoonful, three times a day.

The *Huangdi Yangshen Jing* (Yellow Emperor's Classic on Nourishing Life) states: Before feeling hungry or cold before dressing, if one does not eat for half a day, the stomach and intestines become deficient, and grain qi declines; if one does not eat for one day, the stomach and intestines become deficient and labored, and grain qi decreases; if one does not eat for two days, the stomach and intestines become weak, and essence and qi are insufficient; if one does not eat for three days, the stomach and intestines become deficient and dry, palpitations and chaotic qi occur, and tinnitus arises; if one does not eat for four days, the stomach and intestines become deficient and dry, body fluids are exhausted, and the six fu organs wither; if one does not eat for five days, the stomach and intestines are greatly deficient, the triple burner is dry, and the five zang organs wither; if one does not eat for six days, the stomach and intestines undergo pathological changes, internal and external chaos ensues, and spirit and soul become disordered; if one does not eat for seven days, the stomach and intestines are greatly exhausted, grain spirit departs, eyes become fixed, and life ends.
Chen Yanzhi's *Duanju Fang* (Short Drama Prescriptions) states: Food and drink nourish from childhood to adulthood; it is very difficult to go against them without causing changes, how can one not be cautious?
The *Yangsheng Yaoji* (Essentials of Nourishing Life) states: Chen Jiwan from Pinchuan says: Many diseases arise abruptly, and premature death often results from diet. The harm from diet exceeds that of lust; while lust can be abstained from for years, diet cannot be abandoned. Sometimes it benefits, sometimes it harms; even delicious foods, not just one taste or hundred items, may clash in nature, violating taboos to form stasis and toxins; slowly accumulating into masses, or suddenly causing acute disorders. Drinking alcohol and eating dates causes dizziness and confusion, which is the evidence.
It further states: Do not eat when already fatigued; do not move after eating; do not drink when already sweating; do not eat when already sweating; do not eat when already angry; do not get angry after eating; do not eat when already grieving; do not grieve after eating.
It further states: The Green Ox Daoist says: Do not eat until overly full, so Daoists eat before becoming hungry. Do not drink until overly much, so Daoists drink before becoming thirsty. After finishing eating, walking several hundred steps benefits most people. After evening meal, walking five li before lying down prevents hundred diseases.
It further states: The Green Ox Daoist says: Food should generally be warm, suitable for easy digestion, better than habitually eating cold food.
It further states: Gao Zhongkan says: Hard and fine foods are mostly dry and astringent. If one cannot avoid eating them, one should spit out the residue; otherwise, there is a one in ten thousand chance of digestion, otherwise accumulations will form; soft and brittle foods lack firmness, habitual consumption makes bone marrow unfull.
It further states: Fish and meat, being cold in nature, damage the body greatly; cutting them off is good; if one cannot avoid eating them, one must moderate intake.
It further states: The *Shenxian Tu* (Picture of Immortals) says: Prohibit overeating, as it closes hundred vessels; prohibit drinking excessively, as it makes the bladder urgent; prohibit hot food, as it damages the five qi; prohibit cold food, as it causes disease knots; prohibit raw food, as it harms the stomach and intestines; prohibit drunkenness, as it damages vital qi.
Sun Simiao's *Qianjin Fang* (Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) states: Appetite should be small but frequent, not large meals hard to digest. One should always feel like being full yet slightly hungry, or hungry yet slightly full.
It further states: Chew thoroughly so rice essence enters the intestines, do not let wine essence enter the intestines.
It further states: After eating, one should walk leisurely, finding joy in cultivation.
It further states: After eating, one should walk; after walking, have someone rub powder on the abdomen hundreds of times for easy digestion, greatly benefiting the person.
It further states: After eating, rub the face with hands to regulate saliva.
It further states: Kitchen meals should not be rich in dried meat; always be frugal. Diet should not include much meat, as it generates hundred diseases. Eat less meat, more rice and pickled vegetables; do not serve heavy meats at each meal.
It further states: Excessive sour food dries skin and kills hair; excessive bitter food causes tendon stiffness and nail withering; excessive sweet food causes bone pain and hair loss; excessive pungent food causes calloused flesh and everted lips; excessive salty food causes blood vessel coagulation and change. This is the injury caused by the five flavors. (Note: Yang Shangshan in *Tai Su* says: Excessive salt coagulates vessels and changes color; excessive bitterness dries skin and kills hair; excessive pungency stiffens tendons and withers nails; excessive sourness relaxes flesh and everts lips; excessive sweetness causes bone pain and hair loss.)
It further states: Do not talk while eating; those who talk then eat often suffer chest and back pain.
It further states: Do not speak while eating; when wanting to eat, focus on swallowing into the intestines first.
It further states: Lying supine after eating forms qi stagnation and induces head wind.
It further states: Ordinary people should finish eating before sunset, then no need to drink wine, avoiding lifelong retching.
It further states: Do not eat after sunset, as ghosts wander above.
It further states: In summer heat, often drink warm beverages; in winter, often eat fine rice thick porridge.
The *Baopuzi* states: Five flavors entering the mouth should not be biased towards excess. Thus, excess sour damages spleen, excess bitter damages lung, excess pungent damages liver, excess salty damages heart, excess sweet damages kidney. This is the natural principle of the five qi.
It further states: Do not eat when extremely hungry, food should not be too much; do not drink when extremely thirsty, drink should not be too much.
Overeating leads to accumulation; overdinking leads to phlegm-fluids.
Ma Wan's *Shijing* (Classic of Food) states: When eating, one should calm the spirit and quiet the qi, breathe slowly; do not swallow rapidly or chew poorly, as these cause hundred diseases.
The *Yanshou Chishu* (Red Book of Longevity) states: Jiuhua Anfei says: Do not speak or pull while about to eat. (*Li Ji* says: Not enjoying the moment before eating has its reasons.)
It further states: Do not expose food to air, as it invites various evils. (Exposing food refers to deliberately leaving it uncovered.)
The *Yangsheng Zhi* (Records of Nourishing Life) states: Eating cold food should not cause toothache; cold damages intestines; eating hot food burns lips; heat damages bones.
It further states: Eating hot food and sweating in the wind causes head disease, hair loss, dry eyes, and sleepiness.
It further states: Any food or drink that changes color without reason should not be eaten, as it kills.
It further states: After eating hot food, sleeping on hairy pillows for a long time causes head wind and dry eyes.
The *Shijing* (Food Classic) states: Food and clothing should adapt to cold and heat. Cold should not be chilling, heat should not cause sweating. Food and drink: hot should not scald, cold should not chill.
It further states: Well-mixed food lacking its original scent is toxic; food with bees and houseflies on top is toxic.
The *Shanfu Jing* (Classic of the Steward) states: Do not feel extreme joy or anger when about to eat, as they transform into hundred diseases.
The *Seven Volumes Shijing* states: Do not eat immediately after crying, as it causes qi-fullness disease.
The *Fuqi Dao Yin Chao* (Excerpt on Breathing and Guiding) states: When eating, always face one's natal direction and king qi.
It further states: Do not discuss death when about to eat; do not expose food.
Zhu Sijian's *Shijing* states: Leftover soup from overnight should not be reheated and eaten, as it harms people.
Cui Yuxi says: Food containing human sweat should not be eaten, as it causes malignant sores, especially in women. Early administration of Clove Drink cures it.