一乌(梅)三巴(豆)七胡椒细研烂捣取成膏酒醋调和脐下贴便令子母见分胞(琐碎录)
凡产难密以净纸书本州太守姓名灯上烧灰汤调即产此虽厌胜颇验(百一选方)
妇人产当寒月寒气入产门脐下胀满手不敢犯此寒疝也医将治之以抵党汤谓其有瘀血尝教
之曰非其治也可服张仲景羊肉汤少减水二服遂愈(本草衍义)
有妇人方产一两日间头疼发热或发寒热者何也其说有三一则作奶二则败血不行三则伤风
先以
手按奶子奶痛者是作奶也宜服顺气散及栝蒌末之类以通其奶更以温汤洗之奶通则无事奶若不
痛即问败血行不行如败血不行即是血作也急服行血药如黑神散没药当归之类奶既不痛败血自
行而乃身热头疼或发寒热是伤风也根据伤寒法随症治之(医余)
一妇人暴渴唯饮五味汁名医耿隅诊其脉曰此血欲凝非疾也而果孕古方有血欲凝而渴饮味
之症不可不知也
陶隐居云产难取弓弩弦以缚腰及烧弩牙令赤纳酒中饮之皆取发放快速之义也(本草)
川王美人怀子而不乳召淳于意往饮以茛菪药一撮以酒饮之旋乳意复诊其脉而脉躁躁者
有余病即饮以消石一齐出血血如豆比五六枚(史记)
孕妇欲产时遇腹中不肯伸舒行动多是曲腰眠卧忍痛其儿在腹中不能得转故脚先出谓之逆
产须
臾不救母子俱亡但用乌蛇蜕一条蝉蜕二七个血余一个(小儿胎发)以上三味烧为灰分为二服温
酒调下并进二服仰卧霎时其儿实时顺生或用小绢针于小儿脚心刺三七刺急用盐少许涂刺处即
时顺生子母俱活也(刘颖叔异苑)
Take one *Mume Fructus* (Wumei, 乌梅), three *Phaseoli Semen* (Badou, 巴豆), and seven *Piperis Fructus* (Hujiao, 胡椒). Grind them finely into a paste. Mix with wine and vinegar, apply to the area below the umbilicus, and the infant will immediately separate from the mother and be born. (From *Suosui Lu*)
In cases of difficult labor, secretly write the name of the Prefect of the current province on clean paper, burn it to ash over a lamp, mix the ash with water, and drink it to induce delivery. Although this is a form of apotropaic magic, it is quite effective. (From *Baiyi Xuanfang*)
When a woman gives birth in cold months, cold pathogenic factors may enter the vaginal opening, causing distension and fullness below the umbilicus, making the area too painful to touch. This is Cold Colic (Han Han). A physician prepared to treat her with Didang Tang (Resisting Decoction), believing there was blood stasis. I instructed him: "This is not the correct treatment." She could take Zhang Zhongjing's Lamb Soup (Yangrou Tang), reducing the water amount by two parts, and after two doses, she recovered. (From *Bencao Yan Yi*)
A woman who had just given birth presented with headache and fever, or alternating chills and fever after one or two days. What is the explanation? There are three possibilities: first, milk engorgement (returning milk); second, failure of lochia (residual blood) to discharge; third, wind-cold invasion. First, press the breasts with your hand. If there is pain, it is milk engorgement. It is appropriate to administer Shunqi San (Regulating Qi Powder) or Trichosanthis Fructus powder to unblock the milk, and wash with warm water. Once the milk flows freely, there is no issue. If there is no pain, ask whether the lochia is discharging. If the lochia does not discharge, it is blood stasis. Immediately administer blood-invigorating medicines such as Heishen San (Black Divine Powder), Myrrha, and Angelicae Sinensis Radix. Since the breasts are not painful and the lochia is discharging spontaneously, yet the body is hot, with headache or alternating chills and fever, this is wind-cold invasion. Treat according to the methods of Shanghan Lun based on symptoms. (From *Yiyu*)
A woman suddenly suffered from extreme thirst, drinking only juice made of five flavors. The famous physician Geng Yu diagnosed her pulse and said: "This indicates that the blood is about to coagulate; it is not a disease, but rather pregnancy." Ancient formulas mention the symptom of "thirst due to impending blood coagulation, craving sour/flavorful drinks," which must be known. (From *Bencao*)
Tao Hongjing stated: To treat difficult labor, one can tie bowstrings around the waist or burn the arrowhead of a crossbow until red-hot and drink it in wine. Both methods aim at the meaning of release and speed. (From *Bencao*)
The Beauty of the King of Chuan was pregnant but had no lactation. She summoned Chunyu Yi. He gave her a pinch of Datura seeds (Gedang Yao) mixed with wine. Lactation resumed immediately. Chunyu Yi examined her pulse again and found it rapid and restless, indicating excess pathogenic factors. He then administered one he of Calcitum (Xiaoshi). Subsequently, she expelled five or six pieces of blood clots resembling beans. (From *Shiji*)
When a pregnant woman is about to deliver, if her abdomen refuses to relax and she walks bent over, lying down and enduring pain, it is because the fetus cannot turn within the womb, causing the feet to emerge first. This is called breech presentation (Ni Chan). If not rescued promptly, both mother and child will die. Use one shed skin of a black snake (Wushe Tui), two cicada sloughs (Chantui), and one tuft of hair from the infant's head (Xuyue). Burn these three ingredients to ash, divide into two doses, and mix with warm wine for oral administration. Take both doses simultaneously. Lie on the back for a moment, and the infant will immediately be born normally. Alternatively, prick the sole of the infant's foot with a small silk needle seven times. In urgent cases, apply a little salt to the pricked area, and the infant will immediately be born normally, saving both mother and child. (From *Liu Yingshu Yi Yuan*)