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Whenever a woman is injured by her husband (referring to irregular sexual activity or emotional trauma), the symptoms manifest as heaviness in the four limbs and headache associated with breathing. Treatment uses:
Fermented Soybean Paste (Xiangchi) and Scallion White (Congbai), each one sheng; Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang), eight liang; Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang), four liang; Peony Root (Shaoyao), three liang; Licorice Root (Gancao), two liang.
The above ingredients are boiled in seven sheng of water until reduced to two and a half sheng, divided into three doses. If not cured, prepare again; strictly avoid sexual intercourse.

If the patient suffers from continuous bleeding, urgently take soot from the bottom of a cauldron, grind it, and apply it mixed with Sesame Oil (Huma); or burn silkworm cocoon floss to ash and apply it; or cut off a rooster's comb and apply its blood. All methods are effective.

Hua Tuo's Obstetric Divine Prescription

Magnolia Bark (Noupu), stir-fried with ginger juice; Qichu Mugwort (Qiai), stir-fried with vinegar, each seven qian; Angelica Sinensis (Danggui), stir-fried with wine; Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), each one qian five fen; Astragalus Membranaceus Root (Huangqi); Schizonepeta Spike (Jingjie Sui), each eight fen; Dodder Seed (Tusizi), soaked in wine, one qian; White Peony Root (Baishao), stir-fried with wine, two qian; Notopterygium Rhizome and Root (Qianghuo); Licorice Root (Gancao), each five fen; Bitter Orange Fruit (Zhiqiao), stir-fried with flour, six fen.
The above ingredients are boiled in two bowls of water until reduced to one bowl. Just before taking the medicine, add one qian of Powdered Fritillaria Bulb (Beimu) with the heart removed, and mix with the decoction. This prescription has tremendous efficacy. For pregnant women at seven months, take one dose; at eight months, take two doses; at nine and ten months, take three doses; at the time of delivery, take one dose. Furthermore, for any case of restless fetus with a tendency toward miscarriage, difficult or dangerous labor, malpresentation (transverse or breech birth), or fetal death in utero, this can be taken, yielding remarkable results. Those taking it prophylactically should take it warm on an empty stomach; those using it for maintaining pregnancy or during labor should take it hot at the time. If one dose is insufficient, follow with a second dose. If the person is weak, adding three to five fen of Ginseng Root (Renshen) is better. Once postpartum, absolutely do not ingest this; be cautious.

If the patient experiences mental confusion, empty irritability, vomiting and regurgitation, aversion to food odors, dizziness, body heaviness, pain and heaviness in the four limbs and joints, excessive sleeping with little rising, aversion to cold, sweating, extreme fatigue, and sallow emaciation. Treatment uses:
Pinellia Tuber (Banxia), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang), each thirty zhu; Dried Rehmannia Root (Gandihuang), Poria Cocos (Fuling), each eighty zhu; Tangerine Peel (Jupi); Inula Flower (Xuanjinhua); Asarum Root (Xixin); Ginseng Root (Renshen); Peony Root (Shaoyao); Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong); Platycodon Root (Jiegeng); Licorice Root (Gancao), each twelve zhu.
The above ingredients are boiled in one dou of water until reduced to three sheng, divided into three doses.