生川大黄切片一两。好陈醋浸晒各九次。研极细末。每服三钱。好酒送下。二三服即愈。
槿树根皮二两切。以白酒一碗半。煎一碗。空心服。白带用红酒甚妙。
马齿苋捣烂拧汁。三大合。和鸡子清二枚。先温令热。次下苋汁微温。顿饮之。不过再
服即愈。
真紫降真香三钱。为细末。水二钟。煎八分。露至半夜。鸡鸣时热服之。出汗即愈。
大蓟根叶捣汁服半升。
治妊娠身居富贵。口厌肥甘。忧喜不常。食物不节。既饱便卧。致令胞胎肥浓。根蒂坚
牢。行动艰难。因致临产难生。八月可服无忧散。则易生矣。
当归 川芎 白芍药 枳壳 乳香（各三钱） 木香 甘草 血余（即发灰以 猪心血
和之各一钱五分）
上为末。每服二钱。水煎日进二服。
世之难产。往往见于郁闷安佚之人。富贵豢养之家。若贫贱辛苦者。未有也。古方书止
有瘦胎饮一论。而其方湖阳公主作也。实非极至之言。何者。见其有用此方者。其难自若。
有妊妇苦于难产。后遇胎孕则触而去之。予甚悯焉。视其形肥。勤于针黹。构思旬日。忽自
悟曰。此正与湖阳公主相反。彼奉养之人。其气必实。耗其气始和平。故易产。今形肥知其
气虚。久坐知其不运。必气愈弱。儿在胞胎。因母气不能自运耳。当补其母气。则儿健易产。
Raw Rhizoma et Radix Rhei (Sheng Dahuang) sliced, 1 liang. Soaked and sun-dried in good aged vinegar, each process repeated nine times. Ground into an extremely fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose. Administer with good wine. Cured after two or three doses.
Cortex Hibisci Mutabilis (Jinshugenpi), 2 liang, sliced. Decoct with one and a half bowls of white wine until reduced to one bowl. Take on an empty stomach. For leukorrhea (Baidai), using red wine is excellent.
Portulaca Oleracea (Machixian) mashed and juice extracted. Three he (approx. 150-200 ml). Mixed with the whites of two eggs. First warm it slightly, then add the Portulaca juice while still lukewarm. Drink in one go. Cured within no more than two doses.
White Celosia Cristata (Jiguanzi) treats metrorrhagia (Hongbeng - heavy vaginal bleeding). Red Celosia Cristata treats leucorrhea (Baibeng - heavy white vaginal discharge). Take 5 qian per dose. Roast until slightly charred. Administer with yellow wine.
Authentic Lignum Dalbergiae Odoriferae (Zi Jiangzhenxiang), 3 qian. Ground into fine powder. Decoct with two zhong (approx. 400-500 ml) of water until reduced to eight parts (approx. 300-400 ml). Expose to dew until midnight. Heat and take at cockcrow. Cured upon sweating.
Juice extracted from roots and leaves of Cirsium Japonicum (Daji), take half sheng.
Single herb: Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi (Guanzhong). Decoct one bowl of good yellow wine until reduced to half a bowl. Take until sweating occurs, and the condition stops immediately.
Treating difficult labor caused by pregnancy in women of wealth who consume rich and sweet foods excessively, experience emotional instability, have irregular diet, lie down immediately after full meals, leading to a thick placenta and firm attachment, causing difficulty in movement and difficult delivery. Wuyou San (Worry-Free Powder) can be taken in the eighth month of pregnancy to facilitate easy delivery.
Angelica Sinensis (Danggui), Ligusticum Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong), Paeonia Lactiflora (Baishaoyao), Aurantium Fructus Immaturus (Zhike), Frankincense (Ruxiang) (each 3 qian), Aquilaria Agallocha (Muxiang), Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Gancao), Xueyu (Hair Ash mixed with Pig Heart Blood, each 1.5 qian).
Grind the above into powder. Take 2 qian per dose. Decoct in water, take twice daily.
Difficult labor often occurs among those who are depressed and idle, in wealthy families raised in luxury; it is rarely seen among the poor and hardworking. Ancient medical texts only mention Shoutai Yin (Thin-Fetus Decoction), formulated by Princess Huyang. This is not the ultimate truth. Why? Because I have seen those using this formula still experiencing difficult labor. There was a pregnant woman suffering from difficult labor who terminated subsequent pregnancies out of fear. I pitied her greatly. Observing her obese physique but diligence in needlework, I pondered for ten days and suddenly realized: This is exactly opposite to Princess Huyang's theory. Those well-nourished must have excess Qi; depleting their Qi brings balance, hence easy delivery. Now, obesity indicates Qi deficiency, and prolonged sitting indicates stagnant Qi transport, inevitably weakening Qi further. The fetus remains in the womb because the mother's Qi cannot move it naturally. One should tonify the mother's Qi, so the fetus becomes robust and delivery easy.