治产后小腹痛及猝心腹痛方。
桂心三两,以酒三升,煮取二升,去滓,分三服,日三。
治产后腹中苦痛方。
生牛膝五两,以酒五升,煮取二升,分二服。若用干牛膝根以酒渍一宿,然后可煮。
治产后腹中如弦,常坚痛无聊赖方∶
当归末二方寸匕,纳蜜一升煎,适寒温顿服之。
治妇人先有寒冷,胸满痛,或心腹刺痛,或呕吐食少,或肿,或寒,或下痢,气息绵
欲绝,产后益剧,皆主之方。
吴茱萸(二两) 防风 桔梗 干姜 甘草 细辛 当归(各十二铢) 干地黄(十八
铢)
上八味 咀,以水四升煮取一升半,去滓,分再服。
治产后余疾,胸中少气,腹痛,头疼,余血未尽,除腹中胀满欲死方。
蒲黄 生地黄 生姜(各五两) 芎 桂心(各一两) 芒硝(一两) 桃仁(二十
枚) 大
枣(十五枚)
上八味 咀,以水九升,煮取二升半,去滓,纳芒硝,分三服,日三,良。
治产后疹痛引腰,腹中如锥刀所刺方。
败酱(三两) 桂心 芎 (各一两半) 当归(一两)
上四味 咀,以清酒二升,水四升,微火煮取二升,去滓,适寒温服七合,日三,食前
服之。(《千金翼》只用败酱一味)
治产后腹痛方。
芎 甘草(各二两) 蒲黄 女萎(各一两半) 芍药 大黄(各三十铢) 当归(十
八铢)
上十二味 咀,以水一斗,酒三升,合煮取二升,去滓,分四服,日三夜一。
Formulas for treating lower abdominal pain and sudden onset of heart and abdominal pain after childbirth.
Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) 3 liang, decocted in 3 sheng of wine until reduced to 2 sheng, strain the dregs, divide into three doses, taken three times a day.
Formula for treating severe abdominal pain after childbirth.
Sheng Niuxi (Achyranthes Bidentatae Radix) 5 liang, decocted in 5 sheng of wine until reduced to 2 sheng, divide into two doses. If using Gan Niuxigen (Dried Achyranthes Root), soak it in wine overnight before decocting.
Formula for treating postpartum abdominal tension like a string, with persistent hard pain and unbearable discomfort:
Danggui powder (Angelica Sinensis Radix) 2 fangcunbi (approx. 2-3g), mixed with 1 sheng of honey and decocted; take at once when temperature is suitable.
Formula indicated for women who previously had internal coldness, presenting with chest fullness and pain, or stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, or vomiting and poor appetite, or edema, or aversion to cold, or dysentery, with breath so faint as if about to cease, which worsen significantly after childbirth:
Wuzhuyu (Evodiae Fructus) (2 liang), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Jiangjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (each 12 zhu), Ganyedi Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) (18 zhu).
The above eight herbs are coarsely crushed, decocted in 4 sheng of water until reduced to 1.5 sheng, strain the dregs, and divide into two doses.
Formula for treating residual postpartum ailments, shortness of breath in the chest, abdominal pain, headache, incomplete expulsion of lochia, and relieving severe abdominal distension:
Puhuang (Typhae Pollen), Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix), Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) (each 5 liang), Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus) (each 1 liang), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas), Taoren (Persicae Semen), Dazao (Jujubae Fructus) (15 pieces).
The above eight herbs are coarsely crushed, decocted in 9 sheng of water until reduced to 2.5 sheng, strain the dregs, add Mangxiao, divide into three doses, taken three times a day; this is effective.
Formula for treating postpartum rash-like pain radiating to the waist, and abdominal pain feeling like stabbing with awls or knives.
Baijiang (Patriniae Herba) (3 liang), Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (each 1.5 liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (1 liang).
The above four herbs are coarsely crushed, decocted in 2 sheng of clear wine and 4 sheng of water over low heat until reduced to 2 sheng, strain the dregs, and take 7 he when temperature is suitable, three times a day, before meals. (Qianjin Yifang uses only Baijiang).
Formula for treating postpartum abdominal pain.
Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (each 2 liang), Puhuang (Typhae Pollen), Nüwei (Adenophorae Radix - *Note: Historically Nüwei refers to Polygonatum odoratum or similar, but context suggests specific herb*), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) (each 30 zhu), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (18 zhu).
The above twelve herbs are coarsely crushed, decocted together in 1 dou of water and 3 sheng of wine until reduced to 2 sheng, strain the dregs, divide into four doses, taken three times during the day and once at night.