治妊娠常苦烦闷,此是子烦。
竹沥(一升) 麦冬 防风 黄芩(各三两) 茯苓(四两)
上五味, 咀,以水四升,合竹沥煮取二升,分三服,不瘥再作。
又方 时时服竹沥随多少取瘥止。
第四 心腹腰痛及胀满方(二十首)
治妊娠心痛方∶
青竹皮一升,以酒二升煮三两沸,顿服之。
又方 破生鸡子一枚,和酒服之。
又方 白蜜(三两) 羊脂(八两) 青竹茹(一升)
上三味合煎,食顷服如枣核大三枚,日三。
又方 蜜一升,和井底泥,泥心下。
又方 烧枣二七枚为末,童便服立愈。
治妊娠腹中痛方∶
生地黄三斤,捣绞取汁,用清酒一升,合煎减半顿服,良。
又方 烧车 脂,纳酒中服,亦治妊娠咳嗽,并难产三日不出。
又方 取蜜一升,顿服,良。
治妊娠腹中满痛入心,不得饮食方∶
黄芩(三两) 白术(六两) 芍药(四两)
上三味 咀,以水六升煮取三升,分三服,半日令药尽。微下水,令易生,月饮一剂
为
治妊娠忽苦心腹痛方∶
烧盐令赤热,三指撮,酒服之立瘥。
治妊娠伤胎结血心腹痛方∶
取小儿尿二升,顿服之立瘥,大良。
治妊娠中恶心腹痛方∶
新生鸡子二枚,破着杯中,以糯米粉和如粥,顿服。亦治妊娠猝胎动不安,或但腰痛,
或胎转抢心,或下血不止。
又方 以水三升洗夫靴,剔汁温服。
治妊娠中蛊心腹痛方∶
烧败鼓皮,酒服方寸匕,须臾自呼蛊主姓名。
治妊娠腰痛方∶
大豆二升,以酒三升,煮取二升,顿服之。亦治常人猝腰痛。
又方 麻子三升,以水五升,煮取汁三升,分五服,亦治心痛。
又方 香豉(二两) 榆白皮(三两
上二味熟捣,蜜丸如桐梧子大,服二七丸。亦治心痛。
又方 烧牛屎焦末,水服方寸匕,日三服。
又方 地黄汁八合,酒五合,合煎,分温服。
治妊娠胀满方∶
秤锤烧之,淬酒中服。亦治妊娠猝下血。
第五 伤寒(方一十六首)
治妊娠伤寒,头痛壮热,肢节烦疼方∶
石膏(八两) 大青 黄芩(各三两) 葱白(切,一升) 前胡 知母 栀子仁(各
四两)
上七味 咀,以水七升煮取二升半,去滓,分五服,相去如人行七八里久再服。
治妊娠头痛壮热,心烦呕吐、不下食方∶
知母(四两) 粳米(五合) 生芦根(一升) 青竹茹(三两)
上四味 咀,以水五升煮取二升半,缓缓饮之,尽更作,瘥止。
治妊娠伤寒服汤后,头痛壮热不歇,宜用此汤拭其身∶
麻黄(半斤) 竹叶(切,一升) 石膏末(三升)
上三味以水五升煮取一升,去滓,冷,以拭身体。又以故布 头额胸心,燥则易之,患
疟
治妊娠伤寒方∶
葱白(十茎) 生姜(二两,切)
上二味以水三升,煮取一升半,顿服取汗。
治妊娠中风寒热,腹中绞痛,不可针灸方∶
鲫鱼一头,烧作灰,捣末,酒服方寸匕,取汗。
治妊娠遭时疾,令子不落方∶
取灶中黄土,水和涂脐,干复涂之。一方酒和涂方五寸。又泔清和涂之并佳。
又方 犬尿泥涂腹,勿令干。
治妊娠热病方∶
葱白(五两) 豆豉(二升)
上二味以水六升煮取二升,分二服,取汗。
又方 葱白一把,以水三升煮,令熟服之,取汗,食葱令尽。亦主安胎。若胎已死者,
须臾即出。
又方 车辖脂,酒服,大良。
又方 井底泥,泥心下三寸,立愈。
又方 青羊屎,涂腹上。
又方 水服伏龙肝一鸡子大。
治大热烦闷者方∶
葛根汁二升,分三服,如人行五里久进一服。
又方 烧大枣七枚为末,酒和服。
又方 槐实烧灰,取方寸匕,酒和服。
第六 疟病(方二首)
妊娠患疟方∶
恒山(二两) 甘草(一两) 黄芩(三两) 乌梅(十四枚) 石膏(八两)
上五味 咀,以酒水各一升半,合渍药一宿,煮三四沸,去滓,初服六合,次服四合,
后服二合,凡三服。
又方 恒山 竹叶(各三两) 石膏(八两) 粳米(一百粒,崔氏《外台》作糯米,
《集
验》、《救急》作秫米)
上四味 咀,以水六升,煮取二升半,去滓,分三服。第一服取未发前一食顷服之,
第
过发后乃进粥食。
第七 下血(方十一首)
治妊娠忽暴下血数升,胎燥不动方∶
榆白皮(三两) 当归 生姜(各二两) 干地黄(四两) 葵子(一升,《肘后》
不用)
上五味 咀,以水五升,煮取二升半,分三服,不瘥更作服之。甚良。
Treats frequent irritability and oppression during pregnancy, which is termed "Zi Fan" (pregnancy-related vexation).
Zhuli (Bamboo Sap) (1 sheng) Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix) Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) (each 3 liang) Fuling (Poria) (4 liang)
The above five herbs are cut into small pieces. Add 4 sheng of water and Zhuli (Bamboo Sap), decoct to obtain 2 sheng. Divide into three doses. If not cured, prepare again.
Another prescription: Take Zhuli (Bamboo Sap) frequently at any time as needed until cured.
Part Four: Formulas for Heart and Abdominal Pain, Lower Back Pain, and Distension (20 formulas)
Formula for treating heart pain during pregnancy:
Qingzhupi (Green Bamboo Skin) 1 sheng. Decoct with 2 sheng of wine until boiling three times. Take in one dose.
Another formula: Break one raw chicken egg, mix with wine, and take.
Another formula: Bai Mi (White Honey) (3 liang) Yang Zhi (Sheep Fat) (8 liang) Qingzhuru (Green Bamboo Shavings) (1 sheng)
Decoct the above three ingredients together. After a meal, take pills the size of a jujube pit, three times daily.
Another formula: Mix 1 sheng of honey with mud from the bottom of a well. Apply to the epigastrium.
Another formula: Char fourteen dates, grind into powder, and administer with children's urine for immediate cure.
Formula for treating abdominal pain during pregnancy:
Sheng Dihuang (Fresh Rehmanniae Radix) 3 jin. Crush and squeeze to extract juice. Combine with 1 sheng of clear wine, decoct until reduced by half, and take in one dose. Effective.
Another formula: Char Cheguo Zhi (Axle Grease), mix with wine, and take. Also treats pregnancy cough and difficult labor where the fetus does not emerge after three days.
Another formula: Take 1 sheng of honey and take in one dose. Effective.
Formula for treating fullness and pain in the abdomen radiating to the heart, with inability to eat:
Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) (3 liang) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (6 liang) Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) (4 liang)
Cut the above three herbs. Decoct with 6 sheng of water to obtain 3 sheng. Divide into three doses; finish all medicine within half a day. Mild diarrhea may occur, facilitating delivery. Take one dose per month.
Formula for treating sudden severe heart and abdominal pain during pregnancy:
Char salt until red-hot. Take an amount held between three fingers, administered with wine for immediate cure.
Formula for treating heart and abdominal pain due to blood stasis damaging the fetus:
Take 2 sheng of children's urine and take in one dose for immediate cure. Highly effective.
Formula for treating nausea and abdominal pain during pregnancy:
Take two fresh eggs, break into a cup, mix with glutinous rice flour to form a porridge-like consistency, and take in one dose. Also treats sudden fetal restlessness, lower back pain alone, fetal qi rushing to the chest causing pain, or continuous bleeding.
Another formula: Wash a husband's boot with 3 sheng of water, filter the juice, warm it, and take.
Formula for treating heart and abdominal pain caused by "Gu" poison during pregnancy:
Char old drum skin. Administer one cun bi (square inch measure) with wine. The patient will soon call out the name of the Gu master.
Formula for treating lower back pain during pregnancy:
Decoct 2 sheng of soybeans in 3 sheng of wine to obtain 2 sheng. Take in one dose. Also treats sudden lower back pain in healthy individuals.
Another formula: Decoct 3 sheng of sesame seeds in 5 sheng of water to obtain 3 sheng of juice. Divide into five doses. Also treats heart pain.
Another formula: Chidou (Fermented Soybean) (2 liang) Yubai Pi (Ulmus Root Bark) (3 liang)
Maturely pound these two ingredients, make honey pills the size of a Chinese quince seed. Take 14 pills. Also treats heart pain.
Another formula: Char cow dung to ash. Administer one cun bi with water, three times daily.
Another formula: Combine Dihuang Zhi (Rehmanniae Juice) 8 ge with wine 5 ge. Decoct together and take warm in divided doses.
Formula for treating distension during pregnancy:
Heat a lead weight until red-hot, quench it in wine, and take. Also treats sudden bleeding during pregnancy.
Part Five: Cold Damage (16 formulas)
Formula for treating cold damage during pregnancy with headache, high fever, and painful limbs:
Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (8 liang) Daqing (Indigo Naturalis) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) (each 3 liang) Congbai (Scallion White) (cut, 1 sheng) Qianhu (Peucedani Radix) Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) Zhizi Ren (Gardeniae Semen) (each 4 liang)
Cut the above seven herbs. Decoct with 7 sheng of water to obtain 2.5 sheng. Remove dregs. Divide into five doses. Wait the time it takes a person to walk 7-8 li before taking the next dose.
Formula for treating headache, high fever, vexation, vomiting, and inability to eat during pregnancy:
Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (4 liang) Jingsmi (Glutinous Rice) (5 he) Sheng Lugen (Fresh Phragmitis Rhizome) (1 sheng) Qingzhuru (Green Bamboo Shavings) (3 liang)
Cut the above four herbs. Decoct with 5 sheng of water to obtain 2.5 sheng. Drink slowly. Prepare again if necessary, stop when cured.
Formula for wiping the body when headache and high fever persist after taking decoction for cold damage during pregnancy:
Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba) (0.5 jin) Zhuye (Bamboo Leaf) (cut, 1 sheng) Shigao Mo (Gypsum Fibrosum Powder) (3 sheng)
Decoct the above three herbs in 5 sheng of water to obtain 1 sheng. Remove dregs. Cool. Use to wipe the body. Cover head, forehead, chest, and heart area with old cloth; replace when dry. Applicable for malaria patients.
Formula for treating cold damage during pregnancy:
Congbai (Scallion White) (10 stalks) Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) (2 liang, cut)
Decoct the above two herbs in 3 sheng of water to obtain 1.5 sheng. Take in one dose to induce sweating.
Formula for treating wind-cold with alternating hot and cold, severe abdominal cramping, where acupuncture and moxibustion are contraindicated during pregnancy:
Grind one crucian carp into ash. Administer one cun bi with wine to induce sweating.
Formula for preventing miscarriage during seasonal epidemics:
Mix yellow earth from the stove with water and apply to the umbilicus. Reapply when dry. Another method: mix with wine and apply over an area of 5 cun square. Mixing with rice washing water is also good.
Another formula: Apply mud made with dog urine to the abdomen; keep it moist.
Formula for treating febrile disease during pregnancy:
Congbai (Scallion White) (5 liang) Douchi (Prepared Soybean) (2 sheng)
Decoct the above two herbs in 6 sheng of water to obtain 2 sheng. Divide into two doses to induce sweating.
Another formula: Boil a bunch of scallions in 3 sheng of water until cooked. Take to induce sweating. Consume all the scallions. Also calms the fetus. If the fetus is already dead, it will be expelled shortly.
Another formula: Take Cheguo Zhi (Axle Grease) with wine. Highly effective.
Another formula: Apply mud from the bottom of a well to the area 3 cun below the heart. Immediate cure.
Another formula: Apply green sheep manure to the abdomen.
Another formula: Take a piece of Fulonggan (Dragon's House Earth) the size of a chicken egg with water.
Formula for treating severe heat and vexation:
Ge Gen Zhi (Kudzu Root Juice) 2 sheng. Divide into three doses. Take one dose every interval equivalent to walking 5 li.
Another formula: Char seven large dates, grind into powder, mix with wine, and take.
Another formula: Char Huai Shi (Sophora Fruit) to ash. Take one cun bi, mix with wine, and take.
Part Six: Malaria (2 formulas)
Formula for treating malaria during pregnancy:
Hengshan (Dichroae Radix) (2 liang) Gancao (Licorice Root) (1 liang) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) (3 liang) Wumei (Mume Fructus) (14 pieces) Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (8 liang)
Cut the above five herbs. Soak overnight in 1.5 sheng of water and 1.5 sheng of wine. Boil for three to four boils. Remove dregs. First dose: 6 ge. Second dose: 4 ge. Third dose: 2 ge. Total three doses.
Another formula: Hengshan (Dichroae Radix) Zhuye (Bamboo Leaf) (each 3 liang) Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (8 liang) Jingsmi (Glutinous Rice) (100 grains; Cui Shi's *Waitai* uses glutinous rice; *Jiyan* and *Jiuji* use Shumi)
Cut the above four herbs. Decoct in 6 sheng of water to obtain 2.5 sheng. Remove dregs. Divide into three doses. Take the first dose one meal period before the onset of symptoms. Advance congee only after the episode has passed.
Part Seven: Bleeding from Below (11 formulas)
Formula for treating sudden heavy bleeding (several sheng) during pregnancy with dry, immobile fetus:
Yubai Pi (Ulmus Root Bark) (3 liang) Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) (each 2 liang) Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) (4 liang) Kuizi (Abutilon Seed) (1 sheng; *Zhou Hou* does not use this)
Cut the above five herbs. Decoct in 5 sheng of water to obtain 2.5 sheng. Divide into three doses. If not cured, prepare again and take. Highly effective.