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Treats women with irregular blood and qi, weakness of the fu and zang organs, wind-cold pathogenic factors invading due to deficiency, cold pain in the umbilical and abdominal regions, occasional distension in the hypochondrium, sallow complexion, emaciation, lethargy, excessive desire to lie down, and poor appetite. Regular use tonifies deficiency and damage, warms the lower zang organs, expels entrenched cold, and promotes food intake.

Agarwood (Chenxiang), Curcuma zedoaria rhizome (Ezhhu), Chebula fruit (Helile) (roasted, pips removed), Zanthoxylum pericarp (Jiaohong) (lightly stir-fried until moisture evaporates), Angelica sinensis root (Danggui) (radicle removed, soaked in wine, lightly stir-fried), Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared (Fuzi) (processed, peel and navel removed), Ginger dried (Ganjiang) (processed), Cinnamomum cassia bark (Rougui) (rough bark removed), Atractylodes macrocephala rhizome (Baizhu), Aucklandia root (Muxiang), Citrus reticulata green peel (Qingpi) (pith removed, stir-fried). Grind into fine powder, mix evenly with Muskmusk (Shexiang), make pills using wheat paste boiled in wine, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take thirty pills each time, swallowed with warm wine, on an empty stomach before meals.

Treats women with labor-induced injury to blood and qi, deficiency and damage of the fu and zang organs, wind-cold pathogenic factors invading due to deficiency, vexatious pain in limbs and body, heaviness and dizziness of head and eyes, frequent palpitations and fright, alternating chills and fever, night sweats, emaciation and lack of strength, and inability to eat.

Salvia miltiorrhiza root (Danshen) (radicle removed), Saposhnikovia divaricata root (Fangfeng) (radicle and forked parts removed), Angelica sinensis root (Danggui) (radicle removed, lightly stir-fried), Asarum root (Xixin) (aerial parts removed), Ligusticum sinense rhizome (Gaoben) (radicle removed, washed), Ligusticum chuanxiong rhizome (Chuanxiong), Glycyrrhiza uralensis root (Gancao) (honey-roasted, cut into pieces), Atractylodes macrocephala rhizome (Baizhu) (equal parts). Grind into coarse powder. Take four qian each time, add one and a half cups of water, half a qian of fresh ginger, three jujubes broken open, decoct until one cup remains, filter out dregs, take warm before meals.

Treats insufficiency of the Chong and Ren vessels, long-standing cold in the lower jiao, pain in the umbilical and abdominal regions, irregular menstruation, either excessive flow that does not stop or delayed onset without arrival, or continuous leukorrhea, sallow complexion, emaciated muscles, heavy limbs, fullness and distension in the chest and hypochondrium, lack of energy and strength, reduced food intake, and deficiency-cold. All these conditions are suitable for this prescription.

Evodia rutaecarpa fruit (Wuzhuyu) (soaked in boiling water seven times, dried by baking, lightly stir-fried), Styrax resin (Anshixiang) (crushed, ground with good wine, settled to remove dregs, slowly boiled in a silver vessel into a paste), Angelica sinensis root (Danggui) (soaked in wine, baked), Ginger dried (Ganjiang) (processed), Cinnamomum cassia bark (Rougui) (rough bark removed, do not expose to fire), Magnolia officinalis bark (Houpo) (rough bark removed, processed with ginger juice). Grind into fine powder, mix with the aforementioned Anshixiang paste and white flour to make a paste for forming pills, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take thirty pills each time before meals, swallowed with warm wine; vinegar-infused water is also acceptable.