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(With an accompanying chart of childbirth. Other formulas for treating various conditions can be found in their respective categories.)

To treat all kinds of diseases in women related to wind deficiency, asthenia, and cold, such as when wind-cold pathogenic factors remain stagnant in the meridians and collaterals, causing coldness and stagnation of Qi and Blood, failing to warm and moisten the muscles and skin; if coldness resides within the abdomen, the Spleen and Stomach become cold and weak, unable to transform and transport water and grain; or if the intestines are empty and receive cold, leading to frequent diarrhea; or if the Zi Zang (uterus) harbors cold, causing irregular menstruation with fluctuating volume, occurring either before or after the expected time, dripping continuously, or amenorrhea with obstruction, forming accumulations and masses, deterioration of facial appearance and body shape, emaciation of muscles, soreness and pain in all joints, intermittent chills and fever, gradually progressing to wasting and debility, leukorrhea with five colors, cold pain in the vagina, periodic pain starting in the umbilical and abdominal regions, wrinkled and dry skin, urticaria with itching, numbness and tendon contraction, facial sores, yellowing and loss of hair, tearing and dizziness; as well as postpartum asthenia not yet recovered, emaciation with chills and fever, withered and dark complexion, lack of taste in food, gradually developing into postpartum consumption (Chulao). All these conditions are treated with this formula.

Prepared Rehmanniae Radix (Shu Dihuang) (soaked in wine), Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi) (picked clean), Biota Semen (Baiziren) (lightly stir-fried, separately ground), Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong) (each 1 liang 5 qian), Euphorbiae Flos (Zelan) (stalks removed), [Missing Character, likely Cinnamomi Cortex/Rougui] (soaked in wine overnight), Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin) (radicles removed), Serpylli Herba (Juanbai) (roots removed), [Missing Character, likely Zingiberis Rhizoma dried/Ganjiang] (roasted, each 1 liang 3 qian), Zanthoxyli Pericarpium (Shujiao) (pips and closed ones removed), Cnidii Fructus (Chuanshezzi) (picked clean, lightly stir-fried), Myrabolanae Fructus (Wuyi), Halloysit Rubra (Chishizhi) ([Missing Character, likely calcined], quenched in vinegar), Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao) ([Missing Character, likely calcined], refined by grinding), Purified Pyritum (Zishiying) ([Missing Character, likely calcined], quenched in vinegar, refined by grinding, 3 liang).

The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with refined honey, and pounded 500-700 times until uniform. Form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, administered with warm wine or rice drink, on an empty stomach before meals. Regular use nourishes Blood and tonifies Qi, harmonizes Ying and Wei, fills out the flesh and skin, regulates menstruation, promotes hair growth, preserves youthfulness, expels wind and removes cold, and facilitates conception. The nature is warm and neutral, non-hot, non-toxic, but should not be taken during pregnancy.

To treat postpartum asthenia and injury, where the Zang-Fu organs are deficient and emaciated and have not yet recovered, Qi and Blood are unregulated, limbs are thin and weak, fatigue and lack of strength prevail, complexion is sallow, heart feels vexed, there is excessive sweating and a desire to sleep, and appetite is poor. During the first hundred days postpartum, daily regular use strengthens Qi and benefits Blood, warms the lower Jiao organs, and improves appetite.

Astragali Radix (Huangqi), Euphorbiae Flos (Zelan) (stalks removed), Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (Niuxi) (radicles removed, soaked in wine overnight), Ginseng Radix (Renshen) (rhizome removed), Halloysit Rubra (Chishizhi) ([Missing Character, likely calcined], each 1 liang), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi) ([Missing Character, likely processed]), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu) ([Missing Character, likely processed], washed clean, steamed in wine).

The above herbs are made into powder, mixed with refined honey to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, administered with warm rice drink, on an empty stomach before meals.