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**Hupo Zelan Decoction**: Treats women's thirty-six types of blood and qi disorders (a general term for various gynecological blood and qi syndromes), Ba Feng Wu Bi (syndromes caused by external wind pathogens and meridian obstruction), Qi Zheng Ba Xia (abdominal masses and accumulations), stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, stroke with paralysis, soreness and pain in the hands and feet, blood stasis accumulation in the breasts, fetal restlessness during pregnancy, retention of a dead fetus, retention of the placenta, failure of blood rising to affect the heart, dizziness and blurred vision, blood pouring into the limbs, whole-body pain, infertility; taken morning and evening; or for menstrual irregularities after conception, red and white leukorrhea, nausea and vomiting, physical weakness and fatigue, taken once daily, to facilitate smooth delivery.

*Ingredients*: Morinda officinalis Radix (Zi Baji) (remove heart, stir-fry with glutinous rice); Foeniculum Vulgare Fructus (Huixiang) (stir-fry); Moutan Cortex (Mudanpi) (remove heart); Herba Artemisiae Annuae Liuinucum (Liujinu Cao) (remove branches); Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus (Wuweizi) (remove stems); Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Xiong); Paeoniae Rubra Radix (Chishaoyao); Rehmanniae Radix Recens (Sheng Dihuang) (wash to remove soil); Folium Artemisiae Argyi (Aiye); Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu) (each 1 liang).

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of a bullet. Take one pill per dose, dissolved in warm wine. For threatened abortion with stabbing pain, take with cooked glutinous rice water. For alternating chills and fever with vexatious pain in the limbs, decoct Qinghao (Artemisiae Annua Herba) in wine and take. For amenorrhea in married or unmarried women, decoct Honghua (Carthami Flos) in wine and take. For syncope due to blood disorder causing unconsciousness, mix with warm wine and young boys' urine. For inducing labor, mix with egg white and wine. For blood and qi stagnation with blood clumps stabbing the heart and abdomen, use wine quenched with a red-hot weighing hammer. For cold damage and stroke with locked jaw, take with Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction); cover with blankets to induce sweating for recovery. For palpitations and headache, take with Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) wine. For cough, decoct Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex) and take. For blood wind attacking causing whole-body itching and numbness of the head and face, take with wine infused with stir-fried black soybeans. Regular intake before and after childbirth prevents various diseases and is highly effective.

**Antatai Yin (An Tai Yin)**: Treats severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (Emesis Gravidarum) from the third to the ninth month, characterized by mental restlessness, heavy head and dizziness, heaviness in the limbs, lethargy, aversion to food odors, craving for salty and sour foods, excessive sleeping with little rising, vomiting and inability to eat; also treats restless fetus, abnormal fetal movement at non-normal times, lower back and abdominal pain, and all diseases during pregnancy. (Another prescription is seen later.)

*Ingredients*: Sanguisorbae Radix (Diyu); Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) (lightly roasted until reddish); Poria (Fuling) (remove peel); Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata (Shu Dihuang) (wash, sprinkle with wine, steam, dry); Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (remove radicle, wash, soak in wine); Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong); Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu); Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum (Banxia) (wash seven times in hot water); Colla Corii Asini (Ejiao) (crush, stir-fry with bran); Astragali Membranacei Radix (Huangqi) (remove sprouts); Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishaoyao) (equal parts).

Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take three qian per dose, add one and a half cups of water, decoct to eight-tenths, remove dregs, and take warm at any time. If the patient has anorexia, provide whatever food they desire, which will surely lead to recovery. Note on pregnancy taboos: Do not consume chicken, duck, raw carp slices, rabbit, dog, donkey, mule, goat meat, fish roe, turtle eggs, pheasant, sparrow, or mulberry fruits. Furthermore, *Taijiao Lun* (Treatise on Prenatal Education) states: "Let the pregnant woman reside in a quiet room, listen to beautiful words, hear discussions on poetry and books, and learn about rites and music. Let her ears not hear improper speech, eyes not see evil acts, and mind not harbor wicked thoughts. This ensures the child will be handsome, blessed with longevity and fortune, loyal, filial, benevolent, righteous, intelligent, and healthy." This is the teaching left by sages, so it is recorded alongside the formula.