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Treats deficiency-cold of the Blood Sea in women, external contraction of wind-cold pathogens, which knot and fail to dissipate, accumulating into masses or forming hard *jia* (abdominal masses). It also treats Qi and Blood attacking the lower abdomen causing urgent distension, occasional abdominal rumbling, sallow complexion, edema of limbs. When menstruation is about to commence, symptoms may resemble severe illness; or there may be menorrhagia, metrorrhagia that does not stop, palpitations, forgetfulness, frequent urination, discharge of white watery fluid, intermittent deficiency-heat, night sweats, and emaciation. This formula is also suitable for unmarried women. Regular use calms the Spirit (*Shen*), expels pathogenic factors, eliminates stale blood, nourishes new blood, and facilitates conception.

Myrrha (ground separately), Succinum (ground separately), Aucklandiae Radix (roasted until ready for powder), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (washed, dried by baking, powder taken, each 1 liang), Cinnabar (ground separately).
Grind all ingredients finely and mix uniformly. Add cold boiled water and knead into pills. Each 1 liang of powder yields 15 pills. Take 1 pill per dose, ground with warm wine and swallowed. For difficult labor due to abnormal fetal breath and abdominal pain, grind with warm wine and urine from an uncircumcised boy. For postpartum syncope due to blood stasis rushing to the heart, trismus, stiff tongue, or lochia不尽 (incomplete expulsion of lochia) with thirst and facial edema, grind with decoction of *Mume Fructus* (Umeboshi) and urine from an uncircumcised boy. For postpartum Qi and strength deficiency and emaciation where other medicines are slow to act, grind with urine from an uncircumcised boy. For irregular menstruation in unmarried women, take half a pill per dose, ground with warm wine, at any time.

Treats deficiency-cold of the Chong and Ren meridians in women, resulting in failure to conceive or repeated miscarriages.
Lycii Cortex (Ze Lan Ye), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (each 1.5 liang), Cinnamomi Cortex (remove coarse bark), Zingiberis Rhizoma (processed, each 0.5 liang), Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata (washed, dried by baking), Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Chuanxiong Rhizoma (each 1 liang).
Grind into fine powder. Use vinegar and wheat paste to make pills, size of *Coturnix* eggs (approx. 6mm). Take 50 pills per dose on an empty stomach with warm wine.

Treats various deficiency syndromes in women, including emaciation, night sweats, palpitations, cough with rebellious Qi, irregular menstruation, or alternating chills and fever.
Pruni Semen (soaked in hot water, skin and tip removed, stir-fried), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Angelicae Sinensis Radix (washed, dried by baking), Paeoniae Radix Rubra, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (honey-fried), Bupleuri Radix (remove rootlets), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (remove albedo), Aucklandiae Radix (appropriate amounts).
Grind into fine powder. Take 1 jin of Qinghao Herba, pound thoroughly, and squeeze out the juice. Combine with 5 sheng of urine from an uncircumcised boy and 5 sheng of wine. Simmer together until reduced to approximately 2 sheng. Then add 3 liang of genuine butter (Su) and 3 liang of white rock honey. Continue simmering until it becomes a paste. Allow to cool, then incorporate the herbal powders, mixing evenly. Make pills size of *Coturnix* eggs. Take 50 pills per dose with warm wine, at any time.