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Treats postpartum gastrointestinal weakness and timidity, invasion of cold pathogenic factors, as well as drinking cold water or exposing oneself to wind before the completion of one month postpartum. Pathogens may invade due to deficiency, remain in the *huangmo* (a deep tissue layer between the heart and diaphragm), scatter in the abdomen causing paroxysmal pain; or cause stabbing pain like being pierced by awls or knives, flow into the large intestine, leading to indigestion of food and fluids, watery diarrhea with borborygmus; or passage of bloody and white discharge, hypochondriac distension. These conditions require immediate administration of this formula.
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi) [remove coarse bark], Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata), Liangjiang (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum) [each 1 liang], Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) [half 1 liang].
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 3 qianbi per dose, decoct with 3 zhen of water until 1 zhen remains, remove dregs, and take hot.

Treats postpartum wind-strike, exposure to cold, summer-heat and dampness, cough, asthma, chest fullness, phlegm-saliva obstruction, and restlessness in sitting or lying down.
Xuanfuhua (Flos Inulae), Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis), Qianhu (Radium Peucedani), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae) [remove joints], Chishao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Banxiaqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata Radix Pinelliae), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum) [remove skin and tips, stir-fry with bran], Fuling (Poria).
The above ingredients are used in equal proportions and made into a coarse powder. Take 4 daqian per dose, decoct with 1.5 zhen of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 jujube, until 0.7 zhen remains, remove dregs, and take before meals.

The indications and ingredients are the same as those of the preceding Hupo Heilong Dan (Amber Black Dragon Pill).

Treats excessive blood loss after childbirth. Blood deficiency leads to Yin deficiency, which generates internal heat. Internal heat manifests as vexation. Symptoms include vexation and fullness in the chest and heart, painful distress and confusion, bone and joint pain, worsening at dusk. This resembles the empty vexation seen after severe illness, requiring urgent administration of this formula.
Gan Dihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi) [remove coarse bark], Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis Japonici) [remove heart, each 1 liang], Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra) [2 liang].
Make into a coarse powder. Take 4 daqian per dose, decoct with 2 zhen of water. First, decoct 1 he of rice and 10 leaves of Danyezhu (Hermadenia setulosa) until 1 zhen remains, remove rice and leaves, then add the herbal medicine and 3 jujubes. Decoct until 0.7 zhen remains, remove dregs, and take before meals. Raw dried Dihuang is preferred; if deficiency is severe, use cooked Dihuang.

Treats postpartum retention of lochia (blood stasis) not dispersing, intermittent pain, slow expulsion of lochia, hardness and distension of the umbilical and abdominal regions. It also treats irregular menstruation in unmarried women, red and white leukorrhea, and pain in the heart, abdomen, waist, and legs.
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan), Chishao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Yanhusuo (Rhizoma Corydalis) [each 2 liang, stir-fried], Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi) [1 liang].
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and make pills with honey, sized like wutong seeds. Take 30 pills with warm wine or rice drink before meals. If pain is severe, chew thoroughly and swallow.