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Treats difficult labor. For a male fetus, hold in the left hand; for a female fetus, hold in the right hand, and extract the pill.
*Cardamomi Fructus* (Mudingxiang) 1 liang *Moschus* (Shexiang) 2 qian *Boswelliae Resina* (Ruxiang) (lightly remove oil) 1 liang
Grind all into fine powder. Use rabbit brain from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to pound into a paste, and form pills the size of *Euryale Seed* (Qianshi). Coat with beeswax. Take one pill at the onset of labor. Swallow with warm boiled water; do not...

*Leonuri Herba* (Yimucao) 1 liang *Angelicae Sinensis Radix* (Guishen) 8 qian *Anemarrhenae Rhizoma* (Zhimu) 5 qian *Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma* (Chuanxiong) 3 qian *Panacis Japonicis Radix* (Hansanqi) 3 qian *Carycae Fructus Carbonisatus* (Chenzonghui) 3 qian
Decoct in two cups of raw wine until reduced to one cup. Take before meals.

Treats various postpartum conditions.
*Soot from Chimney* (Baicaoshuang) (preferably from rural households) *Draco Sanguis* (Xuejie) 1 liang *Curcumae Longae Rhizoma* (Yusu) 1 liang (stir-fried with vinegar) *Capilli Humanis Carbonisatus* (Xueyutan) 1 liang *Angelicae Sinensis Radix* (Guishen) 1 liang *Cinnamomi Cortex* (Rougui) 1 liang *Paeoniae Radix Rubra* (Chishao) 1 liang *Cyprini Squama* (Liyulin) ( ) 1 liang *Carbon Pini* (Songbingmo) 1 liang (quenched with aged vinegar)
Grind the above into fine powder. Form pills using wine paste, each weighing 2 qian, coated with beeswax shell.

*Rhei Radix et Rhizoma* (Dahuang) 1 jin (sun-dried and ground) *Sappan Lignum* (Sumu) 3 liang (split finely, decoct in five bowls of river water to obtain three bowls of juice, discard dregs, keep juice) *Carthami Flos* (Honghua) 3 liang
(lightly stir-fry until yellow, decoct in five bowls of good short-water white wine to obtain three bowls of juice, discard dregs, keep juice) *Sojae Semen Nigrum* (Heidou) 3 sheng (boiled thoroughly to obtain three bowls of juice, and retain the bean skins)
Add *Rhei Radix et Rhizoma* powder to five bowls of vinegar, mix well, and simmer over moderate heat to form a paste. Then gradually add bean juice, *Sappan Lignum* juice, and *Carthami Flos* juice, stirring occasionally.
*Angelicae Sinensis Radix* (Jiuxi, steamed, sun-dried) *Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma* (steamed and sun-dried) *Cyperi Rhizoma* (Cu chao) *Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata* (Shudi, sun-dried) *Corydalis Rhizoma* (Yanyhusu, used raw)
*Atractylodis Rhizoma* (soaked in rice wash water and stir-fried) *Typhae Pollen* (light stir-fry) *Poria* (Chifuling, steamed and sun-dried) *Poria* (Baifuling, steamed and sun-dried) *Persicae Semen* (Taoren, remove skin, tips, and oil, sun-dried) — each 1 liang above; *Sparganii Rhizoma* (Sanleng, stir-fried with vinegar) *Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix* (Niuxi, soaked in wine, steamed, sun-dried) *Sanguisorbae Radix* (Diyu, remove tips, steamed, sun-dried) *Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma* (Gancao, used raw) *Trogopterori Faeces* (Wulingzhi, stir-fried with vinegar) *Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix* (Qianghuo, steamed, sun-dried) *Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium* (Chenpi, used raw) *Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum* (Guangmuxiang) *Paeoniae Radix Rubra* (Chishao, stir-fried) *Corni Fructus* (Shanzhuyu, remove pits, stir-fried) *Ginseng Radix* (Renshen, stir-fried) — each 5 qian above; *Chaenomelis Fructus* (Muqua, soaked in wine, sun-dried) *Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride* (Qingpi, used raw) *Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma* (Baizhu, stir-fried with soil) — each 3 qian above; *Boswelliae Resina* (Ruxiang, roasted) *Myrrhae Resina* (Moyao, roasted) — each 2 qian; *Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma* (Liangjiang, used raw) 4 qian; *Stemonae Radix* (Wuyao) 2 qian 5 fen (steamed, sun-dried); *Oryzae Sativae Fructus Cochleatus* (Fenguoba) 9 liang (preferably charred yellow. Take a palm-sized piece from the bottom of the pot, collected daily for a month prior. *Huisheng Dan* uses only this ingredient.)
Grind the above drugs together with black bean skins into powder. Mix into the *Rhei Radix et Rhizoma* paste and pound more than a thousand times to form pills. Size of longan fruit, weighing 2 qian 4 fen when moist. If too dry to form pills, add a little wine, pound again until pills form. Sun-dry; if cloudy, dry with fire. Store in new porcelain vessels. Avoid ironware.
Take one pill per dose, using appropriate guiding agents according to symptoms.
1. For difficult labor, taking it facilitates delivery; 2. Harmonizes meridians and collaterals, preventing various postpartum syndromes; 3. For incomplete expulsion of lochia postpartum, take another pill. All above should be taken with warm wine. If unable to drink alcohol, use boiling water mixed with wine and a small amount of child's urine is even better; 4. For abnormal postpartum syndromes or retained dead fetus not covered elsewhere, take two pills consecutively with half child's urine and half yellow wine, effect is immediate; 5. For retained placenta, malpresentation, difficult labor lasting days, abdominal distension, chest oppression and pain, take with stir-fried salt water; 6. For abdominal pain around umbilicus before/during labor, alternating chills and fever resembling malaria or dysentery, take with warm rice soup; 7. For postpartum urinary/fecal retention, irritability, bitter taste, take with strong decoction of *Menthae Haplocalycis Herba*; 8. For postpartum hemorrhage, take with jujube soup; 9. For postpartum metrorrhagia, take with glutinous rice soup; 10. For postpartum leukorrhea (red and white), take with decoction of *Colla Corii Asini* and *Artemisiae Argyi Folium*; 11. For persistent postpartum cough, take with wine decocted with five seeds of *Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus* and three leaves of *Perillae Folium*; 12. For postparture headache, fever, sweating (Wind-Cold invasion), take with decoction of 3 fen *Cinnamomi Ramulus* and ginger/scallion; 13. For postpartum headache, fever, no sweating (Cold Damage), take with decoction of 2 fen *Ephedrae Herba* and ginger/scallion. For mild symptoms, divide one pill into two doses. Avoid ironware, cold/raw foods, and wheat products.