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Answer: Blood coagulates when cold and disperses when warm. Abortion or injury to the meridians resulting in continuous bleeding has two causes: one is due to heat causing blood to flow and scatter, and the other is due to deficiency of Qi and Blood failing to contain it. Excessive blood loss will inevitably lead to death from restlessness and stifling oppression. If abortion is caused by wind-cold, the cold blood clashes with each other, and due to Qi deficiency with rebellious upward movement, the blood coagulates and fails to discharge. If the blood rushes upward to attack the Heart, restlessness and stifling oppression occur, which also often leads to death. In such cases, one should warm the meridians and expel cold, allowing the blood to flow naturally.

Jiao Ai Tang (Cordyceps and Mugwort Decoction): Treats excessive menstrual flow, dripping leakage continuing for days, and abdominal pain caused by labor injuring Qi and Blood and deficiency of the Chong and Ren vessels. It also treats fetal restlessness, abdominal pain, and bearing-down sensation due to improper care during pregnancy; uterine obstruction with leakage due to labor injuring the Bao Luo (uterine collaterals); lower back pain and mental confusion; fetal Qi rushing to the heart causing shortness of breath after trauma; and postpartum or lactational deficiency of the Chong and Ren vessels failing to control menstrual blood, leading to prolonged dripping, gradual emaciation, and weakness.

Ingredients: Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted) (each 2 liang), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Aye (Mugwort Leaf, lightly fried) (each 3 liang), Shudi (Prepared Rehmannia Root), Baishao (White Peony Root) (each 4 liang).

Preparation and Administration: Coarsely crush the herbs. Take 3 qian per dose, add 1 cup of water and 0.6 parts wine, decoct until 0.8 parts remain. Strain and take slightly warm on an empty stomach, three times daily. For severe cases, administer continuously through the night.

Fulonggan San (Dragon's House Soil Powder): Treats sudden profuse bleeding at irregular times due to labor injuring Qi and Blood and deficiency of the Chong and Ren vessels. The blood may resemble bean curd dregs, appear in clots, be mixed with five colors, or be a mix of red and white. Symptoms include cold pain in the umbilical and epigastric regions, persistence over time, leading to sallow emaciation, dry mouth, reduced appetite, limb weakness, empty restlessness, and palpitations.

Ingredients: Fulonggan (Cooking Hearth Soil, 1 liang), Shudi (Prepared Rehmannia Root, 2 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, half liang), Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome, 2 liang), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark, half liang), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis, fried, 0.3 liang), Jiangjiang (Dried Ginger, processed, 0.3 liang), Aye (Mugwort Leaf, lightly fried, 2 liang), Chishizhi (Red Halloysite, 1 liang), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber, 1 liang).

Preparation and Administration: Grind into a coarse powder. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water and 3 jujubes, decoct until 0.8 parts remain. Strain and take warm before meals.

Danggui San (Angelica Dispersion): Treats sudden fright and running, or falling from heights during pregnancy, resulting in abdominal pain and continuous bleeding.

Ingredients: Danggui (Angelica Sinensis, 1.5 liang, fried), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, 2 liang, crushed until yellow), Aye (Mugwort Leaf, 1 liang, fried), Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome, 1 liang).

Preparation and Administration: Prepare as a drink infusion. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water, decoct until 0.6 parts remain. Then add 1 spoonful of fresh ginger juice, 0.5 he of fresh Rehmannia juice, and 0.5 he of Matong juice (liquid from soaked horse manure). Boil for two or three boils more, strain, and take warm. Take at any time.