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Answer: When a woman's menstruation flows smoothly, the flow allows water and blood to transform and digest each other. If wind-cold pathogens bind in the meridians, causing blood to coagulate and obstruct, the accumulated blood transforms into water retention; this is termed "Blood Division" (Xue Fen).

If illness occurs first, followed by the cessation or interruption of menstruation, it is termed "Water Division" (Shui Fen). This condition is easy to treat; once the water retention is eliminated, menstruation will resume naturally. If the patient feels abdominal distension internally, while externally appearing normal (without obvious abdominal swelling), with black stools and reddish urine, these are the signs of this condition.

Jiaoren Wan (Pepper Kernel Pill): Treats cases where menstruation has ceased, subsequently leading to edema of the limbs and face, and urinary obstruction. It is named "Blood Division transforming into Water Division"; when blood circulation is obstructed, it leads to water retention.

Ingredients: Psoraleae Fructus (Wulingzhi, 五灵脂); Evodiae Fructus (Wuzhuyu, 吴茱萸) (washed seven times with decoction, soaked in vinegar, and stir-fried); Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo, 玄胡索) (each half tael); Daphne Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, 芫花) (soaked in vinegar overnight, stir-fried until scorched, one qian); Piperis Longi Pericarpium (Jiaoren, 椒仁); Kansui Radix (Gansui, 甘遂) (stir-fried until yellow); Euphorbia Lathyris Seed (Xuisui Zi, 续随子); Prunus Armeniaca Seed (Yuliren, 郁李仁) (peeled and crushed); Persicae Semen (Qian Niu, 牵牛子) (stir-fried ripe, each half tael); Realgar (Xin Pi, 信砒) (one qian, ground fine); Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao, 石膏) (calcined until red-hot, ground fine, one qian); Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi, 附子) (processed and cooked, half tael); Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang, 木香) (half tael); Chalcanthite (Danfan, 胆矾) (one qian).

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use wheat paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Swallow one pill with Tangerine Peel Decoction (Chenpi Tang) before retiring to bed. If the abdomen remains unrelieved, add one more pill. If the abdomen remains unrelieved during the day, take another dose at noon.

Tingli Wan (Descurainiae Seed Pill): Treats cases where menstrual obstruction follows urinary difficulty, leading to edema of the body and face. It is termed "Water Division." The prognosis and variations are consistent with Edema Disease (Shui Qi).

Ingredients: Descurainiae Semen Lepidii Semeni (Tingli, 葶苈子) (stir-fried); Euphorbia Lathyris Seed (Xuisui Zi, 续随子) (peeled and crushed, each half tael); Drynaria Rhizoma (Ganqi, 干漆) (one tael).

Grind the above ingredients into powder. Mix with jujube flesh to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take seven pills with decoction of Commelina Communis (Bian Zhu Tang, 扁竹汤). If bowel movements are loose, reduce Tingli and Xuisui Zi by one qian each, and add Atractodis Rhizoma (Baizhu, 白术) half tael.

Answer: The Classic states: "Sudden pain in the five zang organs, what qi causes this?" Qibo replied: "Cold qi stagnates outside the vessels, thus causing sudden pain." The *Treatise on Pain* (*Ju Tong Lun*) records seventeen types of pain syndromes, all caused by cold qi. Chao Yuanfang stated that pain arises from deficiency of the zang organs making them susceptible to wind-cold, allowing pathogenic qi to invade the heart. Some painful attacks lead to death, while others do not but result in rashes. The Heart is the master of the five zang organs and houses the spirit; its regular channels must not be injured. If injured and painful, it is called "True Heart Pain" (Zhen Xin Tong), which can cause death if onset occurs in the morning and death in the evening, or vice versa. If the fu organs and zang organs are weak, wind pathogens lodge within. Pain follows the movement of qi upward or downward; attacking upward to the heart causes heart pain, attacking downward to the abdomen causes abdominal pain, and mutual attack causes both heart and abdominal pain. Alternatively, if chronic wind-cold binds with blood, causing qi and blood to stagnate and coagulate, lower abdominal pain results.

Cu Jian San (Vinegar-Boiled Powder): Treats stabbing pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium due to blood and qi disorders in women, as well as urgent pain from retained lochia (postpartum blood stasis) known as "Child Pillow Pain" (Er Zhen Ji Tong).

Ingredients: Galangal Rhizome (Gaoliangjiang, 高良姜) (one tael); Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui, 当归); Cinnamon Twig (Rougui, 肉桂); White Peony Root (Baishao, 白芍); Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae (Juhong, 橘红); Linderae Radix (Wuyao, 乌药) (each half tael).

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take three qian per dose. Boil with half a cup of water and half a cup of vinegar until reduced to seventy percent. Drink orally in one go. Time of administration is unrestricted.

Muxiang Tongqi Wan (Aucklandia Qi-Circulating Pill): Treats stabbing pain caused by qi stagnation.

Ingredients: Sparganii Rhizoma (Jingsanleng, 京三棱); Curcumae Rhizoma (Ezhu, 莪术) (each four taels); Daphne Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, 芫花); Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang, 木香); Arecae Semen (Binglang, 槟榔); Aquatic Betel Nut (Dafuzi, 大腹子) (each one tael).

Boil the above ingredients in three jin of rice vinegar until the vinegar is completely absorbed. Remove the Yuanhua alone and stir-fry until dry. Slice the remaining five herbs, bake until dry, and grind into powder. Mix with white flour paste to form pills the size of pea seeds. Take thirty pills with Tangerine Peel Decoction (Chenpi Tang) until pain ceases.

Yu Baodu (Jade Belly Band): Treats persistent cold diseases caused by stagnant cold, resulting in stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen. It is highly effective when tied around the umbilical region. Master Zheng transmitted a formula using only Zhen Sha (Needle Sand) processed as described above, using half a tael, without other herbs.

Ingredients: Zhen Sha (Needle Sand) (one tael, stir-fried in an iron wok, stirring constantly with willow twigs or small bamboo until smoke appears, then cooled); Alum (Baifan, 白矾); Calomelas (Fenshuang, 粉霜) (each two qian); Cinnabar (Zhusha, 砂 - note: text says 'Sha', likely referring to Zhusha/Cinnabar given context of external use or specific mineral, kept as literal translation for entity extraction purposes, though historically 'Sha' might refer to specific processed minerals) (half tael).

Grind the three ingredients (Alum, etc.) into a fine powder. Mix with Zhen Sha as a single dose. Sprinkle with a few drops of water and mix thoroughly with a spoon until thick. Apply as a plaster on skin paper, width over two cun, length four to five cun. Apply to the affected area. Secure with a cloth bandage over the painful spot, or commonly tie below the navel. If it feels too hot, place clothing between the plaster and skin. If the medicinal power diminishes, sprinkle water again and remix. The heat should return to original levels; this can be done four or five times. When the medicinal power fades, re-fry the Zhen Sha and add other ingredients again for reuse.

Wuxiang Niantong Wan (Five-Aroma Relieving Pain Pill)

Ingredients: Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang, 木香); Cassia Bark (Guangui, 官桂); Clove (Dingxiang, 丁香); Boswelliae Resin (Ruxiang, 乳香); Agastache Herba (Huoxiang Ye, 藿香叶); Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang, 沉香) (each half tael); Mylabris (Banmao, 斑蝥) (seven insects); Crotonis Fructus (Badou, 巴豆) (three kernels, oil removed).

Grind the above eight ingredients into a fine powder. Form pills with white flour paste, size of paulownia seeds. Take fifty pills per dose, delivered with Ginger Decoction.