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Answer: During pregnancy, if one experiences mental restlessness and oppression, dizziness, soreness and pain in the four limbs, lassitude and unwillingness to work, aversion to food odors, craving for salty and sour fruits, excessive sleepiness with little rising, this is commonly referred to as "aversion to food" or "aversion to conception," which is indeed the condition. Even by the third or fourth month of pregnancy, in severe cases, the patient may be too weak to support themselves. This arises because the woman's original constitution is deficient and emaciated, with insufficient Qi and Blood, and weak Kidney Qi. Additionally, exposure to wind and excessive consumption of cold drinks have led to the accumulation of phlegm and fluid below the heart, where water dampness infiltrates the Zang organs. Thus, there is mental vexation and oppression; when Qi rebels upward, it causes vomiting. When accompanied by wind, it results in dizziness and vertigo of the head and eyes. This is named "E Zu" (Morning Sickness/Obstruction). The term "obstruction" refers to the fact that after the menstrual blood has ceased, phlegm and fluid accumulate in the middle jiao, obstructing the diffusion and circulation of the Qi of the Zang organs.

Zhuru Tang (Bamboo Shavings Decoction): Treats early pregnancy with selective eating, vomiting and rebellious Qi, severe headache, alternating chills and fever, and mental restlessness.
Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix) (each 1 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, 1 qian), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), Fuling (Poria) (each 0.5 liang), Danzhuru (Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam, scraped first and added during decoction; another version includes 1 qian of Danchu) [Note: WHO standard terms used].
Crush the herbs. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water, place a piece of fresh ginger and a piece of bamboo shavings each the size of a chestnut, crush them, and decoct together until reduced to 0.8 parts. Drink frequently, remove the dregs, and take warm.

Fuling Wan (Poria Pill): Treats pregnancy obstruction disease, characterized by mental confusion and heaviness, dizziness and heavy sensation in the head and eyes, aversion to food odors, vomiting and rebellious Qi, and post-vomiting chest fullness.
Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, each 2 liang), Chifuling (Red Poria), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) (each 1 liang).
Grind into fine powder, make pills with honey the size of tung seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, swallow with warm rice broth on an empty stomach.

Xiao Dihuang Wan (Minor Rehmannia Pill): Treats pregnancy with acid regurgitation, vomiting clear water, abdominal pain, and inability to eat.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, processed) (equal parts).
Grind into powder, make pills using juice of fresh Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix) the size of tung seeds. Take 50 pills per dose before meals.

Banxia Fuling Tang (Pinellia and Poria Decoction): Treats pregnancy E Zu, mental restlessness and oppression, dizziness and vertigo of the head and eyes, lassitude of the four limbs, general joint soreness, rebellious phlegm and vomiting, aversion to food odors, preference for sour and salty tastes, lying down much and rising little, and loss of appetite.
Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Baifuling (White Poria), Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, wine-soaked, each 1 liang 8 qian), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Zisu (Perillae Folium), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 1 liang 2 qian above).
Take 4 qian per dose, add 2 cups of water and 7 slices of ginger, decoct until 0.7 parts remain, take on an empty stomach. If there are heat signs, irritability, thirst, and mouth ulcers, remove Chenpi and Xixin, add Qianhu (Peucedani Radix) and Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma). If there is cold abdomen and diarrhea, remove Dihuang, add Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus). If there is deficiency-heat in the stomach with constipation of both large and small bowels, add Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang 8 qian), remove Dihuang, add Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix).

Siqi Tang (Four-Seven Decoction): Same efficacy as the preceding formula; see Question 28.

Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction): Treats pregnancy E Zu and loss of appetite after childbirth.
Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) (each 5 liang), Baifuling (White Poria, 3 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, 2 liang).
Crush the herbs. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water, 7 slices of ginger, and 1 dark plum (Wumei), decoct until 0.6 parts remain, remove dregs and take hot, at any time.

Baizhu San (Atractylodes Powder): Treats pregnant women with chronic wind-cold, fetal wasting and failure to grow, or due to insecure couli (pores/skin texture) damaging fetal Qi, often leading to diseases damaging the fetus.
Muli (Concha Ostreae, 2 qian), Shujiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium, remove eyes, stir-fry until sweat appears, 3 fen), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (each 4 qian).
Grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose on an empty stomach with warm wine. For abdominal pain, add Baishaoyao (White Peony Root); for severe heart/abdominal pain, add Chuanxiong; for mental vexation and vomiting, add Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang) and Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, 50 grains); for thirst, mix with barley juice. Also treats leukorrhea in unmarried women. Regular use protects the fetal storehouse.

Renshen San (Ginseng Powder): Treats early pregnancy aversion to food, vomiting, and rebellious phlegm.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, stir-fried, 3 qian), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, 0.5 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, 0.5 liang).
Grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose mixed with boiling water, three times daily on an empty stomach and before meals.

Question 13 from Yan Shi: Why does pregnancy cause dizziness and vertigo of the head and eyes, blindness, and lymph node swelling in the cheeks and neck? Answer: It is likely due to damage to fetal Qi, causing toxic heat from the Liver to attack upwards, resulting in pain in the temporal region, vomiting and rebellious Qi, stiffness and tension in the back and neck, leading to dizziness and visual spots. If accompanied by phlegm obstruction, life is in danger within moments. One should immediately administer Xiaofeng San (Wind-Expelling Powder) as the main treatment.

Xiaofeng San (Wind-Expelling Powder)
Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum - dosage missing in source), Juhua (Chrysanthemi Flos), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Jingjiesui (Schizonepetae Spica), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Lingyangjiao (Saigae Tataricae Cornu), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Dadouhuangjuan (Sojae Semen Praeparatum, stir-fried), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, wine-soaked), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix) (each 1 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, 0.5 liang).
Crush the herbs. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water and 0.5 qian of good tea, decoct until 0.8 parts remain, take orally before meals.