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Sanleng (Rhizoma Sparganii), Ezhu (Rhizoma Curcumae), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Shudihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata), Yuanhu (Rhizoma Corydalis), Baifuling (Sclerotium Poriae Cocos) (each 1 liang), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Sharen (Fructus Amomi Rotundus), Wuyao (Radix Linderae) (each 8 fen), Dachongxiang and Xiaochongxiang (Fructus Foeniculi and Fructus Illicii Star Anisi, each 2 liang). All ingredients are ground into fine powder. Form pills with rice paste, size of Sophora japonica seeds. In the morning, take 100 pills each time, swallow with warm wine.

The symptoms include menstrual bleeding that is continuous and dripping like a leaking roof; dizziness and vertigo; lower abdominal pain; accompanied by increased leukorrhea; a fishy taste in the throat; nausea and vomiting. First treat with Lijing Siwu Tang (Regulating Menses Four Substances Decoction); after taking it for four menstrual cycles, it will be cured.

Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Xiangfu (Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi), Yuanhusuo (Rhizoma Corydalis) (each 1 qian), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Sanleng (Rhizoma Sparganii) (each 8 fen). Add water and decoct.

Xuduan (Radix Dipsaci), Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini), Baizhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae), Rongrong (Caulis Cistanches), Puhuang (Pollen Typhae) (stir-fried until black), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Wuzhuyu (Fructus Evodiae), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Fuling (Sclerotium Poriae Cocos) (each 1 liang), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis) (each 5 qian), Shudihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata) (1 liang 5 qian). Grind into powder, make honey pills size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 80 pills on an empty stomach with plain boiled water.

This condition arises because Spleen Earth is weak, leading to loss of appetite, which subsequently causes Blood deficiency and delayed menstruation; or if food intake increases the following month, menstruation may occur early. Medication should harmonize the blood and smooth the Qi, so that menstruation naturally occurs on schedule.

Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) (each 5 qian), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Lanceae), Binglang (Semen Arecae), Sharen (Fructus Amomi Rotundus), Hongdou (Semen Phaseoli Angularis) (each 6 qian), Liangjiang (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum), Zhike (Fructus Aurantii) (each 8 fen), Wuyao (Radix Linderae), Xiangfu (Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi), Ezhu (Rhizoma Curcumae) (2 liang). Grind into powder, form pills with rice paste. Take 100 pills after meals with rice soup. (Another prescription excludes Ezhu, Cangzhu, and Xiangfu.)

The condition is caused by a woman's irritable temperament, or injury from sexual intercourse during menstruation, resulting in a mass in the abdomen, the size of a chicken egg, moving left and right, cessation of menstruation, transforming into... coughing with phlegm production. First use Xiaoyao San (Free and Easy Wanderer Powder) to stop the heat in the five centers (palms, soles, and chest); then use Ziwan Tang (Aster Decoction) to stop the cough. If untreated for half a year, leading to emaciation and diarrhea, death is inevitable.

Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Huafen (Radix Platycodonis / Radix Platycodonis Grandiflori - Note: usually refers to Jiegeng in some contexts but here likely Tianhuafen/Trichosanthes Root given context of clearing heat/fluids, though strictly Huafen is Trichosanthes Radix), Yuanhu (Rhizoma Corydalis) (each 8 fen), Digupi (Cortex Lycii), Shilianzi (Nuculus Nelumbinis) (each 1 qian), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Bohe (Herba Menthae Haplocalycis) (each 4 fen). Decoct and take orally, or mix with water and take. (Another prescription excludes Huangqin.)