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8. Postpartum wind-stroke, with tightness of the jaw, hemiplegia, loss of voice and inability to speak: administer the medicine dissolved in a mixture of child's urine (Tongbian) and wine, each comprising seven parts.

9. Postpartum dysentery, occurring before one month postpartum, or caused by ingesting improper food, where the pathogenic factors attack the blood, and previous accumulation of dampness attacks the residual blood: administer with Jujube Decoction (Zao Tang).

10. Postpartum severe constipation, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability and thirst, and inappropriate muteness: this is due to residual blood rushing to the Heart, obscuring the Heart orifice. Administer the medicine dissolved in heavy sedimented urine (Chongbian) and wine, each comprising seven parts; mint juice may also be used.

11. Postpartum generalized body pain, joint laxity, where blood enters the intestines due to deficiency, stagnates and does not disperse, causing umbilical and abdominal pain: administer dissolved in rice water (Mi Yin).

12. Postpartum metrorrhagia and metrostaxis unceasing, caused by injury from sour substances, resembling chicken liver, with fatigue and oppression in the spine and back: administer dissolved in a decoction of Glutinous Rice (Nuomi) and Gentian Root (Qinjiao); Danggui Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Angelica Decoction) may also be used.

13. Postpartum before one month, with blocked Qi and Blood, because menstruation has not returned, or after eating hot noodles leading to obstruction and mass formation, wheezing and coughing, weakness in the four limbs, excessive sleepiness and continuous sweating, irregular menstruation, constituting bone-steaming consumption (Guzheng Lao): take this medicine, administered dissolved in child's urine (Tongbian) and wine, each comprising seven parts.

14. Postpartum persistent vomiting and regurgitation, caused by residual blood stagnating in the Spleen and Stomach, leading to vomiting, empty distension in the chest and diaphragm, commonly known as reverse stomach (Fangwei): administer dissolved in warm wine.

15. Postpartum epistaxis, dry mouth, and black tongue: this is because Heat in the Heart causes a black tongue and epistaxis: administer dissolved in child's urine (Tongbian) and wine, each comprising seven parts.

16. Postpartum red and white leukorrhea: administer with a decoction of Gentian Root (Qinjiao).

17. Postpartum rapid breathing with a cat-like sound in the throat: this is due to residual blood rushing to the Heart and entering the throat; there is no hope of recovery.

18. Postpartum wind-stroke: this occurs if one overexerts within seven days postpartum, or engages in sexual intercourse within one hundred days. The initial symptoms of wind-stroke include gritty eyes, stiffness of the waist and tendons, opisthotonos (Jiaogong Fanzhang), and tightness of the jaw. Such conditions are all self-inflicted violations.

19. Postpartum dark complexion and generalized black spots on the skin: this is due to residual blood entering the skin; there is no hope of recovery.

Neijiu San (Internal Moxibustion Powder) treats all blood disorders in women during pregnancy and postpartum, including metrorrhagia with deficiency and exhaustion, abdominal and hypochondriac pain, rebellious Qi and vomiting, coagulation and accumulation of cold blood and cold Qi, hard masses with stabbing pain, passage of green and white stool, or five-colored discharge, empty rumbling in the abdomen, fullness and hard distension, bleeding with lower back pain, spitting of green fluid, blood deficiency from frequent childbirth, yellowish-green complexion, weakness from labor and injury, irregular menstruation, lower bleeding and miscarriage, blood confusion and syncope, intermittent pain from blood masses (Xuejia), dizziness of the head and eyes, evil blood rushing to the Heart, suffocation and coma, retention of lochia, deficiency with excessive sweating, cold extremities. All these indications are suitable for taking this formula.

Ingredients: Huoxiang Ye (Agastache Leaf), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark, remove coarse bark), Shudigan Di Huang (Prepared Rehmannia Root, washed and dried), Dingxiang Pi (Clove Pericarp) — each 1.5 liang; Zhigao Gancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root), Shanyao (Dioscorea Rhizome), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, remove radicle and wash), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root) — each 8 liang; Ben Cao (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome, remove radicle and chop), Paoganjiang (Pounded Dried Ginger), Chuanxiong Huang (Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome, remove radicle) — each 2 liang; Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) — 1 liang; Chenpi (Citrus Reticulatae Pericarpium, remove white pith) — 4 liang; Baishaoyao (White Peony Root) — 10 liang; Huixiang (Fennel Fruit) — 1.5 liang.

Process into a coarse powder. Each dose is 3 qian, boiled with 1 large cup of water, adding 5 slices of fresh ginger and a piece of moxa, decocted until reduced to 70%. Take hot on an empty stomach before meals. Alternatively, take as a powder mixed with warm wine. If postpartum bleeding is excessive, add Puhuang (Lygodii Spora) and decoct. If lochia flow is sluggish, add Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) and Honghua (Carthami Flos) and decoct. For watery diarrhea, add Rou Doukou (Myristica Seed) powder and decoct. For vomiting, add Huoxiang (Agastache Herba) and fresh ginger and decoct. For upper heat and lower cold, add Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba) and decoct. For any case of empty cold in the abdomen and disharmony of Qi and Blood, this formula is suitable. Taking it once daily postpartum prevents myriad diseases. For men with deficiency-cold and stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, it is especially suitable.

[Dietary Taboos]
After conception, one must strictly avoid certain foods. Not only do these violate taboos that disturb fetal Qi, but they also contradict natural principles. If one cannot abstain, it will not only prolong pregnancy and cause difficult labor, but also deform the fetus and harm the mother. Is this not something to beware of?

Eating chicken meat and glutinous rice together causes the child to develop tapeworms (Cunbai Chong). Eating sheep liver causes the child to suffer many hardships. Eating carp and eggs causes the child to develop malnutrition (Gan Syndrome) and many sores. Eating dog meat causes the child to be mute. Eating rabbit meat causes cleft lip in the child. Eating soft-shelled turtle causes short neck in the child and damages the fetus. Eating duck meat together with mulberries causes breech presentation and cold Heart in the child. Eating crab causes transverse presentation in the child. Eating sparrow meat with bean paste causes black spots on the child's face. Eating bean paste with Agastache causes miscarriage. Drinking excessive water leads to sterility. Eating sparrow meat causes the child to lack shame and be promiscuous. Eating goat meat causes the child to be prone to illness. Eating ginger causes polydactyly and sores in the child. Eating toads and eels causes muteness in the child. Eating donkey, mule, or horse meat prolongs pregnancy and causes difficult labor.

Such examples are all verified; thus, one understands the prenatal education methods of the sages.

[Medicinal Taboos]
Shuizhi (Leech), Didanchong (Ground Beetle), Aotou (Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root) combined with Fuzi (Aconitum Carmichaelii Prepared Root) and Tianxiong (Aconitum Kusnezoffii Root), Zhi Zhu (Daphne Genkwa Flower), Yege (Aconitum Heterophyllum Root), Lougu (Mole Cricket), Wu Hui (Aconitum Carmichaelii Root), Cizi (Aconitum Carmichaelii Side Root), and Mengchong (Horsefly), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis), Shuiyin (Mercurius), and Badou (Crotonis Fructus), Daji (Euphorbia Pekinensis Root), Shetui (Snake Skin), and Wugong (Scolopendra), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Lilü (Veratrum Nigrum Root), and Yiyi Ren (Coicis Semen), Jinshi (Metallic Minerals), Xifen (Tin Powder), and Cixiong (Male and Female Minerals), Yaxiao (Natrii Sulfas), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas Depuratus), Mudan Pi (Moutan Cortex), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark), Xi Yi (Gecko), Feisheng (Flying Gecko), and various insects, Daizhe Shi (Haematitum), Zha Chan (Locusta and Cicada), Hufen (Lead Carbonate), She Xiang (Moschus), Yuan Hua (Genkwa Flos), Wei Xu (Artemisia Capillaris Herba), Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), Huaizi (Sophorae Tonkinensis Semen), Qianniu (Pharbitidis Semen), and Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus), Taoren (Persicae Semen), Qicao (Silkworm Larva), and Maogen (Imperatae Rhizoma), Jiaogen (Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae?), Sharen (Amomi Fructus Rotundus), and Ganqi (Drynariae Rhizoma), Tingchang (Blatta Orientalis), Bolucao (Polygonum Aviculare Herba), Qumai (Dianthi Herba), Ru (Radix Scrophulariae?), Xiezhua (Portunus Spinimanus Claw), Jia (Shell), Pi (Bark), Chijian (Saussureae Radix), Chitouhong (Red-headed Herb), Madao (Scorpion), Shican (Stone Silkworm), Yi Yu (Fish Skin), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Nanxing (Arisaema Cum Bile), Tongcao (Tetrapanacis Medulla), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Dryum), Suan (Allium Sativum Bulbus), Ji (Chicken), and Jizi (Galli Ovum), Lvrou (Donkey Meat) and Toutou (Rabbit Meat) need not be provided. These must be avoided by women before delivery. This song should be kept in mind.

[Lifestyle Taboos]
The "Manual for Easy Delivery" states: Do not take medicines indiscriminately, do not drink alcohol excessively, do not perform acupuncture and moxibustion arbitrarily, do not defecate in unusual places, and do not lift heavy objects, climb high, or venture into danger. Great fright, if encountered, leads to difficult labor and fetal disease. Do not sleep too much; walk frequently. If the constitution is deficient and Kidney Qi is insufficient, the child may be born with craniolysis (Jielu), with an open fontanelle; warm tonification is suitable. If Spleen and Stomach are disharmonious, and Ying and Wei are deficient and weak, the child will surely be emaciated. Construction and earth-moving at home or in neighboring houses disturb fetal Qi, causing fetal deformation and death. Injury by knife causes physical damage; injury by mud blocks orifices; beating causes dark blue discoloration; binding causes contracture. These effects are as reliable as shadow following form; one must strictly avoid them.