疗妇人寒疝，虚劳不足。若产后腹中绞痛，其方无川芎，有芍药。
陈无择云∶仲景羊肉汤治寒疝。
上用生姜羊肉汤服之，无不验。有一人产当寒月，寒气入产门，脐下胀满，手不得犯，
此寒疝也。医将治之以抵挡汤，谓有瘀血。或曰∶非其治也！可服仲景羊肉汤，少减水。二
服遂愈。
疗产后内虚，寒气入腹，腹中绞痛，下赤白痢，谵语见鬼，羊肉汤。
肥羊肉（一斤） 当归 甘草 芍药（各一分，《产宝》各一两）
上 咀，以水一斗先煮羊肉，取七升；入药更煎取二升，去滓分服。
疗产后心腹切痛，不能饮食，乏气，忽然往来寒热。
当归 川芎 黄芩 人参 甘草 芍药 防风 生姜（各三分） 大黄（二分，宜相人
强弱，方可投之） 桃仁（八十个）
上水七升，煮取二升；下大黄更煎三沸，分作三服。
《千金》羊肉汤无大黄、人参、桃仁，有羊肉煮汁煎药。（崔氏同）
论曰∶产后两胁胀满疼痛，由膀胱宿有停水，因产后恶露下不尽，水壅痞与气相搏，积
在膀胱，故令胁肋胀满。气与水相激，故令痛也。
疗产后血气，胁肋胀痛。
当归（十二分） 芍药 苦梗 槟榔 枳壳（各八分） 桂心 青木香 柴胡（各六分）
上 咀，以水二升，煎服八合去滓，空心，分温二服。
疗产后恶露不下，血气壅痞，胀痛不下食。
苏木 紫葛（各十二分） 芍药 当归（各八分） 桂心 蒲黄（各六分） 生地黄汁
（三合）
上 咀，以水二升，煎取七合，下蒲黄，分二服。
Treats cold colic (abdominal cramping pain caused by cold pathogen stagnation) in women, and deficiency-wasting with insufficiency (physical weakness and depletion of essence and qi). If there is severe abdominal cramping pain after childbirth, this formula does not contain Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), but contains White Peony Root (Shaoyao).
Chen Wuyue stated: Zhang Zhongjing's Mutton Decoction treats cold colic.
Administering it with Ginger and Mutton Soup yields invariably effective results. There was a case where a woman gave birth during a cold month; cold pathogen entered the birth canal, causing distension and fullness below the navel that could not be touched by hand. This was cold colic. The physician intended to treat her with Diding Tang (a formula for breaking blood stasis), believing there was blood stasis. Someone else said, "This is not the correct treatment! One may take Zhang Zhongjing's Mutton Decoction, using slightly less water." After two doses, she recovered.
Treats postpartum internal deficiency, cold pathogen entering the abdomen, causing abdominal cramping pain, passage of red and white dysentery, delirium with visual hallucinations (seeing ghosts); use Mutton Decoction.
Fatty Mutton Meat (one jin / 500g), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Licorice Root (Gancao), White Peony Root (Shaoyao) (each one fen / approx. 3-5g; *Chanbao* records each as one liang / approx. 30g).
Cut the ingredients into small pieces. Boil the mutton meat in ten dou (approx. 2 liters) of water first, obtaining seven sheng (approx. 1.4 liters) of broth. Add the herbs and decoct further until two sheng (approx. 400 ml) remain. Strain and divide into doses for administration.
Treats postpartum cutting pain in the heart and abdomen, inability to eat, lack of qi energy, and sudden alternating chills and fever.
Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin), Ginseng Radix (Renshen), Licorice Root (Gancao), White Peony Root (Shaoyao), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang) (each three fen / approx. 9-15g), Rhubarb (Dahuang) (two fen / approx. 6-10g, dosage should be adjusted according to patient's strength), Peach Kernel (Taoren) (eighty seeds).
Boil the above ingredients in seven sheng (approx. 1.4 liters) of water until two sheng (approx. 400 ml) remain. Add Rhubarb and boil for three additional boils. Divide into three doses.
The Mutton Decoction from *Qianjin* does not contain Rhubarb, Ginseng, or Peach Kernel, but uses mutton broth to decoct the herbs. (Cui Shi's formula is the same.)
Discussion states: Postpartum distension and pain in both hypochondriac regions are caused by retained water previously existing in the Bladder. Because lochia discharge is incomplete after childbirth, water accumulation causes obstruction and competes with qi, accumulating in the Bladder, thus leading to hypochondriac distension. The agitation between qi and water causes pain.
Treats postpartum blood and qi disharmony, with distending and painful hypochondriac regions.
Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (twelve fen), White Peony Root (Shaoyao), Platycodon Root (Kujie), Areca Seed (Binglang), Aurantium Fructus (Zhiqiao) (each eight fen), Cinnamon Bark (Guixin), Aquilaria Wood (Qingmuxiang), Bupleurum Root (Chaihu) (each six fen).
Cut the ingredients into small pieces. Decoct in two sheng (approx. 400 ml) of water until eight ge (approx. 160 ml) remain. Strain and administer warm in two doses on an empty stomach.
Treats postpartum failure of lochia discharge, blood and qi stagnation and obstruction, distending pain, and inability to eat.
Sappanwood (Sumu), Pueraria Thunbergiana Root (Zige), White Peony Root (Shaoyao), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (each twelve fen and eight fen respectively), Cinnamon Bark (Guixin), Lygodii Spora (Puhuang) (each six fen), Fresh Rehmanniae Radix Juice (Shengdihuang Zhi) (three he).
Cut the ingredients into small pieces. Decoct in two sheng (approx. 400 ml) of water until seven he (approx. 140 ml) remain. Add Lygodii Spora and divide into two doses.