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To treat postpartum pain below the umbilicus.
Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizome), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) (each 0.5 liang), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (1 liang).
Grind the above into a fine powder, and take 2 qian with warm wine.

To treat persistent pain below the umbilicus after childbirth. Xianggui San (Fragrant Cinnamon Powder).
Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (each 1 fen), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) (0.5 liang).
Grind the above into a fine powder, and divide into three doses. For each dose, take one zhan of wine, boil for three to five boils, add a small amount of urine, and simmer until reduced to seven-tenths; take warm. In severe cases, no more than two doses are needed for recovery. (From *Boji Fang*)
Another prescription: Fudi Mo (Soot from the bottom of a cauldron, stir-fried with vinegar until dry), Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizome), Liujinu (Artemisia Annua Herb or related species), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Zi (Seed - *Note: The specific herb named 'Zi' is ambiguous in this context without further specification, likely referring to a seed ingredient mentioned in the source text*).
Grind the above into equal parts as a powder, and take 2 qian with warm wine.

To treat sluggish lochia discharge, lower back pain, stabbing pain in the lower abdomen, alternating chills and fever, headache, and loss of appetite. It also treats chronic blood stasis, irregular menstruation, sallow emaciation with loss of appetite, and can also treat heart pain. (Similar efficacy to Shixiao San [Heartbreak Powder]. From *Chanru Beiyao*)
Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung, washed with water to remove stones, dried by roasting, weighed, stir-fried and ground into powder), Zhen Puhuang (True Pollen Typhae).
Mix Wulingzhi powder with good rice vinegar, slowly simmer over low heat until it forms a paste. Then mix in Puhuang powder and knead into pills the size of cherries. Take one pill per dose. Simmer half a zhan of water and half a zhan of child's urine until reduced to seven-tenths, allowing the pill to dissolve, and take warm. After a short while, take another dose, and the lochia will be discharged. For cases where chronic blood stasis has formed clumps and menstruation is obstructed, grind with wine and take.

Six or seven days after childbirth, sudden pain in the umbilical and abdominal region is caused by cold qi entering through deficiency during respiration. It is suitable to take Danggui Jianzhong Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction for Replenishing the Middle) and Sishun Lizhong Wan (Four-Obedient Pill for Regulating the Middle), grind them together, reform into small pills, and swallow with gruel. This is extremely effective.

Wang Ziheng stated: Severe pain in the umbilical and abdominal region after childbirth is due to cold qi invading the blood vessels through deficiency during respiration. It is suitable to use Danggui Jianzhong Tang from *Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang*.

To treat deficiency and abdominal pain in postpartum women, weakness and dizziness making support difficult, urgent pain in the hypochondrium and around the umbilicus, qi rushing upward, and pulling pain between the front and back. The treatment is miraculous.
Jing Yangrou (Lean Mutton) (4 liang), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome) (each 0.5 liang), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome) (1 liang).
Cut finely, add ten zhan of water, and simmer until reduced to three zhan. Skim off the foam, remove the dregs, and divide into four doses. Take hot on an empty stomach within one day. Prepare again the next day, combining the dregs from two days into one batch of decoction, which should be taken as one dose.