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Shanfan (Abridged Complexity) treats consumptive disease in women. This may be due to an original constitution of deficiency and cold, or depletion of blood vessels after childbirth. Symptoms include emaciation and weakness of the four limbs, decreased appetite, interruption of blood vessels, and obstruction of blood flow. Treatment must be based on the source of deficiency or excess. Zelan Buxu Wan (Zelan Deficiency-Nourishing Pill):
Zelan Ye (Leaf of *Lycopus lucidus*, 9 fen), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 8 fen), Chuanxiong (*Rhizoma Chuanxiong*), Gancao (*Radix Glycyrrhizae*), Danggui (*Radix Angelicae Sinensis*) (each 7 fen), Baizhi (*Radix Angelicae Dahuricae*), Fangfeng (*Radix Saposhnikoviae*), Baizhu (*Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae*), Gaoben (*Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong*), Chuanjiao (*Pericarpium Zanthoxyli*), Houpo (*Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis*), Ganjiang (*Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens*), Guixin (*Ramulus Cinnamomi*), Xixin (*Herba Asari*) (each 5 fen).
Grind the above into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 20-30 pills with wine, twice daily. Avoid eating Haizao (*Sargassum*), Songcai (Chinese cabbage), Tao (peach), Li (plum), raw Cong (scallion), and Que Rou (sparrow meat).

Treats postpartum emaciation, fatigue, and shortness of breath. Yangshen Tang (Sheep Kidney Decoction):
Yangshen (Sheep kidney, one pair, remove fatty membrane), Maimendong (*Radix Ophiopogonis*), Lingyangjiao (Horn of Saiga Antelope, crushed), Bei Wuweizi (*Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis*), Fushen (*Poria cum Radix Pini*), Guixin (*Ramulus Cinnamomi*), Xuduan (*Radix Dipsaci*), Huangqi (*Radix Astragali Membranacei*), Chuanxiong (*Rhizoma Chuanxiong*), Danggui (*Radix Angelicae Sinensis*) (each half liang), Renshen (*Radix Ginseng*), Fuzi (*Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata*, processed), Ganjiang (*Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens*) (each 3 fen), Shugan Dihuang (*Radix Rehmanniae Preparata*, 1 liang).
Chop the herbs. First, boil the sheep kidneys in two large bowls of water until reduced to one bowl; remove the kidneys. Add five qian of the herbs, 20-30 grains of Sichuan pepper, two slices of ginger, and three jujubes. Decoct until reduced to five fen. Strain and take warm on an empty stomach.

Treats postpartum emaciation, weakness, panting with sweating, and abdominal pain. Feiyangrou Tang (Fatty Mutton Decoction):
Feiyangrou (Fatty mutton, 2 jin), Danggui (*Radix Angelicae Sinensis*), Baishaoyao (*Radix Paeoniae Alba*) (each half liang), Guixin (*Ramulus Cinnamomi*), Fuzi (*Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata*, processed), Chuanxiong (*Rhizoma Chuanxiong*), Huangqi (*Radix Astragali Membranacei*), Renshen (*Radix Ginseng*), Longgu (*Os Mastodi* or *Os Draconis*), Baizhu (*Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae*) (each 3 fen), Shudihuang (*Radix Rehmanniae Preparata*, 1 liang).
Coarsely crush the herbs. First, boil the mutton in five large sheng of water to obtain two large bowls of juice. For each dose, take four qian of the coarse powder, add one medium bowl of the mutton juice, three slices of ginger, and one jujube. Decoct until reduced to seven fen. Strain and take warm.

Treats postpartum emaciation and abdominal pain. It is suitable to consume Huangci Ji Tang (Yellow Hen Chicken Decoction).
Xiao Huangci Ji (Small yellow hen, one pair, remove head, feet, wings, feathers, intestines, and viscera, cut finely), Danggui (*Radix Angelicae Sinensis*), Baizhu (*Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae*), Shudihuang (*Radix Rehmanniae Preparata*), Guixin (*Ramulus Cinnamomi*), Huangqi (*Radix Astragali Membranacei*) (each half liang).
Chop the herbs. First, boil the chicken in seven sheng of water until reduced to three sheng. For each dose, take four qian of the herbs, add one bowl of chicken juice, and decoct until reduced to six fen. Strain and take warm, three times daily.