Library

Treats hysteric masses (Zheng Pi) in women, distending pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium, emaciation of the body, and loss of appetite.
Ezhu Rhizoma (3 fen), Danggui Radix (stir-fried), Guixin Cortex Cinnamomi, Chishao Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Binglang Areca Seed, Zhike Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Muxiang Radix Aucklandiae, Kunbu Thallus Laminariae seu Eckloniae, Hupo Succinum Fossile (each 0.5 liang);
Taoren Semen Persicae, Biejia Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, Dahuang Radix et Rhizoma (each 1 liang).
Pulverize the above ingredients into fine powder, and make pills with refined honey, sized like Sophora japonica seeds. Take 20 pills before meals, washed down with millet gruel broth.

Treats hysteric masses (Zheng Pi) in women, where nodules do not dissipate, causing pain in the heart and abdomen. Dingxiang San (Clove Powder).

Xionquefen Excrement Passeri Masculi (stir-fried until yellow), Biejia Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis (each 1 liang); Sha, Danggui Radix (stir-fried), Yuanhua Flos Genkwa, Badou Semen Crotonis (1 fen, peeled, core removed, oil removed) (Yuanhua stir-fried with vinegar until dry, each 0.5 liang).
Pulverize the above ingredients and grind them together until uniform. Make pills with vinegar-boiled wheat paste, sized like small beans. Take 3 pills washed down with Danggui wine.

The so-called food stagnation syndrome (Shi Zheng) in women arises from weakness of the zang-fu organs. When menstruation arrives, consumption of cold and raw foods further weakens the Spleen and Stomach, impairing digestion. The undigested food fights with the organ qi, condensing into a mass that grows day by day, becoming firmly lodged and immobile; hence it is called food stagnation syndrome.

Treats long-standing food stagnation syndrome in women that does not resolve, leading to emaciation and reduced food intake. Sha Wan (Sha Pill).

Sha, Qingmengshi Calcareum, Chuanshanji Squama Manis, Sanleng Rhizoma Sparganii (stir-fried), Ganqi Resina Quebrachit (stir-fried until smoke ceases), Liuhuang Sulfur (each 0.5 liang); Badou Semen Crotonis (30 seeds, peeled, core removed, stir-fried without releasing oil).
Pulverize the above ingredients into fine powder. Make pills with soft rice, sized like small beans. Take 5 pills per dose, washed down with ginger and tangerine peel decoction.

Treats food stagnation syndrome in women, where nodules persist for a long time without resolving, attacking and stabbing the heart and abdomen with pain. Mengshi Wan (Calcareum Pill).

Qingmengshi Calcareum (powdered), Badou Semen Crotonis (peeled, core removed, oil removed), Zhusha Cinnabaris, Fenxiang Halloysitum Rubrum (all ground); Muxiang Radix Aucklandiae (powdered) (each 1 fen); Sha (0.5 liang).
Grind all ingredients together until uniform. Mix with sticky rice soft rice paste to make pills sized like mung beans. Take 2 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with warm wine. Continue until foul matter is discharged.

The so-called chronic blood stasis masses in women arise from irregularity in cold and heat, deficiency of zang-fu qi, internal wind-cold, and indigestion of food. These factors bind with blood and qi, gradually forming nodular masses that are firmly lodged and immobile. This results from labor and injury to blood and qi, irregular menstruation, obstruction and stagnation of collaterals, failure to eliminate evil blood, and subsequent condensation. If left untreated for a long time, it causes bitter pain in the heart, abdomen, and both hypochondria, impairs diet, and leads to emaciated skin and flesh.

Treats chronic blood stasis masses in women, or attacks causing heart and abdominal pain, disharmony of the four limbs, pallor of the face, and significantly reduced food intake. Ganqi Wan (Dried Lacquer Pill).