大七气汤
妇人一切 瘕病,上下攻疼七气汤,藿香益智棱莪术,甘桔青陈肉桂香。
【注】妇人一切 瘕,随气上下攻筑疼痛者,宜大七气汤。其方即藿香叶、益智仁、京
三棱、蓬莪术、甘草、桔梗、青皮、陈皮、肉桂心、木香也。
乌药散
经行产后食生冷,脏气相搏结块形,牢固不移日渐长,开滞消积温散行。乌药散乌桃莪术,木香当归青桂心。
【注】妇人经行、产后贪食生冷之物,与脏气互相抟聚,结成坚块,牢固不移,日渐
长者,治宜开滞消积。用乌药散,即乌药、桃仁、莪术、木香、当归、青皮、桂心,以温
散之自愈。
血竭散
乘脏虚兮风冷干,饮食内与血相抟,因成血 坚牢固,胁腹胀痛热而烦。少食多忘头汗出,血竭归
芍蒲桂延。
【注】妇人产后经行之时,脏气虚,或被风冷相干,或饮食生冷,以致内与血相抟结,
遂成血 。牢固不移,胁腹胀痛,内热心烦,食少善忘,但头汗出者,宜用血竭散,即血
竭、当归、赤芍、蒲黄、桂心、延胡索也。
助气丸
三焦痞满胸膈闷,气不宣通助气清,白术三棱蓬莪术,枳壳槟榔香与陈。
【注】妇人胸膈痞闷,谓之痞。由于气壅不宜所致,宜助气丸,即青皮、白术、三棱、莪术、枳壳、
槟榔、木香、陈皮,为丸服也。
Da Qi Qi Decoction (Great Seven-Qi Decoction)
For various zheng masses (abdominal masses with fixed location and pain) in women, where pain attacks up and down following the movement of Qi, Qi Qi Tang (Seven-Qi Decoction) is indicated. The formula contains Huoxiang Ye (Agastache Herba), Yizhi Ren (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fructus), Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), E Zhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Qingpi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus Pericarpium), Chenpi (Aurantii Fructus Ripens Pericarpium), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex), and Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix).
[Note] For various zheng masses in women, where pain attacks up and down following the movement of Qi, Da Qi Qi Tang (Great Seven-Qi Decoction) is appropriate. This formula consists of Huoxiang Ye (Agastache Herba), Yizhi Ren (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fructus), Jing Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), Peng Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Qingpi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus Pericarpium), Chenpi (Aurantii Fructus Ripens Pericarpium), Rouguixin (Cinnamomi Cortex Medulla), and Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix).
Wuyao San (Wu Yao Powder)
Consumption of cold and raw food during menstruation or postpartum causes Zang Qi to struggle and knot, forming a mass that is firm, immovable, and grows day by day. Treatment should focus on opening stagnation, resolving accumulation, and warming to disperse. Wuyao San consists of Wuyao (Linderae Radix), Taoren (Persicae Semen), Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Qingpi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus Pericarpium), and Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex Medulla).
[Note] When women consume cold and raw food during menstruation or the postpartum period, it interacts with Zang Qi to knot together, forming a hard mass that is firm, immovable, and grows progressively. Treatment should aim to open stagnation and resolve accumulation. Using Wuyao San, composed of Wuyao (Linderae Radix), Taoren (Persicae Semen), Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Qingpi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus Pericarpium), and Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex Medulla), will lead to self-healing through warming and dispersing methods.
Xuejie San (Xuejie Powder)
When Zang organs are deficient, wind-cold pathogens interfere; internal retention of food and drink knots with blood, resulting in Xue Zheng (blood mass) that is firm and fixed, accompanied by hypochondriac and abdominal distension and pain, internal heat, and irritability. Symptoms include poor appetite, forgetfulness, and sweating only on the head. Xuejie San is indicated, containing Xuejie (Dragonii Sanguar), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chishao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Puhuang (Typhae Pollen), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex Medulla), and Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizoma).
[Note] During the postpartum period or menstruation, if Zang Qi is deficient, or interfered with by wind-cold pathogens, or due to consumption of cold and raw food leading to internal knotting with blood, Xue Zheng (blood mass) forms. It is firm and immovable, causing hypochondriac and abdominal distension and pain, internal heat, irritability, poor appetite, forgetfulness, and sweating only on the head. Xuejie San is appropriate, consisting of Xuejie (Dragonii Sanguar), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chishao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Puhuang (Typhae Pollen), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex Medulla), and Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizoma).
Zhuqi Wan (Qi-Assisting Pill)
Fullness and stuffiness in the Triple Burner, oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and failure of Qi to circulate freely indicate the need for Zhuqi Qing (Qi-Assisting Clearing Formula/Pill). The formula contains Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), Peng Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus), Binglang (Arecae Semen), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), and Chenpi (Aurantii Fructus Ripens Pericarpium).
[Note] Chest and diaphragmatic stuffiness in women is termed Pi Syndrome (obstruction/stuffiness). It is caused by Qi congestion and obstruction. Zhuqi Wan is indicated, composed of Qingpi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus Pericarpium), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus), Binglang (Arecae Semen), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), and Chenpi (Aurantii Fructus Ripens Pericarpium), prepared as pills for administration.