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Various conditions during pregnancy should primarily be treated with fetal stabilization (An Tai). Even if other symptoms are present, they should be addressed as secondary issues:
Chenpi (Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Dafupi (Arecae Pericarpium), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus), Sugeng (Perillae Caulis), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Qingpi (Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Caoguo (Tsao-ko Fructus), Fuling (Poria).
Decoct in water and take orally. If vomiting occurs, add a small amount of Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) and Huoxiang (Agastaches Herba); for fever, add Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix); for headache, add Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), and Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma); for dry mouth, add Huafen (Trichosanthis Radix); for joint pain, add Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) and Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba); for fullness and oppression in the Zhongwan (CV12) region, add Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) and Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus); for spleen and stomach deficiency and weakness, add Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), and Yiren (Coicis Semen); for diarrhea with stagnation, add Muxiang, Zhuling (Polyporus), and Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma).

Various conditions during pregnancy should primarily combine qi regulation with fetal stabilization:
Chenpi, Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Shanzha (Crataegi Fructus), Danggui, Chuanxiong, Shaoyao, Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), Zhike, Qingpi, Huafen, Sugeng, Caoguo, Huangqin, Gancao, Dafupi.
Decoct in water and take orally. Use this formula for disharmony of qi and blood. For abdominal pain during pregnancy, add Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizoma), Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma), and Sharen (Amomi Fructus); for fetal leakage (vaginal bleeding), add Aiye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium), Diyü (Sanguisorbae Radix), and Muli (Concha Ostreae); for constipation, add Yuliren (Prunus Semens), Binglang (Arecae Semen), Haren (Mahuang, 麻黄 - *Note: Text says Mahuang but context implies Hemp Seed usually Huoren/Mahongren, however text says Mahongren which is Cannabis Seed*), Zhishi; for urinary retention, add Zexie, Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) (can use Difuzi [Kochiae Fructus]); for fever, add Chaihu, Gupi (Dihudupi, 地骨皮 - Cortex Lycii), Caoguo; for lower back pain, add Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex), remove Huangqin; for joint pain, add Qianghuo, Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix); for headache, add Chuanxiong, Jingjie, Fangfeng, remove Huangqin and Jiegeng; for wind-cold invasion, add Baizhi, Fangfeng, Jingjie, remove Huangqin; for stroke, add Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Gange (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), Baizhi, Fangfeng; for dampness invasion, add Cangzhu; for heat invasion, add Xiangru (Elsholtziae Herba) and Huoxiang; for fetal deficiency, add Fuling, Baizhu, Huangqi (Astragali Radix); for fetal distension, add Zhike, Qingpi, Sugeng, Luobozǐ (Raphani Semen); for diarrhea, add Mutong, Zhuling, Shanyao, Yiren, Houpo, Cangzhu; for dysentery with red discharge, add Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Huangqin, Muxiang, Binglang, Cangzhu, Houpo, Mutong, Shanyao, Yiren, Baizhu; for malaria, add Qingpi, Binglang, Caoguo, Chaihu, Banxia, Fuling, Gancao, Cangzhu, Houpo, Sharen, Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus), Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens); for cough, add Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) and Dongdong (Ophiopogonis Radix); for cough with phlegm, add Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) and Banxia; for cough without phlegm, add Koudong (Adenophorae Radix? No, Kuandonghua Adenophorae or Kadsura? Text says Kuandong, likely Kuandonghua Adenophorae or similar, but standard is Kuandonghua), Louren (Trichosanthis Semen), Banxia, Dengxincao (Junci Medulla, twenty stalks), Congtou (Allii Cepae), Jiang (three slices).

Main formula for fever and loss of appetite during pregnancy:
Chenpi, Huafen, Huangqin (stir-fried), Xiangfu, Dachaihu (likely refers to a variation of Xiaochaihu or specific local formula name, literally Big Bupleurum), Sugeng, Guishen (Radix Angelicae Sinensis - root part), Chuanxiong, Zhishi, Dafupi, Gancao, Gange, Qingpi, Digupi (Cortex Lycii), Shudi (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Shaoyao, Fuling, Caoguo, Qianghuo, Shanzha.
Decoct in water and take orally. If face is red, add Heishanzhi (Gardeniae Fructus Carbonized), Huangbo (Phellodendri Cortex), and Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (stir-fried).

Main formula for persistent chills and loss of appetite during pregnancy:
Chenpi, Huangqin, Huafen, Shaoyao, Shengdi, Huangqi, Baizhu, Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Fuling, Sugeng, Danggui, Sharen, Shanzha, Xiangfu.
Decoct in water and take orally. For headache, add Qianghuo; for nasal congestion, add five Congtou and Fangfeng; for body-wide pain, add Jingjie.

For intermittent abdominal pain and loss of appetite during pregnancy:
Chenpi, Jiegeng, Wuyao (Linderae Radix), Guishen, Chuanxiong, a small amount of Yanhusuo, Zhike, Huangqin, Shaoyao, Qingpi, Shanzha, Binglang, Xiangfu, Fupi (Dafupi), Wuyu (Evodiae Fructus), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) (stir-fried black, small amount).
Decoct in water and take orally.

Main formula for wind-cold invasion with cough and fullness during pregnancy:
Chenpi, Jiegeng, Sharen (5 fen), Guishen, Chuanxiong, Luobozǐ (stir-fried), Chaihu, Zisu (Perillae Folium), Gange, Huangqin, Fupi, Sangbai (Mori Cortex), Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Gancao, Zhike, Doukou (Amomi Fructus Rotundus), Banxiaqu (Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum), Dengxincao (twenty stalks), Jiang (three slices).
If chronic wind-cold, add Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba); if phlegm, add Louren, Beimu (Fritillariae Bulbus), Fuling; if spontaneous sweating persists, add Shaoyao and Zaoren (Ziziphi Spinosomi Semen); if fullness, add Qingpi, Muxiang, Zhishi.

For vaginal bleeding, lower back pain, and fetal colic during pregnancy:
Chenpi, Jiegeng, Huangqin, Zhike, Diyü, Muli, Qingpi, Aiye, Dafupi, Guishen, Chuanxiong, Shaoyao, Shudi, Cangzhu, Houpo, Caoguo, Baizhu, Gancao, Sharen.

For spleen and stomach deficiency during pregnancy:
Chenpi, Jiegeng, Huangqin, Shanzha, Shanyao, Yiren, Baizhu, Fuling, Cangzhu, Fupi, Houpo, Shaoyao, Caoguo, Xiangfu, Gancao.
Decoct in water and take orally.

For dysentery with tenesmus and white discharge abdominal pain during pregnancy:
Chenpi, Jiegeng, Cangzhu, Houpo, Mutong, Wuyao, Shanzha, Huangqin, Fuling, Xuansu (Yanhusuo), Shanyao, Zhuling, Zexie, Muxiang, Caoguo, Gancao, Baizhu, Guishen, Chuanxiong, Yiren, Wuyu, Ganjiang (black).
Decoct in water and take orally.

For dysentery with red discharge abdominal pain during pregnancy (It is generally more stable and faster acting to use Buzhong Yiqi Tang):
Chenpi, Huafen, Huanglian (stir-fried), Huangqin, Caoguo, Shaoyao, Cangzhu, Houpo, Mutong, Yiren, Shanyao, Fupi, Zhuling, Zexie, Baizhu, Fuling, Shanzha, Zhishi (small amount), Muxiang.
Decoct in water and take orally.

For urinary and fecal retention with generalized edema during pregnancy:
Chenpi, Jiegeng, Huafen, Huangqin, Zhuling, Zexie, Mutong, Zhike, Qingpi, Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Sugeng, Caoguo, Fupi, Gancao, Chaihu, Xiangfu, Shanzha, Huashi (Talcum), Cheqian (Plantaginis Semen), Fulingpi (Poria Peel), Sharen (stir-fried), Jiang (three slices).
Decoct in water and take orally.

For intermittent fetal leakage with lower abdominal pain:
Huangqin, Diyü, Chenpi, Huafen, Xuduan (Dianthi Herba), Zhike, Qingpi, Shaoyao, Xiangfu, Cangzhu, Aiye, Muli, Gancao, Guishen, Chuanxiong, Shudi, Caoguo.
Decoct in water.

For intermittent dizziness during pregnancy:
Chenpi, Jiegeng, Guishen, Chuanxiong, Fuling, Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix), Shaoyao, Xiangfu, Huangqin, Gancao, Fupi, Zhike, Sugeng, Chaihu, Caoguo, Sharen (1 qian).
Decoct in water.

For malaria during pregnancy (Wumei is not to be used in the early stage):
Zisu, Chenpi, Jiegeng, Huangqin, Qingpi, Caoguo, Cangzhu, Houpo, Chaihu, Guishen, Chuanxiong, Baizhu, Zhike, Shanzha, Sharen (1 qian), Wumei (Mume Fructus) (1 qian), Jiang (three slices).
Decoct in water.

Formula to induce menstruation:
Ganjiang, Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex), Zhike, Honghua (Carthami Flos), Mutong, Tu Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Shengdi, Chenpi, Xiangfu, Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Baizhi, Taoren (Persicae Semen), Danpi (Moutan Cortex).
Decoct in water and take orally.

Three-Month Pregnancy Powder:
Chenpi, Jiegeng, Danggui, Sugeng, Shengdi, Shanzha, Fupi, Gancao, Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Shaoyao, Qingpi.
If cough with wind, add Fangfeng and twenty stalks of Dengxincao, decoct in water.

For qi rebellion upwards with chills, fever, and fullness in the second and third months of pregnancy:
Chenpi, Banxia, Fuling, Gancao, Baizhu, Huangqin, Zhike, Sugeng, Xiangfu, Chuanxiong, Fupi, Guishen, Shaoyao, Qingpi, Sharen (1 qian), Luobozǐ (1 qian), Jiang (three slices).
Decoct in water and take orally.

For lower abdominal colic, spitting clear saliva, and fetal qi disharmony in the sixth and seventh months of pregnancy:
Chenpi, Huangqin, Guishen, Shaoyao, Chuanxiong, Shudi, Baizhi, Sugeng, Wuyu, Zhike, Gancao, Banxia, Shanzha, Xiangfu, Fupi.
Decoct in water and take orally.

For fetal qi disharmony in the seventh and eighth months of pregnancy:
Large dose of Guishen, large dose of Chuanxiong, Zhike, Chenpi, Shaoyao, Huangqin, Sugeng, Shudi.
Add Dafupi, decoct in water and take orally.

In the ninth month of pregnancy, it is advisable to take Weitai Yin:
Weitai Yin, Chenpi, Huashi, Wuyao, Guishen, Chuanxiong, Shaoyao, Shudi, Zhike, Huangqin, Fupi, Baizhu, Gancao, Jiegeng, Sugeng, Yimu (Leonuri Herba), Huafen.

When the tenth month is complete and labor pains begin, use Cuisheng San:
Chenpi, Wuyao, Zhike, Ganjiang, Rougui, Gancao, Baizhi, Mutong, Guiwei (Angelicae Sinensis Radix - tail end), Yimu, Honghua, Sanleng, Ezhu, Xiangfu, Lingzhi (Trogopterori Faeces), Baicaoshuang (Carbonized Herb Powder).
Decoct in water and take orally.

Regulation for pregnant women:
Danggui, Chuanxiong, Shaoyao, Shudi, Chenpi, Fuling, Gancao, Huangqin, Fupi, Zhike, Shanzha, Huafen, Jiegeng, Sharen (1 qian, stir-fried), Xiangfu, Dazao (Jujubae Fructus) (two pieces).

For pregnant women with Shanghan (Cold Damage) and high fever:
Xiaochaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction), Huangqin, Zhike, Zisu, Chenpi, Gange, Gancao, Chuanxiong, Qianghuo, Huafen, Jiegeng, Fupi, Xiangfu, Sharen (1 qian), Jiang (three slices).
If phlegm, add Danzhuye (Lophatheri Herba), Qianhu, and Jiangzhi (Zingiberis Juice); if fullness, add Zhishi and Caoguo.