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Women's leukorrhea belongs to the "Six Extremes" (six types of extreme deficiency and exhaustion). A floating pulse indicates intestinal murmurs and abdominal fullness; a tight pulse indicates abdominal pain; a rapid pulse indicates vaginal itching; if accompanied by pain, sores will develop.
A wiry pulse indicates pulling pain in the vaginal orifice. Leukorrhea with a floating pulse, accompanied by aversion to cold and dripping blood loss, is difficult to treat.

White discharge from women that is not very thick is called "Bai Yin" (White Turbidity), which is the same as "Bai Zhuo" (White Turbidity) in men. It is caused by the hyperactivity of Ministerial Fire, similar to the disturbance of Dragon and Thunder fire, causing the essence to fail to clarify.
This condition belongs to the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian and Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Treatment should focus on clearing and tonifying. If the discharge is mixed with red and white and is thick and sticky, it is called "Dai Xia" (Leukorrhea). This condition belongs to the Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian and Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian, similar to spontaneous seminal emission in men. In severe cases, it may resemble gravel strangury. Its origin lies in the Pericardium, connects to the spine, links to the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel), communicates with the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel), descends to Yongquan (KI 1), and ascends to Niwan Palace. Wang Shuhe stated: "Prolonged metrorrhagia leads to leukorrhea and dripping blood loss; over time, the bone marrow becomes depleted." His words are most earnest. Treatment is suitable for using substances of flesh and blood to nourish the root. This is a theory that explores the source and root, an unchanging method for generations. People at the time were mostly stuck in conventional routines, treating it as damp-phlegm, and used drugs like Oyster Shell (Muli), Dragon Bone (Longgu), Sanguisorba Root (Diyu), and Gelatin and Moutan Decoction (Jiao Ai Tang) to astringe, combined with Four Substance Decoction (Sì Wù Tāng), and supplemented with lifting methods. Little did they know that this was due to damage to the root, leading to the downward flow of corrupt matter. Those obstructive and stagnant substances would only increase stagnation; lifting incorrect qi would only increase depression. Alas! Perhaps this is not the fault of the physician, but rather the lack of wisdom in those seeking treatment.
Whenever encountering this disease, one must use Liu Long Gu Ben Wan (Six Dragons Root-Securing Pill) and Shi Liu Wei Bao Yuan Tang (Sixteen-Ingredient Essence-Preserving Decoction) as the main formulas.

Shi Liu Wei Bao Yuan Tang (Sixteen-Ingredient Essence-Preserving Decoction)
Astragali Radix (Huangqi, 1 qian)
Dendrobii Caulis (Shihu, 7 fen)
Morinda Officinalis Root Bark (Bajitian Rou, 2 qian)
Poria (Baifuling, 1 qian)
Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma, 7 fen)
Dimocarpus Longan Aril (Yuanyan Rou, 3 qian)
Dipsaci Radix (Xuduan, remove roots and soil, 3 qian)
Ginseng Radix (Renshen, 2 qian)
Dioscoreae Rhizoma (Shanyao, 1 qian)
Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Chuan Du Huo, 1 qian)
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui Shen, 2 qian)
Nelumbinis Plumula (Lian Rui, 1 qian)
Phellodendri Cortex (Huangbai, wine-fried, 8 fen)
Raw Licorice Root (Sheng Gancao, 3 fen)
Eucommiae Cortex (Duzhong, soaked in cumin salt vinegar decoction and fried, 1.5 qian)
Drynariae Rhizoma (Gusuibu, first roasted on straw fire to remove hairs, wiped clean with coarse cloth, 2 qian)
The above ingredients are coarsely crushed for one dose. Decoct in water. Take warm on an empty stomach. For tidal fever, add Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu, 8 fen) and Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin, wine-fried, 1 qian). For severe leukorrhea, menstruation will necessarily be scant. If there is accumulation followed by abnormal return of blood, purple in color, starting and stopping abruptly, dripping continuously without clearing, add Schizonepetae Spica (Jingjie, 1 qian), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian, wine-fried, 7 fen), and Sanguisorbae Radix (Diyu, 8 fen). For five-palm heat, irritability, and dry mouth and tongue, add Anemarrhenae Rhizoma (Zhimu, 1 qian), Ophiopogonis Radix (Maidong, 1 qian), and Lycii Cortex (Digupi, 8 fen). For dry and constipated stool, it is due to blood deficiency and dryness-fire in the Yangming. Use Si Wu Tang (Four Substance Decoction) plus Semen Cannabis (Maren) and Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (Dahuang) in equal parts, ground into a paste. Take hot at midnight. For chronic leukorrhea that cannot stop and does not respond to the previous medicine, Liu Long Gu Ben Wan (Six Dragons Root-Securing Pill) is highly effective.

Discussion: This medicine can generate blood and secure the true essence, tonify the heart and benefit the kidneys. When leukorrhea stops, menstrual flow will naturally regulate; when menstruation is regular, pregnancy can occur. When men and women have sufficient primordial qi, children will be few in number, free from disease, and long-lived. This formula is not only effective for red and white leukorrhea but also for post-abortal deficiency, deficiency from metrorrhagia, five exhaustions and seven emotions, consumptive diseases, all deficiency syndromes, and for those seeking conception or various female deficiencies, showing special efficacy.

Liu Long Gu Ben Wan (Six Dragons Root-Securing Pill)
Chinese Yam Rhizome (Huai Shanyao, 4 liang)
Morinda Officinalis Root Bark (Bajitian Rou, 4 liang)
Cornus Officinalis Fruit (Shanzhuyu Rou, 4 liang)
Toosendan Fruit Flesh (Chuan Lianzi Rou, 2 liang)
Astragali Radix (Huangqi, 1 liang)
Psoraleae Fructus (Buguzhi, 2 liang, mixed with Qingyan Salt decoction for half a day, rub off skin, Huangbai 5 qin wine-fried mixed with Buguzhi and stir-fried)
Foeniculum Vulgare Fruit (Xiaohuixiang, 1 liang, mixed with salt 2 qin decoction and stir-fried with Chuan Lianzi Rou until dry)
Ginseng Radix (Renshen, 2 liang)
Lotus Seed Meat (Lianrou, 2 liang)
Chaenomelis Fructus (Mu Gua, 2 liang)
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui Shen, 2 liang)
Rehmanniae Radix Recens (Sheng Dihuang, 2 liang)
Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao, 1 liang)
Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong, 1 liang)
The above fourteen ingredients are mixed with three bowls of water, two zhong of child's urine, and one zhong of good wine, soaked for one day, then dried. Soak again and dry again.
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Mix with Banlong Jiao (one portion) to make pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take 100 pills each time on an empty stomach, delivered with light salt water.
Banlong Jiao (Formula seen in Tonification section) Many people find it difficult to conceive; commonly using refined honey to make pills and taking them is also effective.

Another prescription: Treats irregular menstruation, cold pain in the abdomen, red and white leukorrhea, uterine deficiency-cold, and infertility for a long time. First, take Wu Ji San (Five Accumulations Powder), add Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu), Evodiae Fructus (Wuzhuyu), and Foeniculum Vulgare Fruit (Xiaohui), add a piece of rice sugar, decoct and take. Reduce Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang). Afterwards, take this pill.

Bai Feng Dan (White Phoenix Pill)
Tender Astragali Radix (Huangqi, honey-water fried)
Ginseng Radix (Renshen, remove rhizome)
Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong)
Poria (Baifuling, peel)
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui, wine-washed)
Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang, fried)
Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Da Fuzi, wrapped in flour, baked, peel and remove umbilicus)
Foeniculum Vulgare Fruit (Xiaohuixiang, salt-wine fried)
Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao, wine-fried)
Cinnamomi Cortex (Rougui)
Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu, remove rhizome, lightly fried)
Piperis Fructus (Hujiao)
Artemisiae Argyi Folium (Aiye, vinegar-fried)
Psoraleae Fructus (Pogu Zhi, salt-wine fried)
Linderae Radix (Wuyao, above each 2 liang)
Licorice Root (Gancao, roasted, 1 liang)
Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfumie, vinegar-fried, 6 liang)
Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu, soaked in rice wash water and fried, 4 liang)
Evodiae Fructus (Wuzhuyu, fried, 1 liang)
The above ingredients are sliced. Use one white-feathered black-bone chicken, weighing two jin, strangled to death, soaked in water, remove tail excrement and head/feet, do not use. Place the herb slices in an iron pot, cover with good wine, boil until soft. Remove bones, bake the meat and herbs together in the pot until dry, grind into powder. Use chicken wine juice to mix with thin rice paste to make pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take 50 pills each time on an empty stomach, delivered with good wine.

Another prescription: Treats red and white leukorrhea in women. Use Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction), add Phellodendri Cortex (Huangbai), Anemarrhenae Rhizoma (Zhimu), Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu), Pinelliae Rhizoma (Banxia), Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma (Chuan Bi Xie), and Toosendan Fruit Flesh (Chuan Lianzi Rou). Decoct with ginger. Take this decoction first, and finally take the pills.

Gui Fu Di Huang Wan (Return and Attach Rehmannia Pill)
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui, wine-washed, 3 liang)
Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong, 1 liang)
Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao, wine-fried, 2 liang)
Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata (Shu Dihuang, wine-steamed, 1 liang)
Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfuzi, soaked in child's urine and fried, 2 liang)
Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi, 1.5 liang)
Phellodendri Cortex (Huangbai, peel, soak in child's urine for three days, sun-dry, 1.5 liang)
Anemarrhenae Rhizoma (Zhimu, remove hairs, 1.5 liang, soak in wine, sun-dry)
Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus (Wuweizi, 1.5 liang)
Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu, soaked in rice wash water and fried, 2 liang)
Ostreae Concha (Muli, 5 qin)
Ailanthi Cortex (Chungenpi, wine-fried, 2.5 liang)
One formula has White Hibiscus Flower. One formula has Cornus Officinalis Fruit, no Schisandra. Wine-steamed, remove core. For deficiency, add Ginseng Radix (Renshen) and Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu).
Grind all into fine powder. Make pills with wine paste, size of mulberry seeds. Take 50 pills each time on an empty stomach, delivered with light salt water. Press down with dry food afterwards. Avoid green onion, radish, pepper, fried and heating foods.

Another prescription: Treats red and white leukorrhea in women. Use Su Yuan Dan (Trace Source Pill).

Su Yuan Dan (Trace Source Pill)
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui, wine-washed)
Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata (Shu Dihuang, wine-steamed)
Artemisiae Argyi Folium (Qi Ai, wine-fried, each 2 liang)
Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu, vinegar-soaked and fried, 3 liang)
Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong, rice wash water processed)
Ginseng Radix (Renshen, each 1.2 liang)
Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao, wine-fried)
Ejun (Donkey-hide Glue, fried with clam powder)
Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu, remove rhizome)
Imperatae Rhizoma (Maogen, each 6 qin)
Ailanthi Cortex (Chungenpi, wine-fried)
Phellodendri Cortex (Huangbai, wine-fried, each 1 liang)
Sanguisorbae Radix (Diyu, 7 qin)
Poria (Baifuling, peel, 8 qin)
Kaolinite (Baishizhi, 7 qin)
Grind all into fine powder. Make pills with rice vinegar paste, size of mulberry seeds. Take 50-60 pills each time on an empty stomach, delivered with rice soup.

Another prescription: Treats red and white leukorrhea in women, upper heat and lower cold, bad breath from mouth, or dry throat, or toothache, or tinnitus, or flowing pain throughout the body, fever and aversion to cold, or vomiting sour water, or qi pain in heart and abdomen, or five-colored foul-smelling discharge.

Qing Yu San (Clear Jade Powder)
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui, wine-washed)
Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong)
Rehmanniae Radix Recens (Sheng Dihuang)
Moutan Cortex (Mudanpi)
Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi)
Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian)
Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma)
Licorice Root (Gancao)
Pinelliae Rhizoma (Banxia, ginger-processed)
Poria (Baifuling)
Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chishao)
Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu, soaked in rice wash water)
Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu)
Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin)
Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu, remove rhizome)
Coarse crush one dose. Decoct with fresh ginger and take.

Another prescription: Treats white leukorrhea in women, effect like magic. Passed from nephew to uncle.
Sulfur (amount unspecified). Scoop out a part of tofu, place sulfur in the center, cover with tofu again. Place straw at the bottom of a clay pot, put the tofu inside, cover with straw again. Boil in water for one day, frequently adding water, until the tofu turns black. Take out the sulfur, grind into powder. Wrap Baishao (White Peony Root) in paper, moisten with water, roast on fire, slice and grind into powder. Mix equal parts, combine and blend well. Make pills with water and wheat starch paste, size of mulberry seeds. Every morning on an empty stomach, take 5 fen, delivered with one cup of good liquor. After five days of taking, it will heal. If not healed, take 1 qian every morning, continue for five days, fully healed.

Another prescription: Treats white leukorrhea in women, white turbidity and strangury in men.
Zingiberis Rhizoma (Ganjiang, roasted, 1 liang)
Soot (Baicaoshuang, 2 liang)
Grind into powder. Take 1 qian each time, mixed with warm wine.

Another prescription: Treats red and white leukorrhea in women, regardless of how long it has lasted and not healing.
Zingiberis Rhizoma (Ganjiang, charred black, 5 qin)
Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao, wine-fried, 2 liang)
Grind into fine powder. Take 1 qian each time on an empty stomach, mixed with rice drink.
Another method: Grind white cockscomb flower into powder. Take 3 qian each time on an empty stomach, mixed with wine. For red discharge, use red cockscomb flower.
Another method: Burn deer horn to ash, keep the nature, grind into powder, mixed with good wine. Take two spoons on an empty stomach.
Another method: Open the top of an egg, add 3 fen of sulfur powder, wrap in wet paper, roast, chew and eat, delivered with good liquor.
Another method: Soak Cangzhu (Atractylodes Rhizome) in rice wash water, bake dry. Roast Ganjiang (Dried Ginger). Equal parts, grind into powder. Take 3 qian each time on an empty stomach, mixed with wine.
Another method: 4 liang of Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi), soak in half a jin of calcined gypsum (Duanshi) for three nights, remove ash, fry until charred, grind into powder, mixed with clear rice drink, take on an empty stomach.
Another method: Melt 5 qin of Sulfur, 49 grains of Piperis Fructus (Hujiao), grind into powder, mixed with good wine.
Another method: 5 qin of Sulfur, 3 qin of Dark Plum Flesh (Wumei Rou), pound into pills the size of soybeans. Take 5 qian each time on an empty stomach, delivered with good wine.
Another method: Fry Vitex Trifolia Fruit (Manjingzi) until charred, grind into powder, take on an empty stomach with rice drink. Because it can dry damp-phlegm. It can also treat heart pain.

Another prescription: Treats red and white leukorrhea.
Galla Chinensis (Wubeizi, fried)
Persicae Semen (Taoren, fried, remove skin and tip)
Equal parts, grind into powder. Take 2 qian each time on an empty stomach, mixed with burning wine.

Another prescription: Treats chronic white leukorrhea in women, emaciation and weakness, fatigue and desire to sleep, sore back and legs, loss of appetite, yellow complexion, afternoon fever, dribbling urination. Use Shen Zhu Xiang Tang (Ginseng, Atractylodes, and Cyperi Decoction), remove Cinnamomi Cortex (Guizhi), add Plantaginis Semen (Cheqianzi), Lycii Cortex (Digupi), and Cervus Cornu Colla (Lujiao Jiao). Greatly effective.

A woman with leukorrhea and weak limbs. The limbs belong to Earth; this is spleen-stomach deficiency with damp-phlegm sinking downwards. Treat with Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) combined with Fu Pi Tang (Women's Spleen Decoction). She recovered immediately.

A woman aged sixty, internal heat and dry mouth, dizziness upon exertion, expectoration and leukorrhea. Someone used phlegm-resolving and qi-moving medicines, making the previous symptoms worse, eating less, limbs sometimes numb. Taking wind-dispelling and phlegm-resolving medicines made limbs constantly numb, hands and feet alternately cold and hot, gradually wasting away. This syndrome belongs to spleen-qi deficiency failing to generate lung metal. Wind-dispelling agents further damaged the meridians. One should nourish the source of transformation and generation, using Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) plus Poria (Baifuling), Pinelliae Rhizoma (Banxia), and Roasted Zingiberis Rhizoma (Pao Ganjiang).

Ru Sheng Dan (Like Sage Pill)
Alumen (Baifan)
Cnidii Fructus (Shechuangzi) (Equal parts)
Grind into powder. Make pills with vinegar paste, size of a bullet, coated with madder root dye, wrapped in thin cotton, leaving a cotton thread about two chi long, tie the pill and insert deeply into the vagina, sit for half a day. Change again if extremely hot. Generally, this disease is often due to uterine impurity, making oral medication difficult to be effective.

Another prescription: Treats leukorrhea in women,敗脓 (decayed pus) in the intestines, dripping continuously, foul smell unbearable. Leading to increased cold pain in the navel and abdomen. This is likely caused by decayed pus. There seems to be no end suddenly. Must use pus-draining method to stop it.
Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi, 1 liang)
Single-leaf Red Hibiscus Root (Dan Ye Hong Kui Gen, 2 liang)
Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao)
Alumen (Baifan, each 5 qin, separately calcined and ground)
Grind into powder. Make pills with wax, size of mulberry seeds. Take 10 or 50 pills on an empty stomach before meals, delivered with rice drink. Wait until pus is exhausted, then use other medicines to tonify.

Wu Ji San (Five Accumulations Powder) (Formula seen in Cold Damage section)
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) (Formula seen in Internal Injury section)
Shi Quan Da Bu Tang (Ten Complete Great Tonifying Decoction) (Formula seen in Tonification section)
Gui Pi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction) (Formula seen in Female Consumption section)