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To treat long-standing coldness of the uterus (Gong Zang), stagnation of cold in the middle jiao, pain in the heart and abdomen or below the umbilicus, fatigue and weakness of the limbs and joints, palpitations with anxiety (Xin Ji Zheng Zhong), poor appetite, and nausea.

Bibo (Long Pepper Fruit), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, prepared), Boshang Liuhuang (Bo Shang Sulfur, finely ground), Jinchai Shihu (Dendrobium nobile Stem, finely cut, soaked in wine, each half liang), Fuzi (Aconite Lateralis Radix Praeparata, prepared, skin and lateral root removed), Zelan Ye (Lycopus Lucidus Herba, each one liang).

Crush and sieve the above ingredients into a fine powder. Make pills using wheat paste, sized like wutong seeds. Coat with cinnabar powder. Take 30 pills per dose, increasing to 50 pills. Decoct mugwort leaves and salt water, and take on an empty stomach.

This prescription stops bleeding; if taken by those with blood stasis obstruction, it promotes circulation. Transmitted by Li Xiu.

Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), Zhigancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizoma), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (each three liang).

Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take three qian per dose, add one large cup of water and one ancient copper coin. Decoct until ready, add one or two drops of sesame oil. When reduced to eight-tenths, strain the dregs, and take hot before meals on an empty stomach. Avoid fish and seafood.

To treat spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness of spleen blood in women for a long time. (Note: "Lei Ju Fang" omits the six characters "Zhi Pi Wei Xu Ruo Bing", and changes "Liang Fang" to "Shi Zuo Fu Tong Xie Xie" [intermittent abdominal pain and diarrhea]).

Caodoukou (Cardamomi Fructus, husked, stir-fried), Gancao (Licorice Root), Gaoliangjiang (Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma, cut, stir-fried until fragrant and cooked), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Suosharen (Amomi Fructus Rotundus, each one liang), Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, pith removed, stir-fried).

[Text fragment missing due to source error]: The above three ingredients, each one liang, are boiled in one bowl of water... [Context implies processing]. Grind all together into a fine powder. Take two qian per dose, add a little salt, and mix with boiling water. Take on an empty stomach. This medicine treats abdominal pain and is particularly effective for cold-type diarrhea. Abdominal pain is difficult to treat with specific drugs; this formula is merely a spleen-warming agent, yet it excels at stopping pain. Its mechanism is unknown.

It can dissipate stagnant qi, wind swelling, and edema. Transmitted by Yao Yue, Transport Commissioner.

Zelan (Lycopus Lucidus Herba), Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix).

Sieve the above ingredients equally into a powder. Take two qian per dose, mix with warm wine. Take at any time.

Tonifies women's blood and qi. Transmitted by Jiang Qianpan.

Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root, four liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Gui (Cinnamon Twig), Congrong (Cynomorii Herba, soaked in wine; if unavailable, replace with Deer Antler Lu Rong), Ziwan (Asterae Radix), Buguzhi (Psoraleae Fructus), Lujiao Jiao (Deer Antler Glue, stir-fried).

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Make pills using mugwort paste, sized like wutong seeds. Take 70-80 pills per dose, swallow with warm wine or rice drink.