用乳香不拘多少。五月五日午时。令一人在臂背捧乳钵在凳上。令一童儿。以笔管透壁
缝内
酒吞
如圣膏（一名如圣散）治难产兼治胞衣不下。兼治死胎。
用蓖麻子七粒。去壳细研成膏。涂脚心。胞衣速下。
十金散 治难产。
用败兔毫笔烧为灰。细研为末。生藕汁一盏。调服立效。若产妇虚弱及素有冷病。恐藕
汁动
又方
以大朱砂随多少。端午日晒至百日。不得着雨。如满百日。取研如粉。用腊月兔脑髓和
丸如
又方
用腊月兔头一枚。烧为灰。为细末。葱白煎汤调服二钱。产。
又方
临欲产又未产。吞赤小豆二十粒立效。
又方
取梁上尘三指撮。酒调服之。或作丸。（一方治逆生）
救产难经日不生及不顺生。立效。
用云母粉半两。以温酒调服。入口当产。不顺者。即产。万不失一。又一方。将云母粉
澄过
益母丸 专治产难横逆。并安胎顺气。
用益母草。其叶类大麻叶。茎方。花紫色白者。不是。五月采其叶茎。阴干不见日。忌
铁器
香参
治产难亦治催生。
用石燕一对。令产母左右手持一只。合手。不问生死胎即下。
治难产亦治胞衣不下神验方。
以皂角末少许。吹鼻中嚏。子便下。又方吞子二枚亦得。
疗产妇难产催生。
用飞生皮令妇执之。或盖在背上。带毛亦效。
疗临产。
以榆白皮焙干为末。日三服方寸匕。易产。既产下。儿身上皆有涂药。是其验也。
治难产。
取贝母作末服之。兼治胞衣不出。取七枚末。酒下。
疗妇人产难。
上书纸曰坐为蒲。卧为鱼。女属母。儿属夫。急急如律令。即产。妇吞之。又书两道。
两手
又方
用土瓜根捣细罗为散。醋汤调下二钱。便生。
治难产儿不出。
用兔脑皮毛及头并烧灰酒服。
治难产。
以弓弩弦缚腰。及烧弩牙令赤。内酒中饮之。皆取法快速之义也。
治难产。
用滑石末与丹参、蜜、猪之脂为膏。入其月即空心酒下弹丸大。临产焙服。令滑胎易生。
治难产。
取真珠末一两。和酒服之。立出。
治难产。
取羚羊角一枚。刮尖为末。酒调方寸匕。一方将屑烧末酒服。
治难产。
取鳖甲烧末。水服方寸匕。立出。
治妇人生子不出。
用白狗血内酒中服之。主下痢。卒风痱。伏日取之。大补虚。小儿惊痫。止下痢。
治生产难。
用白鸡距及脑烧灰酒服之。
治妇人难产。
取龙脑少许。以新汲水调服。立效。
治难产及胞衣不下。
即取一升人屎。用姜葱各一分。煎三两沸。乘热饮便下。
治产时。
取井花水半升。顿一服。
立圣丹（一名立圣鹤顶膏）治产危急者。
用寒水石四两。内二两。炭五升 通赤取出。同生者研细。入朱砂同研。如深桃花色。
每用
逆恶
清少
治产育艰难。或一岁一产者。可以此少间之。
用四物汤每服三钱。加芸苔子一撮。于经行后。空心服之。
又方
用升麻、葛根二两。加瞿麦干、土牛膝、栝蒌根、豆豉炒各半两。为散。分作八服。空
心
治难产催生。
上蛇蜕皮一条全者。取端午日。置于沙锣中。用纸一张。水浸一日。煎之。后干收此纸。
有
男
酸浆酒 治难产。
用酸浆草 自然汁。每服半盏。暖酒半盏调之。顿服立出。
治难产方。
上吞大豆三枚至七枚立产。
又方
上于临月带海马子一枚良。
治难产胎衣不下方。
用大麻根三本。以水一升煮取三合。顿服之。立下。
又方
上令人含醋 面。闷即解。亦治产乳晕绝。
疗产难历日。气力乏尽。不能得生。此是宿有病也。虽有对症之剂。仓卒亦可单吃
方。
取马衔一枚。觉痛即令左手持之。
催产蚕蜕散方。
用蚕蜕纸一大张。烧作灰。研以酸浆草。烂捣绞自然汁三分许。酒三分。微暖调下。一
方温
鸡子酒 疗难产二三日不下。
用鸡子一枚。去清。或三枚亦得。以苦酒半盏。投鸡子酒中饮之。产。
催生马齿苋酒方。
用马齿苋捣绞取自然汁三分。入酒三分。微暖服之。立瘥。
催生石燕子。
取石燕子以童子小便三分。摩取自然汁。微暖酒下赤小豆七粒立产。
千锤草散 疗难产。
取凿柄入孔里者。烧末。酒服之。立下。一方烧灰淋汁服。
治母已死儿子不出方。
但以水银如弹丸。格口内喉中。捧起令下。食顷。又捧令起。子便落。
又方
捣菖蒲根绞取汁一二升。灌口中。此亦母生子死验。
治日月未至而欲产者方。
取夫衣带五寸。烧作灰。酒服立下。
又方
取全蛇蜕一条。欲痛时以绢袋盛。绕腰。
治产难。
取蓖麻子二枚。两手各握一枚。须臾立下。
治产难横生逆生。胎死胞不出方。
上破雄鸡肋。以手探取肝。酒渍之。须臾出肝。但以饮酒入口。不觉生产。一方。鸡肝
一具
治产难数日不出。极困欲绝者秘方。
取雌乌鸡令走二时许。捉取。刺左翅下。取血。又刺血门取血。以醇酒一小盏。和血内
真丹
治产难。
用本年历头剪一腊月三十日一行。如小尽。用二十九日一行。却剪为三段。记定上中下。
作
治产时困闷。
以冬葵子一合。水二升煮取半升。去滓。顿服之。少时便产。
通灵散 正产催生。
紧卷蛇蜕全者一条。以蚯蚓泥裹之。烧赤为末。入些药末相助。酒调服。若经行不产。
然后
治产时子但趋谷道者方。
以熬盐熨之自止。
又方
捣清石末。温酒下一钱。立效。
治儿在腹中哭。
以多年空屋下鼠穴中土一块。令产母服之。即止。
又方 治产时子但趋谷道者方。
取桃仁分破。书一片作可字。一片作出字。根据前还合。令母吞之便下。即此是天尊法神
验。
催生桂膏贴足方。
桂（去粗皮为末） 雄黄末（一钱） 上以蓖麻子三七枚。去皮烂研。入二味同研如膏。
纸
催生圣散子方。
黄蜀葵子（二七枚） 赤小豆（七枚生用） 上同研细。童子小便三分调。顿服。立下。
一
圣功散 治难产横生倒长。困顿不省人事。儿死腹中。
用蜀葵子陈者不拘多少。为散。每服三钱。酒调下。如口噤。斡开灌之。无子用根锉碎。
煎
顺生散 治生产不正及难产者。
山茵陈 仙灵脾（各等分） 上件为细末。每服三钱。童子小便并酒共半盏。温酒下。
治产难数日欲死。
书奏作两行字。凡二十字。文曰。帝乙生子。司命勿止。即出其胞。及保其子。无病其
母。
甘草散 预服散令易生。母无疾病。未生一月日前。预服过三十日。行步动作如故
。儿生堕
治妇人难产令易产。
以海马与产母带之于身。神验不下临卧烧末饮服。亦可手握之。
枳壳散 治妊娠令易生。
枳壳 甘草 糯米（各等分） 右同炒为末。米饮白汤调下。一日之中三五服。不计时
候。
治令子易产方。
用 鼠飞生一枚。槐子。故弓箭羽各十四枚。合捣丸桐子大。酒服二丸。令易产也。
又方
用舂杵头细糠烧末。水服方寸匕。
又方
用莲花一叶。书人字吞之。立产。
治产妇临蓐服之。令儿易生。
取 鼠皮毛。以与兔头烧灰。末。酒下。
飞生丸 疗妇人易生产。
取蛇蜕皮着衣带中。鉴鼻系衣带。临欲产时。左手持马衔。右手持飞生皮。令易产。
暑月中产 有盛暑中产。三日发大热。其脉虚疾而大。恶露不行。血攻心。狂言叫
奔走。拿
干荷叶 生地黄 牡丹皮 上浓煎汤。调服蒲黄末二钱。一服即定。儿即下遂安。
妊娠食物无度。口餍甘肥。既饱便睡。以致胞浓胎肥。临月难产。湖阳公主妊娠七
八个月服
盆弦枳壳（一两去瓤麸炒黑色） 甘草（粉大者炙半两） 上为细末。空心沸汤点服。
勿登
催生夺命丹
牡丹皮 枳壳 赤芍药（各一钱） 蝉蜕（二钱） 青皮 阿胶（炒） 甘草（炙） 五
加皮
一字。细末。
炼蜜
治妇人产时忽衣下迟。既产后。复起早伤风。吐泻不止散。
吴茱萸 防风 羌活 肉豆蔻 黄橘皮 藿香 川芎 苍术 干木瓜（各一分） 官桂
（半两）
空
心连滓服
一方黄金散
诗曰。黄金结实似粟米。细研酒调五十粒。灵丹功效妙如神。难产之时能救急。
上取油菜子研细。酒调服。
催生及难产横逆。
水银（二钱） 黑铅（一钱铫内熔汁投水银结沙） 上用热绢巾纽出水银。细研。汗衫
纽作
丸子
又法。先脱产妇常着衣一件。盖灶头。免胎衣不下之厄。
又法。偷剪钟馗左脚。烧灰水下。
又法。寻左脚旧草鞋烧灰。挑三钱水下。
又法。不作声。将花钱倒提厕。顶礼倒烧。急回。上法用一二神效。不可不作。
治难产。密以净纸书本州三十太守姓名。灯上烧灰。汤调下。即产。此虽厌胜。颇
验。
走马催生丹 治产难危急。横生逆产。子死腹中。胎衣不下。一丸可治十人。雄蛇
蜕一条。
器盆盖于地上
光明辰砂（一两研） 麝香（研一钱） 右二味研极细。以桃柳嫩苗各七茎。如无取皮。
须
是向
大。
手
救命抵圣丹 治产难危急。
辰砂（有镜面者半两细研） 滴乳香（半两别） 蓖麻子 麝香当门子（真者半两研） 真
角
屑（
存性别
研千
熔真
痛时
汤洗
盛半
炒黄
生人
治逆生便产须知针法。
常用小绢针于儿手足心。针入一二分。三四刺之。以盐涂上。轻轻送入。儿得痛惊转即
缩。
治产难。
用古城桂木煮汤服。
主难产。
捣益母草取汁七大合。煎半。顿服。立下。无新者以干者。大握七合。煎服。
主难产。
取厕筹烧。取热气蒸上。
主妇人难产。
用郎君手与产妇手把之。便生。极有验也。
治难产。
墨一寸。末。水服之立产。
治妇人产难。
取铜弩牙烧赤。内酒中饮汁。（古者弥胜）
治妇人生女不出。
以枯蝉烧灰服之。
治妇人入月而欲产。
取梁上尘、灶突煤二味。合方寸匕。酒服。
治妇人产难并逆横产。
用铜秤锤烧赤。酒淬服。
治难产。
取水龟令产妇戴之。亦可临时烧灰酒下。此物出南海。如龟长二三尺。两目在侧旁。
主妇人难产。
以含生草。产妇口中含之。立产。亦咽其汁。
主邪气产难绝伤。及主瘾疹。牙齿诸风疾。
春初采嫩槐叶。并可食之。
治难产方。
用赤小豆生吞七枚出。若是女。二七枚佳。
治难产。
用弹丸土。末。一钱。以热酒调服之。大有功效也。
[Background Information]
Book: Pu Ji Fang (Universal Relief Formulas); Author: Zhu Zi; Dynasty: Ming, Yongle 4th Year; Chapter: Dystocia (2/2); Category: Formulas
Use Frankincense (Ruxiang, 乳香), quantity unrestricted. On the noon hour of the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, have one person hold a mortar on their arm/back while sitting on a stool, and have a child swallow wine through a brush tube inserted through a crack in the wall.
Rusheng Paste (also known as Rusheng Powder): Treats dystocia, also treats retained placenta, and fetal death.
Use seven seeds of Castor Bean (Bidanzi, 蓖麻子), remove the shell, grind finely into a paste, and apply to the soles of the feet. The placenta will descend quickly.
Shijin San (Ten Gold Powder): Treats dystocia.
Burn an old rabbit-hair brush to ash, grind finely into powder, mix with one cup of fresh lotus root juice, and take orally for immediate effect. If the parturient is weak or has a history of cold disorders, the lotus root juice may move qi...
Another prescription:
Take large Cinnabar (Zhusha, 朱砂) in appropriate amounts, sun-dry it on the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu) until it reaches one hundred days, avoiding rain. After one hundred days, take it out and grind into powder, mix with rabbit brain marrow from the twelfth lunar month to form pills...
Another prescription:
Take one rabbit head from the twelfth lunar month, burn to ash, grind into fine powder. Mix with decoction of scallion white and take two qian. Delivery will proceed.
Another prescription:
When labor is imminent but has not yet started, swallow twenty grains of Adzuki Bean (Chixiaodou, 赤小豆) for immediate effect.
Another prescription:
Take three finger-widths of dust from the roof beam, mix with wine and take orally. Or make into pills. (Another method treats malpresentation).
Rescue dystocia where delivery is delayed for days or abnormal, effective immediately.
Take half liang of Mica (Yunmu Fen, 云母粉), mix with warm wine and take orally. Delivery should occur upon ingestion. For malpresentation, delivery occurs immediately. One hundred percent effective. Another method involves clarifying/filtering the mica powder...
Yimu Wan (Motherwort Pill): Specifically treats dystocia and malpresentation, and calms the fetus and regulates qi.
Use Motherwort (Yimucao, 益母草); its leaves resemble hemp leaves, the stem is square, the flowers are purple (white ones are not used). Harvest leaves and stems in the fifth lunar month, dry in shade avoiding sunlight. Avoid iron vessels.
Xiangshen:
Treats dystocia and promotes labor.
Use a pair of Stone Swallow (Shiyan, 石燕), let the parturient hold one in each hand, clasping hands together. Whether living or dead fetus, it will be delivered immediately.
Divine effective prescription for treating dystocia and retained placenta.
Take a small amount of Gleditsia Sinensis Powder (Zaojiao Mo, 皂角末), blow into the nose to induce sneezing, and the fetus will descend. Another method: swallow two pieces of Cuttlebone (Wuzhegu, 乌贼骨).
Treats dystocia and promotes labor in parturients.
Let the woman hold Feisheng Skin (Feisheng Pi, 飞生皮), or place it on her back. Even with hair attached, it is effective.
Treats impending labor.
Roast Ulmus Macrocarpa Bark (Yubai Pi, 榆白皮) until dry, grind into powder. Take one fangcun bi three times daily. Facilitates delivery. After birth, the infant's body will have medication applied, which serves as verification.
Treats dystocia.
Take Fritillaria Cirrhosa (Beimu, 贝母), grind into powder and take orally; also treats retained placenta. Take seven pieces, grind into powder, and take with wine.
Treats female dystocia.
Write on paper: "Sitting becomes Pu, lying becomes Fish, Woman belongs to Mother, Child belongs to Father. Act swiftly according to the law." Then deliver. The woman swallows the paper. Write two more copies, hold one in each hand.
Another prescription:
Pulp Tetracera Vine Root (Tugua Gen, 土瓜根), crush and sieve into powder, mix with vinegar soup and take two qian, then birth occurs.
Treats dystocia where fetus does not emerge.
Burn Rabbit Brain, fur, and head to ash, take with wine.
Treats dystocia.
Bind waist with bowstring, and burn crossbow trigger until red, then drink the wine infused with it. This adopts the meaning of speed.
Treats dystocia.
Make a paste using Talcum Powder (Huashi Mo, 滑石末), Salvia Miltiorrhiza (Danshen, 丹参), honey, and pig lard. During pregnancy months, take pill-sized dose on empty stomach with wine. Roast and take near labor to lubricate the fetus for easy birth.
Treats dystocia.
Take one liang of Pearl Powder (Zhenzhu Mo, 真珠末), mix with wine and take, delivers immediately.
Treats dystocia.
Take one horn of Antelope (Lingyang Jiao, 羚羊角), scrape tip into powder, mix with wine and take one fangcun bi. Another method: burn shavings to powder and take with wine.
Treats dystocia.
Take Turtle Carapace (Biejia, 鳖甲), burn to powder, take one fangcun bi with water, delivers immediately.
Treats women unable to deliver.
Mix White Dog Blood (Baigouxue, 白狗血) with wine and take. Mainly treats dysentery and sudden wind paralysis. Collect during Fu days, greatly tonifies deficiency. Treats infantile convulsions, stops dysentery.
Treats difficult childbirth.
Burn White Chicken Spur and brain to ash, take with wine.
Treats female dystocia.
Take a small amount of Borneol (Longnao, 龙脑), mix with fresh well water and take, immediate effect.
Treats dystocia and retained placenta.
Take one sheng of human feces, add one fen each of Ginger and Scallion, boil three times, drink while hot to expel.
Treats labor time.
Take half sheng of well water (Jinghua Shui, 井花水), take in one dose.
Lisheng Dan (also known as Lisheng Hetou Gao): Treats critical obstetric emergencies.
Take four liang of Calcite (Hanshui Shi, 寒水石), take two liang, heat five sheng of charcoal until red, take out, grind finely with raw material, mix with Cinnabar and grind again until deep peach-blossom colored. Each use...
Ni'e
Qingshao
Treats difficult childbirth or frequent pregnancies (one per year), can be used to space them slightly.
Take Siwu Decoction (Siwu Tang, 四物汤) three qian per dose, add a pinch of Rapeseed (Yuntaizi, 芸苔子), take on empty stomach after menstruation.
Another prescription:
Take two liang of Cimicifuga (Shengma, 升麻) and Pueraria (Gegen, 葛根), add half liang each of Dianthus (Qumai Gan, 瞿麦干), Achyranthes (Tu Niuxi, 土牛膝), Trichosanthes Root (Gualou Gen, 栝蒌根), and Stir-fried Fermented Soybean (Chidouchi, 豆豉炒), make into powder. Divide into eight doses, take on empty stomach...
Treats dystocia and promotes labor.
Take one complete Snake Slough (Shetui, 蛇蜕) collected on Dragon Boat Festival, place in a brass basin, cover with one sheet of paper, soak in water for one day, decoct. Dry and store this paper. Male...
Suanjiang Jiu (Sour Grass Wine): Treats dystocia.
Use natural juice of Sour Grass (Suanjiang Cao, 酸浆草), half zhan per dose, mix with half zhan of warm wine, take in one dose for immediate delivery.
Prescription for dystocia.
Swallow three to seven soybeans for immediate birth.
Another prescription:
Wear one Seahorse (Haima, 海马) seed near term, good.
Prescription for dystocia and retained placenta.
Use three stalks of Hemp Root (Damagen, 大麻根), boil in one sheng of water to obtain three he, take in one dose, drops immediately.
Another prescription:
Have person hold vinegar-flavored dough, if suffocating, it resolves. Also treats postpartum fainting.
Treats prolonged dystocia, exhaustion of strength, inability to deliver. This is due to chronic illness. Although there are targeted formulas, in emergency, single herbs can be eaten...
Take one horse bit, when pain starts, hold in left hand.
Cuichan Cantui San Prescription:
Take one large sheet of silkworm cocoon paper, burn to ash, grind with Sour Grass, mash and squeeze to get about three parts natural juice, mix with three parts wine, warm and take. Another method warms...
Jizi Jiu (Egg Wine): Treats dystocia lasting two to three days without delivery.
Take one egg, remove yolk, or three eggs are acceptable, pour half zhan of vinegar into egg wine and drink, results in birth.
Cuisheng Machixian Jiu Prescription:
Mash Purslane (Machixian, 马齿苋) to extract three parts natural juice, add three parts wine, warm and take, recovers immediately.
Cuisheng Shiyanzi:
Take Stone Swallow, rub with three parts urine of a boy to extract natural juice, take with warm wine and seven Adzuki Beans for immediate birth.
Qianchui Cao San: Treats dystocia.
Take the part of a chisel handle that enters the hole, burn to powder, take with wine, drops immediately. Another method: burn to ash, strain juice and take.
Prescription for dead mother and living fetus:
Place mercury pellet-sized amount in throat, prop up and lower, wait a meal time, prop up and lower again, fetus falls.
Another prescription:
Crush Acorus Tatarinowii Root (Changpu Gen, 菖蒲根), squeeze out one to two sheng of juice, pour into mouth. This is also verified for mother dying after birth.
Prescription for preterm labor:
Take five cun of husband's belt, burn to ash, take with wine, drops immediately.
Another prescription:
Take one complete snake slough, when pain begins, put in silk bag, wrap around waist.
Treats dystocia.
Take two Castor Beans, hold one in each hand, drops shortly.
Prescription for dystocia, malpresentation, fetal death, and retained placenta:
Break open male chicken rib, reach in to take liver, soak in wine, liver comes out shortly, just drink the wine and enter mouth, unaware of birth. Another method: one chicken liver...
Secret prescription for dystocia lasting several days, extreme fatigue nearing death:
Make female black chicken run for about two hours, catch, prick under left wing to collect blood, prick blood gate to collect blood, mix with small zhan of pure wine and real Cinnabar...
Treats dystocia.
Cut one row of December 30th from this year's calendar, if short month, use December 29th row, cut into three segments, mark upper, middle, lower, make...
Treats distress during labor.
Boil one he of Malva Verticillata Seed (Dongkui Zi, 冬葵子) in two sheng of water to obtain half sheng, remove dregs, take in one dose, births shortly.
Tongling San: Regular labor promotion.
Tightly roll one complete snake slough, wrap in earthworm mud, burn red to powder, add some herb powder to assist, mix with wine and take. If menstruation occurs without birth, then...
Prescription for fetus moving towards anus during labor:
Apply roasted salt to stop it naturally.
Another prescription:
Grind Qingstone (Qingshi, 清石) into powder, take one qian with warm wine, immediate effect.
Treats fetus crying in womb.
Take a piece of earth from a rat hole under an empty house for many years, let parturient take orally, stops immediately.
Another prescription for fetus moving towards anus during labor:
Split Peach Kernel (Taoren, 桃仁), write 'Ke' character on one piece, 'Chu' character on another, reassemble according to previous, let mother swallow to deliver. This is the divine verification of Tianzun's method.
Cuisheng Gui Gao Foot Application Prescription:
Cinnamon Twig (Guizhi, 桂) (remove bark, powder) Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄) powder (one qian) Take twenty-one to twenty-seven Castor Beans, remove skin, mash, mix with two ingredients to form paste. Paper...
Cuisheng Sheng Sanzi Prescription:
Abelmoschus Manihot Seeds (Huangshukui Zi, 黄蜀葵子) (fourteen) Adzuki Beans (seven, raw) Grind finely together, mix with three parts boy's urine, take in one dose, drops immediately. One...
Shenggong San: Treats dystocia, malpresentation, inverted position, coma, fetal death in womb.
Use aged Abelmoschus Manihot Seeds (Shukui Zi, 蜀葵子) unrestricted amount, make into powder, take three qian per dose, mix with wine. If jaw locked, pry open and pour. If no seeds, use root chopped and boiled...
Shunsheng San: Treats abnormal presentation and dystocia.
Artemisia Capillaris (Shanyinchchen, 山茵陈) and Epimedium (Xianlinpi, 仙灵脾) (equal parts) Grind all into fine powder, take three qian per dose, mix with boy's urine and wine totaling half zhan, take with warm wine.
Treats dystocia nearing death for several days.
Write petition in two lines, twenty characters total, text says: "Di Yi gave birth, Siming do not stop, immediately expel placenta, protect child, do not harm mother."
Gancao San: Preventive powder for easy birth, mother healthy, take thirty days before expected delivery date, walking and movement remain normal. Child born falls...
Treats female dystocia to facilitate birth.
Carry Seahorse (Haima, 海马) on body by parturient, divine verification, not inferior to burning powder at night and drinking. Can also hold in hand.
Zhike San: Treats pregnancy to facilitate birth.
Citrus Aurantium (Zhike, 枳壳) Licorice (Gancao, 甘草) Glutinous Rice (Nuomi, 糯米) (equal parts) Stir-fry together into powder, mix with rice water or plain water and take, three to five times a day, regardless of time.
Prescription to facilitate birth:
Take Rat Feisheng (Shuifeisheng, 鼠飞生) one, Sophora Seeds (Huai Zi, 槐子), old bow arrows feathers fourteen each, pound together into pills size of tung tree seeds, take two pills with wine to facilitate birth.
Another prescription:
Burn bran from pestle head to powder, take one fangcun bi with water.
Another prescription:
Take one lotus leaf, write human character on it, swallow for immediate birth.
For parturient to take during labor to facilitate birth:
Take Rat Fur (Shu Mao Pi, 鼠皮毛) and Rabbit Head, burn to ash, powder, take with wine.
Feisheng Wan: Treats women for easy childbirth.
Put snake slough in belt, tie nose to belt, when labor approaches, hold horse bit in left hand, Feisheng Skin in right hand to facilitate birth.
Birth in Midsummer: Birth in intense heat, develops high fever after three days, pulse is deficient, rapid and large, lochia does not flow, blood attacks heart, delirious speech, running and shouting...
Dried Lotus Leaf (Gan Heye, 干荷叶) Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang, 生地黄) Moutan Cortex (Mudanpi, 牡丹皮) Boil thick decoction, mix with two qian of Polygonum Multiflorum Powder (Puhuang Mo, 蒲黄末), one dose settles it, child descends and is safe.
Unrestricted diet during pregnancy, craving sweet and fatty foods, sleeping after fullness, leading to thick uterus and fat fetus, difficult birth at term. Princess Huyang took [formula] during seventh/eighth month of pregnancy...
Pot String Citrus Aurantium (Penxian Zhike, 盆弦枳壳) (one liang, remove pulp, stir-fry bran until black) Licorice (Gancao, 甘草) (large powder type, roast half liang) Grind into fine powder, take with boiling water on empty stomach. Do not climb...
Cuisheng Duoming Dan:
Moutan Cortex (Mudanpi, 牡丹皮) Citrus Aurantium (Zhike, 枳壳) Red Peony Root (Chishaoyao, 赤芍药) (one qian each) Cicada Slough (Chantui, 蝉蜕) (two qian) Green Tangerine Peel (Qingpi, 青皮) Donkey-hide Gelatin (Ejiao, 阿胶) (stir-fried) Licorice (Gancao, 甘草) (roasted) Eucommia Bark (Wujiapi, 五加皮)... One zi, fine powder. Refined honey...
Prescription for sudden delayed placental expulsion postpartum, followed by early wind-cold invasion causing persistent vomiting and diarrhea:
Evodia (Wuzhuyu, 吴茱萸) Saposhnikovia (Fangfeng, 防风) Notopterygium (Qianghuo, 羌活) Nutmeg (Roudoukou, 肉豆蔻) Orange Peel (Huangjupi, 黄橘皮) Agastache (Huoxiang, 藿香) Ligusticum (Chuanxiong, 川芎) Atractylodes (Cangzhu, 苍术) Dried Quince (Gan Mugua, 干木瓜) (one fen each) Cassia Twig (Guangui, 官桂) (half liang)... Take with dregs on empty stomach.
Another prescription Huangjin San:
Poem: "Golden fruit resembles millet, ground fine, mixed with wine, fifty pills taken. Divine efficacy like spirit, saves emergency during dystocia."
Take rapeseeds, grind fine, mix with wine and take.
Promotes labor and treats dystocia/malpresentation:
Mercury (Shuiyin, 水银) (two qian) Black Lead (Heiqian, 黑铅) (one qian, melt in crucible, pour into mercury to form sand) Use hot silk cloth to wring out mercury, grind fine, twist into sweatshirt... Pills
Another method: First remove one piece of clothing usually worn by parturient, cover stove top, avoid danger of retained placenta.
Another method: Secretly cut off Zhong Kui's left foot, burn to ash, take with water.
Another method: Find old straw shoe from left foot, burn to ash, take three qian with water.
Another method: Without speaking, hold coin upside down over toilet, worship upside down, burn quickly, return urgently. Using one or two of above methods yields divine effect, must not fail to do.
Treats dystocia: Secretly write name of Prefect of Thirty States on clean paper, burn to ash over lamp, mix with water and take, delivers immediately. Though this is apotropaic magic, quite effective.
Zouma Cuisheng Dan: Treats critical dystocia, malpresentation, fetal death, retained placenta. One pill can treat ten people. Male snake slough one strip. Cover vessel/basin on ground.
Guangming Chen Sha (Bright Cinnabar) (one liang, ground) Musk (Shexiang, 麝香) (ground one qian) Grind these two ingredients extremely fine, use seven tender shoots of Peach or Willow, if unavailable use bark, must... Facing... Large. Hand.
Jiuming Disheng Dan: Treats critical dystocia.
Chen Sha (Cinnabar with mirror surface) (half liang, finely ground) Dripping Frankincense (Diluxiang, 滴乳香) (half liang, separate) Castor Bean (Bidanzi, 蓖麻子) Musk Dangmenzi (Real Musk) (half liang, ground) Real Horn Shavings (Store separately, grind thousand times, melt real... When painful, wash with water, fill half, roast yellow, generate life...)
Need-to-know Acupuncture Method for Inverted Presentation and Immediate Birth:
Commonly use small silk needle on fetus palm/sole, insert one to two fen, prick three to four times, apply salt, gently push in. Fetus feels pain/startles and turns/shrinks.
Treats dystocia.
Decoct Ancient City Cassia Wood (Gucheng Guimu, 古城桂木) and take.
Mainly for dystocia.
Crush Motherwort (Yimucao, 益母草) to extract seven da he of juice, decoct to half, take in one dose, drops immediately. If no fresh, use dried, large handful seven he, decoct and take.
Mainly for dystocia.
Burn toilet stick, inhale rising heat.
Mainly for female dystocia.
Hold hands with young man, delivers immediately, highly effective.
Treats dystocia.
One cun of Ink, powder, take with water, immediate birth.
Treats female dystocia.
Take copper crossbow trigger, burn red, put in wine, drink juice. (Ancient times Mi Sheng).
Treats female giving birth to daughter not emerging.
Burn dried cicada to ash and take.
Treats woman entering month desiring birth.
Take roof beam dust and chimney soot, combine one fangcun bi, take with wine.
Treats female dystocia and malpresentation.
Take copper scale weight, burn red, quench in wine and take.
Treats dystocia.
Let parturient wear Water Turtle (Shuigui, 水龟), or burn to ash and take with wine temporarily. This creature comes from South Sea, turtle length two to three chi, eyes on sides.
Mainly for female dystocia.
Hold Shengsheng Cao (Living Grass) in parturient's mouth, immediate birth, also swallow juice.
Mainly for evil qi dystocia injury, and mainly for urticaria, dental wind diseases.
Early spring harvest tender locust leaves, edible.
Prescription for dystocia.
Swallow seven raw Adzuki Beans to deliver, if female, fourteen is better.
Treats dystocia.
Take Danwan Earth, powder, one qian, mix with hot wine and take, great efficacy.