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Abdominal pain after childbirth is caused by insufficient discharge of lochia during delivery, where residual blood and qi in the uterine collaterals clash and strike each other, leading to abdominal pain. If exposed to cold again, the blood coagulates to form a blood mass (Xue Jia, an abdominal mass), which also leads to impaired water metabolism.

Xiong Lao Tang: Treats postpartum abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong Radix), Licorice Root (Gancao) (each 2 liang), Coptis Rhizome (Puhuang - *Note: Puhuang usually refers to Pollen Typhae, but context suggests a herb, likely typo for another or specific usage*), Anemarrhenae Rhizoma (Nüwei) (each 1.5 liang), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Rhubarb Radix et Rhizoma (Dahuang) (each 30 zhu), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (18 zhu).
Preparation: Decoct with 1 dou of water and 2 sheng of wine.

Xiong Gui Tang: Treats abdominal pain after childbirth in patients who previously suffered from cold qi.
Ingredients: Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Cassia Twig (Guixin), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu), Poria (Fuling), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Licorice Root (Gancao) (each 6 fen), Peach Kernel (Taoren) (10 fen).
Preparation: Coarsely crush the herbs and decoct with water.

Danggui Dihuang Tang: Treats residual ailments after childbirth, including severe colic in the abdomen, inability to eat, emaciation, and weakness.
Ingredients: Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Astragalus Membranaceus Radix (Huangqi), Peony Root (Shaoyao) (each 6 fen), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Gadihuang), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu) (each 8 fen), Cassia Twig (Guixin), Licorice Root (Gancao) (each 4 fen), Jujube (Zao) (14 pieces).
Preparation: Coarsely crush the herbs, decoct with 2 sheng of water until 8 he remain, strain, and take on an empty stomach in two doses. Avoid raw green onions.

Yangrou Shengdihuang Tang: Treats abdominal pain three days after childbirth; tonifies the middle, nourishes the viscera, strengthens qi and strength, and clears blood.
Ingredients: Mutton (Yangrou) (3 jin, one formula uses white mutton), Fresh Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang) (cut into 2 sheng, one formula uses Prepared Rehmannia Root), Cassia Twig (Guixin), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Licorice Root (Gancao), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong).
Preparation: Divide into four doses, taken three times daily and once at night. Another formula: treats postpartum debility using Prepared Rehmannia Root.

Liujinu Tang: Treats abdominal pain and bilateral hypochondriac pain occurring 7-8 days after new childbirth.
Ingredients: Herba Siegesbeckiae (Liujinu), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Platycodon Root (Jiegeng) (each 12 fen), Cassia Twig (Guixin), Tangerine Peel (Chenpi) (each 4 fen), Poria (Fuling), Peony Root (Shaoyao) (each 8 fen), Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo) (4 fen), Myrrh (Moyao) (a small amount).
Preparation: Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine at any time.

Hupo San: Treats postpartum abdominal cramping and pulling pain due to incomplete expulsion of evil blood.
Ingredients: Amber (Hupo), Myrrh (Moyao), Red Peony Root (Chishaoyao), Green Tangerine Peel (Qingjupi) (soaked in hot water, white pith removed, dried), Costus Root (Muxiang), Cassia Twig (Guixin) (each 1 liang), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (lightly fried, 3 fen).
Preparation: Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine at any time.

Taoren Shaoyao Tang: Treats postpartum abdominal pain and incomplete expulsion of evil blood.
Ingredients: Peach Kernel (Taoren) (half sheng, soaked in water, skin and tip removed, double-kernel fried), Peony Root (Shaoyao, alternatively Red Peony Root), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (lightly fried), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Dry Larch Resin (Ganqi) (crushed and roasted), Cassia Twig (Guixin), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang) (3 fen, roasted).
Preparation: Make pills the size of paulownia seeds with honey. Take 5 pills with warm wine.

Fuling San: Treats postpartum abdominal pain and distension, chest fullness, anorexia, and mild diarrhea.
Ingredients: Poria (Fuling), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Licorice Root (Gancao) (each 6 fen), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang), Tangerine Peel (Chenpi) (each 4 fen), Magnolia Bark (Noupu) (8 fen).
Preparation: Coarsely crush, decoct with 2 sheng of water until 6 he remain, strain, and take warm.

Duhuo Tang: Treats postpartum abdominal pain radiating to the lower back with stiffness and pain.
Ingredients: Angelica Pubescens Root (Duhuo), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Cassia Twig (Guixin), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang) (each 3 liang), Licorice Root (Gancao) (2 liang), Jujube (Zao) (20 pieces).
Preparation: Coarsely crush, decoct with 8 sheng of water until 3 sheng remain, strain, and divide into three warm doses.

Tiao Zhong Tang: Treats postpartum abdominal pain accompanied by dysentery, caused by deficiency-cold of the intestines and stomach invading cold pathogens. If cold drinks are consumed or one sits/leeps facing wind within a month, cold pathogens invade the intestines, causing paroxysmal stabbing pain like knife cuts, continuous diarrhea, abdominal and hypochondriac distension, or wandering pain.
Ingredients: Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui, remove radicle), Cinnamon Bark (Rougui, remove rough bark), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi, roasted), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Honey-fried Licorice Root (Gancao, honey-fried), Galangal Rhizome (Liangjiang) (equal parts).
Preparation: Make into fine powder. Take 2 qian with 1 sheng of water, decoct until 8 fen remain, take warm before meals.

Commentary: Postpartum dysentery is not a single syndrome; it must be regulated according to its cause. Since it is said to be due to cold and wind, various conditions may arise. Cold, wind, and dampness are external causes, while anger, joy, worry, and thought stem from internal nature. Moreover, fatigue, overwork, and hunger all cause suffering. For profuse watery diarrhea, Tiao Zhong Tang can be used; for red and white leukorrhea, this formula cannot cure it. Each category has its own correct formula. Here, only Tao Jiao San and Baitouweng Tang are recorded for reference; others are selected from the Dysentery section. It is true that eating meat too early or overeating causes stagnation, leading to umbilical and abdominal pain and dysentery. The method is to digest the stagnation to heal, but harsh purgatives like Pharbitis Seed (Qianniu) and Croton Seed (Badou) should not be used to further deplete qi and blood. In the second question, pills are best; if unable to distinguish in haste, use Zhi Zhong Tang from the Bureau Formulary plus Amomum Fruit (Suosharen).

Shaoyao Tang: Treats severe postpartum abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Peony Root (Shaoyao) (6 liang), Cassia Twig (Guixin), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang) (each 3 liang), Licorice Root (Gancao) (3 liang), Malt Sugar (Jiaoyi) (8 liang), Jujube (Zao) (12 pieces).
Preparation: Coarsely crush, decoct with 7 sheng of water until 4 sheng remain, strain, add malt sugar until melted, divide into three doses, taken three times daily.

Xionghuang San: Treats postpartum residual blood not dispersing, causing unbearable lower abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Realgar (Xionghuang), Leech (Shuizhi, lightly fried, each 1 liang), Natrii Chloridum (Naosha, finely ground, half liang), Musk (Shexiang), Bear Gallbladder (Xiongdan) (each 3 fen), Carbonaceous Lignite (Shitan, powdered, 2 liang).
Preparation: Finely grind. Take 1 qian with warm wine.

Liyu Pi San: Treats postpartum incomplete expulsion of evil blood, resulting in clustered abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Ash of Carp Skin (Liyupi Hui), Ash of Human Hair (Luancha Hui), Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yizhiren, peeled, each half liang), Blister Beetle (Mengchong, lightly fried), Leech (Shuizhi, lightly fried, each 1 fen), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui, crushed and lightly fried).
Preparation: Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine.

Honglanhua San: Treats postpartum blood stasis causing lower abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Safflower (Honglanhua), Amber (Hupo), Pollen Typhae (Puhuang) (each 1 fen), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui, crushed and lightly fried), Myrrh (Moyao) (each half liang), Cassia Twig (Guixin) (3 fen).
Preparation: Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine.

Danggui Wan: Treats postpartum abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui, crushed and lightly fried), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Red Peony Root (Chishaoyao), Toosendan Fruit (Kulianzi), Natrii Chloridum (Naosha, finely ground, each 1 liang), Pollen Typhae (Puhuang) (half liang).
Preparation: Make into powder, bind with vinegar paste into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 5 pills with warm wine.

Yanhusuo San: Treats postpartum pain below the umbilicus.
Ingredients: Ink soot from the bottom of the pot (Fudi Mo, stir-fried with vinegar until dry), Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo), Herba Siegesbeckiae (Liujinu), Cassia Twig (Guixin), Fructus Foeniculi (Xiaohuixiang) (equal parts).
Preparation: Make into powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine.

Moyao San: Treats postpartum abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Myrrh (Moyao), Dry Larch Resin (Ganqi, crushed and fried until smoke appears), Trogopterorus Faeces (Wulingzhi), Amber (Hupo) (each 1 fen), Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, mixed with vinegar and fried until dry).
Preparation: Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine.

Qilinjie San: Treats postpartum evil blood attacking and stabbing the lower abdomen causing pain.
Ingredients: Dragon's Blood (Qilinjie), Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, mixed with vinegar and fried until dry), Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui, crushed and lightly fried), Niter (Xiaoshi) (each half liang).
Preparation: Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine at any time.

Another Formula:
Ingredients: Ash of Carp Scales (Liyulin Hui), Ash of Motherwort Herb (Yimucao Hui), Ash of Human Hair (Toufa Hui), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui, crushed and lightly fried), Fragrant Ink (Xiangmo) (each 1 liang above).
Preparation: Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine.

Another Formula:
Ingredients: Herba Siegesbeckiae (Liujinu), Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, mixed with vinegar and fried until dry), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui, crushed and lightly fried), Cassia Twig (Guixin) (each 1 liang).
Preparation: Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 1 qian with warm wine at any time.

Danggui Tang: Treats unbearable colic in the postpartum abdomen with accumulated blood forming masses, also known as Four Gods Powder.
Ingredients: Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), White Peony Root (Baishaoyao), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang) (equal parts).
Preparation: Make into powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine. Another formula adds stir-fried Corydalis Rhizome.

Yangrou Tang: Treats deficiency and postpartum abdominal pain, dizziness and vertigo with inability to support oneself, urgent pain in both hypochondria corresponding to the umbilicus, counterflow qi rushing upward, and pain pulling front and back.
Ingredients: Lean Mutton (Jing Yangrou) (4 liang), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong) (each half liang), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang) (1 liang).
Preparation: Finely chop, decoct with 10 zhan of water until 3 zhan remain, skim off foam, divide into three doses.

Danggui Tang for Women:
Treats Cold Hernia (Han Shan Qi). If afflicted by this cold hernia qi, physicians might treat it with Didang Tang, claiming blood stasis, but some say this is incorrect. One can take Zhang Zhongjing's Yangrou Tang, reducing the water for decoction, and will recover.

Yangrou Tang: Treats postpartum internal deficiency, cold qi entering the abdomen, causing colic, dysentery with red and white discharge, delirium, and seeing ghosts.
Ingredients: Fat Mutton (Fei Yangrou) (1 jin), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Licorice Root (Gancao), Peony Root (Shaoyao) (each 1 fen, alternatively each 1 liang).
Preparation: Coarsely crush, decoct with 1 dou of water. First boil the mutton until 7 sheng remain, add herbs and decoct until 2 sheng remain, strain, and take warm in divided doses.

Taoren San: Treats women with incomplete postpartum bleeding and unbearable abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Peach Kernel (Taoren) (60 pieces), Magnolia Bark (Noupu) (1 liang), Peony Root (Shaoyao) (1 liang), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (1 liang).
Preparation: Decoct with 3 sheng of water until 2 sheng remain, divide into two doses. If not stopped, take again.

Liyulin San: Treats postpartum abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Carp Scales (Liyulin) (2 liang), Human Hair (Luancha), Old Crimson Silk (Gufei Bo) (each 1 liang).
Preparation: Put together in a bottle, cover with tile, seal with salt mud, heat gradually until charred black, grind finely. Take 2 qian with warm wine.

Xianggui San: Treats continuous postpartum umbilical and abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (each 1 fen), Cassia Twig (Guixin) (half liang).
Preparation: Make into fine powder, divide into three doses. For each dose, take 1 zhan of wine, boil for 3-5 boils, add a little urine, and take warm.

Jianghuang San: Treats postpartum abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Curcuma Longa Rhizome (Jianghuang) (2 fen), Myrrh (Moyao) (1 fen).
Preparation: Make into powder. Decoct with 1 zhan of water and 1 zhan of child's urine until 1.5 zhan remain, divide into three doses.

Formula for New Postpartum Abdominal Hardness and Severe Colic:
Ingredients: White Honey (Baimi) (1 jin), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (1 liang).
Preparation: Make Danggui into powder, add to honey and melt by boiling three times. Take when temperature is suitable. Another formula does not use honey.

Danggui San: Treats postpartum abdominal pain and hypochondriac distension.
Ingredients: Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang) (equal parts).
Preparation: Make into powder. Take 3 qian with 1 zhan of water, decoct until 8 fen remain, add a little salt and vinegar, take hot before meals.

Treating Postpartum Abdominal Pain:
Ingredients: Tiantai Aristolochia Fruit (Tiantai Weyao), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (equal parts).
Preparation: Make into powder. Stir-fry black soybeans, pour wine over them to mix, take 2 qian.

Zhishi Shaoyao San: Treats postpartum abdominal pain, irritability, fullness, and inability to lie down.
Ingredients: Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, burnt until black but not too much), Peony Root (Shaoyao) (equal parts).
Preparation: Make into powder. Take 1 cun bi (measure) each time, three times daily. Also treats abscesses/pus. Take with millet porridge.

Yuxue Tang Main:
Yuxue Tang:
Ingredients: Rhubarb Radix et Rhizoma (Dahuang) (1 liang), Peach Kernel (Taoren) (20 pieces), Ground Beetle (Echong, 20 pieces, roasted and feet removed).
Preparation: Make into powder, bind with refined honey into four pills. Use 2 pills each time.

Tinglizi Wan: Treats postpartum abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Lepidium Seed (Tinglizi), Peach Kernel (Taoren, soaked in water, skin and tip removed, double-kernel bran-fried until slightly yellow, each half liang).
Preparation: Pound and sieve into powder, bind with refined honey into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 5 pills with warm wine.

Another Formula:
Ingredients: Gastrodia Rhizome (Chijian), Rapeseed Seed (Yuntaizi, lightly fried, each 1 liang).
Preparation: Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 1 qian with warm wine at any time.

Another Formula:
Take 1 liang of Natrii Chloridum (Naosha), finely grind, boil with 1 sheng of vinegar into a paste. Add 1 liang of raw Naosha powder separately, bind into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 5 pills with warm wine at any time. If menstruation is blocked, first promote drainage, then take 5 pills with warm wine for immediate effect.

Another Formula:
Stir-fry Dried Rehmannia Root (Gadihuang) alone until smoke emerges and it resembles charcoal. Pound finely and sieve into powder. Take 1 small zhan of warm child's urine, add a little fresh ginger, and mix to take.

Qianghuo Jiu: Treats continuous postpartum abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Notopterygium Rhizome et Radix (Qianghuo) (4 liang).
Preparation: Slice, decoct with 2 sheng of wine until 1 sheng remains, divide into doses.

Tianxian Teng San: Treats continuous postpartum abdominal pain and all types of blood-qii abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Stemona Vine (Tianxian Teng) (5 liang).
Preparation: Stir-fry until scorched and make into fine powder. Take 2 qian. For abdominal pain, mix with stir-fried fresh ginger and urine in wine. For blood-qii pain, take with warm wine.

Sheng Niuxi Jiu: Treats severe postpartum abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Fresh Achyranthes Root (Sheng Niuxigen) (5 liang).
Preparation: Decoct with 5 sheng of wine until 2 sheng remain, divide into two doses. If using dried Achyranthes root, soak in wine overnight before decocting.

Treating Postpartum Abdominal Pain and Incomplete Bleeding:
Ingredients: Ephedra Herb (Mahuang, remove roots and joints).
Preparation: Pound into powder. Take 1 cun bi with wine, 2-3 times daily. Stop when bleeding is complete. Decocting Ze Lan Tang is also excellent.

Treating Postpartum Abdominal Pain:
Ingredients: Red Carp (Chi Liyu).
Preparation: Burn to ash, take with wine. Also treats blood-qii pain. Another formula uses scales.

Treating Postpartum Abdominal Pain:
Ingredients: Ramie Root (Zhuma).
Preparation: Place on the产妇's abdomen to stop pain. For sudden umbilical pain 6-7 days postpartum, caused by cold qi entering blood during breathing, use the following formula.

Formula for Postpartum Abdominal/Qi Pain and Continuous Diarrhea Before or After 100 Days:
Ingredients: Chebula Fruit (Hezi, fire-roasted, use peel only), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (each half liang), Schisandra Berry (Wuweizi), Honey-fried Mugwort Leaf (Zhi Aiye), Notopterygium Rhizome et Radix (Qianghuo), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome (Cangzhu), Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu), Dichroa Root (Xuduan).
Preparation: Make into powder, bind with honey into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 5 pills with warm wine.

Yanhu San: Treats postpartum lower abdominal and umbilical pain.
Ingredients: Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo), Cassia Twig (Guixin) (each half liang), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (1 liang).
Preparation: Make into fine powder. Take with warm wine.

Treating Postpartum Blood Closure and Abdominal Pain, Breaking Old Blood to Stop Pain:
Ingredients: Crab Claws and Feet (Xiejiaozhao).
Preparation: Decoct with wine and vinegar water; effective.

Treating Various Blood Stases in Postpartum Women, Abdominal Pain with Internal Cold, Inability to Eat, and Lowering Blood-Qi:
Ingredients: Zhi Han (a specific substance/herb).
Preparation: Dissolve in wine and take.

Treating Postpartum Abdominal Pain with Incomplete Lochia Discharge:
Ingredients: Xi Wang Teng (a specific vine).
Preparation: Decoct strongly and take the juice.

Treating Postpartum Abdominal Pain:
Ingredients: Soil from under household thresholds (Hubin Xia Tu).
Preparation: Make into powder. Take 1 qian bi, heat in wine and take.

Treating Postpartum Abdominal Mass Pain:
Ingredients: Powdered Cinnamon (Mo Gui).
Preparation: Take 1 cun bi with warm wine, three times daily. Same as Zimu Milu.

Treating Postpartum Abdominal Pain after Breaking Blood:
Ingredients: Zhan Cai (a specific vegetable).
Preparation: Decoct and take the juice.

Treating Postpartum Agonizing Pain in Body and Abdomen, and Deficiency from Cold Labor:
Ingredients: Mutton (Yangrou) (1 jin, sweet and large heat), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (4 liang, sweet and acrid, large warmth, dislikes Lán Ru, fears Chang Pu, Hai Zao, Qing Meng Shi), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang) (5 liang, acrid and slightly warm).
Preparation: Add ginger, decoct until 3 sheng remain. Take 7 he per dose, three doses, one dose at night.