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(Menstruation does not stop, menstruating at age fifty)

[Regulating Ying (Nutrient) Qi and Clearing Heat] Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (Treats Louxia [scanty continuous bleeding] leading to infertility, and various deficiencies caused by Bengzhong [heavy uterine bleeding].) Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (Its efficacy is similar to Danggui.) Xiongqiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (Decoct in wine.) Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Recens) (Treats Bengzhong and continuous menstruation; grind to extract juice, take with wine.) Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba or Rubra) (When Bengzhong pain is severe, decoct with Baiye [Platycladi Cacumen]; for continuous menstruation, decoct with Aye [Artemisiae Argyi Folium].) Rouscongrong (Cistanches Herba) (Treats blood Beng, resolves Yin exhaustion causing infertility.) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (For blood depletion, tonify Yang; when Yang generates, Yin grows.) Shengma (Bupleuri Radix or Cimicifugae Rhizoma) (Raises the clear Qi of the Yangming channel.) Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) (Raises the clear Qi of the Shaoyang channel.) Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) (Roast, powder, boil in dough paste, take one qian with wine; effective for menstruation.) Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix) (Mainly treats Beng and Lou, enters the Yangming channel.) Xiangfuzi (Cyperi Rhizoma) (Char until blackened, take with wine; treats bleeding like a collapsing mountain or five-color leukorrhea; suitable for long-term use.) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) (Mainly treats Lin syndrome, Louxia bleeding; nourishes Yin, retreats Yang, removes damp-heat from the Spleen channel. For Yang invading Yin causing Bengzhong bleeding, powder it, take one qian with Pilejiu [Thunderbolt Wine]; for women aged forty-nine with continuous menstruation, soak Tiaoxinqin in vinegar seven times, roast, powder, make pills, take daily.) Qinghao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba) (Take half sheng of juice, immediate cure.) Jiguanhua (Celosiae Cristatae Flos) and its seeds (Powder, take with wine.) Daji (Cirsii Japonici Herba) and Xiaoji (Cirsii Herba) (Extract juice and decoct, or steep in wine and drink.) Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma) (Postpartum Bengzhong, decoct in wine.) Puhuang (Typhae Pollen) (Stops Bengzhong, eliminates blood stasis; stir-fry with Wulingzhi powder, decoct in wine.) Lingxiaohua (Campsis Grandiflorae Flos) (Powder, take with wine.) Qiangeng (Rubiae Cordifoliae Radix et Rhizoma) (Stops internal bleeding and continuous menstruation. Menstruation after age fifty is considered a decline pattern; decoct with Ejiao, Baiye, Huangqin, Shengdihuang, and Fa Hui [burnt hair].) Sanqi (Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (Take two qian with wine.) Shiwei (Pyrifolii Folium) (Powder, take with wine.) Shuisu (Perillae Frutescentis Herba) (Decoct.) Baiye (Platycladi Cacumen) (For continuous menstruation, decoct with Shaoyao; stir-fry with Muzei, take as powder.) Huaihua (Sophorae Flavescentis Flos) (For Louxue, char, powder, take with wine; for unceasing Beng, char with Huangqin, take with water quenched from a hot scale weight.) Danzhuru (Bambusae Caulis in Taenia) (For Bengzhong and continuous menstruation, lightly roast, decoct in water.) Huangmagen (Hemp Root) (Decoct in water.) Tianguazi (Melonis Semen) (For excessive menstruation, powder, take with water.) Heidadou (Sojae Semen Nigrum) (For continuous menstruation, char, mix with wine.) Baibiandouhua (Lablab Flower) (For blood Beng, bake, powder, take with drink.) Zhengbing (Steamed Dough Cake) (Char, powder, take with drink.) Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizoma) (For blood Beng due to injury, decoct in wine.) Suosha (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) (Bake, powder, take with decoction.) Yizhiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus) (Same as above.) Jiaomu (Zanthoxyli Semen) (Bake, powder, take with wine.) Hujiao (Piperis Longi Fructus) (Combine with other herbs, make pills.) Aye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium) (For Louxue and unceasing Bengzhong, decoct with Ganjiang and Ejiao.) Mumegenpi (Rubus Root Bark) (Decoct in wine, stops Beng.) Xuduan, Shilianzi, Lishi, Maogen, Taomao, Xiaobai, Dongguaren, Songxiang, Chun Genbaipi, Lu Jiao, Lu Rong, Lu Xue, Zhu Shen, Wuguji, Dan Xiongji, Ji Neijin, Que Rou, Hou Wei, Bangke, Wen Ge, Hai Ge, Baoyu (All mainly treat Louxia and Bengzhong.) Maoxieqiao (Crab Shell) (For Bengzhong abdominal pain, char, powder, take with drink.) Muli (Ostreae Concha) (For Bengzhong and continuous menstruation, powder, make pills with Aiye decoction and vinegar paste.) Biejia (Trionycis Carapax et Plastrum) (For five-color Louxia, roast in vinegar, powder, take with wine; combine with Ganjiang and Helile, make pills.) Zijuan (Dragon's Blood Resin) (For continuous menstruation, take as powder.) Biaojiao (Fish Maw) (For red and white Beng, bake, powder, eat with egg pancake, swallow with wine.) Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) (For continuous menstruation, char, take with wine; harmonizes blood and nourishes Yin.) Yangrou (Mutton) (For critical Bengzhong, decoct with Danggui, Shengjiang, and Ganjiang.)

[Astringing and Securing] Zonghui (Areca Catechu Husk Ash) (Take with wine.) Lianfang (Nelumbinis Nuciferae Sepalum) (For continuous menstruation, char, powder, take with wine; for blood Beng, char with Jingjie; for postpartum Beng, char with Xiangfu.) Baipiao (Old Gourd Flesh) (Same as Lianfang, char.) Sigua (Luffae Fructus Reti) (Char with Zong.) Mu'er (Auriculariae Auricula-Judae Fructus) (Char black, take with Fa Hui to induce sweating.) Sang'er (Auriculariae Judae Fructus) (Char black, take with water.) Huaier (Fomitopsis Pinicola) (Char.) Wumei (Mume Fructus) (Char.) Meiye (Pruni Mume Folium) (Take with Zonghui.) Heye (Nelumbinis Nuciferae Folium) (Char.) Taohe (Persicae Semen) (Char.) Hutao (Juglandis Semen) (Fifteen nuts, char, powder, take with wine. Shells also usable.) Tian Xingren Huangpi (Sweet Almond Yellow Skin) (Char.) Bicai (Eleocharis Tubers) (One per year of age, char, powder, take with wine.) Qiqi Hui (Ash from Lacquered Vessels) (Take with Zonghui.) Gu Mian (Old Cotton Wool) (Char with Zong.) Baipuxi Hui (Ash from Old Matting) (Take with wine.) Mufuronghua (Hibisci Mutabilis Flos) (For unceasing menstrual blood, take with Lianfang ash.) Huaizhi Hui (Ash from Locust Branches) (For red and white Beng, take with wine.) Tou Gou (Head Scurf) (Take with water.) Baizhi Hui (Paper Ash) (Take with wine.) Cantui Zhi Hui (Ash from Silkworm Molting Paper) (Take with Huaizi powder.) Baicaoshuang (Soot) (Take with Dog Gallbladder Juice.) Songyanmo (Pine Soot Ink) (For five-color Louxia, take with water.) Wulongwei (Ophiopogon Root? *Note: Context implies a specific herb or part, likely referring to a dark-colored root or similar astringent*) (For continuous menstruation, roast, take with Jingjie powder.) Mianhuazi (Cotton Seed) (For blood Beng like a spring, char preserving nature, take three qian with wine.) Guanzhong (Cyrtomii Rhizoma) (Decoct in wine.) Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) (Decoct in wine.) Diyü (Sanguisorbae Radix) (For continuous menstruation, blood Beng, Louxia red and white, decoct in vinegar.) Sanqi (Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (Take with wine.) Dijin (Polygoni Avicularis Herba) (Take with wine.) Muzei (Equiseti Herba) (For red and white Beng, continuous menstruation, take with Danggui and Xiongqiong; for unceasing Louxue, five qian, decoct in water; for blood Beng with Qi pain, take powder with Xiangfu and Puxiao.) Shihua (Rock Flower? *Likely refers to a mineral or specific plant*) (Take with fine tea and lacquer vessel powder in wine.) Sanghua (Mulberry Flower) (Decoct in water.) Fanbaicao (Potentillae Chinensis Herba) (Grind and soak in wine.) Titucaiu (Brassica Pekinensis var. ?) (Pound to extract juice, decoct in wine.) Xiakucao (Prunellae Spica) (Powder, take with drink.) Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex) (Powder, take two qian with drink.) Heshouwu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix) (Take with Licorice, decoct in wine.) Yangpi (Poplar Bark) (Take with Mudanpi, Shengma, and Muli, decoct in wine, stops white Beng.) Xiang Douqiao, Jinyingen Gen, Liupi Gen (Same usage.) Gui Jianyu, Chengdong Fumu, Shidan, Daizheshi, Baie Tu, Xuanjing Shi, Naoshan, Wuse Shizhi, Taiyi Yuliang (All mainly treat Chiwo Bengzhong and unceasing Louxia.) Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum) (For excessive menstruation, take powder with Buguzhi and rice drink, two qian.) Yuyuliang (Halloysitum Album) (For Bengzhong and five-color Louxia, take powder with Chishizhi, Muli, Wuzhougu, Fulonggan, and Guixin.) Fulonggan (Dragons' Liver Soil) (For Louxia, take powder with Ejiao and Can Sha, with wine.) Wulingzhi (Trogopterori Faeces) (For unceasing blood Beng and excessive menstruation, half raw half roasted, take with wine; promotes blood circulation and stops bleeding; powder, simmer into paste, add Shenqu, make pills; char preserving nature, take with iron-quenched wine.) Quechao (Magpie Nest) (For chronic Louxia, char, powder, take with wine.) Niujiao (Bovis Cornu) (Char, powder, take with wine.) Yangjinggu (Capris Os Tibiale) (For continuous menstruation, powder, add Zonghui, take with wine.) Goutougou (Canis Cranium) (For blood Beng, char, powder, make pills with flour paste, take with wine.) Wulvshi (Donkey Dung) (For blood Beng and continuous menstruation, char, powder, make pills with flour paste, take with wine.) Wulupi, Yangjiao (Char.) Maxuantí (Equi Unguis Pendulus) (Char.) Mao Maoji Wei (Horse Hair and Tail) (Char.) Nigu ji Tijia (Bovine Bone and Hoof) (Char.) Kongque Shi (Pavo Crassirostris Excrementum) (Char.) Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi et Femoris) (Char.) Tuojia (Alligatoris Carapax et Plastrum) (Char.) Haipiaoxiao, Liyu Lin (Both mainly treat Bengzhong bleeding and five-color Louxia.)

(Pregnancy irritability, fetal crying)

[Calming the Fetus] Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) (With Baizhu, it is the sacred medicine for calming the fetus and clearing heat.) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (Take as pills with Zhike to bind the fetus and facilitate birth.) Xuduan (Dipsaci Radix) (At three months of pregnancy, prevent miscarriage; take as pills with Duzhong.) Yimucao (Leonuri Herba) (Seeds same effect. Before pregnancy, best taken as paste.) Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (Calms living fetus, expels dead fetus.) Qingzhuru (Bambusae Caulis in Taenia - Green) (For pain caused by movement in the 8th or 9th month, decoct in wine.) Zhuli (Bambusae Succus) (For fetal movement due to intercourse, drink one sheng.) Baiyaozi (Bletillae Bulbus) (For fetal heat and unrest, take with Baizhi powder.) Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) (For fetal movement and bleeding due to fright, take with wine.) Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (At month end, full term, abdominal pain like labor, take as pills.) Zhike (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride) (For abdominal pain, decoct with Huangqin. Take as pills with Gancao and Baizhu to make the fetus smaller for easier birth.) Dazao (Jujubae Fructus) (For abdominal pain, char, powder, take with urine.) Suosharen (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) (Moves Qi and stops pain. For injured fetal Qi and unbearable pain, roast, powder, take with wine; for eclampsia and coma, char black, take with wine.) Xiangfuzi (Cyperi Rhizoma) (Calms fetus and smooths Qi, powder, take with Zisu decoction, named Tiezhao San; for nausea/vomiting of pregnancy, take powder with Huoxiang and Gancao in salt water.) Binglang (Arecae Semen) (For fetal movement and bleeding, take powder with scallion soup.) Yizhiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus) (For leaking fetus and bleeding, take powder with Suosha in decoction.) Dafupi, Jupí, Chenjupi, Huoxiang, Muxiang, Zisu (All move Qi and calm the fetus.) Xiongqiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (For damaged fetal Qi, take two qian with wine. Also used to verify if fetus is alive.) Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (For pregnancy injury or dead fetus in uterus. If not damaged, it calms; if damaged, it expels. Decoct with Xiongqiong powder in water; for abortion bleeding, decoct with Congbai.) Zhusha (Cinnabaris) (For above symptoms, take one qian powder mixed with three egg whites. If alive, calms; if dead, expels.) Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus) (For heavy bleeding rushing to the heart, decoct strongly. If alive, calms; if dead, expels.) Xiebai (Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus) (Decoct with Danggui.) Aye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium) (For pregnancy bleeding and miscarriage bleeding, Zhang Zhongjing uses Jiao'ai Tang decocted in vinegar.) Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) (For fetal movement and bleeding, dissolve in Congchi Tang; decoct with Cong and Aye; for hematuria, drink; for bloody dysentery/bloody stool, decoct.) Huangmingjiao (Colla Corii Asini - Yellow/Clear) (Take with wine.) Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix) (Decoct with Gancao, Baijiao, and Nuomi. Or decoct with Ejiao and Aye.) Muzei (Equiseti Herba) (Decoct with Chuanxiong powder.) Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Recens) (Pound to juice, or powder, or soak in wine, or boil eggs.) Sangjisheng (Taxilli Herba) (Decoct with Ejiao and Aye.) Jiangdou (Fermented Soybean) (Roast, powder, take with wine.) Chixiaodou Ya (Red Bean Sprout) (Take with wine, three times daily. Also treats leaking fetus.) Taoxiao (Preserved Peach) (Char.) Lianfang (Nelumbinis Nuciferae Sepalum) (Char.) Baicaoshuang (Soot) (Take with Zonghui, Fulonggan, and Tongniao in wine.) Jizi (Galli Ovum) (Two raw eggs, mix with white flour and eat.) Lu Jiao (Cervi Cornu) (Decoct with Danggui; for lower back pain, burn seven times into wine, drink.) Shengyin (Argentum) (Decoct in water, or decoct in wine with Zhugen.) Daizheshi, Lurong, Mi Jiao, Hei Ci Ji, Chi Zhi, Daji, Puhuang, Pu, Maizi Mu (All stop bleeding and calm the fetus.) Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma) (For unceasing bleeding after miscarriage, pound to juice and drink.) Henabi (Nelumbinis Nuciferae Pistillum) (For fetal movement with yellow discharge, one piece, char, powder, take with Nuomi decoction.) Nuomi (Glutinis Oryzae Sativae Fructus) (For fetal movement with yellow discharge, decoct with Huangqi and Xiongqiong.) Sumi (Milii Glutinosi Fructus) (Same as above.) Jingmi (Oryzae Sativae Fructus) (Same as above.) Mila (Apiscerae Cera) (For severe bleeding, one liang, melt into half sheng of wine, take immediately stops bleeding.) Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) (For unceasing leaking fetus, if blood is exhausted fetus dies; take powder with Shengdihuang and Baizhu decoction. For abdominal pain and deficient pulse, take as pills with Danggui.) Zhugen (Boehmeriae Caulis) (Decoct with Silver.) Kuigen (Malvae Verticillatae Radix) (Char to ash, take with wine.) Wubeizi (Myrobalani Fructus) (Take with wine.) Ji Huang (Galli Ovum Vitellus) (Boil in wine, eat daily.) Ji Gan (Galli Jecur) (Slice, eat with wine.) Longgu, Tie Chengchui (Both mainly treat leaking fetus and unceasing bleeding.) Renshen, Huangqi (Treat all deficiencies before pregnancy.) [External Treatment] Nuxian (Crossbow String) (For fetal movement rising to diaphragm, tie around waist for immediate effect.) Shetui (Serpentis Shed Skin) (For fetal movement and impending labor, put in bag and tie below waist.) Fulonggan (Dragons' Liver Soil) (Powder, take with water.) Jingdini, Qu Niao Ni (Well Bottom Mud, Dog Urine Mud) (Both treat pregnancy cold damage, apply to abdomen to protect fetus.) Nen Juan Heye (Young Rolled Lotus Leaf) (For pregnant woman with cold damage, apply mixture with Bangfen to abdomen and ingest.)

[Subcultural Irritability / Zi Fan] Zhuli (Bambusae Succus) (For fetal Qi rushing upward causing irritability, drink frequently daily.) Putao (Vitis Vinifera Fruit) (Decoct. Grind to juice is also good.) Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) (Take one qian with wine.) Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (Take as pills with Jujube flesh.) Shengyin (Argentum) (Decoct with Congbai and Ejiao.) Xiezha (Carcinis Claw) (Decoct.)

[Fetal Crying] Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) (For fetus crying in abdomen, decoct juice and sip regularly.)