三合济生汤 以枳壳、芎归、达生三方，抽其精粹而成合此汤，治临产艰难，虽一二日
不下者，服此自然转动下生。
当归（三钱） 川芎 枳壳（麸炒，各二钱） 香附子（炒） 大腹皮（姜汁洗，各一钱半）
苏叶（八分） 粉草（七分）
上用水煎，待腰腹痛甚，服之即产。一方
加白芷一钱。（加白芷行血海之气也）
佛手散（即芎归汤）治妊娠因事仆跌，子死腹中，恶露妄行，疼痛不已，口噤欲绝，用此药
探之，若子死腹中，立使逐下；若腹痛随止，子母俱安，又治临产艰难，胞衣不下，及产后血
晕，不省人事，状如中风，血崩恶露不止，腹中血刺绞痛，血滞浮肿，血入心经，语言颠倒，如
见鬼神，血风相搏，身热头痛，或似疟非疟，一切胎前产后，危急野狼狈垂死等证，并皆治之。
丹溪云∶催生只用佛手散，最稳当，又效捷。
当归（酒洗去芦，一两） 川芎（七钱，一方各等分）
上细锉，分作四服，每服先用水一盏，煎将干，投酒一盏半，煎五七沸，温服。（投酒之
法，更妙，然看缓急用）如口噤，斡开灌之，如人行五里许，再灌一服，尽此四服，便立产，神
验。如产难倒横，子死腹中，先用黑豆炒热，入白水童便各一盏，用药四钱煎服。如胞产
五七日不下，垂死，及矮石女子，交骨不开者，加龟板（立斋以交骨不开为阴气虚，龟为至
阴，板则交错相解，故用之），并生育过妇人头发烧灰为末，每三钱，酒调服。
来苏散 治临产用力太过，气脉衰微，精神困倦，头眩目晕，口噤面青发直，不省人事。
木香 神曲 陈皮（去白） 麦 （炒） 黄 阿胶珠 白芍药 苎根 甘草（各三钱） 糯
米（一合半） 生姜（切碎炒黑，一钱）
上锉细，水煎，拗口灌之，连进为妙。（症亦危矣，而不用人参、当归等药，且以神
曲、麦芽、陈皮、苎根者何？盖用力太过，则胃气乏矣，故亟佐之救其胃气，又一活法也）
黑神散（一名催生如神散） 治横生逆产，其功甚大。并治胎前产后虚损，月水不止，崩漏等证。
百草霜 白芷（不见火，各等分）
上为末，每服二钱，以童便米醋和如膏，加沸汤调下，或童便酒煎进二服。然血得黑则
止，此药大能固血，又免血涸甚妙。一方加白滑石煎芎归汤调下。
催生立应散 治难产及横生逆产。
车前子 当归（各一两） 冬葵子 白芷（各三钱） 牛膝 大腹皮 枳壳 川芎（各二钱） 白
芍药（一钱）
上锉，水煎热，入酒少许服，立产。
榆白皮散 治妊娠滑胎易生。
榆白皮 甘草（各二两） 葵子（一两）
上为末，每服五钱，水煎服。
一方单用榆白皮焙干为末，临月，日三，服方寸匕，令产极易。
如圣散 专治孕妇难产。
紫苏叶 当归（各等分）
上 咀，每服三五钱，用长流水煎服，无长流水，以水顺搅动煎。
催生散 治难产，并胞衣不下。
白芷 滑石 伏龙肝 百草霜（各一钱） 甘草（五分）
上为细末，用芎归汤入酒童便各少许，调服二次，立效。
催生饮 治临产生育艰难。
当归 川芎 大腹皮（洗） 枳壳（麸炒） 白芷（各等分）
上锉，水煎温服。一方无大腹皮，有益母草、火麻仁。
催生汤 候产母腹痛腰痛，见胞浆水下方服。（此以破血为主，血实气盛者宜之。若
今人不辨气血虚实，一概混用，可笑）
桃仁（炒去皮） 赤芍药 牡丹皮 官桂 白茯苓（去皮，各一钱）
上锉一剂，水煎，热服。
活水无忧散 专治十月已满，多因恣情，及多吃热毒之物，瘀血相搏，临产横逆之厄，
怆忙不谨，触死胎儿在腹，服此一二帖，加乌金丸二颗，效如神。（乌金丸失载，查附）
益母草（二两） 急性子 当归（各四两） 陈枳壳（一两） 生地黄 苏叶 赤芍药（各二钱） 肉桂
川芎 陈艾（各一钱） 甘草（八分） 活鲤鱼（一个）
上分作二服，每服用水三碗，先将鱼入水，坐火上略温急取鱼出，鱼死则难取效矣。
后下药煎至二碗，临服之时，加入好醋一茶匙，每一碗，和调乌金丸一颗。如死胎不下，急
取无根水再煎，药渣连服二次。
七圣散（一名七宝散） 临产腰痛，方可服。
当归 玄胡索 香白芷（焙） 白矾（白矾固肾亦固血之意耶） 姜黄 没药 桂心（各等分）
上为细末，每服三钱，烧犁头令红，淬酒调下，临阵疼时，一二服立产。
一方 治难产累日，气力乏尽，不得生，此是宿有病者，宜此方。（不益气力治宿病，而
单用大剂催生，此急因急用法也，妙妙）
阿胶（二两） 赤小豆（二升）
上以水九升煮豆令熟，去滓，纳胶令烊，每服五合，不觉更服，不过三服，即出。
胜金散 产难盖因儿枕破，与破血裹其子，故难产。但服此药，逐其败血，即自生，逆
生横生并治之。
麝香末（一钱，研） 盐豉（一两，以青布裹了烧红，急研细）
上每服一钱，用秤锤烧赤淬酒下。
一方 治横生先露手足。（即非横生亦可服）
阿胶（炒） 滑石（各一两） 冬葵子（一合）
上每服四钱，水煎，连进二三服。一方有酥油一两。
油蜜煎 治难产沥浆胞干，胎不得下。
用香油、蜂蜜、小便各一碗（此方简当。小便取其破血，又有浊阴下降之理，而摩法更
妙）和匀，铜锅内慢火煎一二滚，掠去沫，调白滑石末一两，或益母草末，搅匀顿服，外以油、
蜂蜜于母腹脐止下摩之。或油煎一盏服之，亦可。
一方止用油、蜜、小便，能下难产。
兔脑丸（一名催生丹） 治难产，及横生逆产。
兔脑（腊月者，去皮膜，研如膏） 明乳香（二钱半，细研） 母丁香（为末，一钱） 麝香（一字，
另研细）
上研匀，用兔脑髓和为丸，如鸡头大，阴干，油纸封裹，每一丸，破水后，温水下即产。
柞木饮子 治产难，或横或倒，胎烂，腹中胀闷，服之。
生柞木（一大握，长一尺，洗净寸锉，生用） 甘草（大者五寸，锉五段）
上用新汲水三升半，入新瓷瓶内，以纸三重封紧，文武火煎至一升半，候产妇腰重痛，
欲坐草时，温饮一小盏，便觉心下开豁，如觉渴，再饮一盏，至三四盏，觉下重便生，此方最验。
催生如圣散
黄蜀葵子不拘多少，焙干为末，热酒调下二钱，神效，如无子，花亦可。若胎漏血干，
难产痛极者，并进三服，良久，腹中气宽，胎滑即产，须见正产候，方可服之。如打扑死胎，
红花酒下。歌曰∶黄葵子炒七十粒，细研酒调济君急。若还临危产难时，免得全家俱哭泣。
催生如意散 治横生倒产。
人参 乳香（各一钱） 辰砂（二钱，一方只用五分）
上为末，临产时，急用鸡子清一个，调药末，再用姜汁调开冷服，实时顺产，子母无恙。
催生铅丹 治横逆难产。（此坠药也，未敢轻试）
用黑铅一钱，将小铫子火上熔化，投入水银一钱，急搅，结成砂子，倾出，以熟绢衣角纽
成丸子，如绿豆大，临产时，麝香水吞下二丸，立下。
三蜕散 治横逆难产，子死腹中。
蛇蜕（一条） 蝉蜕（十四枚） 人蜕（即男子头发，加鸡蛋大一团）
上俱烧灰为末，分三服，酒调下。
滑胎散 催生神效。
益元散（一两） 蛇蜕（一条，烧灰存性） 蝉蜕（全者五个，烧灰） 穿山甲（一片，烧灰存性）
男子乱发（一
团，香油熬化）
上为细末，用齑水一碗和药，煎二沸，入发灰拌匀，冷定服之，立下。
一方 治产不顺。
蛇蜕（一条全者） 蚕蜕（一张）
上入新瓦瓶内，盐泥固济，火烧存性为末，煎榆白皮汤，调下一钱，三服，觉痛便生。
一方 用蛇蜕一条，全者烧灰，入麝香一字，酒调二钱，面东服，如横生逆产，以余渣涂
所出手足即顺也。
神效乳炒丹 治难产。
明乳香为末，以猪心血为丸，如桐子大，朱砂为衣，日干，每服一丸，嚼碎冷酒下，良久
未生，再服。或以莲叶蒂七个，水煎，化服二丸，良久未生，再服。
如胞浆先干，胎不得下，急服大料四物汤，滋其血气，并浓煎葱汤熏洗产户，更用油
烛涂产户内，却服前药。
如胎死不下，用朴硝五钱，滚汤调下（此急用方，不得已也）。或平胃散一服送下。如
胞衣未下，酒水服一丸，即下。
产门不开，用加味芎归汤，仍服二丸。
此药灵验如神，合时须五月五日千时极妙，或七月七日，三月三日，及月初上辰日亦可。
又方 乳香、朱砂等分为末，麝香酒调下。
又方 通明乳香一块，如皂子大为末，腰痛时，用冷水醋少许调服，扶立，令两手拿石
燕子二个，遍行数步，坐草便生，更无痛楚。
又方 乳香研细，五月五日，滴水丸如鸡头大，每服一粒，无灰酒下，名开骨膏。
又方 用大朱砂于端午晒起，以百日为度，研为细末，取腊月兔脑髓（即兔脑丸意），
丸如绿豆大，欲产时，粥饮下一丸，良久便生，晒朱砂不得着雨。
如神散 催生累效灵验，于理固难通，于事实殊效。（妙方）
用路上草鞋一双，取鼻梁上绳，洗净烧灰，童便和酒调下三钱。一名千里马，此药委
是神奇。
短剧方 治横生倒产，手足先出。
用粗针刺儿手足入二分许，儿得痛，惊转即缩，自当回顺而生。
一方 用盐涂儿足底，又可急搔抓之，并以盐摩产妇腹上，即产。
黄金散 治生产一二日难分娩者，服之如神。（奇方，盖以镇坠为主，能产能安，信非
虚也）
真金箔大者五片，小者七片，以小瓷盅，将水少许，去纸入金在内，用指研匀，后再添
水至半盅，一面先令一人扶产妇虚坐，又令一妇人用两手大指，按定产母两肩上肩井穴，前
药温服，其胎即下。此催生圣药，如产月未足，又能安之。
胜金丹 治难产神效。
败兔毫笔头一枝，烧为灰，研细，捣生藕汁一盏下之，立产。若产母虚弱，及素有冷疾
者，恐藕冷动气，即于银器内，重汤暖过后服。
催生万金不传遇仙丹
蓖麻子（十四粒，去壳） 朱砂 雄黄（各一钱半） 蛇蜕（一尺，烧灰存性）
上为末，浆水饭和丸，如弹子大，临产时，先用椒汤（尤妙在椒汤法）淋渫脐下，次安
药一丸于脐中，用蜡纸数重覆上，以阔帛束之，须臾生下，急取去药，一丸可用三次。
如圣膏 治产难，并治胞衣不下，兼治死胎。
蓖麻子七粒去壳，细研成膏，涂脚心，胞即下。速洗去，不洗肠出。却用此膏涂顶上，
肠自缩入。（此法用之不验何欤？）
一方 蓖麻子百粒，雄黄一钱细研，如上法涂之。
一方 蓖麻子三粒，巴豆四粒（巴豆恐伤
脐），各去壳，入麝香研细，贴在脐中。歌曰∶三麻四粒脱衣裳，研碎将来入麝香，若有妇人
遭产难，贴在脐中两分张。
立圣丹 治产难横逆恶候，死胎不下，并治神验。
寒石（四两，内二两生，二两 赤研细）（以寒激之，亦是一法，然须因人而施，毋妄试也） 朱砂
上同研如深桃花色，每用三分，井华水调如薄糊，以纸花剪如杏叶大，摊上，贴脐心，候
干再易，不过三上，便产。
Sanhe Jisheng Decoction: Formed by extracting the essence from three formulas—Zhike Formula, Xionggui Formula, and Dasheng Formula. It treats difficult labor; even if delivery has not occurred after one or two days, taking this decoction will naturally cause the fetus to rotate and descend for birth.
Dang Gui (3 qian), Chuan Xiong, Zhi Ke (bran-fried, each 2 qian), Xiang Fu Zi (fried), Da Fu Pi (washed with ginger juice, each 1.5 qian), Su Ye (8 fen), Fen Cao (7 fen).
The above herbs are decocted in water. Take when lower back and abdominal pain is severe, and delivery will occur immediately. Another prescription adds Bai Zhi (1 qian). (Adding Bai Zhi promotes the Qi of the Blood Sea.)
Foshou San (i.e., Xionggui Tang): Treats cases during pregnancy where a fall causes fetal death in the uterus, abnormal lochia flow, unceasing pain, lockjaw, and fainting. Use this medicine to probe; if the fetus is dead in the uterus, it will be expelled immediately; if abdominal pain stops, both mother and child are safe. It also treats difficult labor, retained placenta, postpartum blood syncope with loss of consciousness resembling stroke, metrorrhagia with continuous lochia, stabbing and cramping abdominal pain due to blood stasis, edema due to blood stagnation, blood entering the Heart Meridian causing delirious speech as if seeing ghosts, wind-blood interaction causing fever and headache, or symptoms resembling malaria but not quite. It treats all critical, desperate, and near-death conditions before and after childbirth.
Danxi stated: "For inducing labor, only use Foshou San; it is the safest and most effective."
Dang Gui (wine-washed, rhizome removed, 1 liang), Chuan Xiong (7 qian, another prescription uses equal parts).
The above are finely chopped and divided into four doses. For each dose, first decoct with one cup of water until nearly dry, then add one and a half cups of wine, boil for five to seven times, and take warm. (Adding wine is more effective, but usage depends on urgency.) If there is lockjaw, pry open the mouth and administer. After walking for about five li, administer another dose. After finishing these four doses, delivery occurs immediately, proving its divine efficacy. For dystocia with breech presentation or fetal death in utero, first stir-fry black soybeans until hot, add one cup of fresh well water and one cup of children's urine, decoct four qian of medicine, and take. If the placenta remains undelivered for five to seven days and the patient is dying, or for women with fused pubic symphysis (Gao Shi Nv Zi), add Gu Ban (Lizhai believed fused pubic symphysis is due to Yin Qi deficiency; turtles are extreme Yin, and their shells interlock, hence used). Also add hair from a woman who has given birth, burned to ash, taken at 3 qian mixed with wine.
Laisu San: Treats excessive exertion during labor leading to weak Qi and pulse, mental fatigue, dizziness, lockjaw, cyanotic face, straightened hair, and loss of consciousness.
Mu Xiang, Shen Qu, Chen Pi (white part removed), Mai Ya (fried), Huang Qi, E Jiao Zhu, Bai Shao Yao, Zhu Gen, Gan Cao (each 3 qian), Nuo Mi (1.5 he), Sheng Jiang (chopped and fried black, 1 qian).
The above are finely chopped and decocted in water. Administer via prying open the mouth; continuous administration is ideal. (The condition is critical, yet Ren Shen and Dang Gui are not used, but rather Shen Qu, Mai Ya, Chen Pi, and Zhu Gen. Why? Excessive exertion depleles Stomach Qi, so it is urgent to support and rescue Stomach Qi. This is another vital method.)
Heishen San (also known as Cuisheng Rushen San): Highly effective for transverse and breech presentations. Also treats deficiency syndromes before and after childbirth, menorrhagia, and metrorrhagia.
Baicao Shuang, Bai Zhi (not exposed to fire, equal parts).
The above are powdered. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with children's urine and rice vinegar to form a paste, and take with boiling water, or decoct with children's urine and wine for two doses. Black substances stop bleeding; this medicine strongly consolidates blood and prevents blood exhaustion, which is excellent. Another prescription adds Bai Huashi, taken mixed with Xionggui Tang.
Cuisheng Liying San: Treats difficult labor, transverse, and breech presentations.
Che Qian Zi, Dang Gui (each 1 liang), Dong Kui Zi, Bai Zhi (each 3 qian), Niu Xi, Da Fu Pi, Zhi Ke, Chuan Xiong (each 2 qian), Bai Shao Yao (1 qian).
The above are chopped, decocted in water, taken hot with a little wine, resulting in immediate delivery.
Yubai Pi San: Treats pregnancy with slippery fetus facilitating easy birth.
Yu Bai Pi, Gan Cao (each 2 liang), Kui Zi (1 liang).
The above are powdered. Take 5 qian per dose, decocted in water.
Another prescription uses only Yu Bai Pi, roasted dry and powdered. Near term, take one fang cun bi three times daily to facilitate easy delivery.
Rusheng San: Specifically treats difficult labor in pregnant women.
Zi Su Ye, Dang Gui (equal parts).
The above are chopped. Take 3-5 qian per dose, decocted in long-flowing water. If unavailable, use water stirred in the direction of the current.
Cuisheng San: Treats difficult labor and retained placenta.
Bai Zhi, Hua Shi, Fu Long Gan, Baicao Shuang (each 1 qian), Gan Cao (5 fen).
The above are finely powdered. Mix with Xionggui Tang, adding a little wine and children's urine, and take twice for immediate effect.
Cuisheng Yin: Treats difficult labor during delivery.
Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, Da Fu Pi (washed), Zhi Ke (bran-fried), Bai Zhi (equal parts).
The above are chopped, decocted in water, and taken warm. Another prescription excludes Da Fu Pi and includes Yi Mu Cao and Huo Ma Ren.
Cuisheng Tang: Take only when the mother experiences abdominal and lower back pain and the amniotic sac ruptures. (This formula primarily breaks blood and is suitable for those with excess blood and robust Qi. It is ridiculous if modern practitioners do not distinguish between deficiency and excess of Qi and blood and use it indiscriminately.)
Tao Ren (roasted, skin removed), Chi Shao Yao, Mu Dan Pi, Guan Gui, Bai Fu Ling (skin removed, each 1 qian).
One dose is chopped, decocted in water, and taken hot.
Huoshui Wuyou San: Specifically treats full-term pregnancy where excessive sexual activity or consumption of hot-toxic foods leads to blood stasis interaction, causing transverse/difficult labor. If accidental trauma kills the fetus in utero, taking this medicine for one or two doses, plus two Wu Jin Wan pills, is as effective as a god. (Wu Jin Wan is missing here, see appendix.)
Yi Mu Cao (2 liang), Ji Xing Zi, Dang Gui (each 4 liang), Chen Zhi Ke (1 liang), Sheng Di Huang, Su Ye, Chi Shao Yao (each 2 qian), Rou Gui, Chuan Xiong, Chen Ai (each 1 qian), Gan Cao (8 fen), Live Carp (one).
Divide into two doses. For each dose, use three bowls of water. First, place the fish in the water, warm slightly over fire, and remove immediately; if the fish dies, efficacy is lost. Then add the herbs and decoct until two bowls remain. Just before taking, add one teaspoon of good vinegar. For each bowl of liquid, mix with one Wu Jin Wan pill. If the dead fetus does not descend, quickly re-decoct with rootless water and consume the dregs twice.
Qisheng San (also known as Qibao San): Can be taken when lower back pain occurs during labor.
Dang Gui, Yan Hu Suo, Xiang Bai Zhi (roasted), Bai Fan (Does Bai Fan solidify Kidney and consolidate blood?), Jiang Huang, Mo Yao, Gui Xin (equal parts).
The above are finely powdered. Take 3 qian per dose, quench a red-hot plowshare in wine, mix, and take. During contractions, one or two doses lead to immediate delivery.
Another prescription: Treats prolonged difficult labor with exhausted strength, indicating pre-existing illness. (Instead of tonifying Qi to treat the chronic condition, using a large dose of labor-inducing medicine is an emergency method for an emergency situation, which is brilliant.)
E Jiao (2 liang), Chi Xiao Dou (2 sheng).
Boil beans in nine sheng of water until cooked, strain, dissolve the gelatin, and take 5 he per dose. If no effect, take again. Within three doses, delivery occurs.
Shengjin San: Dystocia is often caused by the rupture of the 'child pillow' (uterine clot), which wraps around the fetus. Taking this medicine expels the bad blood, allowing natural birth, treating both transverse and breech presentations.
She Xiang Mo (1 qian, ground), Yan Chi (1 liang, wrapped in green cloth, heated red, and ground fine).
Take 1 qian per dose, quench a red-hot hammer in wine and swallow.
Another prescription: Treats transverse presentation with hands/feet protruding. (Can also be used for non-transverse presentations.)
E Jiao (roasted), Hua Shi (each 1 liang), Dong Kui Zi (1 he).
Take 4 qian per dose, decocted in water, take two to three consecutive doses. Another prescription adds Su You (1 liang).
You Mi Jian: Treats difficult labor with dried amniotic fluid and placenta, preventing fetal descent.
Mix one bowl each of Sesame Oil, Honey, and Urine. (This formula is simple and appropriate. Urine helps break blood and follows the principle of turbid Yin descending; external massage is even better.) Boil gently in a copper pot for one or two boils, skim foam, mix with 1 liang of Bai Huashi powder or Yi Mu Cao powder, stir well, and take at once. Externally, massage the mother's abdomen below the navel with oil and honey. Or, decoct one cup of oil and take it.
Another prescription uses only oil, honey, and urine to facilitate difficult delivery.
Tu Nao Wan (also known as Cuisheng Dan): Treats difficult labor, transverse, and breech presentations.
Tu Nao (from December, skin and membrane removed, ground into paste), Ming Ru Xiang (2.5 qian, finely ground), Mu Ding Xiang (powdered, 1 qian), She Xiang (1 zi, separately ground fine).
Grind uniformly, mix with Tu Nao marrow to form pills the size of a chicken head, dry in shade, seal in oiled paper. Take one pill with warm water after water breaks for immediate delivery.
Zha Mu Yinzi: Treats difficult labor, whether transverse or inverted, with putrefied fetus and abdominal distension/bloating.
Sheng Zha Mu (a large handful, one chi long, washed, cut into inches, used raw), Gan Cao (large piece, 5 cun, cut into five segments).
Place in a new porcelain bottle with 3.5 sheng of fresh well water, seal tightly with triple-layered paper, and decoct over moderate heat until 1.5 sheng remains. When the mother feels heavy lower back pain and is ready to squat (sit on grass), drink a small cup warm. She will feel relief in the chest. If thirsty, drink another cup. After three to four cups, feeling heaviness in the lower body indicates birth. This formula is highly effective.
Cuisheng Rusheng San
Huang Shu Kui Zi (as needed), roasted dry and powdered. Take 2 qian mixed with hot wine for divine effect. If seeds are unavailable, flowers can be used. For fetal leakage with dried blood and extreme pain, take three doses. After a while, abdominal Qi relaxes, the fetus slides out easily. Must wait for normal labor signs before taking. For traumatic dead fetus, take with Hong Hua wine. Song: "Seventy roasted Huang Kui seeds, ground fine and mixed with wine to aid your urgency. When facing critical dystocia, it saves the whole family from weeping."
Cuisheng Ruyi San: Treats transverse and inverted presentations.
Ren Shen, Ru Xiang (each 1 qian), Chen Sha (2 qian, another prescription uses 5 fen).
Powder the above. At onset of labor, mix one egg white with the powder, dilute with ginger juice, and take cold for immediate smooth delivery, ensuring mother and child are safe.
Cuisheng Qiandan: Treats transverse/difficult labor. (This is a purgative/heavy drug; do not try lightly.)
Melt 1 qian of Hei Qian in a small pot over fire, add 1 qian of Shui Yin, stir rapidly until it forms sand-like grains. Pour out, wrap corners of boiled silk cloth into pills the size of mung beans. At labor, swallow two pills with She Xiang water for immediate delivery.
Santui San: Treats transverse/difficult labor with fetal death in utero.
She Tui (one strip), Chan Tui (14 pieces), Ren Tui (men's hair, add a ball the size of an egg).
Burn all to ash, powder, divide into three doses, take with wine.
Huatai San: Divine efficacy in inducing labor.
Yiyuan San (1 liang), She Tui (one strip, burned to ash retaining nature), Chan Tui (five whole pieces, burned to ash), Chuan Shan Jia (one piece, burned to ash retaining nature), Nan Zi Luan Fa (one ball, melted in sesame oil).
Powder the above. Mix with one bowl of Ji Shui (fermented grain residue water), boil twice, add hair ash, mix well, let cool, and take for immediate delivery.
Another prescription: Treats awkward delivery.
She Tui (one whole strip), Can Tui (one sheet).
Place in a new tile jar, seal with salt mud, burn to ash retaining nature, powder. Decoct Yu Bai Pi soup, mix with 1 qian of powder, take three doses. Birth occurs upon feeling pain.
Another prescription: Burn one whole She Tui to ash, add one zi of She Xiang, mix with wine, take 2 qian facing east. For transverse/breech presentation, apply remaining dregs to protruding limbs to guide them back.
Shenxiao Ru Chao Dan: Treats difficult labor.
Ming Ru Xiang powdered, formed into pills the size of Tung seeds with Pig Xin Xue, coated with Zhu Sha, dried in sun. Take one pill per dose, chew and swallow with cold wine. If no birth after a while, take another. Alternatively, decoct seven Lotus Leaf Stems in water, dissolve two pills, take. If no birth after a while, take another.
If amniotic fluid dries first and fetus cannot descend, urgently take a large dose of Siwu Tang to nourish blood and Qi. Also, fumigate and wash the vulva with strong Scallion soup, apply candle oil inside the vulva, then take the previous medicine.
If dead fetus does not descend, take 5 qian of Pu Xiao mixed with boiling water (this is an emergency measure of last resort). Or send down with Pingwei San. If placenta is undelivered, take one pill with wine/water for immediate expulsion.
If the birth canal does not open, use Jiawei Xionggui Tang and still take two pills.
This medicine is as effective as a god. It should be prepared at noon on May 5th, or July 7th, March 3rd, or the Chen day of the beginning of the month.
Another prescription: Powder equal parts Ru Xiang and Zhu Sha, take with She Xiang mixed in wine.
Another prescription: Take a piece of clear Ru Xiang the size of a soap pod, powder it. When lower back pain occurs, mix with a little cold water and vinegar, take while standing. Hold two Stone Swallow stones in both hands, walk around, then squat to give birth without pain.
Another prescription: Finely grind Ru Xiang, on May 5th, drop water to form pills the size of a chicken head. Take one pill with non-ash wine, named Kaigu Gao.
Another prescription: Use large Zhu Sha, start drying on Dragon Boat Festival, continue for 100 days, grind to fine powder. Take腊月 Tu Nao Sui (marrow of rabbit brain from the twelfth lunar month), form pills the size of mung beans. Take one pill with porridge drink when labor begins; birth occurs after a while. Do not let Zhu Sha get wet while drying.
Rushen San: Repeatedly effective and reliable for inducing labor. Although hard to explain theoretically, it is extremely effective in practice. (A wonderful prescription.)
Take one pair of straw sandals from the road, take the rope from the bridge area, wash clean, burn to ash. Mix with children's urine and wine, take 3 qian. Also known as Qianli Ma; this medicine is truly magical.
Duanju Fang: Treats transverse/inverted presentation with hands/feet protruding first.
Pierce the baby's hands/feet with a coarse needle about 2 fen deep. The pain startles the baby, causing it to retract and turn naturally for smooth delivery.
Another prescription: Apply salt to the baby's soles, scratch vigorously, and rub salt on the mother's abdomen for immediate delivery.
Huangjin San: Treats difficult delivery lasting one or two days; takes effect like a god. (A strange prescription, mainly relying on sedation/purging, capable of inducing and calming birth, truly not false.)
Five large pieces or seven small pieces of real Gold Foil. Put a little water in a small porcelain cup, remove paper, add gold, grind evenly with finger. Add water to half the cup. Have someone support the mother in a semi-sitting position. Have a woman press the Jian Jing acupoints on both shoulders of the mother with her thumbs. Take the previous medicine warm, and the fetus descends. This is a holy medicine for inducing labor; if the month is not full, it can also calm the fetus.
Shengjin Dan: Divine efficacy for difficult labor.
Burn one branch of a worn rabbit-hair brush to ash, grind fine, crush with one cup of fresh Lotus Root Juice and take for immediate delivery. If the mother is weak or has chronic cold diseases, fearing the coldness of lotus root moves Qi, warm it in a silver vessel over double-boiling water before taking.
Cuisheng Wanjin Buchuan Yuxian Dan
Bi Ma Zi (14 kernels, shell removed), Zhu Sha, Xiong Huang (each 1.5 qian), She Tui (one chi, burned to ash retaining nature).
Powder the above, mix with Jiang Shui fan to form pills the size of a marble. At labor, first pour Pepper Soup (the method of pepper soup is especially wonderful) over the lower abdomen. Place one pill in the navel, cover with several layers of wax paper, bind with a wide cloth. Shortly after, the baby is born. Remove the medicine immediately; one pill can be used three times.
Rusheng Gao: Treats difficult labor, retained placenta, and dead fetus.
Seven Bi Ma Zi kernels, shell removed, ground fine into paste. Apply to the sole of the foot; the placenta will descend. Wash off quickly; otherwise, intestines may prolapse. Apply this paste to the top of the head instead, and the intestines will retract. (Why does this method sometimes fail?)
Another prescription: 100 Bi Ma Zi, 1 qian Xiong Huang, ground fine, apply as above.
Another prescription: Three Bi Ma Zi, four Ba Dou (Ba Dou may injure the navel), shells removed, mixed with fine She Xiang, applied to the navel. Song: "Three hemp, four beans, strip clothes, grind and add musk. If a woman suffers dystocia, apply to the navel, split apart."
Lisheng Dan: Treats difficult labor with transverse/adverse bad signs, dead fetus retention, and other divine validations.
Han Shi (4 liang, half raw, half calcined/red, ground fine) (Using cold stimulation is also a method, but must be applied according to the individual, do not try blindly), Zhu Sha.
Grind together until deep peach-blossom colored. Take 3 fen per dose, mix well water into a thin paste. Cut paper flowers the size of apricot leaves, spread the paste on them, apply to the center of the navel. Change when dry. Within three applications, birth occurs.