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[Regulating Qi Formulas / Unblocking Menstruation Formulas]

**Danliao Zhu Fu Wan (Diliao Decoction-Boiled Aconite Pill)**: Indicated for irregular menstruation, stabbing pain due to Qi and Blood stagnation, abdominal and hypochondriac distension, dizziness, nausea, metrorrhagia (heavy bleeding between periods), and leukorrhea. It is suitable for all these conditions.
*Preparation*: Rhizoma Cyperi (Xiangfu) (rub off the skin, amount not fixed, soak in rice vinegar for one day, boil in a clay pot until the vinegar is exhausted).
Make pills with vinegar paste, size of wu zi (cibotium seed). Dry in the sun. Take 50 pills each time, administered with light vinegar decoction.
Another prescription: Rhizoma Cyperi (1 jin), Folium Artemisiae Argyi (Aiye) (4 liang), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) (2 liang). Prepared similarly, named "Ai Fu Wan".

**Yan Shi Yi Qi San (Yan's Suppressing Qi Powder)**: Treats women where Qi is excessive relative to Blood, leading to various syndromes such as dizziness and chest diaphragm fullness.
Rhizoma Cyperi (4 liang), Poria Cum Radix Pini (Fushen), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) (roasted, 1 liang each), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi) (2 liang).
Grind into powder. Take 2 qian each time before meals, mixed with boiling water.
Note: This formula primarily regulates Qi; Zhu Fu Wan regulates Blood within Qi. However, for severe Qi stagnation, other formulas in the Qi Syndrome category should be selected rather than adhering strictly to this one.

**Dong Yuan Yi Wei Sheng Yang Tang (Dong Yuan's Stomach-Nourishing and Yang-Raising Decoction)**: Treats women with irregular menstruation, or after blood loss presenting with weak pulse, poor appetite, and watery diarrhea two to three times daily.
Radix Astragali (Huangqi) (2 qian), Ginseng Radix (Renshen), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) (roasted), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) (Shen part), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi) (1 qian each), Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Baizhu) (3 qian), Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Shengma), Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu) (0.5 qian each), Semen Hordei Coctum (Chao Qu) (1.5 qian), Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin) (0.5 qian, omit in autumn).
Crush. Decoct 0.5 liang with water. If abdominal pain occurs, add Radix Paeoniae Alba (Shaoyao).

**Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction)**: Treats irregular menstruation in married or unmarried women, presenting with faint pulse, poor appetite, fatigue, or fever.
See Fever Category.
Note: These two formulas are methods for regulating Qi and Blood, representing the major principle of tonifying Qi when treating blood depletion.

**Ganzhu Zheng Qi Tian Xiang Tang (Ganzhu's Righteous Qi and Heavenly Fragrance Decoction)**: Treats all Qi disorders in women, where Qi rushes upward to the heart, causing attacking pain in the chest and heart, stabbing pain in the hypochondrium, and irregular menstruation.
Radix Linderae (Tai Wuyao) (2 qian), Rhizoma Cyperi (Xiangfuzi) (8 qian), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi), Folium Perillae (Suye) (1 qian each), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Ganjiang) (0.5 qian).
Crush. Decoct 7-8 qian with water and take.
Caution: Women's menstrual diseases are often caused by Seven Emotions and Six Stagnations. The above examples are collected to illustrate this principle. Generally, if Qi flows normally, menstruation will also flow normally.

**Liang Fang Tong Jing Wan (Excellent Prescription Unblocking Menstruation Pill)**: Treats amenorrhea in women and unmarried girls, with umbilical and abdominal pain, or formation of blood masses (Lei Ji).
Fructus Zanthoxyli (Chuanjiao) (stir-fried), Rhizoma Curcumae (Pengzhu/Ezhu), Resina Taxodi (Ganqi) (stir-fried), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) (1.5 qian), Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride (Qingpi), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Ganjiang), Radix Rheomi (Dahuang), Semen Persicae (Taoren) (stir-fried), Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (Chuanwu), Cinnamomi Cortex (Guixin) (1 qian each).
Grind into powder. Take half the powder, boil with rice vinegar to form a paste, mix with the remaining powder, pound in a mortar, and make pills size of wu zi. Dry in shade. Take 30-50 pills with vinegar decoction.
Yan's Formula lacks Chuanwu but contains Honghua.

**Jia Wei Si Wu Tang (Modified Four Substances Decoction)** (Named Liu He Tang in Yan's work): Treats amenorrhea, abdominal masses with pain, and lower back pain in women.
Add Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guizhi) and Rhizoma Curcumae (Pengzhu) to the base formula (equal parts).
Crush. Decoct 4 qian with water and take.

**Hong Hua Dang Gui San (Red Flower and Angelica Powder)**: Treats deficiency and exhaustion of the Blood Palace, or accumulated stagnant blood causing amenorrhea, frequent abdominal pain, heavy pain in waist and hips, hard lower abdomen, and amenorrhea in unmarried girls.
Flos Carthami Tinctorii (Honghua), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Dangguiwei/Tail), Flos Campsis Grandiflorae (Ziwei/Lingxiaohua), Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (Niuxi), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao), Lignum Sappan (Sumu) (crushed, 3 liang each), Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (Baizhi), Cinnamomi Cortex (Guixin) (1.5 liang each), Radix Paeoniae Rubra (Chishao) (9 liang), Herba Siegesbeckiae (Liujinu) (5 liang).
Grind into fine powder. Take 3 qian on an empty stomach with hot wine. Also known as Lingxiaohua San.

**Guizhi Taoren Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Peach Kernel Decoction)**: Treats amenorrhea, cold hernia pain around the navel, with deep and tight pulse. This is caused by Cold invading the Blood Palace, causing blood coagulation and stagnation.
Ramulus Cinnamomi (Guizhi), Radix Paeoniae (Shaoyao), Radix Rehmanniae Preparata (Shengdihuang) (2 liang each), Semen Persicae (Taoren) (50 seeds), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) (1 liang).
Make coarse powder. Take 5 qian, decoct with water, adding Ginger and Jujube.

**Dihuang Tongjing Wan (Rehmannia Unblocking Menstruation Pill)**: Treats amenorrhea with accumulation forming masses, feeling like an inverted cup under the navel.
Radix Rehmanniae Preparata (Shudihuang) (3 liang), Larva Bomby Batryticatus (Mechong) (remove head/feet, stir-fried), Hirudo (Shuizhi) (stir-fried with glutinous rice), Semen Persicae (Taoren) (50 each).
Grind into fine powder. Make pills with honey, size of wu zi. Take 5 pills on an empty stomach with warm wine; may increase to 7 pills if necessary.

**Yan Shi Hupo San (Yan's Amber Powder)**: Treats menstrual stagnation in women and unmarried girls, abdominal/hypochondriac distension/pain, and blood rebellion attacking the heart causing dizziness and unconsciousness.
Herba Siegesbeckiae (Liujinu - note: text says Liu Qinu, likely typo for Liujinu), Cortex Moutan (Mudanpi), Radix Rehmanniae Preparata (Shudihuang), Rhizoma Corydalis (Yanhusuo), Radix Linderae (Wuyao), Radix Paeoniae Rubra (Chishao), Rhizoma Curcumae (Ezhu), Rhizoma Sparganii (Sanleng), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui), Cinnamomi Cortex (Guixin) (1 liang each).
Take the first five herbs, boil with 1 sheng black soybeans, 0.5 jin sliced ginger, and 4 sheng rice vinegar until beans are soft. Dry, then add the remaining five herbs. Grind to powder. Take 2 qian with warm wine on an empty stomach or before meals.

**Dai Ren Yuzhu San (Dai Person's Jade Candle Powder)**: Treats amenorrhea with abdominal distension or pain.
Si Wu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) combined with Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang (Regulate the Stomach and Direct Downward Decoction).
Crush. Decoct with water and take.
Note: The above formulas are derived from Jueyin channel prescriptions. Etiologies vary (Qi deficiency, Qi stagnation, Blood deficiency, Phlegm accumulation), so select from previous Qi-regulating and menstruation-adjusting formulas.

[Formulas for Metrorrhagia/Metrostaxis]

**Sheng Dihuang San (Fresh Rehmannia Powder)**: Treats prolonged uterine bleeding with deficient and flooding pulse, dark purple menstrual blood.
See Blood Syndrome Category.

**Jianyi Huangqin Tang (Simple Scutellaria Decoction)**: Treats metrorrhagia, Yang invading Yin, causing menstrual blood to boil and overflow.
Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin), amount not fixed.
Grind into powder. Take 1-2 qian, mix with wine quenched with a red-hot hammer weight.
Note: These two formulas treat Heat syndromes.
Another method uses this herb to treat amenorrhea that should have ceased but continues monthly, or menorrhagia unceasing. From Ruizhutang, named Qinxin Wan.

**Fulonggan San (Dragon's House Earth Powder)**: Treats Qi and Blood exhaustion, deficiency of Chong and Ren channels, non-timed uterine bleeding, cold pain in umbilicus/abdomen, slow/weak pulse, poor appetite, or red/white leukorrhea.
Fossilized Wood (Fulonggan), Halloysitum Rubrum (Chishizhi), Radix Ophiopogonis (Mendong) (1 liang each), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) (roasted, 0.5 liang), Radix Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong) (3 liang), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Ganjiang) (0.75 liang), Cinnamomi Cortex (Gui) (0.5 liang), Folium Artemisiae Argyi (Aiye) (3 liang), Radix Rehmanniae Preparata (Shudihuang) (2 liang).
Make coarse powder. Take 4 qian with dates, decoct with water.
Note: This treats Cold syndromes and is a formula for tonifying Blood and securing deficiency.

**Beijin San (Precious Metal Powder)**: Treats unstoppable uterine hemorrhage in women.
Rhizoma Cyperi (Xiangfuzi) (4 liang, stir-fried), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Dangguiwei/Tail) (1.2 qian), Feces Trogopterori (Wulingzhi) (1 liang, stir-fried).
Grind into powder. Take 5 qian with light vinegar decoction on an empty stomach or before meals. Another version uses only Xiangfu.

**Danliao Fuling Buxin Tang (Danliao Poria Heart-Tonifying Decoction)**: Treats women with excessive blood loss or Qi rebellion causing chest oppression.
Si Wu Tang (1.5 parts), Shen Su Yin (Ginseng and Perilla Drink) (3 parts).
Crush. Decoct with ginger.
Note: These are formulas for regulating Qi and tonifying Ying (Nutritive) Blood.

**Liang Fang Suosha San (Excellent Prescription Amomum Powder)**: Treats uterine hemorrhage.
Fresh Fructus Amomi Villosum (Suosha), amount not fixed, stir-fried on tile until fragrant, ground to powder. Take 3 qian with rice drink.

**Wulingzhi San (Trogopterus Feces Powder)**: Treats severe uterine hemorrhage.
Feces Trogopterori (Wulingzhi) (10 liang). Decoct with water, strain, clarify, and reduce to a paste. Add Massa Medicata Fermentata (Shenqu) (2 liang), make pills size of wu zi. Take 30-20 pills with warm wine.

**Jingjie San (Schizonepeta Powder)**: Treats unstoppable metrorrhagia.
Use this single herb, charred over a sesame oil lamp, ground to powder. Take 3 qian with child's urine.

**Ruizhutang Fang Puhuang San (Ruizhutang Polygonum Powder)**: Treats unstoppable metrorrhagia.
Fructus Psoraleae (Poguzhi), Spora Puerariae (Puhuang), Caolites Ferruginosus (Qiangu Duanshi) (equal parts, stir-fried).
Grind into powder. Take 2-3 qian with light wine or light vinegar decoction.
Note: The above formulas are all "Jie" (astringent/seizing) agents for stopping bleeding.

**Dong Yuan Shengma Chushi Tang (Dong Yuan's Cimicifuga Dampness-Removing Decoction)**: Treats women with leakage of foul blood, irregular menstruation, or sudden severe hemorrhage with discharge of watery fluids. Caused by dietary irregularities, physical exhaustion, or pre-existing Heart Qi deficiency leading to Heart Fire attacking Spleen. Pulse is slow and wiry/tight, large upon pressure, indicating Spleen Earth pathogen.
Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu), Radix Notopterygii (Qianghuo), Rhizoma Atractylodis Lanceae (Cangzhu), Radix Astragali (Huangqi) (1.5 qian each), Radix Saposhnikoviae (Fangfeng), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) (roasted), Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Shengma), Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong (Ben/Gaoben) (1 qian each), Fructus Viticis (Manjingzi) (0.7 fen), Radix Angelicae Pubescentis (Duhuo), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) (0.5 qian each).
Crush. One dose, decoct with water, take before meals.

**Liangxue Dihuang Tang (Cooling Blood and Rehmannia Decoction)**: Treats uterine hemorrhage due to Kidney Water/Yin deficiency failing to control Minister Fire in the Bao Luo (Uterus), causing blood to rush and bleed.
Radix Rehmanniae Fresh (Shengdihuang) (0.5 qian), Rhizoma Coptidis (Huanglian), Radix Notopterygii (Qianghuo), Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu), Radix Saposhnikoviae (Fangfeng) (0.2 fen each), Cortex Phellodendri (Huangbai), Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Zhimu), Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Shengma), Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong (Ben), Radix Asari (Xixin), Radix Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong) (0.2 fen each), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) (1 qian), Flos Schizonepetae (Jingjisui), Fructus Viticis (Manjingzi), Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin) (0.1 fen each), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) (0.5 qian), Flos Carthami Tinctorii (Honghua) (small amount).
Crush. One dose, decoct with water.
Note: These two formulas are ascending agents. For persistent leakage due to sinking of Qi and Blood, these are necessary.

**Danggui Shaoyao Tang (Angelica and Peony Decoction)**: Treats women with persistent uterine bleeding, bright red color. Or initially due to labor damaging Spleen/Stomach, causing shortness of breath, Qi rebellion, spontaneous sweating, fever, anorexia, loose stools, fatigue, and weakness.
Radix Astragali (Huangqi) (1.5 qian), Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Baizhu), Rhizoma Atractylodis Lanceae (Cangzhu), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui Shen), Radix Paeoniae Alba (Shaoyao) (1 qian each), Radix Rehmanniae Preparata (Shudihuang) (0.5 qian), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) (roasted), Radix Rehmanniae Fresh (Shengdihuang) (0.3 qian each), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi) (0.5 qian), Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu) (0.2 fen).
Crush. One dose, decoct with water.
Note: This is a tonifying formula.

[Formulas for Leukorrhea]

**Qianjin Fang**: Treats leukorrhea with rapid pulse.
Radix Lycii (Gouqigen) (1 liang), Radix Rehmanniae Fresh (Shengdihuang) (5 qian).
Decoct these two with wine to 1-3 he, take as one dose.
Note: This treats Heat syndromes.

**Yuanrong Liuhe Tang**: Treats red/white leukorrhea, deep/faint pulse, abdominal pain or vaginal pain.
Si Wu Tang (4 liang), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Gui), Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (Fuzi) (stir-fried, 5 qian).
Crush. Take 5 qian, decoct with water, before meals.
Note: This treats Cold syndromes.

**Xuanming Dao Shui Wan**: Treats damp-heat stagnating in the Lower Jiao, causing persistent red/white leukorrhea, restlessness, heat, and thirst.
See Dampness Category.
Note: This is a purgative for damp-heat.

**Yan Shi Danggui Jian Wan**: Treats red/white leukorrhea, abdominal pain, anorexia, emaciation.
Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui), Radix Paeoniae Rubra (Chishao) (stir-fried), Concha Ostreae (Muli) (calcined), Radix Rehmanniae Preparata (Shudihuang), Colla Corii Asini (Ejiao) (stir-fried), Radix Paeoniae Alba (Shaoyao) (stir-fried), Radix Dipsaci (Xuduan) (soaked in wine, 1 liang each), Radix Sanguisorbae (Diyu) (5 qian).
Grind into powder, make pills with vinegar paste, size of wu zi. Take 50 pills on an empty stomach with rice drink.
Note: This treats Blood deficiency and is a moistening/drying-resolving agent.

**Liangfang Baizhi San**: Treats red/white leukorrhea.
Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (Baizhi) (1 liang), Sepiae Endoconcha (Haipiaoxiao) (2 pieces, calcined), Capillus Neonati (Taifa) (one clump, calcined).
Grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian on an empty stomach with warm wine.

**Fulonggan San**: Treats chronic red/white leukorrhea not healing, emaciation, sallow complexion, fatigue, and weakness.
Palmae Sinensis Fructus (Zonglv) (burn to ash, cover immediately to trap smoke), Fossilized Wood (Fulonggan) (scrape from stove bottom, stir-fry until smoke ceases), Dust from roof beams (long hanging ones, or dust from void spaces without stoves, stir-fry until smoke ceases).
Mix equal parts of the three, grind evenly, add small amounts of Borneolum Syntheticum (Longnao) and Moschus (Shexiang). Take 2 qian with warm wine or light vinegar decoction. Ten-year cases may heal in half a month.
Note: These are all astringent/seizing agents.

**Yimucao San**: Treats persistent red/white lochia discharge.
Herba Leonuri (Yimucacao), harvested at flowering, dried in shade, ground to powder. Take 2 qian on an empty stomach with warm wine, three times daily.

**Dong Yuan Guzhen Wan**: Treats persistent white leukorrhea, cold pain in umbilicus/abdomen and vagina.
Halloysitum Album (Baishizhi) (1 qian, fired red), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Ganjiang) (processed, 4 qian), Cortex Phellodendri (Huangbai) (wine-processed), Radix Paeoniae Alba (Shaoyao) (1 qian each), Os Draconis (Bailonggu) (2 qian), Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu) (1 qian), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui Shen) (2 qian).
Grind Baishizhi and Bailonggu separately, mix others into powder. Make pills with water-boiled paste, size of tung seed. Take 10 pills before meals with decoction.
Note: This is a cold-heat balancing formula and an astringent.

**Guifu Tang**: Treats foul-smelling white leukorrhea, sadness, extreme Cold.
Cinnamomi Cortex (Rougui) (1 qian), Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (Fuzi) (3 qian), Cortex Phellodendri (Huangbai), Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Zhimu), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) (roasted), Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Shengma) (0.5 qian each), Radix Astragali (Huangqi) (1.5 qian), Radix Ginseng (Renshen) (0.7 fen).
Crush. One dose, decoct with water, before meals.
Note: This tonifies extreme Yang deficiency. Huangbai etc. act as guiding herbs; it also regulates ascending/descending of Yin and Yang.

**Bujing Guzhen Tang**: Treats persistent white leukorrhea. Initially metrorrhagia, long-term Blood deficiency leads to Yang loss, causing continuous white slippery discharge.
Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao), Semen Pruni Armeniacae (Yuliren) (ground), Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin) (1 qian each), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Ganjiang) (2 qian), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Jupi) (0.5 qian), Radix Ginseng (Renshen) (2 qian), Flos Helianthi Annui (Bai Kuihua) (remove calyx, 1 flower).
Crush. Decoct with water, take on empty stomach.
Note: This is a tonifying formula.

**Weisheng Tang**: Treats persistent leukorrhea, faint pulse, abdominal pain.
Radix Paeoniae Alba (Shaoyao) (stir-fried), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) (2 liang each), Radix Astragali (Huangqi) (3 liang), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) (1 liang).
Crush or powder. Take 5 qian, decoct with water, take on empty stomach. Follow with 30 Keli Wan pills.
Note: This is a Blood-tonifying formula.

**Kelian Wan**: Treats red/white leukorrhea.
Fructus Meliae Toosendan (Kelian) (crushed, wine-soaked), Fructus Foeniculi (Huixiang) (stir-fried), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) (equal parts).
Grind into powder, make pills with wine paste, size of tung seed. Take 50 pills on an empty stomach with wine.
Note: This addresses pathogens entering the Small Intestine, using drying-dampness herbs.

**Jiu Zhu Danggui Wan**: Treats hernia, leukorrhea flowing downward, foot qi, cold sensation below waist like ice/snow even with fire/heavy clothes, extreme cold intolerance, pale face like dead fish, emaciation, urinary incontinence, and uncontrollable leukorrhea.
Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) (1 liang), Fructus Foeniculi (Huixiang) (0.5 liang), Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum (Liangjiang), Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (Fuzi) (processed, 0.7 liang each).
Crush four herbs, boil in 1.5 sheng good wine until dry, then dry again.
Stir-fried yellow salt, Scorpio (Quanxie) (3 qian each), Flos Caryophylli (Dingxiang), Fructus Meliae Toosendan (Kelian), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) (roasted, 0.5 qian each), Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu) (2 qian), Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Shengma), Radix Aucklandoniae (Muxiang) (1 qian each), Rhizoma Corydalis (Yanhusuo) (4 qian).
Grind with previous herbs, make pills with wine-paste, size of wu zi. Take 50-70 pills on empty stomach with light vinegar decoction. Avoid alcohol, wet noodles, greasy foods.
Note: This raises Yang and overcomes dampness; it is a Qi-Blood formula.

**Shengyang Zaoshi Tang**: Treats leukorrhea, vulvar pain radiating to heart/chest, yellow skin, loose skin, heavy body, watery vaginal discharge.
Radix Saposhnikoviae (Fangfeng), Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum (Liangjiang), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Ganjiang), Semen Pruni Armeniacae (Yuliren), Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) (1 qian each), Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu) (1.3 qian), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Jupi), Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin) (0.5 qian each), Flos Helianthi Annui (Bai Kuihua) (7 flowers).
Crush. Divide into two doses, decoct with water, take on empty stomach.
Note: This is an ascending and dispersing formula.

[Sitting Medicines]

**Shengyin Dan**:
Bulbus Nartheci (Sanshaizi), Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii (Chuanwutou), Fructus Zanthoxyli (Dajiao) (0.5 qian each), Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu), Radix Notopterygii (Qianghuo) (0.2 fen each), Scorpio (Quanxie) (3), Bulbus Allii Sativi (Suan) (0.7 fen), Radix Nardostachyos (Gansong) (0.2 fen), Fructus Psoraleae (Poguzhi) (0.8 fen, boiled with garlic), Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Shengma), Alum (Kufan) (0.2 fen each), Moschus (Shexiang) (small amount).
Grind into fine powder, make pills with honey, size of bullet. Wrap in silk, leave string outside, insert pill into vagina.
Note: This is a seizing/astringent medicine.

[Moxibustion Methods]

**Qihai** (CV6): 1 cun below umbilicus. Treats irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, metrorrhagia, postpartum lochia retention, and umbilical pain. Moxa 5 cones.

**Daimai** (GB26): 1.8 cun below costal margin, in the depression. Moxa 7 cones. Treats irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, red/white leukorrhea, and unbearable back pain radiating from Qi movement.

**Xuehai** (SP10): 2 cun above medial knee condyle, on the white flesh border. Treats uterine leakage of foul blood, irregular menstruation, rebellious Qi, and abdominal distension. Moxa 3 cones.

**Yingu** (KI10): Posterior to medial tibial condyle, between large and small tendons, tender to touch, flex knee to locate. Treats uterine bleeding, abdominal fullness, dyspnea, yellow urine like insect fluid, knee pain preventing flexion/extension, and lower abdominal pulling pain. Moxa 3 cones.

**Guanyuan** (CV4): 3 cun below umbilicus. Treats leukorrhea, abdominal masses, postpartum lochia retention, infertility, and cold menses. Can moxa 100 cones.