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This syndrome frequently presents with foul blood, dripping drop by drop without being completely cleared, unlike Bengzhong (sudden and heavy vaginal bleeding). In severe cases, it may persist for years, rendering the patient unable to rise from bed, lying down in exhaustion.

Although dietary intake is maintained, the complexion is sallow and withered, accompanied by weakness in movement and fatigue in the four limbs (colloquially known as "blood paralysis"). Some cases arise because women marry early before undergoing the capping ceremony (coming-of-age ritual), or even before Tian Gui (menstruation) has arrived, while the Chong and Ren meridians are not yet vigorous and the Sea of Blood is not yet full, yet they engage in sexual intercourse. Subsequently, although menstruation occurs, it becomes irregular and chaotic, leading to infertility, which is most pitiable.

Main Formula: Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Shudi (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Aiye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium, boiled with vinegar), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini, dissolved and taken orally), Chou Chun Pi (Ailanthi Cortex), Diyu (Sanguisorbae Radix) in equal proportions, plus one piece of Wumei meat (Prunus mume seed), decocted in water and taken orally.

Qihui San (Seven Ashes Powder): Treats Benglou (metrorrhagia and metrostaxis) and Lindi (dribbling discharge) in women.
Lianpengke (Nelumbinis Nuciferae Calyx), Yimucao (Leonuri Herba), Hanliancao (Ecliptae Herba), Suke (Papaveris Capsula), Xieke (Portunus Shell), Zongmao (Cocos nucifera fiber), Oujie (Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Node) (the above seven herbs are burnt to ash and mixed in equal proportions).
Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with vinegar soup. This formula can be used interchangeably for Bengzhong.

Simple Formula: For Lindi.
Huangqin Tiao (Scutellariae Radix, preferably those that sink in water), ground into powder. Take 3 qian per dose, administered with wine quenched by a red-hot weight.

Another Formula: For Benglin. Mix Zonghui (ash of palm fiber), Wumei meat, and Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, stir-fried until charred) in equal proportions, grind into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, administered with Wumei soup.

Another Formula: Wumei meat (stir-fried), ground into powder (2 qian); or use Zonghui and Kunfan (Alumen) ground into powder; or use Cangercao (Xanthii Herba) burnt to ash (3 qian); or Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba) burnt until charred on a lamp wick and ground into powder; or Huaijiao (Sophorae Tonkinensis Fructus) and Diyu ground into powder; all administered with wine or Tongbian (urine of a healthy child).

Women possess a yin-soft constitution, so their aversion to cold is generally more severe than that of men, this is a general statement. Women are particularly prone to contracting cold pathogens, hence this condition is treated in a separate section for clarification. For instance, during lactation, they often open their clothes to expose themselves to wind; at night, when sleeping with the child nearby, shoulders and arms are often exposed, or they get up immediately when the child urinates or defecates, thereby contracting wind-cold. However, there are two types of aversion to cold in women, differing vastly like heaven and earth, requiring careful differentiation. One type is external contraction of wind-cold, characterized by aversion to cold, headache, bone pain, stiffness, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, and nausea; this refers to acute contraction. It should be treated with diaphoretic drugs from the Shanghan (Cold Damage) category to induce sweating. Or, if there is slight aversion to cold, morning chill and evening heat, skin fever, but internal sensation is not intense, persisting for months, with a floating and tight pulse, it is suitable to take one dose of a diaphoretic drug to induce slight sweating. The other type is exogenous cold due to yang deficiency and endogenous heat due to yin deficiency, characterized by five-palm heat, dry mouth and tongue, restless sleep at night, dry cough with bloody sputum, gradually progressing to slight aversion to cold in the yin aspect after noon, heat in the palms and soles at dusk, worsening in the evening, superficial skin heat is not significant, but deep pressure reveals steaming heat from within the bones, with a fine, rapid, urgent, and choppy pulse. This should be treated with the main formula. Misjudgment between these two conditions concerns life and death, requiring utmost caution.

Main Formula: Danggui, Baishao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Huaishengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Tuber), Digupi (Bark of Ground Tree Bark), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Mudanpi in equal proportions, decocted in water and taken orally.
For qi stagnation, add Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma, stir-fried with Tongbian), Fuxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus); for thirst, add Tianhuafen (Trichosanthis Radix), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus); for cough, add Tiandong (Asparagi Tuber), Ziwan (Asternis Radix), Donghua (Dendranthema Flos); for severe heat, add Yin Chai (Stellariae Radix), Hulian (Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex), Qinghao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba), Biejia (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis); for phlegm, add Beimu (Fritillariae Bulbus), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Fuling (Poria), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma).

Qipi Tang (Spleen-Initiating Decoction): Treats widows and unmarried women whose desires are unfulfilled, leading to spleen injury, poor appetite, alternating chills and fever resembling malaria, and a sallow complexion with occasional redness.
Danggui, Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 1.5 qian each), Xiangfu (prepared), Yujin (Curcumae Radix), Yuanhu (Corydalidis Rhizoma), Chaishu Shao (Bupleuri Radix tip), Chuanxiong, Renshen (Panacis Ginseng Radix, 1 qian each), Gancao Shao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma tip), Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, 0.5 qian each). Decoct in water and take orally.