妊妇三、四日不产，胎死腹中，其母唇舌俱红者，母子无事。唇青舌红，母死子活。唇
红舌青，母活子死。唇舌俱青，夺命丹主之。
蛇蜕（全者一条，新瓦上存性） 金银箔（各七张） 大母丁香（五钱，另研） 男子乱发（
一钱
，烧存性） 马鸣蜕（一钱，即破故纸，烧） 黑铅（二钱五分） 水银（七分，先将铅溶化，入
水银急炒，结成沙子，倾出另研） 千里马鼻（即旧草鞋鼻七个，烧灰）
于静室中修合，勿令妇人鸡犬见。各研为末和匀，用 猪心血为丸，桐子大。每服二丸
，长流水送灌。
产妇临盆，肠先出盘露于外，子随后生，生后而肠不即收，由平日气虚不能敛束，血热
易于
流动，下元不固，关键不牢，致有此苦。救治之法，于子下衣来之后，令产妇仰卧，先将母
肠温水洗净惹带之物，然后托起，轻轻送入，推而上之，令产妇两足夹紧谷道，其肠自收上
也。或取草麻四十九粒，去壳捣拦，敷在顶心，待肠收尽，急去之。次也，又用冷水和醋，
令人喷面，一喷一收，以渐收之。又其次也，欲免其苦者，宜于次后无孕时服地黄丸，加五
味子一两，桂心一两，以固下元之关键。有孕后多服胡连丸。
胡连丸
白术（一两） 条芩（四两） 莲肉（二两，去心） 砂仁（一两，炒） 炙甘草（一两，研末）
山药（五两）
打糊为丸，米饮下。加人参以补其气，兼服三补丸以凉其血，黄柏、黄连、黄芩（炒）等
分，
蜜丸，白汤下。于八月之时，再服八物汤加诃子、瞿麦、粟壳，蜜炒，服十余帖，庶可免矣
。
If a pregnant woman fails to deliver after three or four days and the fetus has died in the uterus, the condition of the mother can be diagnosed by her lips and tongue. If both the lips and tongue are red, both mother and child are safe. If the lips are cyanotic and the tongue is red, the mother dies while the child lives. If the lips are red and the tongue is cyanotic, the mother lives while the child dies. If both the lips and tongue are cyanotic, Duoming Dan (Life-Restoring Pill) should be used as the primary treatment.
She Tui (Ophichus Skin, whole strip, calcined on an old tile until its nature remains) Yinjin Bo (Gold and Silver Foil, seven sheets each) Da Mu Dingxiang (Large Mother Clove, five qian, ground separately) Nanzi Luancha (Man's Disordered Hair, one qian, burned until carbonized) Mingming Tui (Mingming Slough, one qian, i.e., Psoraleae Fructus, burned) Heiqian (Black Lead, two qian five fen) Shuiyin (Mercury, seven fen; first melt the lead, add mercury and stir-fry rapidly until it forms sand-like granules, pour out and grind separately) Qianlima Bi (Thousand-Mile Horse Nose, i.e., seven old straw shoe noses, burned to ash)
Prepare the medicine in a quiet room; do not let women, chickens, or dogs see the process. Grind all ingredients into fine powder and mix evenly. Use pig heart blood as a binder to form pills the size of tung tree seeds. Administer two pills per dose, washed down with flowing long-water.
When a parturient gives birth, if the intestine protrudes and coils outside before the fetus, and does not retract immediately after delivery, this is due to chronic Qi deficiency failing to consolidate and bind, Blood heat causing easy flow, insecurity of the Lower Yuan, and laxity of the "key" (sphincter/anal region), resulting in this distress. The method of rescue is as follows: after the fetus and placenta are expelled, have the parturient lie supine. First, wash the protruding intestine clean of any contaminants with warm water. Then, support it and gently push it back inside, pushing upwards. Have the parturient tightly clasp her legs and anus; the intestine will naturally retract. Alternatively, take forty-nine grains of Caoma (likely Ricinus Communis seed or similar local herb), remove the shells, pound them, and apply the paste to the top of the head (Baihui GV20). Once the intestine is fully retracted, remove the application immediately. This is the better method. Secondly, mix cold water with vinegar and have someone spray it onto the parturient's face; with each spray, the intestine contracts gradually. This is a secondary method. To avoid this suffering in the future, it is advisable to take Dihuang Wan (Rehmannia Pill) when not pregnant next time, adding Wuweizi (Schisandra Fruit, one liang) and Guixin (Cinnamon Heart, one liang) to secure the key of the Lower Yuan. During subsequent pregnancies, consume Hulian Wan frequently.
Hulian Wan
Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, one liang) Tiao Qin (Scutellariae Radix, four liang) Lianrou (Nelumbinis Semen, two liang, core removed) Sharen (Amomi Fructus, one liang, stir-fried) Zhi Gancao (Prepared Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, one liang, ground to powder) Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, five liang)
Make pills using starch paste; swallow with rice drink. Add Renshen (Ginseng Radix) to tonify Qi. Concurrently take Sanbu Wan (Three-Substance Pill) to cool the Blood: Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), and Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) in equal parts, made into honeyed pills, taken with plain boiled water. In the eighth month of pregnancy, take Bawu Tang (Eight-Ingredient Decoction) added with Hezi (Chebulae Fructus), Qumai (Dianthi Herba), and Suké (Papaveris Pericarpium), stir-fried with honey. Take more than ten doses to prevent this condition.