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[Da] When women suffer from pain in the lower abdomen, this is caused by wind-cold pathogens that have long resided within the Bao Luo (uterine collaterals). These pathogens contend with Qi and Blood, stagnating and accumulating in the lower abdomen. When triggered by constitutional deficiency, the wind pathogen strikes against the blood, resulting in pain.

[Xue] For the aforementioned symptoms, if they are due to cold Qi stagnation and blood coagulation, use Weilingxian San (Clerodendron Powder). If due to Qi stagnation and blood stasis, use Danggui San (Angelica Powder). If due to Liver channel Blood deficiency, use Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) as a general formula, adding Renshen (Ginseng), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), and Chaihu (Bupleurum Root). If due to Damp-Heat in the Liver channel, use Longdan Xiegan Tang (Gentian Liver-Draining Decoction; refer to miscellaneous diseases: strangury). If due to Qi and Spleen deficiency, use Liujunzi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction; refer to miscellaneous diseases: consumptive disease), adding Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) and Shaoyao (Peony Root). If due to Liver and Spleen deficiency-cold, use Liujunzi Tang added with Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) and Rougui (Cinnamon Bark). If accompanied by vomiting, add Muxiang (Aucklandia Root). If there is cold reversal of the four limbs, additionally add Paojiang (Prepared Ginger). Zhang Mengwei, Commissioner of Communications, stated: His younger sister suffered from lower abdominal pain and took Fuzi Lizhong Tang (Aconite Middle-Warming Decoction); she consumed more than eighty pieces of Fuzi (Aconite Lateralis Radix Preparata). This represents an extreme case of deep-seated cold and entrenched chill, which is rare.

[Da] Weilingxian San (Clerodendron Powder): Treats chronic cold in women, Qi stagnation with stabbing blood pain, and lower abdominal pain.
Weilingxian (Caulis Clerodendri Trichotomi, 1 liang) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Moyao (Resina Olibani), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Guixin (Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae) (each 0.5 liang).
Grind into fine powder. Take 1 qian mixed with hot wine at any time. Avoid tea.

Danggui San (Angelica Powder): Treats long-standing accumulation in women, stabbing pain from Qi and Blood, lower abdominal pain, weakness in the four limbs, and inability to eat.
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, stir-fried), Chi Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Liu Jinu (Herba Siegesbeckiae), Moyao (Resina Olibani), Zhike (Fructus Aurantii), Yanhusuo (Rhizoma Corydalis) (equal parts).
Grind into fine powder. Take 1 qian mixed with hot wine at any time.

Zhuiqi Wan (Qi-Chasing Pill) (from *Lingyuan*): Treats stabbing blood pain in women and unbearable lower abdominal pain.
Yuntaizi (Semen Brassicae Napus), Guixin (Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae) (each 1 liang) Liangjiang (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum) (0.5 liang).
Grind into fine powder, make pills with vinegar paste the size of Sophora seeds. Take 5 pills at any time, washed down with light vinegar water. Regular consumption tonifies Blood deficiency and breaks up Qi masses; it is very effective.

Duanshi San (Hammered Iron Powder): A prescription by Chen Wu Po for treating unbearable blood-Qi pain in women.
Take half a cup of blood from the spine of a pig, warm it over boiling water, and stir with a stick until it stops flowing. Then, take Duanshi (Ferrum Oxidatum), roast it on fire until yellow, grind into powder, and sieve to obtain 1 qian of ash. Mix with the blood, let it cool to a warm temperature, and drink. Recovery is immediate.

I once used Zijinpi (Cortex Erythrinae) ground into fine powder, made into pills with vinegar paste the size of cherries. This also treats blood-Qi lower abdominal pain in women; one pill is taken by grinding it in warm wine. It is also beneficial for heart and abdominal pain.

Wuzhuyu Tang (Evodia Decoction): Treats women who are constitutionally deficient and have experienced Qi stagnation due to wind-cold invasion, causing stabbing pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium.
Wuzhuyu (Fructus Evodiae, washed with water), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, remove radix head, each 2 qian) Jiegeng (Radix Platycodonis), Xixin (Herba Asari), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, remove radix head) Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis, prepared, each 1 qian) Shudihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, 2.5 qian) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried, 0.5 qian).
Combine as one dose. Add two cups of water, decoct to one cup. Take on an empty stomach.

Jiaohong Wan (Zanthoxylum Pericarpium Pill): Treats irregular blood-Qi, accumulated cold in the Zang-Fu organs, umbilical and abdominal pain, and daily emaciation of the body.
Jiaohong (Pericarpium Zanthoxyli), Chenxiang (Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, remove radix head), Helile (Fructus Terminaliae Chebulae, baked, remove core), Pengzhu (Rhizoma Curcumae), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, peeled and navel removed), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) (each 1 liang) Roudoukou (Nucis Arecae Semen), Liangjiang (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum), Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli) (each 0.5 liang) Shexiang (Moschus, separately ground, 2.5 qian).
Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills on an empty stomach, washed down with warm wine.

Dafupi Yin (Betel Nut Decoction): Treats blood pi (blood stasis masses) in women and unilateral abdominal pain.
Dafupi (Pericarpium Arecae), Fangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae), Mutong (Caulis Akebiae), Sangbaipi (Cortex Mori), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Gualouhuang (Fructus Trichosanthis), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Zhike (Fructus Aurantii, bran-fried), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, steamed, each 1 qian) Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride, 1.5 qian) Wuzizhong (Fructus Schisandrae, 0.5 qian).
Combine as one dose. Add two cups of water, decoct to one cup. Add half a cup of wine, boil for one or two more boils. Strain and take before meals.