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Pregnant women who weep and cry without cause are suffering from Zangzao (Visceral Dryness). It can be treated with Dazao Tang (Jujube Decoction) or Zhuru Tang (Bamboo Shavings Decoction), and it will heal spontaneously.

Dazao Tang (Jujube Decoction)
Tritici Semen (Xiaomai, Wheat) (3 liang)
Gancao Radix et Rhizoma Preparata (Licorice Root and Rhizome, Prepared) (3 liang)
Ziziphi Jujubae Fructus (Daheizao, Large Black Jujube) (10 pieces)
Boil in 6 bowls of water until reduced to 3 bowls. Take in 3-4 divided doses.

Dan Zhuru Tang (Light Bamboo Shavings Decoction)
Renshen Radix Ginseng (1 qian)
Fuling Poria (1 qian)
Banxia Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum (Pinellia Tuber, Soaked) (5 fen)
Maidong Radix Ophiopogonis (5 qian)
Gancao Radix et Rhizoma Preparata (Licorice Root and Rhizome, Prepared) (5 fen)
Zhuru Bamboo Shavings (1.5 qian)
Add Jujube and Ginger, decoct and take orally. (This formula can treat Heart Qi deficiency, empty heat irritability, and palpitations.)

(Jiawei Xiaoyao San [Modified Free Wanderer Powder], see Breast Abscess section in the next volume)

If a pregnant woman has hematuria, there is no need to panic; use Xuduan Tang (Dipsacus Decoction) or Jiadi Tang (Cortex Lycii and Rehmannia Decoction). If anger stirs up Liver Fire, use Jiawei Xiaoyao San (Modified Free Wanderer Powder). If eating spicy, roasted, or hot foods causes Food Heat, use Jiawei Qingwei San (Modified Stomach-Clearing Powder). If Blood Heat stagnates in the Bladder, resulting in Xuelin (Blood Strangury), use 1 sheng of Huangqizi (Abelmoschus Seeds), finely ground, boiled in water to reduce to 2 sheng, and taken in 3 divided doses.

Qingwei San (Stomach-Clearing Powder)
Huanglian Rhizoma Coptidis
Shengdi Radix Rehmanniae Recens
Lianqiao Forsythiae Fructus
Shengma Rhizoma Cimicifugae
Maidong Radix Ophiopogonis

Xuduan Tang (Dipsacus Decoction)
Chuanxuduan Radix Dipsaci (5 qian)
Chishao Radix Paeoniae Rubra (5 qian)
Shengdi Radix Rehmanniae Recens (1 qian)
Danggui Radix Angelicae Sinensis (5 qian)
Grind all into powder. Each time on an empty stomach, mix 2 qian with decoction of Congbai (Scallion White) and take orally.

Jiadi Wan (Cortex Lycii and Rehmannia Pill)
Ejiao Colla Corii Asini (2 liang, stir-fried with Ge Fen [Clam Shell Powder] and ground into powder)
Da Shengdi Radix Rehmanniae Recens (2 liang, steamed with wine until cooked, then pounded into paste)
Combine these two ingredients to make pills the size of Tungzi (Toona seeds). Take 70 pills each time on an empty stomach, washed down with Rice Drink. This formula is very stable and tonifies Blood. In emergencies, take 2 qian of each ingredient, decoct in water, and take orally.

When milk flows spontaneously from the breasts during pregnancy, it is called Ruqi (Breast Weeping). Excessive flow may suggest difficulty in nurturing the child after birth, due to insufficient internal Blood to nourish the Fetus. This indicates Qi and Blood deficiency failing to control and contain. Taking more Bazhen Tang (Eight Treasure Decoction) to assist Blood generation allows the Fetus to develop properly. This demonstrates the medical principle of assisting gestation.
(Bazhen Tang [Eight Treasure Decoction], see previous section on Tai Lou [Fetal Leakage])

If a woman’s menstruation stops for six or seven months, whereas it was previously regular, and she has no other illness but her abdomen does not enlarge, and her pulse is slightly slippery but not vigorous, this indicates Taibuchang (Poor Fetal Growth). Consequently, delivery may occur at twelve or thirteen months. This is because the mother’s Qi and Blood are weak. The treatment method should be to boost Qi and Blood, and tonify the Spleen and Stomach, so that the Fetus grows, the abdomen enlarges, and delivery occurs. To tonify the Spleen, use Wuwei Yigong San (Five-Ingredient Extraordinary Merit Powder); to cultivate Blood, use Bazhen Tang (Eight Treasure Decoction). If there are other diseases, modify according to symptoms. *Jiyan Fang* (Collected Effective Prescriptions) suggests using a carp about one chi long, boiling it, eating the meat, and drinking the broth, which promotes fetal growth. *Zhangfang* (Handbook of Indications) uses Huangqi Tang (Astragalus Decoction) and Baizhu Wan (Atractylodes Macrocephala Pill), both of which promote fetal growth by tonifying the Spleen and Stomach and supplementing the Chong and Ren vessels.

Wuwei Yigong San (Five-Ingredient Extraordinary Merit Powder)
(This is Liujunzi Tang [Six Gentlemen Decoction] minus Banxia [Pinellia Tuber].)
Renshen Radix Ginseng
Baizhu Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae
Fuling Poria
Gancao Radix et Rhizoma Preparata (Licorice Root and Rhizome, Prepared)
Chenpi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
Add Jiang (Ginger) and Zao (Jujube), decoct and take orally. (If Chenpi [Citrus Peel] is removed from this formula and Siwu Tang [Four Substance Decoction] is added, it becomes Bazhen Tang [Eight Treasure Decoction].)

Huangqi Tang (Astragalus Decoction)
Huangqi Radix Astragali
Baizhu Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae
Fuling Poria
Maidong Radix Ophiopogonis
Renshen Radix Ginseng
Chenpi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
Gancao Radix et Rhizoma Preparata (Licorice Root and Rhizome, Prepared)
Add Jiang (Ginger) and Zao (Jujube), decoct and take orally.

Baizhu Wan (Atractylodes Macrocephala Pill)
Baizhu Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae
Danggui Radix Angelicae Sinensis
Ejiao Colla Corii Asini
Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata
Chuanxiong Rhizoma Chuanxiong
Muli Concha Ostreae
Chuanjiao Fructus Zanthoxyli
Make into pills with Honey.