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Burn thirty sheets of bamboo paper into ash, mix evenly with half a jin (approx. 500g) of light wine, clarify the mixture, and take it warm.

This is caused by deficiency-cold in the lower origin (Kidney and Mingmen), compounded by wind-pathogen invasion. It is suitable to use Shufeng Zhitong San (Wind-Dispersing Pain-Relieving Powder): Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus), Wuyao (Linderae Radix), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Shinanteng (Sabiae Caulis), Ruxiang (Olibanum), Zijinghua (Bauhiniae Flos), Gusuibu (Drynariae Rhizoma) each one qian (approx. 3.7g), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) five fen (approx. 1.8g), three slices of fresh ginger, three stalks of scallion white part; decoct with wine and take on an empty stomach.

One qian of Zhusha (Cinnabar), one liang (approx. 37g) of Baifuling (Poria); mix with water to form pills, take fifty pills sent down with ginger soup for immediate effect.

The woman is comatose and unaware of her surroundings; this is a deficiency syndrome. It is suitable to use Shiquan Dabu Tang (Ten Substance Great Tonifying Decoction) (see previous section), with fresh ginger and jujube as guides, decocted in water and taken on an empty stomach; three to five doses will yield immediate results. The formula contains Gancao (Licorice Root).

It is appropriate to expel parasites via the large intestine. First use Zhuichong Wan (Worm-Chasing Pill), then tonify with Jianzhong Tang (Middle-Jianzhong Decoction).
Zhuichong Wan: Xuisui Zi (Euphorbiae Lathyridis Semen), Binglang (Arecae Semen), Qianniu (Pharbitidis Semen), Daji (Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix) each five fen, Shexiang (Musk) three fen, Gansui (Kansui Radix), Yuanhua (Genkwa Flos) each one qian; make pills with rice paste the size of wutong seeds, take ten pills per dose sent down with wine.
Jianzhong Tang: Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) one liang, Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex), Gancao (Licorice Root) each five qian; grind into powder and take with rice gruel.

Menstrual blood comes out in clumps, white like scallion whites or black like dead pig's blood, accompanied by dizziness, dim vision, and numbness of the lips.
This is a deficiency syndrome. Using Bunai Danggui Wan (Tonifying Interior Angelica Pill) (see following section) is very effective.

This is due to blood stasis. Use Yuanhu (Corydalis Rhizoma) four qian, Fa Hui (Ash of Human Hair) three qian, grind together into powder, mix with wine and take; after half a month of administration, the clumps will naturally dissipate.

This condition presents with amenorrhea for two or three months, leading to abdominal distension like a drum for seven or eight months; people mistake it for pregnancy. One day, sudden metrorrhagia occurs, and within the uterine blood there are objects resembling tadpole eggs, causing coma and loss of consciousness. It is suitable to take Shiquan Dabu Tang (Ten Substance Great Tonifying Decoction) (see previous section).

Menstrual discharge resembles the shape of birds and beasts, threatening harm; first plug the vagina with cotton wool, then take Moyao (Myrrha) one liang ground into powder, mixed with boiling water for immediate cure.

Dizziness, dim vision, lower abdominal pain, accompanied by leukorrhea, fishy odor in the throat, nausea, and vomiting.
First use Lijing Siwu Tang (Regulating Menses Four Substances Decoction), then use Bunai Danggui Wan (Tonifying Interior Angelica Pill) for self-healing.
Lijing Siwu Tang: Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) two qian, Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) eight fen, Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix) three qian, Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) seven fen, Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma, stir-fried with vinegar), Yuanhu (Corydalis Rhizoma, stir-fried with vinegar), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, stir-fried with wine), JiaoBaizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, charred) each two qian five fen, Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, stir-fried with wine) one qian.
Bunai Danggui Wan: Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Xuduan (Dipsaci Radix), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), Fuling (Poria), Rongzong (Cynomorii Herba, washed clean and dried), Puhuang (Pollinis Typhae, charred), Yurou (Corni Fructus) each one liang, Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) eight qian, Shudi (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) one liang five qian, Gancao (Licorice Root), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) each five qian, Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata) two qian; make pills with honey, take seventy to eighty pills on an empty stomach sent down with warm wine.