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Treats labor heat injuring the heart, where long parasites within the body reach a foot in length and pierce through the heart. This condition causes heart pain.
*Polyporus umbellatus* (Leiwan), *Gleditsia sinensis* thorn (Yelangyaci), aged tangerine peel (Chenju pi), *Cyathula officinalis* (Guanzhong), peach kernel (Taoren), *Melia azedarach* seed (Wuyi), *Celosia argentea* seed (Qingxiangzi), *Paederia scandens* root (Shuqi), peach inner bark (Taobai pi), *Evodia rutaecarpa* root bark (Wuzhuyu gen) (each 1 liang).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey and pound 300-200 times. Form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take 30 pills on an empty stomach, washed down with rice broth. Stop when the parasites are expelled.

Treats spleen labor, characterized by deficiency-cold in the stomach, indigestion due to drinking cold liquids or eating cold foods, abdominal and hypochondriac distension, and melancholy or displeasure.
*Atractylodes macrocephala* (Baizhu) (3 liang), *Poria cocos* (Baifuling), *Magnolia officinalis* bark (Nongpuo), *Panax ginseng* (Renshen) (each 2 liang), cinnamon twig (Guixin), aged fermented wheat pill (Chenqu), *Evodia rutaecarpa* (Wuzhuyu) (each 3 fen), cardamom (Caodoukou), large barley (Damai).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with warm wine before meals.

Treats spleen labor caused by irregular diet, leading to bitter taste in the mouth, dryness and astringency of the tongue, excessive spitting of clear saliva, yellowish emaciation of the four limbs, inability to gain flesh despite eating, and frequent loose stools or slipping diarrhea of the skin and intestines.
*Melia azedarach* seed (Wuyi ren) (2 liang, ground into powder and decocted with 2 sheng of rice vinegar to form a paste), *Panax ginseng* (Renshen) (3 fen), *Aucklandia costata* (Muxiang) (0.5 liang), aged tangerine peel (Chen ju pi) (1 liang), clove (Dingxiang), frankincense (Ruxiang), *Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis* (Houpo), cinnamon bark (Rougui), *Piper longum* (Bibo), *Magnolia biondii* flower bud (Xinyi) (each 3 [liang]).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Add the *Melia azedarach* decoction paste and mix evenly. Then add honey and pound 300-500 times. Form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take 20 pills on an empty stomach and before evening meal, washed down with rice broth.

Treats lung labor, characterized by shortness of breath, obstruction of fluid metabolism, dryness of skin and hair. Regular use nourishes deficiency.
*Astragalus membranaceus* (Huangqi), red peony root (Chishaoyao), schisandra berry (Wuweizi), *Asparagus cochinchinensis* tuber (Tianmendong), *Poria cocos* (Baifuling), *Panax ginseng* (Renshen), apricot kernel (Xingren), dried raw rehmannia root (Shenggan Dihuang) (each 1 liang), cinnamon twig (Guixin), licorice root (Gancao).
Pulverize the above herbs and sieve them into a powder. Take 4 qian each time. Decoct with 1 zhong of water, 0.5 fen of fresh ginger, and 3 jujubes. Boil until reduced to 6/10 parts. Strain and take warm at any time. Avoid carp and malt sugar.

Treats lung labor with phlegm cough, rapid breathing, deficiency of the lower jiao, and irritability and heat in the upper jiao, along with emaciation of the four limbs.
*Tianmendong*, *Ophiopogon japonicus* tuber (Maimendong), turtle shell (Biejia), prepared rehmannia root (Shugan Dihuang) (each 2 liang), *Achyranthes bidentata* root (Niuxi), *Panax ginseng* (Renshen), *Astragalus membranaceus* (Huangqi), apricot kernel (Xingren), *Poria cocos* (Baifuling), *Dioscorea opposita* yam (Shuyu) (each 5 [liang]).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey and pound 300-500 times. Form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take 30 pills before meals, washed down with jujube soup. Avoid carp and amaranth.