东坡云。药虽进于医手。方多传于古人。旨哉是言。谈岐黄者讵得昧所自来乎。胎产之系人
闻名于天下。闻渠有秘方一帙。递相师承。久而弗替。惜世莫得而见
之也。予友陈子秉元。自言其祖昔寄居竹林。与寺僧最浓。尝乘闲取其秘本数卷。以归。予曾
向陈子借录。而陈子未之许也。今年春。陈子馆于郡城之清道桥。予往候之。陈子他适。启
其笥。曩所谓胎产秘本在焉。亟携回抄录数日。而还其原本。陈子犹未知也。嗟乎。竹林不
肯以传之人者。陈子之祖计而得之。陈子不欲以授之乃祖者示好友。而予录而归之。于以知
物苟有济于人。不容终秘。大抵如斯矣。顾予不知医。且所录系陈氏家藏。真赝尚未可定。
又其间方症恐犹未备。行将诣善于女科者。别白而校正之。如果系良方。当设法传流。表予
济世之微衷云。爰志其自来于上。
余孩提时。闻嫂氏数小产。而不能成孕。诸药罔效。家大兄往竹林寺取药数服。而后有孕。
其时因心知竹林寺女科之名。后又闻张姓戴姓之女、妇。得奇疾皆往竹
已久。秘方不传之世。其视病或说病原。彼
不立方。但包药以应。是以人亦不知其方。今年秋暮。余偶至襟丈樊元圃家。元圃知余能视药
书。谓余曰。兄亦知竹林寺之女科乎。我有抄录秘本。曷为我校订之。余闻之色喜。即阅其
书。见条分缕晰。立案用方。与世不同。虽用药或有过不及之处。然望之令人了了。真女科
之秘要。因袖归而抄录之。抄竟。并志余欣幸之意。
乾隆癸丑孟冬。望后二日茶 吴煜。书于清晖书屋。
苏东坡曾说：“药物虽然由医生之手使用，但方剂大多传承自古人。”这话真是说到了点子上。谈论岐黄之术的人，怎么能忘记其源头呢？
胎产之学在天下闻名。听说那里有一部秘方书卷，代代师承相授，长久以来未曾间断。可惜世间无人得以见到它。
我的朋友陈秉元先生，自称他的祖先过去寄居在竹林寺，与那里的僧人关系非常亲密。曾经趁闲暇之时取走了几卷秘本带回家中。我曾向陈先生借阅抄录，但陈先生没有答应。
今年春天，陈先生住在郡城清道桥附近。我去探望他，恰好他外出不在家。我打开他的书箱，发现之前所说的胎产秘本就在那里。于是急忙带回去抄录了几天，然后将原本还给他。陈先生对此还毫不知情。
唉！竹林寺不肯传予外人的东西，是陈先生的祖先算计而得到的；陈先生不想把乃祖留下的东西展示给好友，而我却将其抄录并带回家。由此可知，物品如果有利于世人，终究不能永远保密，大体上都是如此罢了。只是我不懂医术，况且所抄录的是陈家私藏，真伪尚难确定，其中方剂和病症恐怕也不够完备。我将前往拜访精通女科的专家，辨别真伪并加以校正。如果是良方，定当设法流传，以表达我济世救人的微薄心意。因此在此记下它的来源。
我年幼时，听说嫂子多次小产，无法怀孕，各种药物都无效。家中长兄去竹林寺取药服用了几次后，才成功受孕。那时我便知道了竹林寺女科的名声。后来又听说张姓、戴姓的女子或妇人得了怪病，都前往竹林寺求治。秘方不传于世，他们诊治病人时或许会说明病因，但不开具处方，只是包好药物应付了事，因此人们也不知道他们的具体方子。
今年秋末，我偶然来到姐夫樊元圃家。元圃知道我能看懂医书，便对我说：“兄长也知道竹林寺的女科吗？我有抄录的秘本，为何不帮我校订一下？”我听后十分高兴，随即翻阅那本书，见内容条理清晰，立案用方与世俗不同。虽然用药或许有过当或不足的地方，但读起来让人一目了然，真是女科的秘要。于是我将其藏在袖中带回家抄录。抄写完毕后，一并记下我欣喜庆幸的心情。
乾隆癸丑年孟冬（农历十月），望日（十五）之后两天，茶山吴煜，书写于清晖书屋。
Su Dongpo once said: "Although medicines are administered by the hands of physicians, prescriptions are mostly inherited from ancient masters." These words are truly profound. How can those who discuss the arts of Qi Bo and Huang Di (the legendary founders of Traditional Chinese Medicine) ignore their origins?
The field of obstetrics and gynecology is renowned throughout the world. It is heard that there exists a volume of secret prescriptions, passed down through generations of mentorship without interruption for a long time. Alas, it is regrettable that no one in the world has been able to see it.
My friend, Mr. Chen Bingyuan, claimed that his ancestor, while residing at Zhulin Temple in the past, had a very close relationship with the temple monks. Taking advantage of leisure time, he secretly took several volumes of these secret texts home. I once requested permission from Mr. Chen to borrow and copy them, but he did not agree.
This spring, Mr. Chen was staying near Qingdao Bridge in the county town. I went to visit him, but he happened to be out. I opened his chest and found the aforementioned secret text on obstetrics and gynecology inside. I hurriedly took it back and copied it for several days, then returned the original manuscript. Mr. Chen remained unaware of this.
Alas! What Zhulin Temple refused to pass on to others was obtained by Mr. Chen's ancestor through calculation; what Mr. Chen did not wish to show his good friends, which was kept by his ancestor, I nevertheless copied and brought home. From this, we can see that if an object benefits humanity, it cannot remain secret forever; generally speaking, this is how things work. However, I do not understand medicine. Moreover, since what I copied belongs to the private collection of the Chen family, its authenticity remains uncertain. Furthermore, the prescriptions and symptoms recorded therein may still be incomplete. I intend to visit experts proficient in *fuke* (gynecology) to distinguish truth from falsehood and correct errors. If they prove to be effective prescriptions, I will endeavor to disseminate them, expressing my humble intention to save the world. Thus, I record their origin here.
When I was a child, I heard that my sister-in-law suffered multiple miscarriages and could not conceive. Various medicines proved ineffective. My eldest brother went to Zhulin Temple to obtain some medicine. After taking a few doses, she eventually conceived. At that time, I became aware of the reputation of the gynecology department at Zhulin Temple. Later, I also heard that women surnamed Zhang and Dai, suffering from strange diseases, all sought treatment at Zhulin Temple. The secret prescriptions were not transmitted to the public. When treating patients, they might explain the cause of the disease but would not write out prescriptions; instead, they simply packaged herbs for the patients. Therefore, people did not know the specific formulas used.
In late autumn this year, I accidentally visited the home of my wife's elder brother, Fan Yuanpu. Knowing that I could read medical books, he said to me, "Brother, do you also know about the gynecology of Zhulin Temple? I have a copied version of the secret text. Why don't you help me collate it?" Hearing this, I was overjoyed. I immediately reviewed the book and found that the content was clearly organized, with case records and prescriptions differing from common practices. Although the use of herbs might sometimes be excessive or insufficient, reading it made everything clear at a glance. It was indeed a secret key to gynecology. I therefore hid it in my sleeve, took it home, and copied it. Upon finishing the copying, I recorded my feelings of joy and relief.
On the second day after the full moon in the first month of winter (October), in the Gui Chou year of the Qianlong reign, Cha Shan Wu Yu, wrote at Qinghui Study Room.