Chuanxiong 1,000 gm, Danggui 1,000 gm

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Take 250 gm each of Ligusticum chuanxiong (Chuanxiong) and Angelica sinensis (Danggui), grind them into coarse powder, place in an earthenware pot, add water, and boil until concentrated. Administer frequently while warm. Take the remaining 750 gm each of Chuanxiong and Danggui, cut into large pieces, place in an incense burner, and burn slowly over low heat to produce smoke. Inhale the smoke through the mouth, nose, and affected breast. After one batch of medicine is burned, observe the condition. If not fully recovered or only slightly improved, repeat the decoction and smoke inhalation as before. If still not fully recovered, grind one castor bean with cold water, apply it to the Baihui point on the top of the head, and wash it off after a short while. This may also lead to complete recovery.

bubble_chart Indications

Treatment for postpartum mastoptosis in women, where both breasts suddenly elongate, become thin like intestines, and hang down past the lower abdomen, causing unbearable pain and imminent danger; also treats postpartum lochiostasis, abdominal pain, or excessive bleeding, vertigo to the point of being unable to stand; or pregnancy-related fetal movement, abdominal pain, and bleeding.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

Stabbing pain in the abdomen, add Peony Root; dry mouth and excessive thirst, add Smoked Plum and Ophiopogon Tuber; aversion to cold, add Dried Ginger and Peony Root; water retention in the heart with slight nausea, add Poria and Fresh Ginger Rhizome; restlessness and insomnia, add Ginseng and Bamboo Leaf; severe constipation, add Prepared Rehmannia Root, tangerine peel, and Bitter Apricot Seed; difficulty in urination, add Plantain Seed; abdominal and hypochondriac distension, add Magnolia Bark; excessive menstruation, add Cyperus Seed; cough with excessive phlegm, add Aster, Pinellia, and Fresh Ginger Rhizome; lumbago and foot pain, add Achyranthes Root; pain in the heart region, add Corydalis Tuber; retention of stagnant blood with heavy pain in the waist and abdomen, add Peony Bark.

The fumigation method in this prescription is only applicable to mastoptosis and should not be used for other conditions; the modification method is applicable to oral prescriptions and should not be used in fumigation prescriptions.