Da: Zisu Yin (Perilla Decoction) treats heart and abdominal distension and fullness with rib-side oppression during pregnancy. (The formula is found in the section on "Fetal Pressure Affecting the Heart".)

Jiegu: Zhike Tang (Bitter Orange Decoction) treats abdominal distension in pregnant women.
Ingredients: Zhike (Fructus Aurantii, 3 liang), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae, 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above into a coarse powder. Take 5 qian per dose, decoct with 1.5 cups of water, and take warm.
To treat pre-partum abdominal fullness and heavy body, add Baizhu (Radix Atractylodis Macrocephalae, 1 liang) to Zhike Tang.

Zhongjing: When a woman is six or seven months pregnant, if the pulse is wiry and she has fever, the fetal distension worsens, accompanied by abdominal pain and aversion to cold, with the lower abdomen feeling cold like a fan. The reason for this is cold in the Zi Zang (uterus). One should use Fuzi Tang (Aconite Decoction) to warm the uterus. (The Fuzi Tang formula is found in the Treatise on Cold Damage.)
If a woman suffers from fetal injury, with pregnancy accompanied by abdominal fullness and inability to urinate, and heaviness from the waist down resembling water accumulation: at seven months of pregnancy, the Taiyin channel should nourish but fails to do so; this indicates excess Heart Qi. One should needle Laogong (PC8) and Guanyuan (CV4) using the reducing method. Recovery occurs when urination becomes slightly free.

Treat postpartum blood stasis and lochia retention causing blood-related abdominal distension. Use Duniu Xi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae), crushed and decocted in water until it forms a paste. Strain and take one bowl per dose. If ineffective, repeat; this is miraculous.
For mother and infant after childbirth, where foul discharge remains incomplete causing abdominal fullness: use Mazi (Semen Cannabis, 3 liang) and wine (5 sheng). Boil to obtain 1 sheng of liquid, divide into two warm doses. This will expel the foul matter.

Qianjin Fang: Treats postpartum incomplete expulsion of foul discharge causing abdominal fullness. Use Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, 2 jin), boil in water to extract juice, and drink. The foul matter will be expelled.

Rihua Bencao: Treats postpartum blood distension. The seedlings and leaves have the same efficacy; here refers to the seeds of Yimu Cao (Herba Leonuri).

Baoming Ji: Zijin Dan (Purple Gold Pill) treats postpartum edema and a sensation of an object in the chest, caused by failing descent of belching qi.
Ingredients: Daizhe Shi (Hematitum, equal parts) and Mengshi (Lapis Glaucophanatus, equal parts). Note: The Materia Medica does not list "HT Shi", only Mengshi, also known as Mo Shi (grinding stone). It can break old blood, pass stones in strangury, resolve accumulations, and suppress evil qi. It is suspected to be this substance.
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder, bind with vinegar paste into pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 35 pills per dose with wine. For chest pain, administer with Chuan Gui Tang (Angelica Decoction). Long-term use treats blood pi (accumulations).

Da: Disheng Tang (Reach the Sage Decoction) treats postpartum abdominal distension and fullness with irregular vomiting. Do not use ordinary remedies for distension or vomiting.
Ingredients: Chishao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae), Zelan Ye (Herba Lycopi), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) (each 1 fen), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, 1 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Cut into pieces. Decoct with one cup of water and 5 qian of roasted dried Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens) until half a cup remains. Strain and divide into three hot doses.

Danxi: Yangli Wu Ruren suffered from malaria, postpartum abdominal distension, slight thirst without desire to drink, and a weak pulse.
Ingredients: Baizhu (Radix Atractylodis Macrocephalae, stir-fried, 6 qian), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, 5 qian), Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra, stir-fried thoroughly, 2.5 qian), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong) (each 2 qian). Add 1 qian of Haijinsha (Spora Lygodii) per dose.
Preparation and Administration: Divide into four portions. Decoct and take with 25 pills of Baohe Wan (Harmonize the Stomach Pill).

Da: Zhizhu Tang (Immature Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Macrocephala Decoction). Treats abdominal distension large as a plate following deficiency. (The formula is found in the Distension Section under Tonifying Deficiency.)

Baoming Ji: Another prescription.
Ingredients: Daizhe Shi (Hematitum, 1 liang), Taoren (Semen Persicae, 30 pieces, skin and tip removed), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder, mix with mint water to form pills. Take 30-50 pills at any time with warm water.

For postpartum massive, hard abdominal distension preventing lying down, use Baisheng San (White Holy Powder).
Ingredients: Zhangliu Gen (Root of Ulmus pumila var. japonica? *Note: Context implies specific root*, 3 cun), Daji (Radix Euphorbiae Pekinensis, 1.5 liang), Gansui (Radix Kansui, 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose with hot water. Continue until bowel movements are loose. This is a wonderful medicine for treating water qi.

Jia Yi Jing: For postpartum residual diseases where food cannot be swallowed, chest and hypochondriac support/fullness, dizziness, cold feet, severe heart pain, frequent belching, sensitivity to sour/foul odors, distension and numbness, abdominal fullness, especially enlarged lower abdomen: Qimen (LR14) is the primary point.