Yimucao Wan (Motherwort Pill): Treats women with bone-steaming emaciation, amenorrhea, mental restlessness and heat sensation, pain in the four limbs, and inability to eat.
Ingredients: Herba Leonuri (Yimucao), Herba Artemisiae Annuae (Qinghao) (each 2 jin); Ramus Persicae (Taozhi), Ramus Salicis (Liuzhi) (each one handful, length of one chi).
Preparation: First, cut the above four herbs into pieces. Decoct them in 10 dou of urine from an uncircumcised boy until reduced to 3 sheng. Strain the dregs and boil down the liquid to form a paste. Then add Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu), Cornu Rhinocerotis (Xijiao) [Note: Modern substitutes often used due to conservation laws], Radix Paeoniae Rubra (Chishao) (each 1 liang), Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis (Biejia) (2 liang), Semen Persicae (Taoren) prepared as paste (5 liang), Os Crani Humanum (Tianlinggai) [Note: Historically used, now prohibited/strictly regulated; roasted with butter until slightly red], Cinnabaris (Zhusha), Radix Aucklandiae (Muxiang), Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata (Zhicao) (each 2 liang), Moschus (Shexiang) (5 qian).
Usage: Use the previously prepared paste to bind the powdered herbs into pills. Take 30 pills each time, washed down with Wumei Gancao Tang (Olive and Licorice Decoction), at any time.