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Postpartum failure of the jade door to heal

产后玉户不敛 〔產後玉戶不斂〕chǎn hòu yù hù bù liǎn

Failure of damage to the birth gate (orificium vaginae) in childbirth to heal within a few days. Postpartum failure of the jade gate to heal can be treated with an oral formula such as Perfect Major Supplementation Decoction (十全大补汤 shí quán dà bǔ tāng) and topically with bletilla (Bletillae Rhizoma, 白及 bái jí), dragon bone (Mastodi Ossis Fossilia, 龙骨 lóng gǔ), hornet’s nest (Vespae Nidus, 露蜂房 lù fēng fáng), chebule (Chebulae Fructus, 诃子 hē zǐ), and phellodendron (Phellodendri Cortex, 黄柏 huáng bǎi), ground in equal proportions and applied after washing the affected area with a decoction of perilla leaf (Perillae Folium, Caulis et Calyx, 紫苏 zǐ sū).

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