小儿盘肠气痛不已,面手冷,日夜啼叫,屎如米泔。
川楝子(十个,去皮核,巴豆三十五个,去皮,同炒,令豆黄。青豆不用) 木香 使
君
上为末,空心用清米饮调下,量儿大小与服。
治小儿肝经风热,目赤肿痛。兼治肝经实热,手寻衣领乱捻物,目直视不搐,得心热则
搐,身反折强,直目连扎,或脏腑飧泄,诸药不止,脾虚肝盛。
当归 龙胆草 川芎 山栀 大黄(纸裹煨) 羌活 防风(各二钱半)
上炼蜜为丸,竹叶沙糖汤下。
治小儿心经蕴热,脏腹秘结,小便淋涩。 见淋门。
一方 小儿癖病。
水红花子(炒,二钱) 大黄 朴硝 山栀子 子锻石
上用酒酵一块共捣,和为膏。用青绵布摊贴,外用热汤瓶熨,以手帕勒之,三日后揭看,
肉黑是效。
一方 小儿癖病。
立秋后取虾蟆去头足腹肚,油涂,合仰瓦上,火炙之,令熟。自四五个,积自下。
一方 治小儿木舌,舌肿硬不和软者是。又重舌者,舌下生舌。二者皆是热病。
百草霜 芒硝 滑石
上为末,酒调敷。
一方 治小儿吐蛔虫,以苦楝根为君,佐以二陈汤,煎服。
冬月吐蛔,多是胃寒胃虚所致,钱氏白术散加丁香二粒,服。
一方 小儿夜啼。
人参 黄连(各一钱)甘草(炙,五分) 入竹叶(二十片) 姜一片,水煎服。
Infants suffer from continuous colic pain (panchang qi tong), coldness in the face and extremities, crying day and night, and stools resembling rice wash water.
Chuanlianzi (Fructus Toosendan, ten pieces, peel and pit removed, stir-fried together with thirty-five seeds of Dadou (Semen Crotonis) peeled until the beans turn yellow; Qingdou is not used), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Shijunzi (Fructus Quisqualis).
Grind the above into powder. Take on an empty stomach mixed with clear rice drink, adjusting the dosage according to the child's age and size.
Treats wind-heat in the Liver channel causing redness and swelling pain in the eyes. Also treats excess heat in the Liver channel manifesting as picking at clothes collars and twisting objects randomly, staring straight without convulsions; if Heart heat arises, convulsions occur, the body arches backward rigidly, eyes stare straight with jerking movements, or there is undigested diarrhea due to organ dysfunction that does not respond to various medications, indicating Spleen deficiency and Liver excess.
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Longdancao (Radix Gentianae), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Shanzhi (Fructus Gardeniae), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, baked wrapped in paper), Qianghuo (Rhizoma Notopterygii), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae) (each two qian half).
Mix the above with refined honey to form pills. Take with a decoction of bamboo leaves and sugar.
Treats accumulated heat in the Heart channel of infants leading to abdominal constipation and dysuria (difficult, painful urination). See section on Lin syndrome.
One prescription: Treats infant pi disease (abdominal masses).
Shuihonghuazi (Fructus Sparganii, stir-fried, two qian), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Puxiao (Natrii Sulfas), Shanzhizi (Fructus Gardeniae), Ziduan shi (Calamina).
Mash the above with a piece of wine yeast, blend into a paste. Spread on green cotton cloth for application, iron externally with a hot water bottle, and bind tightly with a handkerchief. Check after three days; blackening of the skin indicates efficacy.
Another prescription: Treats infant pi disease.
After Start of Autumn, catch toads, remove head, feet, and abdominal viscera, coat with oil, place them belly-up on roof tiles, and roast over fire until cooked. Accumulate four or five pieces for use.
Another prescription: Treats infant wooden tongue, where the tongue is swollen and hard and cannot become soft. Also treats double tongue (chong she), where a small tongue grows under the main tongue. Both conditions are caused by heat diseases.
Baicaoshuang (Fuliginis Massula), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas), Huashi (Talcum).
Grind the above into powder, mix with wine, and apply externally.
Another prescription: Treats infants vomiting roundworms. Use Kuelian gen (Cortex Radicau Meliae) as the chief herb, assisted by Erchen Tang (Two Aged Decoction), decocted and taken orally.
Vomiting roundworms in winter is mostly caused by Stomach cold and deficiency. Use Qian Shi Baizhu San (Dr. Qian’s Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder) with two cloves (Dingxiang), taken orally.
Another prescription: Treats infant nocturnal crying.
Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis) (each one qian), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried, five fen), add twenty leaves of Zhuye (Bamboo Leaves) and one slice of Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma). Decoct in water and take orally.