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Treatment of Wind-Heat Invading the Stomach
Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, 2 qian) Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, peeled), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, each 1 qian), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix, 7 fen), Sheng Gancao (Raw Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Shu Gancao (Prepared Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, each 5 fen), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, a small amount).
Grind the above into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with one zhan of water until reduced to 5 fen, and take before meals.

In February, an infant under one hundred days old suffered from abdominal distension for two days, had only one bowel movement, was emaciated, and had a sallow complexion. The treatment should focus on raising Yang Qi, nourishing blood, tonifying blood, and promoting urination to relieve dampness.
Quanxie Shao (Scorpio tip, 2 fen), Shenqu (Medicated Leaven powder), Shengma ( Cimicifugae Rhizoma, each 3 fen), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, each 1 qian), Taoren (Persicae Semen, 10 kernels).
Combine as one dose. Decoct with one large zhan of water until reduced to half a zhan. Strain and take warm after meals, leaving some time between eating and taking medicine.

Treatment for infants weaned and fed solid food prematurely, whose intestines and stomach cannot digest it, leading to abdominal distension, emaciation of the four limbs, or dysentery with variable stool color.
Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium viride, each 2 fen), Juhong (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium rubrum), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, each 3 fen), Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus), Maimian (Wheat flour), Shenqu (Medicated Leaven powder, each 5 fen).
Grind into an extremely fine powder. Use wheat flour paste boiled in water to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take 20 pills per dose with warm water, before meals. Avoid overeating.

In early winter, a two-year-old child presented with signs of severe Cold: bluish discoloration at the Yintang acupoint area, dark blue-black on the forehead, elevated blue collaterals at the back of the head, white and slippery tongue coating, stridor and wheezing in the throat, slightly greenish stools, cold ear tips, frequent tearing and excessive eye discharge, chest oppression, frequent startles during sleep without convulsions, indicating a Cold pattern.
Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus), Quanxie Shao (Scorpio tip), Zhi Gancao (Prepared Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, each 1 fen), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix, each 2 fen), Danggui Shen (Angelicae Sinensis Radix radix portion), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, each 3 fen), Wuzhuyu (Evodiae Fructus), Sheng Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), Dilong (Pheretima, each 5 fen).
Cut into pieces and combine as one dose. Decoct with one and a half large zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen. Strain and take warm after milk/food intake. After taking the medicine, the child showed increased joy and laughter, improved spirit, smooth breathing, and robust appetite for milk and food.

Treatment for Huang Gan (Yellow Malnutrition): Earth element corresponds to Heat and Dampness; urine should be difficult but is now free-flowing. The yellow color indicates Dryness due to excessive Heat in the Stomach Meridian causing hair/skin loss. The Bladder and Kidney are affected by Earth pathogen. This is a syndrome of severe Damp-Heat. Cracks and sores below the nose indicate reversal of Earth Qi and latent Fire in Ying Qi. Ability to eat indicates Heat in the Stomach. Aversion to cold and inability to eat indicates deficiency. Preference for eating earth indicates Stomach deficiency. Black facial color indicates Cold and Bi syndrome. Green stools indicate Cold; brown indicates Blood stasis; black indicates Heat with blood accumulation; yellow center indicates Heat in the Intestines. The treatment method should nourish Ying blood, moisten dryness, eliminate Cold and Heat, and generate fluids.
Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, each 1 fen), Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), Zhi Gancao (Prepared Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, unrooted and unstemmed), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, each 2 fen), Shanzhizi Ren (Gardeniae Semen, Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Fuling (Poria, each 3 fen), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 4 fen), Da Wuyi (Meliosem Semen Album), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, each 5 fen).
Chop into sizes similar to hemp beans. Combine as one dose. Decoct with one and a half large zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen. Strain and take slightly warm before meals.