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The *Chan Jing* states: To treat a child who has accidentally swallowed an object and to expel it:
Burn several feathers of an eagle, grind them into powder, and administer orally. Feathers from domestic geese kept at home can also be used.

The *Chan Jing* states: A prescription for treating a child who has accidentally swallowed bamboo or wood:
Take cloth, a knife, and an old saw; heat them until red in wine. Burn two fingernails from the thumb of an adult woman into powder, add them to the wine, and drink it; this is effective.

The *Hou Shui Jing Tu* states: Treating sores and ulcers in children differs from that in adults.
Prescription for treating Da Dan Du (Severe Carbuncle/Boil):
Buckwheat flour, Huang Yan (Yellow Salt) (a small amount each), Mercury, Cow's milk (a small amount each).
Grind all ingredients together until extremely fine, apply topically, and the condition will heal.

Prescription for treating Chi Ban Chuang (Red Spotted Sore):
Tu Long Zi (Earth Dragon Larva) (one piece), Chi Xiao Dou (Adzuki Bean) (a small amount), Ya Xie (Tooth Debris) (6 fen), Xun Lu Xiang (Frankincense) (a small amount; if unavailable, Yu Jin [Curcuma Longa] may substitute).
Grind all ingredients finely, mix with fresh well water, and administer orally; immediate recovery is expected.

Prescription for treating Wan Dou Chuang (Pea Pox/Smallpox-like eruption):
Gan Xi (Dry Resin of Toxicodendron) (stir-fried until smoke ceases), Ren Zhong Bai (Calculus Humanis), Wa Song Hui (Ash of Selaginella Tamariscina) (a small amount each), Ma Ya Xiao (Mirabilite) (1 fen).
Grind all ingredients into fine powder. On an empty stomach, mix 1 qian with cold Jiang Shui (fermented rice liquid) and take orally. The goal is to induce vomiting. After vomiting, administer another 1 qian. Induce diarrhea three to five times, and the sores will heal spontaneously.

Jin Sui San (Golden Marrow Powder) for treating pediatric Ji Gan Li (Acute Malnutrition Dysentery) with unceasing diarrhea, presenting as pus, blood, green discharge, yellow discharge resembling ears of grain, hair loss, dry nose, biting fingers, pica (eating charcoal or wall soil):
Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma) 1 liang (from Xuanzhou, ground into powder, mixed with the white of one egg to form cakes, roasted and dried), Shi Zhong Huang (Ochre found in stone cavities) (1 fen), Yu Yu Liang (Halloysitum), She Xiang (Musk), Zhu Sha (Cinnabar) (a small amount each), Wu Tou (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) [2 pieces, raw, remove umbilical scar and tip], Rou Dou Kou (Myristicae Semen) (1 piece), He Zi (Terminalia Chebulae Fructus) [2 pieces, remove pits], Jin Ya Shi (Chalybs).
Grind all ingredients into powder. On an empty stomach, administer with rice water. For a one-year-old infant, give 1 zi; for a five-year-old, give 1 qian. Avoid hot-natured foods.

For treating pediatric Zi Gan (Purple Malnutrition), characterized by dark/blackish facial complexion, blue or purple spots on the body, sores inside the nasal cavity, sunken fontanelle, and edema of the dorsum of hands and feet. If there is no rectal prolapse and the fontanelle is not sunken, it indicates a specific prognosis. It is advisable to take Zhu Tian Huang Wan (Bamboo Yellow Pill):
Tian Zhu Huang (Bambusa Textilis Calamus) (small 1 fen), Zhu Sha (Cinnabar) (small 1 fen), Ba Dou (Crotonis Fructus) (1 seed, remove skin and heart), Mo Fu (Wheat Bran) (stir-fried and pressed to remove oil), She Xiang (Musk), Wu Tou (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (1 piece, raw, remove umbilical scar and tip).
Grind these five ingredients finely into powder. Use Chan Su (Toad Venom) as a binder to form pills the size of yellow millet seeds. Administer one pill to a one-year-old infant on an empty stomach with warm rice water, similar to feeding milk. Avoid hot noodles, toxic fish, and all hot-natured foods; cold foods are permitted.