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Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) each 3 fen; Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Suye (Perillae Folium) each 2 fen; Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) 1 fen; Chantui (Cicadae Periostracum) 3 pieces; Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus) 1 cun; Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) 1 slice. Decoct and take hot to induce sweating.

Zhiren (Gardeniae Semen), 7 seeds; Douchi (Sojae Preparata) 0.5 liang. Add one bowl of water, decoct until reduced to 0.7 parts, take warm. Whether vomiting occurs or not, efficacy is immediate.

Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Muli (Concha Ostreae), Beimu (Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus) each 18 zhu. Pound and sieve the above herbs, mix with one jin of rice flour, apply as powder to the infant's body; extremely effective.

Shetui (Ophichthidis Corium). One piece. Burn into powder, administer with milk; quite beneficial.

Fengfang (Vespa Nidus), Luangfa (Human Hair). Burn together into ash, mix with water and administer one qian, twice daily.

Cheqiancao (Plantaginis Herba) 1 sheng, Xiaomai (Tritici Semen) 1 sheng. The above two ingredients: add two sheng of water, boil until one sheng er he remains, remove dregs, cook into porridge and take, three to four times daily.

Quechao Hui (Ash of Magpie Nest). Administer with Jinghua Shui (well water drawn at dawn); self-healing ensues. Alternatively, administer with Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) decoction; also effective.

Qumai (Dianthi Herba), Shiwei (Pyrrosiae Folium), Longdan (Gentianae Radix), Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Fructus), Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus) each 0.5 liang; Jichangcao (Commelinae Herba), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) each 1 liang. Pound into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of small beans. Take five pills after meals, three times daily. Increase to six or seven pills if necessary.

Mubiezi (Momordicae Semen) one piece (roasted until cooked, shell removed), Xiaodingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) three grains. Grind together into powder, make pills with rice paste, insert into the infant's umbilicus, seal with plaster; self-healing ensues.

Wubeizi (Galla Chinensis). Pound into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of small beans. Take twenty pills per dose with rice drink.

Chuan Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Hu Huanglian (Picrorhizae Rhizoma) each 1 liang. The above two ingredients are ground into powder together. Take one Hu Gua (Trichosanthis Cucumeroides Fruit), remove pulp leaving the lid, place medicine inside, cover and bake in dough until cooked. Remove dough, pound into paste, reform into pills the size of mung beans. Take three qian per dose, mixed with warm water.

Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus) (remove heart and grind), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Digupi (Phellodendri Cortex), Longdancao (Gentianae Radix), Gouteng (Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Zhiren (Gardeniae Semen) (stir-fried until black), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) (wine-fried), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix) (remove heart), Mutong (Akebiae Caulis), Chiling (Poria Cocos with Red Skin) (remove skin), Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen), Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus) (stir-fried) each 4 fen; Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) each 2 fen; Huashi (Talcum) powder 8 fen, Dengxincao (Junci Medulla) appropriate amount. Decoct in water, take in divided doses. For early stage of Ji Jing Feng (Acute Infantile Convulsion), this formula is suitable. If phlegm-heat persists after administration, mild purgation should be induced.