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Treats pediatric "five types of malnutrition" (Wu Gan) and "eight types of dysentery" (Ba Li), resulting from irregular intake of milk and food, and improper regulation of cold and warmth. Symptoms include erect hair and scorched body hair, withered and emaciated skin, thin legs and a large, sunken abdomen; gradual wasting and emaciation; intermittent fever and chills; night sweats and coughing; lumps appearing behind the head; masses forming within the abdomen; turbid urine resembling rice wash water; purulent dysentery with blue sediment; craving for eating soil, sweets, and sour foods; vomiting undigested food; frequent irritability and thirst; mental confusion and dizziness; red nose and dry lips. If small gu parasites have emerged, or if roundworms bite the heart and eyes, this condition is named "Ding Xi". This prescription offers miraculous efficacy in treatment.

Bai Wuyi (Fructus Trogopterori, peeled), Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis, stamens removed), E (Concha Meretrix, soaked in wine, bones removed, dried), Huhuanglian (Radix Scutellariae Barbatae), Qingdai (Folium Isatidis). [Dosages: Bai Wuyi, Huanglian, E, Huhuanglian each 1.5 liang; Qingdai 0.5 liang].
Grind all ingredients into a fine powder. Use pig bile and wheat flour paste to form pills the size of millet seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, swallowed with rice water, after meals and before bedtime, three times daily.

Treats pediatric cold injury causing spleen and stomach disharmony, abdominal distension and qi stagnation, and loss of appetite.
Gaoliangjiang (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum), Caodoukou (Semen Cardamomi Rotundae, peeled), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, white pith removed), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, slightly stir-fried), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi, outer bark removed). [Dosages: Each 1 fen]; Renshen (Radix Ginseng). [Dosage missing in text, implied standard dosage].
Pound and sieve all ingredients into a powder. For a three-year-old child, take 1 qian per dose. Add one zhan (approx. 200ml) of water, decoct until reduced to 0.5 zhan. Strain and take warm, at any time. Adjust dosage according to the child's age and size.

Treats pediatric feeding issues caused by excessive consumption of cold drinks, injuring the spleen and stomach with cold, leading to abdominal and hypochondriac fullness, and frequent vomiting of phlegm-saliva.
Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, white pith removed), Jiangjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, dried/baked), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae). [Dosages: Each 1 fen]; Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, washed seven times in hot water, 0.5 liang).
Pound and sieve all ingredients into a powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of hemp seeds. For every three years of age, take 10 pills, swallowed with warm water, at any time, twice daily. Adjust dosage according to the child's age and size.

Treats spleen and stomach qi disharmony, characterized by false abdominal and hypochondriac distension, refusal of milk or food, fatigue and weakness, high fever with aversion to cold. All these symptoms are treated by this formula.
Helilepi (Pericarpium Terminaliae, processed/pao), Renshen (Radix Ginseng). [Dosages: Each 3 fen]; Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried, 1 fen), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Fuling (Sclerotium Poriae, peel removed), Huoxiang (Herba Agastaches). [Dosages missing for latter herbs in text snippet].
Pound and sieve all ingredients into a powder. For a three-year-old child, take 1 qian per dose. Add one zhan of water, one large slice of fresh ginger, and one Chinese date (Huazao). Decoct together until reduced to 0.5 zhan. Strain and take warm, at any time. Adjust dosage according to the child's age and size.