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Treats pediatric lung congestion with phlegm-solidification, characterized by coughing and rapid panting, chest and diaphragm stuffiness and fullness, palpitations with irritability and depression, difficulty in expectorating saliva and phlegm, and audible wheezing sounds (ya-xia).
Wulingzhi (Five-spotted Fly Dung) (lightly stir-fried, ground with wine, levigated, sand and soil removed), 1 liang; Zhusha (Cinnabar) (ground and levigated), 1 liang.
Tinglizi (Descurainiae Semen / Lepidii Semen) (washed clean with water, sun-dried, separately pounded and dried), 1 liang.
The above ingredients are powdered, mixed evenly with the levigated drugs, and bound with a paste made from rice flour boiled in fresh ginger juice to form pills the size of small sesame seeds. Take 5 to 7 pills per dose, administered after meals with light ginger soup.

Treats stomach deficiency with rebellious qi, leading to irregular vomiting, mental fatigue and exhaustion, and restlessness due to cholera-like symptoms.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), 0.5 liang; Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos), 1 fen; Huoxiangye (Agastachis Folium), 1 fen.
The above ingredients are pounded together and sifted into a powder. Take 1 qian per dose with half a zhan of water, boil for five to seven boils, add a small amount of milk, filter out the dregs, and take slightly warm at any time.

Treats pediatric gan syndrome (malnutrition) causing emaciation, weakness of the internal organs, loose stools with incontinence, reduced appetite for milk and food, excessive thirst, and abdominal distension and fullness.
Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos), 0.5 liang; Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), 0.5 liang; Roudoukou (Myristicae Semen) (shell removed), 0.5 liang.
The above three herbs are wrapped in dough and roasted slowly in ash until the dough is cooked through. Remove and let cool.
Hezi (Terminalia Chebulae Fructus) (roasted, pitted), 0.5 liang; Shijunzirén (Quisqualis Indicae Semen), 0.5 liang; Lvhui (Aloe), 1 liang (finely ground and added to the prescription).
The above ingredients are pounded together and sifted into a fine powder. Bind with jujube pulp to form pills the size of sesame seeds. Take 5 to 7 pills per dose with warm rice drink, administered before milk or food intake.

Treats various wind pathogens in children causing fright epilepsy, tidal spasms and convulsions, deviation of the mouth and eyes, stiffness and rigidity of the neck and back, mental confusion and lethargy, and difficulty in expectorating phlegm. All these conditions can be treated.
Tiannanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma praeparatum), Wushe (Zaocys), Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma) (rhizome tip removed, soaked in wine overnight), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (processed, skin and umbilicus removed), Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus) (silken threads, head and feet removed).
The above ingredients are finely powdered. Soak in one sheng of water for three days. Mix with one dou of Han Shi Mian (cold-food dough) evenly, tread to make qu (fermented starter). This must be done on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. Cover with Broussonetia papyrifera leaves for seven days, then remove. Place each piece in a paper bag and hang in a ventilated place. It is ready after fourteen days. Take one liang of this qu powder and add the following:
Hupo (Electrum), 1 qian; Chensha (Cinnabar) (ground and levigated), 6 qian; Xionghuang (Realgar) (ground and levigated), 3 qian; Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (stir-fried, powdered), 0.5 qian.
Mix and grind evenly. Bind with refined honey to form pills the size of a cock's comb. Take one pill per dose, dissolved in warm water, at any time.