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Use five *Jinghua* (flower of the oil lamp wick), grind into powder, apply to the nipple, and let the infant suckle.
Treats infant oral lockjaw and umbilical wind (*Cuo Kou Qi Feng*, a manifestation of neonatal tetanus characterized by tight lips and opisthotonos):
*Zisu* (Perilla Leaf), *Qianhu* (Peucedani Radix), and stir-fried *Jiangcan* (Bombyx Batryticatus) each 5 qian.
Decoct in water, strain, wait until warm, dip cotton in the medicine, and drip frequently into the infant's mouth until the mouth opens. Once open, do not allow suckling.
This condition is caused by excessive suckling, not merely umbilical wind; thus, infants within the first month who suckle excessively often fail to thrive.
Another prescription:
Take 3 fen of the parents' fingernails, roast to ash, mix with milk, and administer orally for recovery. Applying good distilled liquor to the navel by sucking is also effective.

Treats infant accumulation of heat-toxin, causing sores on the head and face, bleeding gums, and swollen and painful throat.
*Xijiao* (Rhinoceros Horn - *Note: Substitute with Buffalo Horn in modern practice*), 5 qian; *Jiegeng* (Platycodon Root), 1 liang; *Chi Fuling* (Poria with Red Mycelium), 5 qian; stir-fried *Niubangzi* (Arctii Fructus), 5 qian; *Sheng Didi* (Rehmanniae Radix Recens), 5 qian; *Sheng Gancao* (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Recens), 3 qian; *Puxiao* (Natrii Sulfas), 3 qian; *Lianqiao* (Forsythiae Fructus), 6 qian; *Xuanshen* (Scrophulariae Radix), 6 qian; *Qingdai* (Indigo Naturalis), 2 qian.
Process with refined honey to make pills, size of a longan seed. Take one pill per dose, washed down with mint decoction.

*Huangshan* (Sulfur), 1 qian; *Huashi* (Talcum), 1 qian.
Grind together into fine powder, take with rice gruel.

Infants presenting symptoms resembling scabies or tinea at birth, starting on hands and feet, then spreading to abdomen and back, lingering without cessation. First wash with *Digou Tang* (Dirt-Washing Decoction), then apply *Huansheng San* (Shape-Changing Powder).
Use an arbitrary amount of *Jiangcan* (Bombyx Batryticatus), remove the mouthparts, grind into powder, decoct in water for bathing. Bathe once daily or every two days to draw out toxins, then apply medication.
*Qingdai* (Indigo Naturalis), *Huangbai* (Phellodendri Cortex), *Kufan* (Alumen Exsiccatum), *Xionghuang* (Realgar), *Baiyaojian* (Myrobalan Fermented Pill), and *Huangshan* (Sulfur) in equal parts.
Grind into powder. If the lesion is moist, apply dry powder; if dry, mix with sesame oil for application, continue until healed.
Another prescription:
Apply mashed *Ruyi Cao* (Acalypha Austalis) topically for cure.

First puncture the carbuncle to drain dark purple blood, then apply *Pugongying Gao* (Dandelion Ointment).
*Sheng Huangqi* (Astragali Radix), *Fangfeng* (Saposhnikoviae Radix), *Jingjie* (Schizonepetae Spica), *Kushen* (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix), *Chantui* (Cicadae Periostracum), *Bajili* (Tribuli Fructus), processed *He Shouwu* (Polygoni Multiflori Preparata Radix), *Jiangcan* (Bombyx Batryticatus), *Danggui* (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), *Sheng Didi* (Rehmanniae Radix Recens), *Chi Shaoyao* (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), *Chuanxiong* (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) in equal parts.
Decoct in water and take orally.

*Sheng Gancao* (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Recens), 3 qian; *Gansui* (Euphorbiae Kansui Radix), 3 qian; *Sha* (Sal Ammoniac), 1 qian; four large turtle eggs; *Xiancai* (Amaranthus Tricolor), 3 qian; turtle meat, 1 liang; seven stalks of green onion white.
Add a little honey, pound into a paste, apply to the affected area using a piece of dog skin. It will resolve after two applications.