治小儿夜啼者,脏寒而腹痛也。面青手冷,不吮乳者是也。
当归 白芍药 人参(各一分) 甘草(炙半分) 桔梗 陈皮(不去白各一分)
上为细末,水煎半钱,时时少与服。又有热痛,亦啼叫不止,夜发,面赤唇焦,小便黄
赤,与三黄丸,人参汤下。
治小儿心气实,则气上下行涩,合卧则气不得通,故喜仰卧,则气上下通。
黄连(一两去须)
上为末,每服五分,临卧取温水化下。
治目淡红,心虚热。
生犀(二钱锉末) 地骨皮(自采佳) 赤芍药 柴胡根 干葛(锉各一两) 甘草(炙五钱)
上为粗末,每服一、二钱,水一盏,煎至七分,温服,食后。
(又名玉饼子)
治壮热。
滑石末(一钱) 轻粉(五钱) 半夏末(一钱) 南星末(一钱) 巴豆(二十四个,去皮膜
,用水一升,煮干研细)
上三味,捣罗为末,入巴豆粉,次入轻粉,又研匀,却入余者药末,如法令匀,糯米粉
如绿豆大,量小儿虚实用药。三岁以下,每服三丸至五丸,空心,紫苏汤下。忌热物,若三
五岁儿,壮实者不以此为,加至二十丸,以利为度。
学海案∶“聚珍本”巴豆二十四粒,余并二钱。
治小儿急惊风。
青黛 轻粉(各一钱) 牵牛末(五钱) 天竺黄(二钱)
上为末,白面糊丸,如小豆大,二十丸,薄荷汤下。一法炼蜜丸,如芡实大一粒,化下
To treat night crying in infants, which is caused by coldness of the viscera leading to abdominal pain. The manifestations include a cyanotic complexion, cold hands and feet, and refusal to suckle milk.
Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Bai Shao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng) (each 1 fen), Zhi Gan Cao (Honey-fried Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis) (0.5 fen), Jie Geng (Radix Platycodonis), Chen Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, without removing the white pith) (each 1 fen).
Pulverize the above ingredients into a fine powder. Decoct half a qian of the powder in water, and administer small amounts frequently.
For cases of crying due to heat-pain, where the infant cries incessantly, with onset at night, flushed face, parched lips, and yellow-red urine, administer San Huang Wan (Three-Yellow Pill) taken down with Ren Shen Tang (Ginseng Decoction).
To treat excess condition of Heart Qi in infants, where the Qi moves up and down with obstruction; when lying supine, the Qi cannot flow freely, hence the preference for supine position allows the Qi to circulate smoothly.
Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis) (1 liang, remove the rootlets).
Pulverize the above ingredient. Take 5 fen each time, dissolve in warm water before bedtime.
To treat pale red eyes, indicating deficient heat of the Heart.
Sheng Xi Jiao (Cornu Rhinocerotis, fresh) (2 qian, pulverized), Di Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii), Chi Shao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Chai Hu Gen (Radix Bupleuri), Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae Lobatae) (all crushed, 1 liang each), Zhi Gan Cao (Honey-fried Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis) (5 qian).
Prepare as a coarse powder. Take 1-2 qian each time, decoct in one sheng of water until reduced to 0.7 sheng, take warm after meals.
(Also known as Yu Bing Zi)
To treat high fever.
Hua Shi (Talcum) (1 qian), Qing Fen (Calomelas) (5 qian), Ban Xia Mo (Pulverized Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae) (1 qian), Nan Xing Mo (Pulverized Rhizoma Arisaematis Cum Bile) (1 qian), Ba Dou (Semen Crotonis) (24 seeds, remove skin and membrane, boil in one sheng of water until dry, then grind finely).
Grind the first three ingredients into powder, mix in the Ba Dou powder, then add Qing Fen, and grind uniformly. Add the remaining herb powders and mix thoroughly according to the method. Form pills using glutinous rice flour, sized like mung beans. Dosage depends on the infant's deficiency or excess. For children under three years old, administer 3-5 pills per dose, on an empty stomach, taken down with Zi Su Tang (Perilla Leaf Decoction). Avoid hot foods. For children aged three to five who are robust, there is no such limit; increase to 20 pills, stopping when purgation occurs.
Xue Hai Case: The "Juzhen Ben" edition records Ba Dou as 24 grains, and the rest as 2 qian each.
To treat acute convulsive wind (Ji Jing Feng) in infants.
Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis), Qing Fen (Calomelas) (each 1 qian), Qian Niu Mo (Pulverized Semen Pharbitidis) (5 qian), Tian Zhu Huang (Calculus Budhalae) (2 qian).
Pulverize the above ingredients. Bind with wheat flour paste into pills the size of small beans. Administer 20 pills per dose, taken down with Bo He Tang (Mint Decoction). Another method: bind with refined honey into pills the size of a Chinese tallow nut seed, dissolve and take.