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According to *Chao Shi Bing Yuan* (Source of Diseases by Chao Yuanfang) regarding the condition of pediatric boils (Jie): A swelling and nodule measuring one to two cun in length is called a boil. It resembles an abscess (Yong), characterized by heat and pain. If left untreated for a long time, it will suppurate and ulcerate. Healing occurs once the pus and blood are expressed completely. This condition arises from wind-heat pathogenic factors lodging in the skin, causing stagnation and accumulation of Qi and Blood. In cases of abscesses or boils, if the wound closes before the pus and blood are fully expressed through pressure, noxious fluids remain inside. Although it may appear healed superficially, it will eventually recur and transform into a fistula (Lou).

*Qian Jin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) provides a formula for treating malignant toxic swellings, seated boils, and various sores on a child's head.
Take the tip of feces from a male child, burn it to ash, and mix it with lard rendered from pigs slaughtered in the twelfth lunar month. First, cleanse the area with vinegar-rice washing water, dry it, and apply the mixture.

*Qian Jin Yi Fang* (Supplement to Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) provides a formula for treating boil swellings.
Raw Sichuan pepper (powdered), Leaven (powdered), and Soil from under the cooking pot (powdered).
Grind the above three ingredients evenly, mix with strong vinegar, apply to the affected area, and replace when dry.

*Sheng Hui Fang* (Prescriptions of the Holy Grace) provides the Dahuang San (Rhubarb Powder) for treating initial sores and boils in children caused by congestion of the five Zang organs; it should be taken warm.
Sichuan Rhubarb (crushed, slightly stir-fried), Sichuan Mastridium (Chuan Shengma), Scutellaria (Huang Qin) (each 0.5 liang); Gardenia seed (Zi Zi Ren), Licorice root (Gan Cao) (used raw, each 1 fen).
Pound the above herbs, sift coarsely to make a powder. Take 1 qian per dose, decoct in one small cup of water until reduced to half a cup, remove the dregs, let cool to warm temperature, and administer according to the child's age and size, reducing the dose as necessary. Stop when bowel movement is achieved.

*Sheng Hui Fang* provides Xijiao Wan (Rhino Horn Pill) for treating heat-toxin qi congestion attacking the skin, causing boils with redness, swelling, and pain, accompanied by occasional irritability, fever, and sleeplessness.
Rhino horn (shavings), Sichuan Mastridium (Chuan Shengma), Scutellaria (Huang Qin), Scrophularia (Yuan Shen), Astragalus (Huang Qi) (crushed), Ginseng (Ren Shen) (rhizome removed), "Zuona" (herb name preserved as per source text), Gleditsia sinensis pod (Zao Jia) (skin removed, coated with butter, roasted until yellow and scorched, seeds removed), Sichuan Rhubarb (Dahuang) (crushed, slightly stir-fried) (each 0.5 liang, except Rhubarb which is 1 liang).
Pound the above herbs, sift into powder, mix with refined honey, and pound 300–500 times. Form pills the size of sesame seeds. Administer 7 pills per dose with raw Licorice root decoction. Adjust dosage based on the child's age and size.

*Sheng Hui Fang* provides Dihuang Wan (Rehmannia Pill) for treating sores and boils in children due to deficiency-heat.
Raw dried Rehmannia root (Sheng Gan Di Huang), Sichuan Rhubarb (Dahuang) (crushed, slightly stir-fried) (each 1 liang); Cinnamon twig heart (Guixin), Impatiens glandulifera seed (Wang Bu Liu Xing), Red Poria (Chi Fu Ling), Red Peony root (Chi Shao Yao) (each 0.5 liang); Licorice root (Gan Cao) (1 fen, used raw).
Pound the above herbs, sift into powder, mix with refined honey, and form pills the size of mung beans. Administer 7 pills per dose with hot water. Adjust dosage based on the child's age and size.

*Sheng Hui Fang* provides Xiaoshi San (Niter Powder) for treating early-stage sores and boils where heat qi has just accumulated, causing pain and distress; application promotes internal resolution.
Niter (Xiaoshi), Rosewood incense (Zitan Xiang) (crushed), Belamcanda chinensis rhizome (Bai Lian), Sichuan Rhubarb (Dahuang) (each 0.5 liang); "Baiyao" (white medicine, specific local herb/mineral preserved as per source text), Sweet Descurainia seed (Tian Ting Li) (used raw), Artemisia anomala (Mangcao) (each 1 fen).
Pound the above herbs, sift finely to make a powder. Mix with sour rice water to a suitable consistency. Apply to the swollen area using a bamboo spatula, replacing when dry. Continue until heat subsides and swelling disappears.

*Sheng Hui Fang* provides a formula for treating heat in sores and boils.
Take Pinellia ternata powder (Banxia mo), mix with water, and apply. Reapply when dry.

*Sheng Hui Fang*, another prescription.
Burn vine stems of Vitis vinifera (Ge Man) to ash, grind finely, and apply as a paste.

*Sheng Hui Fang* provides a formula for treating boils without a head (non-suppurative).
Take leaves of Arctium lappa (Shuniu Ye/Niu Bang Ye), mash thoroughly, and apply.

*Sheng Hui Fang*, another prescription.
Grind sparrow feces finely, mix with water, and apply.

*Sheng Hui Fang*, another prescription.
Administer one seed of Abelmoschus manihot (Kui Zi) with water to induce the appearance of a head (suppuration point).

Zhang Huan's Ruxiang Gao (Frankincense Ointment) for applying to various sores, abscesses, and boils.
Frankincense (Ruxiang) (1 liang, ground), Calomel (Nifen), Pine resin (Songzhi), Litharge (Miduoseng) (each 0.5 liang, ground), Fresh Rehmannia root juice (Sheng Dihuang) (half he).
Mix well. Use 1 liang of good oil and 2 liang of yellow beeswax, refine until cooked, add the herbal powders, and simmer into an ointment. Add 1 qian of Musk (Shexiang), take out, and let stand in the shade overnight. For use, soften the ointment according to the size of the sore/boil, spread onto a plaster, and apply. Change once or twice daily.