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According to *Chishu Bingyuan* (Catalogue of the Causes and Manifestations of Various Diseases) regarding the condition of warts in children: Warts are growths attached to the skin and flesh, indistinguishable in color from the surrounding skin, resembling the size of wheat grains or beans. They are called "Youzi" (Wart seeds), which is synonymous with "Yumu" (Warts). Sometimes three or more grow clustered together. If cut open, the interior resembles tough sinew, with slight bleeding, yet they tend to regrow. This condition mostly arises from wind-pathogens lodging in the skin, causing alterations in blood and qi dynamics. Therefore, some cases can be cured by herbal medicine, while others by magical arts; they commonly appear on the hands and feet.

*Longmu Lun* (Treatise of Dragon Wood) treats exogenous obstructions caused by proliferative growths in the eyelids of children. When this eye condition first manifests, it is due to toxic heat stagnating in the Spleen and Stomach rushing upward into the eyelids, causing fleshy growths. Initially small like hemp seeds, over three to five years they gradually enlarge, rubbing against the pupil, causing redness, dryness, and tearing. It is essential to use hooking and cutting methods to remove stagnant blood, followed by moxibustion or cautery for optimal results. Administer *Souwei San* (Stomach-Searching Powder) and *Bugan Wan* (Liver-Nourishing Pills), and apply *Zengqing Gao* (Azurite Ointment) to achieve recovery. (Formulas are found in this section.)

*Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) formula for treating pediatric warts:
Use a needle and a small knife to puncture the four sides of the wart, allowing slight bleeding. Take the yellow pus from an open sore of a person suffering from a similar ulcer and apply it to the affected area. Keep it away from water. After three days, the pus will drain, the root will loosen, and it will fall off naturally.

*Longmu Lun* Formula for *Souwei San* (Stomach-Searching Powder):
Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Yuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) (each 2 liang).
Grind all ingredients into powder. Mix one qian of the powder with one cup of water, decoct until reduced to half a cup. Strain and take after meals.

*Longmu Lun* Formula for *Bugan Wan* (Liver-Nourishing Pills):
Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Bencao (Ligustici Wallichii Rhizoma), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) (each 1 liang); Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (each 1.5 liang); Chongweizi (Leonuri Fructus) (2 liang).
Grind into powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take ten pills on an empty stomach with tea.

*Longmu Lun* Formula for *Zengqing Gao* (Azurite Ointment):
Zengqing (Azurite) (1 liang); Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum), Rutu Xiang (Olibanum), Zhusha (Cinnabaris), Hupo (Electrum), Zhenzhu (Margarita) (each 0.5 liang).
Grind into powder. Decoct in three cups of water in a silver vessel until reduced to one cup. Add half a liang of honey and simmer into an ointment. Apply before sleep.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* (Imperial Grace Formulary of the Taiping Era) formula for treating pediatric warts:
Sangchai Hui (Ash of Mulberry Branches) (4 sheng, leached with hot water, juice collected and decocted in a clay pot until viscous like malt syrup); Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (2 pieces, peeled and de-navelled, used raw); Liu Huang (Sulfur) (1 fen, ground); Nuomi (Oryza Sativa Glutinosa) (50 grains).
Pound the ingredients, sieve into powder, and mix evenly into the decocted ash juice. Apply a small amount to the eye lesion; the wart will fall off naturally. Also treats black nevi.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* Another Formula:
Sangpi Hui (Ash of Mulberry Bark) (3 sheng), Ai Hui (Ash of Mugwort) (3 sheng).
Leach these ingredients with five sheng of water, repeat leaching three times. Soak a five-colored silk cloth in the juice and boil until dissolved. Apply a small amount to the wart; it will rot and fall off.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* Another Formula:
Bury 30 glutinous rice grains in wet Duan Shi (Calcined Alumen) until they rot. Puncture the wart with a needle and apply the mixture; it will fall off overnight.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* Another Formula:
Finely grind Liu Huang (Sulfur), mix with vinegar, and apply to the wart six or seven times.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* Another Formula:
Pound Song Zhi (Pini Resina) and Bai Zhi (Platycladi Cacumen Resina) into powder, mix with Duan Shi juice, and apply a small amount to the wart; it will fall off naturally.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* Another Formula:
On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, rub the wart three times with one he of soybeans. The patient should then plant the bean at the second beam on the east side of the south room. When the bean sprouts four leaves, pour hot water over it, and the condition will heal.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* Another Formula:
Soak Duan Shi (Calcined Alumen) in vinegar for six to seven days, extract the juice, and apply to the wart. A small sore will form, and the wart will fall off.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* Another Formula:
Wrap the wart with spider silk; it will fall off.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* Another Formula:
Burn Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semens Amarum) until black, grind into paste, and apply.

*Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang* Another Formula:
Frequently apply Niu Xian (Bovine Saliva) to the wart; it will fall off naturally.