（继病附）
《巢氏病源》小儿被 候∶小儿所以有 病者，妇人怀妊，有恶神导其腹中胎， 嫉而制伏他，小儿令病也。
妊娠妇人，不必悉能致 ，人时有此耳。 之为疾，喜微微下，寒热有去来，毫毛、鬓发、 不悦是其证也。
《千金》论曰∶ 者，小鬼也（音奇。）宜服龙胆汤（方见痫门中。）凡妇人先有小儿，未能行
而母更有娠，使儿饮此乳亦
作也。令儿黄瘦骨立，发落壮热是其证也。今继病是此证。
《婴童宝鉴》∶小儿微痢腹胀，寒热去来，毛发 曰 疾（ 音奇）是小儿鬼也。盖母腹有妊娠，即腹中子之灵
识之嫉 也，非母之 乎。缘百灵娠妇身外，其婴儿眼净即畏之，致此患也。
《千金》治 方。
炙伏翼，热嚼哺之。
《千金》治少小客 挟实。白藓皮汤方
白藓皮 大黄 甘草（炙。各一两） 芍药 茯苓 细辛 桂心（各十八铢）
上七味 咀，以水二升，煮取九合，分三服。
《千金翼》∶白马眼主小儿 ，母带之。
《圣惠》治小儿中 ，面色白赤而复变青者。如醉色，故复发作面赤。若青黑色绕口，不治。觉病候晚者，死。
觉之早者，所中邪气未入脏腑。又微引乳者，可服此甘草散方（与中客忤门中方同，而分两不同，又此不用竹沥煎。）
甘草（炙微赤，锉） 龙骨 赤茯苓 牡蛎（烧为粉） 生干地黄 黄芩 桂心（各一分） 当归（半两锉，微炒）
上件药捣，精罗为散。每服一钱，以水一小盏，入淡竹叶七片，煎至五分，去滓，入白蜜一钱，更煎一、
两沸，量儿大小以意分减。温服，日三、四服。
《圣惠》治小儿中 挟实。宜服大黄丸方
川大黄（锉碎，微炒） 白藓皮 甘草（炙微赤，锉。各半两） 犀角屑 黄芩 赤茯苓 赤芍药（以上各一分）
上件药捣，粗罗为散。每服一钱，以水一小盏，煎至五分，去滓，量儿大小加减服，日三、四服。
《圣惠》治小儿生十余月后，母又有娠，令儿精神不爽，身骨萎瘁，名为 病。宜服伏翼散方
上取伏翼烧为灰，细研，以粥饮调下半钱，日四、五服效。若炙令香熟嚼之，哺儿亦效。（《千金》以此方治 ，亦
治继病，大抵二病不相远。）
《圣惠》又方
冬瓜（切） 竹（锉）
上件各四两，以水三升煎作汤，放温，以洗浴儿效。（《千金》亦以治 。）
《圣惠》又方
龙胆（半两，去芦头）
上以水一中盏煎至六分，去滓，量儿大小，渐渐分减服之。
张涣虎骨丹方 治被 病。
虎头骨（微炙） 鬼臼（去毛） 草龙胆 鬼箭（以上各一分） 琥珀 白胶香（以上各半两）
上件捣，罗为细末，炼蜜和如黍米大。每服十粒，乳香汤下，量儿大小加减。
继病。《本草》伯劳毛，主小儿继病。继病者，母有娠乳儿，儿有病如疟、痢，他日亦相继腹大，或瘥或
发。他人相近，亦能相继。北人未识此病，怀妊者取毛带之。
(Applied to the condition of "Ji Bing")
*Chao Shi Bing Yuan* (Source of Diseases by Chao) on the syndrome of infants suffering from "Bei" (Ghostly Affliction): The reason infants suffer from this disease is that when a woman is pregnant, evil spirits guide the fetal qi in her womb, becoming jealous and suppressing other children, causing illness in them.
Pregnant women do not necessarily all cause this disease; it occurs only occasionally. This disease called "Bei" tends to present with slight diarrhea, alternating chills and fever, and dry, brittle hair and sideburns as its symptoms.
*Qian Jin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) states: "Bei" refers to little ghosts (pronounced 'qi'). It is appropriate to take Long Dan Tang (Gentian Decoction) (formula see section on Epilepsy). Whenever a woman previously had an infant who could not yet walk, and then becomes pregnant again, allowing the child to drink her milk will also induce this disease. It causes the child to become sallow and emaciated with prominent bones, hair loss, and high fever as symptoms. The current "Ji Bing" (Successive Disease) corresponds to these symptoms.
*Ying Tong Bao Jian* (Precious Mirror for Infants and Children): Infants with mild dysentery, abdominal distension, alternating chills and fever, and withered hair are said to have "Bei" disease (pronounced 'qi'), which is caused by infant ghostly afflictions. This is likely because the fetus in the mother's womb recognizes the older sibling through spiritual awareness and feels jealousy, rather than the mother intentionally harming the child. Because various spirits exist outside the pregnant woman's body, and infants have pure vision, they fear these spirits, leading to this affliction.
*Qian Jin Fang* treatment formula for "Bei".
Roast *Vespertilio superans* (Bat), heat it, chew it thoroughly, and feed it to the child.
*Qian Jin Fang* Bai Xian Pi Tang (White Bark Decoction) for treating young children with Ke Wu (Guest Hostility) complicated by excess.
*Bai Xian Pi* (Dictamni Cortex), *Da Huang* (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), *Gan Cao* (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - roasted, each 1 liang), *Shao Yao* (Paeoniae Radix), *Fu Ling* (Poria), *Xi Xin* (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), *Gui Xin* (Cinnamomi Ramulus - each 18 zhu).
The above seven ingredients are crushed, boiled in 2 sheng of water until reduced to 9 he, and divided into three doses.
*Qian Jin Yi* (Supplement to Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold): Horse eye (eyeball) treats infant "Bei"; the mother should carry it.
*Sheng Hui Fang* (Holy惠民 Formulas) treats infants struck by evil spirits where the complexion turns white and red, then changes to green. Like the color of drunkenness, so upon recurrence, the face becomes red. If blackish-green surrounds the mouth, it is incurable. If the disease signs are noticed late, death ensues.
If noticed early, the evil qi has not yet entered the zang-fu organs. If the child sucks milk slightly, one may administer this Gan Cao San (Licorice Powder) formula (same as the formula in the Guest Hostility section but with different dosages, and without bamboo sap decoction).
*Gan Cao* (Licorice Root - roasted until slightly reddish, cut), *Long Gu* (Fossilized Bones), *Chi Fu Ling* (Red Poria), *Mu Li* (Oyster Shell - calcined to powder), *Sheng Di Huang* (Rehmanniae Radix), *Huang Qin* (Scutellariae Radix), *Gui Xin* (Cinnamon Twig Heart - each 1 fen), *Dang Gui* (Angelicae Sinensis Radix - half liang, cut, lightly fried).
The above medicines are pounded, finely sifted into a powder. Take 1 qian per dose, with a small cup of water, add 7 slices of light bamboo leaves, decoct until reduced to 0.5 cup, strain, add 1 qian of white honey, boil once or twice more, and reduce according to the child's size. Take warm, 3-4 times daily.
*Sheng Hui Fang* treats infants struck by evil spirits complicated by excess. It is suitable to take Da Huang Wan (Rhubarb Pill).
*Chuan Da Huang* (Sichuan Rhubarb - cut, lightly fried), *Bai Xian Pi* (Dictamni Cortex), *Gan Cao* (Licorice Root - roasted until slightly reddish, cut, each half liang), *Xi Jiao* (Rhinoceros Horn - shaved), *Huang Qin* (Scutellariae Radix), *Chi Fu Ling* (Red Poria), *Chi Shao Yao* (Red Peony Root - each 1 fen).
The above medicines are pounded, coarsely sifted into a powder. Take 1 qian per dose, with a small cup of water, decoct until reduced to 0.5 cup, strain, and adjust dosage according to the child's size, 3-4 times daily.
*Sheng Hui Fang* treats infants over ten months old whose mothers become pregnant again, causing the child to feel mentally dull and physically emaciated, named "Bei" disease. It is suitable to take Fu Yi San (Bat Powder).
Take *Fu Yi* (Bat), burn to ash, grind finely, mix with rice water to take half a qian, 4-5 times daily for effect. If roasted until fragrant and chewed, feeding it to the child is also effective. (*Qian Jin Fang* uses this formula to treat "Bei", and also treats "Ji Bing"; generally, these two diseases are similar.)
*Sheng Hui Fang* another formula.
*Dong Gua* (Winter Melon - sliced), *Zhu* (Bamboo - cut).
Each four liang, decoct in three sheng of water to make soup, let cool to warm temperature, use to bathe the child for effect. (*Qian Jin Fang* also uses this to treat "Bei".)
*Sheng Hui Fang* another formula.
*Long Dan* (Gentian Root - half liang, remove root head).
Decoct in one medium cup of water until reduced to 0.6 cup, strain, and gradually reduce dosage according to the child's size.
Zhang Huan's Hu Gu Dan (Tiger Bone Pill) formula treats "Bei" disease.
*Tiger Head Bone* (lightly roasted), *Gui Jiu* (Podophylli Fructus - remove hairs), *Cao Long Dan* (Herbal Gentian), *Gui Jian* (Cornus Branch - each 1 fen), *Hu Po* (Amber), *Bai Jiao Xiang* (White Copal Resin - each half liang).
The above ingredients are pounded, sifted into fine powder, mixed with refined honey into pills the size of millet seeds. Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with Frankincense Water, adjusting according to the child's size.
Ji Bing (Successive Disease). *Ben Cao* (Materia Medica) states that *Bolao Mao* (Tailorbird Hair) treats infant Ji Bing. Ji Bing refers to when a mother is pregnant while breastfeeding, the child falls ill like malaria or dysentery, and later others may sequentially develop abdominal swelling, recovering or relapsing. Proximity to others can also lead to sequential infection. People in the North do not recognize this disease; pregnant women take the hair and wear it.