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Salt Soup Induced Vomiting Method: This method is detailed in the Huoluan (Vomiting and Diarrhea) section of Volume II.

Huoxiang Zhengqi San (Agastache Powder to Rectify the Qi): Used to treat conditions such as internal injury to the Spleen and Stomach, external contraction of Wind-Cold, vomiting, diarrhea, and Huoluan (Vomiting and Diarrhea).
Ingredients: Huoxiang Geng (Aromatic Mint Stem), Jiā Sū Yè (Perilla Leaf), Dafupi (Bitter Orange Peel), Zhēn Guǎng Pí (Tangerine Peel), Yá Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Báiyún Líng (Poria), Fǎ Bànxià (Prepared Pinellia Tuber), Liùshénqǔ (Medicated Leaven), Xiang Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root) (each 1 qian); Chuān Nóngpò (Magnolia Bark), Zhì Gāncǎo (Honey-fried Licorice Root) (each 0.5 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Combine as one dose, add three slices of Shēngjiāng (Fresh Ginger) and three dates (Dàzǎo), decoct with water, and take warm.

Pediatric Ke Wu (Sudden Shock from External Factors): This condition arises because a child's innate True Yuan (Primal Qi) is insufficient and their Shen Qi (Spiritual Qi) is not yet full, allowing external pathogens and "guest qi" to take advantage of this deficiency. The Classics state: "Where pathogenic factors gather, the healthy qi must be deficient." If one does not treat the deficiency, how can one address other symptoms? "Wu" refers to the qi of incoming people or animals clashing with the child's healthy qi. This may occur due to strangers arriving from afar, or livestock appearing suddenly; it may also happen when holding a child while playing on horses or oxen, or when parents return home riding horses without first fumigating their clothes to remove odors. The impure qi from horse sweat then enters through the nose. The Classics state: "The five qi enter through the nose and lodge in the Heart and Lungs," causing the healthy qi to be clashed by these external factors. This is exogenous Ke Wu. Symptoms include spitting out green, yellow, or white froth, changes in facial complexion, rapid breathing with abdominal pain, restlessness with turning over, and convulsions of the hands and feet. However, the distinguishing feature of this condition is that the spirit remains clear and unconfused. Treatment should employ Tu Xin Fa (Fontanelle Smearing Method), Chu Bi Fa (Nasal Insufflation Method), and internal administration of Shesheng Yin (Life-Nourishing Decoction).

There is also endogenous Ke Wu, caused by situations such as taking away toys the child usually likes, or frightening the child with things they usually fear. When beloved items or foods cherished by relatives are withheld, violating the child's will despite their inability to speak, it leads to this condition. Symptoms include drowsiness, lack of alertness upon waking, and refusal to suckle or eat. The appropriate approach is to first accommodate the child's desires and internally administer Chenxiang Anshen Wan (Agarwood Calming Spirit Pill) and Xingxing San (Awakening Powder).

Tu Xin Fa (Fontanelle Smearing Method): Specifically treats Ke Wu and similar conditions.
Ingredients: Zaoxin Tu (Fire-calced Soil from the Hearth, 1 qian), Ming Xionghuang (Realgar, 0.5 qian), Zhen Shexiang (Musk, 0.5 fen).
Usage: Grind into fine powder, mix evenly with jujube flesh, shape into a cake according to the size of the fontanelle, apply to the fontanelle, place a bean-sized piece of moxa wool on top, and moxibustion for three zhu (moxa cones) is sufficient.

Chu Bi Fa (Nasal Insufflation Method): Treats unclear head and eyes due to Wind-Cold or Cold Damage, and also treats Ke Wu.
Ingredients: Zheng Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Huoxiang Ye (Agastache Leaf), Xian Lílú (Fresh Veratrum Root) (each 3 qian); Xuanshusuo (Corydalis Rhizome), Fen Danpi (Moutan Cortex), Jing Chensha (Cinnabar, purified) (each 2 qian).
Usage: Grind into extremely fine powder, insufflate a small amount into the nose. Sneezing indicates the expulsion of pathogenic factors.

Shesheng Yin (Life-Nourishing Decoction): Treats all types of sudden onset diseases, applicable to both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
Ingredients: Zhi Nanxing (Prepared Arisaema Rhizome), Nan Muxiang (Costus Root), Fǎ Bànxià (Prepared Pinellia Tuber) (each 1.5 qian); Bei Xixin (Asarum Root), Piao Cangzhu (Atractylodes Rhizome, washed), Shíchāngpú (Acorus Rhizome), Zhì Gāncǎo (Honey-fried Licorice Root) (each 1 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Combine as one dose, add three slices of fresh ginger, decoct with water, and take hot.

Chenxiang Anshen Wan (Agarwood Calming Spirit Pill): Treats endogenous Ke Wu.
Ingredients: Guan Jian Shen (Ginseng Root, 1 qian), Bái Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Zhēn Guǎng Pí (Tangerine Peel), Chén Zhīqiào (Aged Aurantium Fruit), Yá Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Qīng Méngshí (Calcareous Schist, calcined) (each 5 qian); Zhì Gāncǎo (Honey-fried Licorice Root), Shang Chenxiang (Agarwood) (each 1 qian); Jing Chensha (Cinnabar, purified, 1 qian), Zhēn Chuánlián (Coptis Rhizome, 1.5 qian).
Usage: Grind into fine powder, form pills with honey the size of Euryale Seed (Qianshi). Take one or two pills, washed down with Ophiopogon Decoction (Maidong Tang).

Xingxing San (Awakening Powder): See the formula in the Infant Cold Damage section of Volume II.