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Treat all stomach pain, chest pain, abdominal pain, and lower back pain where the pain feels like being pierced by an awl and is unbearable. Take Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) in any amount, grind it into a fine powder, mix with a small amount of wheat flour, and form into a cake using vinegar. Apply the cake to the painful area, cover with mugwort moxa (Ai Rong), and apply moxibustion; the pain will stop immediately.
For all types of abdominal pain, whether due to deficiency, excess, cold, or heat, this method is effective. Burn wheat stalks to ash, remove fire toxicity by placing on the ground, wrap in cloth, and pour boiling water over it to extract the juice. One dose stops the pain immediately.
For all kinds of pain, whether due to cold or heat, food stagnation, or blood stasis, when the syndrome cannot be distinguished and medicines cannot be applied, there is a miraculous effect of reviving the dying. Use one jin (approx. 500g) of fresh ginger, crush it thoroughly, squeeze out slightly, stir-fry in a pan until hot, divide into two bags using cloth. First, use one bag to iron/foment the painful area; replace with the hot one when it cools, without interruption. If the ginger dries out, add a little of the previously squeezed juice, stir-fry again, and continue fomenting until the pain ceases.
Whenever a child has abdominal pain and a hard lump can be felt protruding upon palpation of the abdomen, it is worm pain. Medication is not needed; simply have an adult rub and massage the lump with their hand. After prolonged rubbing for about half a day, the worms will die and pass out through the stool, and the pain will stop immediately.
For children with abdominal pain and incessant crying, use Nanmuxiang (Costus Root), Ming Ruxiang (Frankincense), and Hei Moyao (Myrrh), all defatted, each 5 fen. Decoct in water and take warm.
For infants with congenital cold-induced abdominal pain, crying, vomiting milk, green stools, and cold sweat on the body: use Curcuma Longa Rhizome (Jianghuang) 1 qian, Nanmuxiang, Ruxiang, and Moyao (all defatted) each 3 qian. Grind together into a fine powder and make pills with honey, sized like Euryale Seed (Qianshi). Take one pill per dose, administered with ginger decoction.
Infants often suffer from "coiled-intestine qi pain" within the first month. The symptoms include sounds like frog croaking inside the abdomen and incessant crying. This is caused by disharmony of cold and heat and impaired flow of zang-fu qi. Stir-fry Gardenia Seed (Zhiren) 5 qian and Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi) 3 qian together until extremely charred. Remove from heat, discard the Fuzi, and keep only the Zhiren. Add Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi) 1 qian and grind into powder. Take 5 fen per dose, washed down with Fennel Seed (Xiaohuixiang) decoction.
For children with abdominal pain and incessant crying: use Frankincense (Ruxiang) 1 qian (defatted) and seven lamp wick flowers (Denghua). Grind together into powder. Take 2 fen per dose, mixed with breast milk.
For children with worm pain characterized by drooling: take the flesh of Quinine Fruit (Shijunzi), lightly stir-fry, and grind into powder. Administer at dawn (wugeng time) with rice drink.
Childhood abdominal pain that leads to death upon onset is named "worm pain," resembling epilepsy. Burn Dry Resin (Ganqi) to ash, combine with White Trogopterus Dung (Bai Wuyi) in equal parts, grind into powder. Take 5 fen per dose with rice drink. For severe cases, take 1 qian per dose.
For infant coiled-intestine abdominal pain: brew strong scallion decoction to wash the infant's abdomen. Also, crush scallions, stir-fry until hot, form into a cake, and apply to the umbilicus. After some time, passage of stool occurs, and the pain stops.