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When a child suffers from a common cold (common cold) and is simultaneously startled by strange objects or events, symptoms such as fright, timidity, and restless sleep may occur. These are accompanied by fever (fever), irritability, and a cyanotic-red complexion. Treatment should first employ Shusan San (Dispersing Decoction) to release the exterior, combined with Liangjing Wan (Cooling Fright Pill) to clear heat and settle fright, followed by Chaihu Wendan Tang (Bupleurum and Pinellia Decoction for Harmonizing the Gallbladder) to calm the spirit and stabilize the will, yielding miraculous efficacy.

[Note] When the pathogenic factors of a pediatric common cold have not yet resolved, and the child is further triggered by fright or strange stimuli, symptoms such as fright, timidity, restless sleep, fever, irritability, and a cyanotic-red complexion manifest. Initially, Shusan San is used to disperse the pathogenic factors, followed by Liangjing Wan to clear the heart and settle fright. If the illness subsides but the child still experiences palpitations and insomnia, Chaihu Wendan Tang is indicated to harmonize the Shaoyang and regulate the stomach.

Shusan San
Herbs: Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Suye (Perillae Folium), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, bran-fried), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Chishao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum, stir-fried, skin and tip removed), Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus, stir-fried), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, raw), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, wine-fried).
Administration: Use fresh ginger as a guide herb, decoct in water, and take orally.

[Formula Song] Shusan San treats common cold complicated by fright; it contains Qianghuo, Suye, and Fangfeng. Also included are Zhike, Jiegeng, Qianhu, Huanglian, and Chishao, along with Xingren, Jiangcan, and Gancao.

Liangjing Wan
(Formula name only listed in source text)

Chaihu Wendan Tang
Herbs: Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, ginger-processed), Fuling (Poria), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, raw), Zhuru (Bambusae Caulis in Taenia), Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, bran-fried).
Administration: Use fresh ginger as a guide herb, decoct in water, and take orally.

[Formula Song] Chaihu Wendan Tang treats common cold complicated by fright; residual pathogens remain unsettled after illness. It contains Chaihu, Chenpi, Banxia, Fuling, and Gancao, along with Zhuru and Zhishi, using raw fresh ginger.

The transmission patterns of warm diseases (warm disease) and cold damage (cold damage) are identical. Illness that manifests immediately upon exposure to cold is termed cold damage. Cold damage contracted in winter but not immediately manifesting involves cold pathogens hiding within the skin and muscles, lying dormant between the Ying (nutritive) and Wei (defensive) levels; when spring wind strikes again, it develops into a warm disease. If summer heat strikes in summer, it develops into a heat disease. If the illness spreads household to household, affecting young and old alike, it is termed Tianxing plague (epidemic plague), which is more severe. Alternatively, if spring and summer are unexpectedly cold, or autumn and winter unexpectedly hot, this abnormal Qi of the four seasons is termed Shiqi (seasonal qi). Contracting this Qi causes illness, treated similarly to cold damage. Among these, manifestations such as macules (macule), sand-rash (sand rash), and urticaria-like rashes (urticaria) must be clearly differentiated; treatment methods follow later.