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Moxibustion for prolonged cough in children: Apply five moxa cones to Feishu (BL13, Lung Shu), located 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra.

Ejiao San (Donkey-hide Gelatin Powder): Indicated for prolonged cough in children resulting in depletion of body fluids.
Ingredients: Ming Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin) (1.5 liang, stir-fried with flour), Arctii Fructus (Niu Bang Zi, 1 fen, stir-fried), Aristolochiae Fructus (Lou Guan Ling, 0.5 liang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao, 1 qian), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xing Ren, 7 seeds, peeled), Oryza Glutinosa (Nuomi, 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take one "zi" or one qian per dose. Add one zhan of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, and take warm after meals.

Xiebai San (Drain White Powder): Indicated for cough followed by wheezing, flushed face, and fever.
Ingredients: Mori Cortex (Sangbaipi, 1 liang, stir-fried until yellow), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao, 0.5 liang, stir-fried), Lycii Cortex (Gugubpi, 1 liang, cleaned of soil).
Preparation and Administration: Take 1-2 qian of the above ingredients. Add one zhan of water and 100 grains of glutinous rice. Decoct together and take warm.

Ganjie Tang (Licorice and Platycodon Decoction): Indicated for phlegm-heat causing obstruction and discomfort in the throat.
Ingredients: Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao, 2 liang), Platycodi Radix (Jiegeng, 2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into a fine powder. Take two large qian per dose. Add one zhan of water and half a qian of stir-fried Ejiao. Decoct and take warm.

Baibing Zi (White Pill/Cake): Indicated for abdominal masses (Pi disease), where coughing and expectoration of phlegm occur solely due to breastfeeding.
Ingredients: Talcum (Huashi), Calomelas (Qingfen), Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum (Banxia), Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Tian Nanxing) (each 1 qian); Crotonis Fructus (Badou, 24 seeds, peeled, decocted in one sheng of water until the water is completely evaporated).
Preparation and Administration: Grind Badou with the other medicines evenly. Use glutinous rice paste as a binder to form pills the size of mung beans, then shape them into cakes. For children over three years old, administer five cakes per dose; for children under three, administer three cakes. Decoct with white scallions and administer before bedtime.

Bianyín Wan (Flat Silver Pill): Indicated for wind-phlegm, chest fullness, upper jiao heat, indigestion of milk and food, abdominal distension, and phlegm-wheezing.
Ingredients: Crotonis Fructus (Badou, peeled, heart removed, oil extracted) and Hydrargyrum (Shuiyin) (each 0.5 liang); Hao Mo (Good Ink Stick, 8 qian, burned and quenched in vinegar); Nigrum Plumbum (Heiqian, 2.5 qian, smelted with Hydrargyrum to form sand-like particles); Moschus (Shexiang, 0.5 qian, ground).
Preparation and Administration: Grind Badou and Heiqian evenly, then mix in the "sand" particles and Shexiang. Use aged rice paste as a binder to form pills the size of mung beans, flattening them. One pill per dose for one-year-olds; 5-6 pills per dose for children over five years old. Administer with cooled Bohe Tang (Mint Decoction). Do not allow the pill to dissolve in the mouth. Adjust dosage based on deficiency or excess conditions; take after meals.

Baibu Wan (Stemona Pill): Indicated for lung-cold stagnation causing cough and slight wheezing in children.
Ingredients: Stemona Radix (Baibu), Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang) (each 3 qian); Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 40 seeds, peeled, tips removed, briefly boiled in water).
Preparation and Administration: Mix evenly and bind with refined honey to form pills the size of soap pods. Take 2-3 pills with warm water.

Tingli Wan (Descurainia Pill): Indicated for cough caused by milk/food attacking the spleen and wind-pathogen invasion, presenting with flushed face, fever, abundant phlegm, and rapid breathing.
Ingredients: Descurainiae Semen (Tingli, cleaned of soil and stir-fried), Pharbitidis Semen (Qian Niu, stir-fried), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, peeled, tips removed, stir-fried and separately ground), Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix (Han Fangji) (each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into a fine powder. Add Xing Gao (Apricot Paste) and steamed flesh of Ziziphi Jujubae (Red Date) to knead into a mass. Form pills the size of sesame seeds. Take 5-7 pills per dose with light ginger-infused water. Administer after feeding or before bedtime. Adjust dosage according to the child's condition.