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Fuling San (Poria Powder)
Sanleng Rhizoma (Bingzhelium), Ezhu Rhizoma (Ezhu, stir-baked with sand), Sha Ren Fructus Amomi Rotundus (Suansha), Fuling Poria (Chifuling, red-colored), Qingpi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride, Chenpi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Talcum (Huashi), Gancao Radix Glycyrrhizae (lightly stir-fried). Each of the first four ingredients is half a liang; the others are as specified.
Grind all ingredients into fine powder. Take one qian per dose, mixed with decoction prepared from Maimendong Radix Ophiopogonis and Dengxin Cao Juncus Medullary.

Another Prescription
Decoct the head of large Gancao Radix Glycyrrhizae in water and drink.

Danggui San (Angelica Sinensis Powder)
Guizhi Ramulus Cinnamomi (Lagui, spicy cinnamon twig), Qian Niu Zi Semen Pharbitidis (stir-fried to extract the drug, each half a liang), Danggui Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Dahuang Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (Beidahuang), Taoren Semen Persicae (soaked, peeled, baked, each two qian and half), Quanxie Scorpio (one qian and half).
Finely chop the ingredients. Take one qian per dose, add one zhan of water and honey, decoct, and take orally. The goal is to promote bowel movement. Afterward, use Qingpi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride, Chenpi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Fuling Poria, Muxiang Radix Aucklandiae, Sha Ren Fructus Amomi Rotundus, and Gancao Radix Glycyrrhizae to harmonize the stomach. If adverse symptoms appear, such as cyanosis of the lips, it is difficult to treat.

Chuanlian San (Toosendan Fruit Powder)
Treats pediatric hernia, characterized by lower abdominal pain radiating to the lumbar spine, causing body stiffness and inability to straighten.
Muxiang Radix Aucklandiae, Binglang Semen Arecae, Sanleng Rhizoma, Pengzhu Rhizoma Curcumae (processed), Qingpi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride (peel removed), Chenpi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Chuanlianzi Fructus Toosendan (flesh), Yuanhua Flos Genkwa (stir-fried with rice vinegar, each half a liang), Badou Semen Crotonis (Chuanbadou, flesh without oil removal, one qian).
Grind all ingredients into fine powder. Use refined wheat flour paste to make pills the size of hemp seeds. Take three pills per dose on an empty stomach. The previous dose should be taken with ginger juice.

When heat pathogen clashes with blood, and wind-cold takes advantage, redness and swelling wander throughout the body. This condition often arises because the nursing mother consumes excessive alcohol, wheat products, or fried and roasted foods, or because clothes dried by fire are not allowed to cool before being put on the infant. This disease may manifest on the hands and feet, or on the head, face, chest, and back, causing the child irritability, abdominal distension, intense heat like fire, and unbearable pain. Once the toxin enters the abdomen and kidneys, it becomes incurable. Yang Shi stated: Dan Du (Erysipelas) has five colors, caused by blood-heat and wind-toxin, varying in excess and deficiency, cold and heat, hence the different color changes. The Classics state: Red and purple Dan Liu (tumors) result from internal stagnation of Heart Fire. Red like cinnabar, hence named Dan Du (Poisonous Erysipelas). Since the Heart governs blood, and heat acts as the medium for blood, corresponding to fire and appearing red, this indicates excessive Heat in the Blood of the Heart moving violently. Thus, the toxic qi wanders throughout the body. Cases originating from the abdomen and spreading to the limbs are easier to treat; those originating from the limbs and entering the abdomen are difficult to treat. The general prescription is Baidu San (Detoxification Powder) added with Zicao Radix Arnebiae (Zicaorong). Externally apply Baiyu San (White Jade Powder). Generally, treating pediatric Dan Du requires first administering exterior-releasing herbs to internally resolve heat-toxin before applying external treatments. If the toxic qi has no outlet and penetrates inward, it harms the person. When rashes appear on the body with similar symptoms but less dryness and itching, floating over the whole body, accompanied by lethargy and displeasure, it is named Yin Shi Du Zheng (Yin-Damp Toxic Syndrome). For these two syndromes, regardless of red or white color, if the toxin enters the abdomen and kidneys, it causes harm and must not be neglected, otherwise it leads to self-inflicted distress.