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Ren Zhai stated that the cause of abdominal pain lies in the mutual conflict between pathogenic factors and healthy qi, as well as the striking interaction among zang-fu organs. Pain accompanied by heat manifests with a red face, or high fever, restlessness of the four limbs, and heat in the palms. Pain accompanied by cold manifests with a pale or bluish complexion. If the cold is severe and the syndrome transforms, the complexion becomes dark black, and the lips, mouth, and nails turn blue. For heat syndromes, Six-Shun Qingliang Yin (Six-Shun Cooling Drink) added with Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel) and Zhike (Bitter Orange) is used; for cold syndromes, Zhimi Qiqi Tang (Pointing-to-Confusion Seven-Qi Decoction) added with Lagui (Spicy Cinnamon Twig) is used, along with Suhe Xiang Wan (Styrax Pill). In cases where pathogenic and healthy qi contend, and cold and heat are unbalanced, adding Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel) and Muxiang (Aucklandia Root) is excellent. Qian Yi stated that abdominal pain due to food accumulation in children presents with warm breath from the mouth, yellowish-white complexion, dull eyes, excessive whites of the eyes, lethargy, aversion to eating, or sour-smelling stool. One should reduce accumulation, preferably using Xiaoji Wan (Accumulation-Reducing Pill); for severe cases, Baixiazi (White Pills) is used to purge, followed by harmonizing the stomach. Abdominal pain caused by intestinal parasites presents with a pale face, heart and abdominal pain, and the discharge of foam and clear fluid from the mouth during attacks; Anchong San (Parasite-Calming Powder) is the primary treatment. Children with inherently timid constitutions are prone to this disease. Accumulation pain, food-stagnation pain, and deficiency pain are largely similar, whereas parasitic pain is characterized by a bland taste and the discharge of saliva.

Qiqi Tang (Seven-Qi Decoction): Treats injury caused by the seven emotions, leading to the accumulation of phlegm-fluids and stabbing pain in the heart region, preventing the intake of milk and food.
Ingredients: Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, 1 liang, processed), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex, each 2 qian), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 qian, honey-fried).
Usage: The above ingredients are cut into pieces and made into a powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 5 slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) and 1 Zao (Jujubae Fructus), and take before meals.

Zhimi Qiqi Tang (Pointing-to-Confusion Seven-Qi Decoction): Treats pain caused by the failure of yin and yang qi to ascend and descend, resulting in stagnation of the qi pathway.
Ingredients: Qingpi (Aurantii Fructus Viridis, stir-fried), Chenpi (Aurantii Fructus Pericarpium), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix, stir-fried), Pengzhu (Curcumae Radix, baked), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex, bark removed), Huoxiang (Agastaches Herba), Yizhiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Semen, each 1 liang), Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma, 1.5 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, each 7.5 qian, processed).
Usage: The above ingredients are cut into pieces and made into a powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and 1 Zao (Jujubae Fructus).

Jiegeng Zhike Tang (Platycodon and Bitter Orange Decoction): Treats various forms of qi obstruction and knotting, chest fullness and oppression, and abdominal and lumbar pain.
Ingredients: Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix, each 1 liang, stir-fried), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus, stir-fried), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 0.5 liang).
Usage: The above ingredients are cut into pieces and made into a powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct with 3 slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) and 1 zhong of water.

Shaoyao Gancao Tang (Peony and Licorice Decoction): Treats abdominal pain and dysuria, and also treats abdominal pain during the eruption of rashes.
Ingredients: Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, 1 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 2.5 qian).
Usage: The above ingredients are cut into pieces and decocted in plain water.

Six-Shun Qingliang Yin (Six-Shun Cooling Drink):
Treats children with congested blood vessels and excess heat in the zang-fu organs, presenting with red cheeks, excessive thirst, vexation and heat in the five centers, restless sleep, and convulsions of the four limbs. It also treats conditions caused by improper feeding and loss of thermal balance, leading to disharmony of blood and qi, gastrointestinal dysfunction, persistent damp vomiting tending toward latent heat, high fever with refusal to drink, and impending convulsive epilepsy. It further treats wind-heat nodules, sores and boils on the head and face, red eyes, sore throat, and other residual toxins, suitable for all types of congestion and stagnation.
Ingredients: Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, each 0.5 fen).
Usage: The above ingredients are cut into pieces and made into a powder. A three-year-old child takes 1 qian, decocted in half a zhan of water. If exposed to wind-cold, add Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba) with nodes removed; if suffering from wind-stroke with body stiffness and upward-gazing eyes, add Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix); if experiencing hot diarrhea, add Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) and Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) baked.