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Danggui San (See the section on Night Crying in the Chapter of Sad Crying.)

Danggui Wan: Treats children with disharmony of cold and heat, presenting with greenish-yellow stools, frequent pain in the heart and abdomen, abdominal distension and fullness, occasional vomiting and regurgitation, and anorexia. (The addition of Zhike is particularly effective.)
Ingredients: Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Baishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong) (each 3 qian); Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, honey-fried), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) (each 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Use a paste made from boiled flour and water as a binder to form pills the size of hemp seeds. For a three-year-old child, administer 10 pills per dose, taken with rice gruel broth, three times daily. Adjust the dosage according to the child's age and condition. If cold pathogen is severe, add Chenpi.

Xiao Banxia Tang: Treats jaundice where urine color is unremarkable, the patient desires spontaneous diarrhea, accompanied by abdominal fullness and wheezing. In such cases, clearing heat is contraindicated; if heat is cleared, hiccups will inevitably occur.
Ingredients: Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Praeparatum, washed seven times with boiling water).
Preparation and Administration: Cut the herbs into pieces to make a powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add one cup of water and ten slices of Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), decoct until approximately 70% of the liquid remains. Strain and take warm.

Fuling Shen Shi Tang: Treats pediatric jaundice characterized by alternating chills and fever, vomiting, thirst with desire to drink water, yellow discoloration of the body and face, dysuria, inability to lie down comfortably, and loss of appetite.
Ingredients: Fuling (Poria), Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Yinchen (Herba Artemisiae Scopariae), Zhuling (Polyporus), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Shanzhi (Fructus Gardeniae), Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis), Fangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride), Zhike (Fructus Aurantii) (each 2 qian); Fuling (5 fen), Zexie (3 fen), Yinchen (6 fen).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely crush the herbs and decoct in water. Take slowly while warm.

Xiaoshi Wan: Treats spleen and stomach disharmony in children. Regular use can broaden the middle jiao, promote qi circulation, digest milk and food accumulation, and improve complexion.
Ingredients: Suosharen (Fructus Amomi Rotundus), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Sanleng (Rhizoma Sparganii), Pengze (Rhizoma Curcumae), Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata, stir-fried), Maiya (Fructus Hordei Germinatus, stir-fried), Xiangfuzi (Rhizoma Cyperi, soaked in rice wash water and stir-fried), Zhike (Fructus Aurantii), Binglang (Semen Arecae), Wumei (Fructus Mume) (each 0.5 liang); Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli) (2.5 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Form pills using flour paste, sized like mung beans. After meals, take 20-30 pills with Zisu Tang (Perilla Leaf Decoction).

[Zhu Danxi] Prescription for Pediatric Jaundice due to Vomiting and Diarrhea
Ingredients: Sanleng (Rhizoma Sparganii), Pengze (Rhizoma Curcumae), Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata), Maiya (Fructus Hordei Germinatus), Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Fuling (Poria) (equal parts).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Mix with warm, boiled water for oral administration. If vomiting and diarrhea are caused by milk or food injury, add Shanzha (Fructus Crataegi). If caused by epidemic qi, add Huashi (Talcum). If accompanied by fever, add Bohe (Herba Menthae).