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Pediatric *gan* syndrome (chronic malnutrition and digestive disorder in children) with abdominal distension, yellowish emaciation with visible bones, scalp crusts, and hair resembling wheat awns: Take five dried toads (*Bufo bufo gargarizans*), remove the four feet, coat them with sesame oil, roast until charred, and grind into powder. Steam black dates (*Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa*), remove pits and skin, mash into a paste, mix with toad powder, and form pills the size of longan seeds. Take one pill per dose, three times daily; accumulated turbidity will naturally pass. With continued use, complexion and physique will improve, and the illness will vanish as if it never existed.

**Yuechan Wan (Moon Toad Pill)**: Treats symptoms of the Five *Gan* syndromes and Eight Accumulations, including abdominal distension, yellowish emaciation with visible bones, scalp sores, and knotted, curly hair. Place one large toad in a bottle, seal with cotton paper for seven days. Afterward, extract maggots from the feces, wash them clean (quantity unrestricted), and place them in the bottle. Wait until the toad is consumed by the maggots. Remove the toad, discard the head, claws, intestines, and liver. Coat the toad body with hemp seed oil, dry over a tile until brittle, grind into powder, and take mixed with rice water. Alternatively, form pills with honey; take five or six consecutively. Within a month, appearance and constitution will drastically improve, curing the disease and strengthening the body. It also treats pediatric tinea corporis and chronic ulcers of the mouth and ears, known as "Moon Erosion" (*Yueshi*); apply this powder mixed with sesame oil topically. Another prescription: One toad, remove head, skin, feet, and intestines. Wash with wine, fill the abdominal cavity with sandalwood powder mixed with brown sugar, sew shut, wrap in wet paper, bake/roast until cooked, and eat immediately for rapid effect. Yet another prescription: Powdered *Jingjicao* (Flower Head of Valerian, *Valeriana jatamansi*) or plus *Xiaoqingcao* (Little Green Herb). Take 2 qian (approx. 6-10g) per dose with one chicken gizzard (*Ji Ruangan*). Steam with wine and rice water until cooked, remove herbs, consume only the gizzard daily. Even cases of blindness approaching critical condition can be cured.

**Hongyandan (Red Swallow Stone Dan)**: Specifically treats pediatric *gan* accumulation, extreme emaciation ("skin and bones"), closed eyes, red urine, abdominal pain, or urine resembling rice wash water. Highly effective. Take two large swallow stones (*Huyanshi*, *Fossilia Sanguis Draconis* or similar fossilized material, often referring to specific mineral fossils used in TCM), one male and one female; those weighing 1 liang are preferable. Heat them red-hot in an inverted silver pot using charcoal fire, then quench in high-quality rice vinegar. Repeat this process nine times. Mix with sugar and take at any time. This formula resolves *gan* and transforms accumulations without strong medicinal odor, and can be mixed into candies, porridge, or rice. Its efficacy is miraculous; do not underestimate it.

Pediatric Cold *Gan*: Vomiting food, abdominal distension, yellowish complexion, and retracted legs. Take seven cloves (*Mudingxiang*, *Caryophylli Flos*), grind into powder, steam three times mixed with human milk, and take divided doses mixed with ginger decoction.

Chronic Pediatric *Gan* with sores: When various *gan* syndromes persist for a long time, causing sores on the body and face that ulcerate into holes resembling Kaposi's sarcoma (Yangmei Chuang) in adults: Collect the condensation dripping from the edges of the steamer lid when steaming rice. Catch the water in a bowl and apply it to the sores. Effective within several days. For cases unresponsive to all other medicines, this formula is miraculous.