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[Pushing and Rubbing Techniques] For pushing to dissipate rapid breathing, push the middle finger; pinch at the root of the finger and press Shaofu (HT8) acupoint until sweating occurs to stop it; for abdominal pain due to harmonious qi issues, treat at the transverse crease; use Houxi (SI3) acupoint to settle roaring and treat lethargy; for watery diarrhea combined with malaria, gently shake the elbow to regulate Ying and Xue (Nutritive and Blood); for obstruction of urination and defecation or diarrhea, separately press Yin and Yang (referring to specific massage areas); for fullness in the diaphragm and chest, observe carefully and use Eight Trigrams manipulation to resolve phlegm disorders; long pressing of Daling (PC7) acupoint can dissipate various heats and reduce redness of the eyes; for headache at Yangchi (TE4), pushing can stop it; for abdominal pain, seek Zhongzhu (TE3) acupoint for pressing; for wheezing and roaring, pinch the root of the ring finger; pressing outside Laogong (PC8) stops diarrhea.

[Essentials of Pediatric Pushing and Rubbing] If Heart Meridian has heat causing confusion, push Heavenly River Water (Tianhe Shui) resembling Hongchi; if Liver Meridian is diseased causing bi syndrome, push Spleen Earth (Pi Tu) to remove disease; if Spleen Earth is diseased causing poor appetite, pushing Spleen Earth will be effective; if Lung Meridian is affected by wind causing much cough, massage Lung Meridian thoroughly; if Kidney Meridian is diseased causing urinary obstruction, push Kidney Water (Shen Shui) to save; if Large Intestine is diseased causing much diarrhea, focus on massaging Taiyang; if Mingmen is diseased causing Yuan Qi deficiency, use Spleen Earth and Taiyang as eight trigrams; if San Jiao is diseased causing alternating cold and fever, Heavenly River Water and Six Fu organs are the divine secret; if Bladder is diseased causing strangury, use Kidney Water and Eight Trigrams manipulating Heavenly River Water; if Gallbladder Meridian is diseased causing bitter taste, only use the wonderful method of pushing Spleen Earth; if Stomach Meridian is attacked by cold qi, cool Lung Meridian to dispel wind; if Small Intestine is diseased attacking early, push Banmen at the transverse crease to unblock.

[Pinch Method] The method of pinching for fright starts from the junction of the nail and flesh of the middle finger. Pinch once first to stimulate the blood vessels, then rub for 9x9 counts to harmonize Yuan Qi, known as "First Rush then Tonify," named the method of Green Dragon Swinging its Tail. Next involve the little and index fingers, then bite the thumb towards the nail-flesh junction, biting and releasing with appropriate pressure, also for 9x9 counts, this is the method of Dragon Entering Tiger's Mouth. Then use the right thumb to push from Yintang (EX-HN3) to the hairline, reaching the fontanelle, total 24 pushes. Next, use both thumbs to separate-massage between the eyebrows from Yintang, reaching Taiyang and Taiyin acupoints, return to Yintang and pinch 5 or 9 times, as shown in the diagram. Then pinch a handful each at the hairline, fontanelle, Shangen, Zhuntou, Renzhong (GV26), and Dijiao. This method opens the five Zang organs, moves Qi and Blood, strengthens spirit, removes wind-phlegm, and is the secret for opening the orifices, applicable to all diseases. For diarrhea/dysentery, after opening the orifices, rub below the navel 100 times to stop it; for sudden fright coma, take one fen outside the middle finger of the left hand for boys and right hand for girls, pinch heavily; seeing crying and sweating indicates a living condition, this is the subtle secret for probing life and death. To induce sweating, after opening orifices, pinch Fengchi (GB20) on the left for boys and right for girls once, rub Taiyang acupoint over ten times, sweat will naturally appear; to stop excessive sweating, pinch right Fengchi once to stop it. To induce vomiting, after opening orifices, use thumb and middle finger to press Jianjing, Taiyin, and Taiyang acupoints, first drain 24 times, following odd/even numbers, hold tightly, release only when crying occurs, then urgently pinch heavily on the outer side of the line of the big fingernail to induce vomiting; release after vomiting, if too much vomit, pinch once inside the nail line to stop it. To induce defecation, after opening orifices, use palm on the sacrococcygeal point, rotate left 10 times, heavily rub Qihai (CV6) 3 times, rotate right to cause defecation. Generally treating various diseases, if external contraction, induce sweating; if internal injury, purge; if both internal and external contracted...

[Massage Method] An (Press) retains, Mo (Rub) removes, Ka (Pinch) rushes, Rou (Knead) harmonizes, Yun (Rotate) moves, Tui (Push) walks, Cuo (Twist) turns, Yao (Shake) activates. For any pediatric disease, parents hold the child, place palm center below the navel and lower abdomen, gently lift upwards, have another person hold the head, rotate left and right dozens of times each, this can harmonize the five Zang organs and dissipate hundred diseases. Even during sleep, pressing the lower abdomen with hand has god-like efficacy.

[Three Passages Pulse Diagnosis] Chaotic pulse lines at the tiger's mouth indicate disharmony of Qi in children; observing pulse colors at the three passages reveals deep stagnation of hundred diseases; yellow color resembles thunderclap, red causes irritability and shouting; white indicates Glandular Disease (Gan) and food accumulation, purple heat scares more green; spear-stabbing indicates strange wind-phlegm, beads indicate spleen-stomach demon; outward curvature indicates wind-heat invasion, inward curvature indicates food-cold demon; black grains flowing pearls lead to death, red threads indicate excessive internal heat; wind-phlegm combined with rapid breathing, red pulse indicates cold infection; black color penetrating the Life Gate leaves good doctors helpless.

[Song for Observing Fright] Cold tips of five fingers indicate unbearable fright; if middle finger is hot, it must be Shanghan (Cold Damage); if middle finger alone is cold, it corresponds to measles and smallpox;

[Method for Observing Ears] Blue veins rising behind ears indicate convulsions and jumping states; slight yellow before and after ears indicates wind-fright entering Kidney causing teeth grinding; blue veins on both sides of ears crossing hairline indicate lower abdominal pain and hanging Kidney Qi; black color invading around behind ears indicates death; ear sores indicate Kidney Meridian heat; red threads appearing behind ears indicate discharge...

[Huo You Huang Jin San] Treats all pediatric wind-fright, vomiting/diarrhea, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, extreme heat irritability, constipation of urine/defecation, and miscellaneous symptoms. Tian Zhu Huang (fried) 5 qian, Quan Xie (remove head/tail, baked on tile) 5 qian, Chan Tui (remove head/legs) 3 qian, Bai Ji Li (fried remove thorns), Jiang Huang, Fang Feng, Gan Cao, Huang Qin, Yu Jin, Shan Zhi Ren (fried) above each 1 liang, Can (fried) 5 qian, Niu Huang 1.5 qian. Alternatively, grind the above twelve ingredients into extremely fine powder, small dose one spoon, large dose increased. For wind-fright, take with Bo He decoction; for irritability, take with Deng Xin and Zao Xin Tu 5 qian decoction, for urine/defecation...

[Prescription for Treating Various Pediatric Diseases] Shan Zha 4 liang, Chen Pi (remove white) 1 liang, Zhi Shi (fermented fried) 1 liang, Hu Huang Lian (clean) 1 liang, Qing Dai 5 qian, Shi Jun Zi 1 liang, Lu Hui 5 qian, Ren Shen 5 qian, Qing Pi 5 qian, E Zhu 5 qian, Wu Yi, Shen Qu each 6 qian. Grind above into powder, boil Shi Jun Zi shell in water, grind roasted rice into powder, make paste into pills like dragon seeds size, one pill per dose, take with clear rice soup.

[Qi Wei Bao Ying Dan] Lao Hu Mi (mainly clears Stomach), Huang Tu (nourishes Spleen, fried), Ku Zhu Ye (removes heat), Deng Cao (mainly treats night crying), Luo Bo Zi (...). Use more of the ingredient corresponding to symptoms, others less, each dose not exceeding 3 qian, bag boiled in water, drink freely as thirsty, or add少许 honey.

[Tiao Li Xiao Er Wan] Fu Ling 3 liang, Shan Zha Rou, Sha Ren, Bai Zhu, Shen Qu, Huang Qin, Bai Shao each 1 liang. Use Shan Yao 2 liang to make paste into pills.

[Xiang Ju Bing] Treats pediatric food stagnation with abdominal fullness, vomiting/diarrhea, fever/dry mouth, indigestion, chest tightness. Shan Zha 4 liang, Shen Qu 6 liang (fried), Mai Ya 6 liang (fried), Chen Pi (no slices) 4 liang, Sha Ren 4 liang, Zhi Mu 4 liang (fried with ginger juice), Mu Xiang 4 liang, San Leng 4 liang (mixed with vinegar fried), Peng Ze 4 liang (mixed with vinegar fried), Xiang Fu 4 liang, Qing Pi 4 liang (vinegar fried), Gan Cao 3 liang. Grind above into powder, refine honey to make cakes, one cake for one year old, or two cakes for two to five years old, adjust according to strength. Boil 40 grains of aged rice in water, dissolve empty stomach. Or if disease is strong, take with light ginger soup. Avoid greasy hard foods, fishy smells, wheat products. If severe diarrhea, double Mu Li; if fright/fall, double Zhu Sha; if cough, double Xuan Ming Fen; if abdominal fullness, double Dan Qing, avoid same as before.

[Hu Po Zhen Zhu San] Children have five syndromes: Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney. Below ten years is Gan (Wasting-Thirst), above ten years is Lao (Consumption), all due to irregular diet causing prolonged vomiting/diarrhea, gradually becoming emaciated, bone-steaming internal heat, bones thin as firewood, hands/feet thin, big belly with blue veins, dim vision/night blindness, thirst/red nostrils, all treated by this. Hua Shi 2 jin (flew in rice wash water), Chi Shi Zhi 12 liang (flew in rice wash water), Ruan Shi Gao 6 liang (...), Shi Jue Ming (white) 12 pieces, Hai Piao Xiao (remove shell) 3 liang, Xuan Ming Fen (pure white) 2 liang, Qing Dan 2 liang (flew in rice wash water), Mu Li 3 pieces (quench in vinegar 9 times), Jian Sha.... Grind above into powder, split male pig liver with bamboo knife, mix medicine inside, do not touch water, do not touch iron tools, put 5 fen medicine inside, tie well with thread, cook in one bowl of rice wash water, best to take empty stomach with Lotus Seed decoction. If child won't drink soup, store in bowl, steam on rice cooked, or mix in porridge/rice to eat.

[Sha Shi Zi Jin Ding] She Han Shi 4 liang (on charcoal fire, add broken iron pot roast red remove, place on green stone 7 times, see inner red out as limit, mix water grind extremely fine, fly water, refine to get red ones is wonderful), Qing Meng Shi 1 liang (put in silver jar mix nitre fire, fly water), Bai Fu Zi 2 liang, Ming Tian Ma 2 liang, Tian Zhu Huang (tender) 1 liang, Dan Xing 2 liang, Zhu Sha 2 liang, She Xiang 5 qian. Another prescription: Add Shen Qu, Shan Zha, treat children over five years old, use glutinous rice pound and form into cakes.

[Treat Pediatric Pi Accumulation] Ji Xing Zi, Shui Hong Hua Zi, Da Huang, Pi Xiao each 1 liang (mix evenly). Use one white duck (remove feathers/feces, do not touch water, wipe clean with cloth), put medicine inside, sew with thread, put in clay pot, use 3 bowls water, seal heavily with paper, boil dry, flip duck, stop when yellow, cool down. Eat in morning, disease softens by evening, three days later bloody stool heals. Another prescription: Guan Yin Liu boil water leave overnight, drink several times empty stomach at fifth watch, abdominal pi dissipates itself.

[Treat Pediatric Slow Fright] Quan Xie 1, Jiang Can 3, Qing Hao Chong 7, Zhu Sha, Peng Sha each 1 fen grind fine, mix with human milk send down.

[Treat Pediatric Fast Fright Convulsions Near Death] She Xiang 1 fen, Ding Xiang 7 grains, Hu Jiao 35 grains grind powder, use little pig back fat make pills, put in umbilicus, cover with 3 layers wet grass paper, iron with hot brick self-heals.

[Treat Pediatric Wind-Fright Vomiting/Diarrhea] Should take Wu Ling San to drain Bing Fire,渗湿土 (percolate dampness earth). Contains Rou Gui, can suppress Liver Wind and support Spleen Earth.

[Jia Jian Chai Ling Tang] Treats pediatric malaria, harmonizes exterior/interior, separates/manages Yin/Yang. Chai Hu, Ban Xia, Huang Qin, Fu Ling, Bai Zhu, Qing Pi, Dang Gui, Zhi Mu. Above equal parts, summer thirst add Shi Gao, Mai Dong; cold excess add Gui Zhi, Gan Jiang; phlegm excess add Qian Hu, Bing Lang; food accumulation add Cao Guo, Mai...

[Jia Jian Shao Yao Tang] Treats pediatric red/white dysentery. Dang Gui, Shao Yao, Chen Pi, Zhi Ke, Huang Lian, Mu Xiang, Gan Jiang (fried black), Gan Cao. Above equal parts. If red dysentery add Hong Qu, Huang Qin; if white dysentery add Hua Shi (fried), little Rou Gui; if food accumulation add Mai Ya, Shan Zha, Sha Ren; if watery dysentery add Zhu Ling, Ze Xie, Fu Ling, Cang Zhu; if black blood add Tao Ren, Hong Hua, Shan Zha; if red/white dysentery add Xuan Hu Suo.

[Tiao Zhong Tang] Treats pediatric malaria/dysentery running together. Chai Hu, Ban Xia, Huang Qin, Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Zhi Ke, Mu Xiang, Chen Pi, Qing Pi, Gan Cao, Cao Guo. Above equal parts. If thirst add Shi Gao, Ginger water decoct, red dysentery add Dang Gui, Hong Qu, Tao Ren, white dysentery add Hua Shi.

[Duan Li San] Treats pediatric red/white stagnant downflow and watery diarrhea. Che Qian Zi (fried fragrant) grind powder, each dose 1-2 qian, take with rice drink then stops.

[Qing Liu Yi San] Treats pediatric red/white dysentery. Hua Shi 6 qian, Gan Cao 1 qian, Qing Dai 1 qian, grind powder, each dose 1-2 qian, take with warm water.

[Shi Lian Yin] Treats pediatric Jin Kou Li (Stiff-Mouth Dysentery). Shi Lian Rou (fried), Huai Shan Yao equal parts, grind powder, each dose 1 qian, take with rice drink.

[Treat Pediatric Post-Diarrhea Rectal Prolapse] Use Huai Hua powder 1-2 qian, take with aged rice soup.

[San Xian Bao Ming Dan] Treats pediatric Gan accumulation. Gu Jing Cao (grind powder) 8 fen, Ge Li Ke (grind powder) 3.2 qian, Shi Yan (grind powder) 2 qian. Mix together, each use 2 qian, take 2 liang pig liver, cut up with bamboo knife, sprinkle powder on liver, cook in wine, remove medicine eat liver, heavy cases 5-6 doses, send down with wine.

[Treat Parasite Accumulation] Chen Sha 2 qian (bright is best), Shi Jue Ming 4 qian (must have many eyes), two ingredients grind powder, use 1 qian put in pig liver, wrap in bamboo leaf...

[Efficacious Prescription for Rotting Teeth Gums] Use white scale from urine bucket (fire calcined) 1 qian, enter Tong Lv 3 fen, She Xiang 1.5 fen, blow into gums then heals. Another prescription: Use Mu Li 3 liang (fire calcined red, quench in vinegar 7 times), Bing Pian 2 fen, grind fine powder, blow into gums then heals.

[Pathogenesis Theory] Children belong to Pediatrics. Newborns are called Infants, three-year-olds are called Children, ten-year-olds are called Boys. Children have differences in size... Observe... then face blue, Lung disease face white, Heart disease face red.

[Treat Boils on Head Prescription] Tiles soaked in toilet for long time, wash clean expose to dew 7 nights, do not see rain. Grind powder apply, leave small hole in middle then heals. One prescription: Add steamed mantou lotus leaf. Another prescription: Purple-mouth clam shell burn to powder, apply with sesame oil. Another prescription: Zhi Ke half remove pulp, seal on top, dry then wet with water, open change again, pus complete then good. Treats all hard toxins. Another prescription: Snake skin piece, spit wet paste on sore, then pus comes out heals. One prescription: Use wheat.

[Treat Boils on Head in Summer] Hibiscus flower apply. Another prescription: Use Ghost Mantou white juice dot it.

[Treat Bao Tou Fire and Tie Bone Fire Prescription] Sesame stalks burn retain nature grind powder, enter Yin Zhu little, mix with vinegar apply.

[Treat Oozing Blisters and Bao Tou Fire, Chi You Dan and All Heat Toxins] Chuan Da Huang, Earthworm feces, Huang Bo, Ce Bai Ye equal parts stir fry, chicken egg white mix apply effective.

[Treat Chi You Dan] Within half year due to dampness generating heat, initially one or two red spots, moving all over body, starting from head/hands, reaches Heart dies; starting from feet, reaches Kidney dies. Urgently tie with thread, use porcelain edge prick from both ends bleed, chew floating duckweed apply; slow then ginger juice, scallion juice burn salt decoct wash (liquid do not enter eyes), then take following medicine. Bai Shao, Chen Pi, Huang Qin each 5 fen, Huo Xiang, Mu Tong each 4 fen, decoct take. Another prescription: Scallion white, honey pound apply on cloud-head area. Another prescription: Adzuki bean powder vinegar mix apply. Another prescription: Wa Song pound apply. Another prescription: Da Huang, Ba Jiao Gen pound apply. Another prescription: Use raw pork paste. Another prescription: Treat all fire toxins. Use chicken egg white mix Fu Long Gan apply.

[Treat Zhu Si Dan] Leek field earthworm feces (slightly fried) grind powder sprinkle. If dry, use sesame oil mix rub. Another prescription, use vinegar grind iron rust rub.

[Treat Heavy Tongue] Ba Dou half grain, rice glue 5 grains, grind cake like bean size, paste on glabella, wait four sides blister remove. Another song says: Pediatric heavy tongue...

[Treat Various Oral Diseases, Unable to Suckle and Throat Swelling] Huang Lian, Huang Bo each 8 fen, Chen Sha, Qing Dai, Xiong Huang each 2 fen, Pu Xiao 1.5 fen.

[Treat All Nameless Swollen Toxids Wet Rot] Adults also effective. Earthworm feces 3 liang, ripe Pi Xiao 2 liang, grind powder, draw water thick mix thick apply.

[Treat Fei Chuang, Huang Shui Chuang] Red dates (burn ash), Ku Fan, Huang Dan, Song Xiang each 1 qian, Guan Fen 5 fen, Yin Zhu 3 fen. Wet then sprinkle, dry then use sesame oil rub. One prescription: Use pig claw ash (pig trotter shoe burn ash) wet then sprinkle on, dry then use hemp oil mix sprinkle.

[Treat Bald Sores and Stubborn Tinea] Peach head seven (length 4 cun, pound), Wumei seven, Bai Fan, Chuan Jiao, Hu Jiao each 1 qian, Sesame oil 2 liang. Another prescription: Huang Dan, Tofu dregs thick apply, several days then heals. Another prescription: Cured meat bone burn ash, sesame oil rub. Another prescription: Aged wheat half sheng, pour in continuously when frying, Liu Huang 2 liang make powder, every liang add 3 centipedes, grind again, first wash Cong Jiao clean, sesame oil mix apply, three times then heals, shave hair rub three times again, never recur.

[Treat Prickly Heat Itch on Body] Winter melon skin rub then heals, winter month use vine decoct wash.

[Treat Sores/Scabies Itch] Jin Yin Hua, Ku Shen, Jing Jie, Gan Ju, Fang Feng each 5 qian, decoct well enter Pi Xiao 1 liang wash.

[Wu Fu Hua Du Dan] Treats all fetal toxins attacking upward, mouth/tongue sores, heavy tongue, wooden tongue, Ma Ya E Kou, and whole body sores/boils, Chi You Jing... Jie Geng (remove radicle peel slightly fried), Xuan Shen (remove radicle wash, bake) each 6 liang, Bai Fu Ling (remove peel) 5 liang, Ya Xiao, Ren Shen, Qing Dai each 2...

[Treat Night Crying] Chan Tui seven, take lower half grind powder, Bo He decoct add little wine, mix take one zi. If don't believe, take upper half then cries again...

[Treat Night Sweats] Hu Huang Lian, Chai Hu equal parts grind powder, refine honey make pills like Euryale seed size, one to three pills, dissolve in wine, add water 5 fen, heavy...

[Treat Umbilical Cord Cutting Improperly, Blood Coming from Umbilicus] Jiang Can (fried remove silk) grind powder, honey mix apply sore mouth.

[Treat Pediatric Urinary Incontinence] Wu Yao grind powder, rice soup take 3 qian. Another prescription, Yan Wo Cao burn ash, water mix take.

[Treat Constipation Prescription (For Weak Children Who Cannot Be Purged)] Honey 3 liang boil like syrup, add Ya Xiao powder 3 qian, twist into sticks 3-4 strips, put one...

[Wan Yi Wan] Can treat hundred pediatric diseases (prescription seen in Pu Ji).

[Treat Cough Prescription] Sweet pear one, cut open put honey inside, wrap in dough bake eat. Another treat chronic cough prescription: Nan Xing, Ban Xia, Bai Fan (raw), Ya Xiao, Xing Ren (remove shell grind), Ba Dou (remove shell grind), Zao Rou make pills like wu zi size, use 3-5 pills, pick with needle burn on lamp retain nature, tea clear send down. Remaining child grew large, age thirteen, cough fever, phlegm...

[Bao Long Wan (Suitable for Strong Ones)] Treats wind-cold fever, phlegm congestion tidal convulsions, plague summerheat etc. Dan Nan Xing 8 qian, She Xiang 1 qian, Tian Zhu Huang, Xiong Huang, Chen Sha each 4 fen, Gan Cao paste (Laxue bake especially good) make pills, like soap seed size, divide three times to take within hundred days.

[Bai Zhu San] Treats thirst after vomiting/diarrhea, about to become slow fright. Ren Shen, Bai Fu Ling (remove peel), Bai Zhu, Huo Xiang, Gan Ge, Zhi Gan Cao, Mu Xiang equal parts decoct take. If frequent diarrhea/dysentery about to become fright, add Shan Yao, Bai Bian Dou, Rou Dou Kou (baked) each 1 qian, use one slice ginger decoct. If slow fright already made, add Xi Xin, Tian Ma each 1 qian, Bai Fu Zi 8 fen, Quan Xie 3. If winter month children vomit much, Stomach cold, add Ding Xiang 2 grains. Stomach deficiency cannot eat, great thirst unceasing, add Tian Hua Fen; can eat and thirsty, then use Bai Hu Tang add Ren Shen.

[Fei Er Wan] Grind masses clear heat, promote eating kill parasites.