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The chest is high, swollen, and protruding; this is caused by the Lung organ being invaded by pathogenic factors, resulting from long-term asthma (wheezing), or it may be due to the wet nurse consuming excessive amounts of "Five Pungent Spices" (Wu Xin: a traditional term referring to pungent vegetables like garlic, leeks, etc.). The back is high and stooped; this occurs when Wind-Cold pathogens enter the spinal column, or it results from sitting too early, often becoming a chronic disease. Occasionally, moxibustion therapy can achieve a cure.

Main Formula: Baihe (Lily Bulb), Tianmendong (Asparagus Root), Xingren (Apricot Seed), Mutong (Akebia Stem), Sangpi (Mulberry Bark), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Dahuang (Rhubarb Rhizome, stir-baked), Tiantingli (Descurainiae Semen Lepidii Semens, stir-fried between papers). Grind the above herbs into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of mung beans. Take five pills each time, swallowed with warm water before going to sleep.

Another Prescription: Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome), Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Mahuang (Ephedra Herb), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Dahuang (Rhubarb Rhizome, stir-baked; each 1 qian). Grind the above herbs into powder, bind with wine paste to form pills the size of millet seeds. Take after meals, delivered with rice soup.

Speech is the voice of the Heart. When a fetus is in the womb, if the mother is affected by fright and evil qi invading the Heart, the fetus senses the maternal qi. This causes the Heart palace to lose its guard and the root of the tongue to become obstructed, resulting in the child not speaking until four or five years of age.

Main Formula: Shichangpu (Acorus Rhizome, preferably nine-jointed), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Rhizome; each 3 qian), Ruxiang (Frankincense), Zhusha (Cinnabar; 5 qian). Grind the above herbs into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take ten pills each time, delivered with rice soup before bed.

Teeth are the surplus of bones, and bones are the manifestation of the Kidney. Insufficiency of Kidney Qi leads to bone atrophy and weakness, causing delayed tooth eruption.

Main Formula: Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Rhizome; 5 qian), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Baishao (White Peony Root), Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root), Shanyao (Dioscorea Rhizome), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried; each 2 qian). Grind the above herbs into powder. Take 1 qian each time, mixed with warm water before meals. It can also be applied topically to the gum roots.

By one year of age, the knee bones mature, enabling walking. Inability to walk is due to the deficiency of paternal essence and maternal blood, weak fetal qi, and soft marrow.

Main Formula: Wujiaopi (Acanthopanacis Cortex), Chuanniuxi (Cyathulae Radix), Xuan Mugua (Chaenomeles Fruit; equal parts). Grind the above herbs into powder. Take 1 qian each time, mixed with good wine, taken on an empty stomach and delivered with rice soup. If ineffective, administer medicines that greatly tonify Qi and Blood and nourish the Kidney to strengthen tendons and bones.

Insufficient congenital endowment leads to thin muscles and exposed joints, resembling the knee of a crane. This is also due to Kidney deficiency and marrow depletion, causing the body to become dry and emaciated over time.

Main Formula: Shudi (Prepared Rehmannia Root; 4 liang), Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit), Shanyao (Dioscorea Rhizome; each 2 liang), Baifuling (Poria; each 1 liang), Zexie (Alisma Rhizome; 1 liang), Danpi (Moutan Cortex; 1 liang), Lurong (Deer Antler Velvet; one pair), Chuanniuxi (Cyathulae Radix; 2 liang). Grind the above herbs into powder, mix with honey to form pills. Take on an empty stomach, delivered with wine or warm water.