《圣惠》栝蒌煎 治小儿久嗽不止,心神烦闷。
栝蒌(一颗熟者,去仁,以童子小便一升相和,研绞取汁) 酥(一两) 甘草(生一分,为末) 蜜(二两)
上件药,以银锅子中慢火煎如稀饧。每服以清粥饮调下半钱,日四五服,量儿大小加减。
不灰木散 治小儿嗽久不止。
不灰木(牛粪火烧通赤) 贝母(煨令黄) 甘草(炙微赤。以上各半两)
上件药捣,粗罗为散。每服一钱,以新汲水一小盏,点生油一二滴,打令散,
煎至五分,去滓,分温二服,日四服,量儿大小加减。
桑白皮煎 治小儿经时不瘥,及伤肺见血。
桑根白皮(东引者,切,五合) 白狗肺(一具,切) 甘草 茯苓 升麻 贝母(各十二分) 芍药
杏仁(炒。各十分) 李根白皮(切,四分) 款冬花 麦门冬(去心。各六分) 黄芩(十一分) 淡竹青
皮(八分) 蜜 地黄汁(各一升)
上,以水一斗,煮及三升,去滓,下杏膏、地黄汁、蜜,微火上煎,不住搅,
至二升三合,绵滤绞汁。二三岁儿一合,温服之,日进三服,夜三合。
知母散 治大人小儿久嗽不止,痰吐喘闷气噎。
知母 贝母 柴胡 黄 (炙) 紫菀(洗) 马兜铃 杏仁(研,去皮尖) 半夏(白矾水煮干为度)
桑白皮(炙) 白矾(研) 款冬花(各等分)
上为细末,每服一钱,水七分盏,同煎三分,去滓时时服。或生姜自然汁煮糊
为丸,每服五七丸,生姜汤下。
贝母散 治小儿久咳嗽,气急。
贝母(煨) 杏仁(去皮,炒) 麦门冬(去心) 款冬花(各一分) 紫菀(半两)
上为末,用乳汁调下半钱。
The Gualou Decoction from *Taiping Shenghui Fang* is indicated for pediatric chronic cough that persists incessantly, accompanied by mental restlessness and oppression.
Ingredients: Trichosanthis Fructus (one ripe fruit, remove the seeds, mix with one sheng of urine from an uncircumcised boy, grind and squeeze to extract juice); Butter (one liang); Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (raw, one fen, powder); Honey (two liang).
Process the above ingredients in a silver pot over slow heat until the consistency resembles thin syrup. Administer half a qian per dose, mixed with clear rice broth. Take four to five times daily, adjusting the dosage according to the child's age and size.
The Buhui Mu Powder is indicated for pediatric chronic cough that does not cease after a long duration.
Ingredients: Buhui Mu (calcined red-hot using cow dung); Fritillariae Bulbus (roasted until yellow); Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (processed with fire until slightly red. Each half a liang).
Pulverize the above ingredients and sieve coarsely to make a powder. Administer one qian per dose. Mix with a small cup of freshly drawn water, add one or two drops of raw oil, stir to disperse, and decoct until only five fen of liquid remains. Strain and divide into two warm doses, taken four times daily, adjusting according to the child's age and size.
The Sangbaipi Decoction is indicated for pediatric cough that has persisted for a period without recovery, as well as hemoptysis due to lung injury.
Ingredients: Cortex Mori Radicis (from branches growing eastward, sliced, five he); Lung of white dog (one whole, sliced); Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Poria; Cimicifugae Rhizoma; Fritillariae Bulbus (each twelve fen); Paeoniae Radix Alba; Semen Armeniacae Amarum (stir-fried. Each ten fen); Cortex Mori Radicis (sliced, four fen); Flos Farfarae; Ophiopogonis Tuber (remove the heart. Each six fen); Scutellariae Radix (eleven fen); Cortex Phyllostachidis Viridis (eight fen); Honey; Juice of Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (each one sheng).
Decoct the above ingredients in ten dou of water until three sheng remain. Strain, then add Apricot Paste, Juice of Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, and Honey. Simmer over low heat while stirring constantly until two sheng and three he remain. Filter through silk cloth and squeeze to extract the juice. For children aged two or three, administer one he per dose, warm. Take three times during the day and three he at night.
The Zhimu Powder is indicated for persistent chronic cough in both adults and children, characterized by profuse sputum, vomiting, wheezing, chest oppression, and qi obstruction.
Ingredients: Anemarrhenae Rhizoma; Fritillariae Bulbus; Bupleuri Radix; Astragali Radix (processed with fire); Asteris Tatarici Radix et Rhizoma (washed); Aristolochiae Fructus; Semen Armeniacae Amarum (ground, remove skin and tips); Pinelliae Tuber (boiled in Alum solution until dry); Cortex Mori Radicis (processed with fire); Alum (ground); Flos Farfarae (equal parts).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Administer one qian per dose. Decoct with seven-tenths of a cup of water until three-tenths remain. Strain and take frequently. Alternatively, use natural ginger juice to make a paste into pills. Administer five to seven pills per dose, washed down with ginger soup.
The Beimu Powder is indicated for pediatric chronic cough accompanied by rapid breathing.
Ingredients: Fritillariae Bulbus (roasted); Semen Armeniacae Amarum (remove skin, stir-fried); Ophiopogonis Tuber (remove the heart); Flos Farfarae (each one fen); Asteris Tatarici Radix et Rhizoma (half a liang).
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Administer half a qian per dose, mixed with breast milk.