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Sudden wheezing accompanied by chest and abdominal distension. Tian stated: Sudden wheezing is commonly known as "Ma Pi Feng" (Horse Spleen Wind) in folk medicine, with obstruction of urination and defecation; it requires urgent purgation using Niuhuang Duoming San (Calculus Bovis Decoction for Snatching Life), followed by Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction) to calm the condition. Infants under one hundred days old suffering from this disease are considered incurable.

Niuhuang Duoming San (Calculus Bovis Decoction for Snatching Life) treats pediatric lung distension with wheezing and fullness, urgency in the chest and diaphragm, flapping movement of the two hypochondria, sunken depressions in the chest resembling pits, dilated nostrils, restlessness, coughing and panting, hoarse voice without sound, and tidal accumulation of phlegm and saliva blocking the airways. It is commonly called Ma Pi Feng (Horse Spleen Wind). If untreated, death occurs within a day or night.

Bai Qian Niu (Fructus Pharbitidis, White), Hei Qian Niu (Fructus Pharbitidis, Black) (each 1 liang, half raw and half processed); Chuan Da Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Sichuan); Bing Lang (Areca Seed, each 1 liang).
Grind all into fine powder. For a three-year-old child, administer 2 qian per dose, mixed with cold Jiang Shui (fermented rice water). If there is excessive phlegm, add a small amount of Ni Fen (Calomel); if no time restriction applies, add a little honey.

Wujia San (Priceless Powder) treats wind-heat causing rapid breathing and restlessness, commonly referred to as Ma Pi Feng (Horse Spleen Wind).
Chen Sha (Cinnabar, 2.5 qian); Qing Fen (Calomel, 5 qian); Gan Sui (Radix Euphorbiae Kansui, wrapped in flour and baked dry, 1.5 qian).
Grind all into fine powder. Administer one zi (a very small measure) per dose. Use a small amount of warm Jiang Shui (fermented rice water), add one drop of oil, place the medicine on top of the oil so it sinks, then pour in the Jiang Shui. Effect is immediate.

Another method: For pediatric wheezing and distension, commonly called Ma Pi Feng (Horse Spleen Wind) or Feng Hou (Wind Throat). Measure a grass stem against the patient's middle finger from the inner palm crease to the fingertip, and cut it. Take two such stems. Place them slightly obliquely upright above the nipple. Place a third stem horizontally across the tips of the first two. Mark the points at both ends of the horizontal stem. Apply moxibustion with three zhuang (cones). This method has been seen to cure many cases.

The Wan Quan Fang states that infants have Jing Ti (Fright Crying), Ye Ti (Night Crying), and Qu Ti (Body Crying). Jing Ti (Fright Crying) arises when wind-pathogen attacks the Heart, generating heat in the Zang-Fu organs. Heat causes instability of spirit and restless sleep, leading to fright crying. Ye Ti (Night Crying) is due to cold in the viscera; Yin is abundant at night, and Yin-cold resonates, causing pain worse than during the day, hence night crying. Another view suggests violating taboos also causes night crying, which can be resolved with magical rites. Qu Ti (Body Crying) results from severe abdominal pain, where the infant stretches their body, breath becomes constrained, and they cry. There is also crying due to Tai Han (Fetal Cold), meaning the infant contracted illness while in the womb. Symptoms include deficiency-cold of the intestines and stomach, inability to digest milk, abdominal distension, diarrhea/dysentery, bluish-white complexion, and intermittent crying. [Xue Ji] Bei Ku (Sad Crying) is the sound of the Lung; tears are the fluid of the Liver. If the six pulses are wiry and tight, first soak the body in warm water to induce sweating, then use drugs like Liang Ge San (Cool the Diaphragm Powder) to clear internal heat. This is Zhang Zihe's treatment method. If caused by the nursing mother's anger leaving residual heat in the Liver, causing Liver Fire to blaze and counter-attack Lung Metal, with Metal and Wood clashing, resulting in sad crying with sound, use Liu Jun Zi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction), Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix), and Shan Zhi (Gardeniae Fructus) to tonify the Spleen and clear the Liver, and use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) to strengthen Water to nourish Wood. Some cases result from excessive use of wind-dispelling and blood-drying drugs for convulsions; some from loss of body fluids due to vomiting and diarrhea; and some from congenital insufficiency of the Father's Kidney Yin failing to generate Liver Wood. Treatments must be carefully examined. If an infant suddenly cries loudly, Danxi considered it a sign of impending death, attributing it to congenital Kidney Yin insufficiency causing Deficient Fire to flare upward. Using Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) often saves lives. Refer also to Ye Ti (Night Crying), Ke Wu (Guest Hostility), Jing Ti (Fright Crying), Chong She (Double Tongue), Kou Chuang (Mouth Sores), Tian Diao (Heavenly Angling/Convulsion), and Nei Diao (Internal Angling/Internal Convulsion) syndromes.

Qian Shi Chan Hua San (Chan Hua Powder by Qian Yi) treats fright-convulsions with night crying, teeth grinding, coughing, and throat congestion/pain.
Chan Hua (Entomata Cordyceps, with shell); Bai Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus, straight ones, stir-fried with wine until cooked); Gan Cao (Licorice Root, honey-fried. Each 1 fen); Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizome, 0.5 fen).
Grind into powder. For a one-year-old, administer one zi; for four to five years old, half a qian. Take down with Chan Ke Tang (Cicada Slough Decoction).

The Ben Shi Fang treats Ao Ku (Stubborn Crying) in infants. Long Chi San (Dragon Tooth Powder).
Long Chi (Dental Fossils); Chan Ke (Periostracum Cicadae, remove wings, feet, and dirt); Gou Teng (Uncaria Ramulus, with hooks); Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix); Fu Ling (Poria); Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix. Equal parts).
Grind into powder. Administer one large qian per dose. Decoct with enough water to yield six parts liquid, strain, and take warm.

Zhang Zihe treated an infant who cried bitterly and continuously for days. The pulses in both hands were wiry and tight. Dai Ren said: Excessive Heart Fire attacks the Lung; the Lung does not accept this oppression, hence crying. The Lung governs sadness. Wang Taipu stated: When Heart Fire scorches, pain is severe; thus, when scorching is severe, sadness/crying is also severe. First, he ordered a bath, soaking the body in warm water to induce sweat. Since the Lung governs skin and hair, sweating dissipates Lung heat. After bathing stopped, crying also ceased. He then prescribed Liang Ge San (Cool the Diaphragm Powder) added with Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) and Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix), decocted together with Zhu Ye (Bambusa Leaf), Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and Po Xiao (Natrii Sulfas), to drain pathogenic heat from the diaphragm.