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(Geach one liang)
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder, use wheat flour paste as a binder to make pills, sized like yellow millet. Take three to five pills each time, after meals, with rice water.

Huang Qin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction)
Treats severe heat accompanied by sores; this decoction is suitable for consumption.
Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Sheng Gan Di Huang), Scutellariae Radix (Huang Qin), Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chi Shao Yao), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng) (each half liang), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qiang Huo), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (each one fen).
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Take two qian each time, mixed with scallion decoction; Schizonepetae Spica (Jing Jie) decoction can also be used.

Xie Qing Wan (Drain Green Pill)
Also known as Xie Gan Wan (Drain Liver Pill), treats liver excess syndrome characterized by fright and frequent crying.
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui), Gentianae Radix (Long Dan), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), Gardeniae Fructus (Shan Zhi Zi Ren), Rheum Palmatum Radix et Rhizoma (Chuan Da Huang - wrapped in wet paper and baked), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qiang Huo), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng).
Grind the above herbs in equal parts into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a chicken head. Take half to one pill each time, decoct Phyllostachys nigra leaves (Zhu Ye) tea, add rock sugar, and take warm after dissolving.

Zhu Dan Wan (Pig Gallbladder Pill)
Treats gan-heat (pediatric malnutrition with fever).
Phellodendri Cortex (Huang Bo), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huang Lian), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao - raw), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qing Ju Pi) (half liang), Aloe (Lu Hui), Indigo Naturalis (Qing Dai) (each one fen), Moschus (She Xiang) (one qian).
(Revised: Four ingredients in this formula lack specific dosages. This formula is also found in family collections; recommend using half liang each of Huang Bo, Huang Lian, and Gan Cao, and a small amount of She Xiang.)
First, mix the above four herbs with pig bile, press into the gallbladder, tie securely with thread, and boil in sour rice water for about ten boils. Remove, cool, and grind in a mortar until it becomes a paste.
Then, take
Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Hou Po), Agastaches Herba (Huo Xiang Ye), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chen Ju Pi), Massae Fermentatae Medicamentosa (Shen Qu), Terminalia Chebula Retusa (He Zi Pi) (each two fen), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), Syzygium Aromaticum (Ding Xiang), Aucklandiae Radix (Mu Xiang), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (each one fen).
Grind into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a cherry. Take one to two pills each time before meals with ginger decoction. For children, divide one pill into two doses, dissolved in rice water.

Ji Tou Wan (Chicken Head Pill)
Treats post-illness aphasia in children.
Rooster Head (Xiong Ji Tou) (one), Cicada Molt (Ming Chan) (three), Rheum Palmatum Radix et Rhizoma (Da Huang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (each one liang), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui), Astragali Membranaceus (Huang Qi), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), Polygalae Radix (Yuan Zhi), Ophiopogonis Tuber (Mai Men Dong) (each one liang).
Grind into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a mung bean. In the morning on an empty stomach, take five pills with rice water, three to four times daily. Older children may increase the dose. Long-term use yields results. Fresh chickens and cicadas are preferred.

Lian Qiao Jian (Forsythia Decoction)
Treats children who are otherwise healthy without chills or fever but present with subcutaneous nodules, scrofula, and hard, indissolvable masses in the chest, hypochondrium, abdomen, back, and interior, termed "Jie Feng Qi Zhong" (Wind-binding swelling).
Forsythiae Fructus (Lian Qiao), Bletillae Rhizoma (Bai Ji), Pulsatillae Radix (Bai Tou Weng), Moutan Cortex (Mu Dan), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng), Phellodendri Cortex (Huang Bo), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qiang Huo), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Gui Zhi), Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix (Qin Jiao), Sojae Semen Praeparatum (Chi) (each four liang), Sargassum (Hai Zao) (two liang).
Grind into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of soybeans. Three-year-old children take five to ten pills with rice water; five-year-olds adjust dosage accordingly.

An Zhong Wan (Center-Anchoring Pill)
Treats spleen-stomach disharmony with reduced milk and food intake.
Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu) (each half liang), Aucklandiae Radix (Mu Xiang), Agastaches Herba (Huo Xiang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao), Loquat Leaf (Pi Pa Ye), Pinelliae Tuber (Ban Xia), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chen Pi), Syzygium Aromaticum (Ding Xiang) (each one fen), Arecae Semen (Bing Lang) (one liang).
Grind into a fine powder, use water-boiled wheat flour paste to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take ten pills each time after meals with rice water.

Bao Long Wan (Embracing Dragon Pill)
Treats wind-phlegm obstruction causing dizziness, chest oppression, restlessness, palpitations, delirium, phlegm congestion, as well as summerheat thirst, yang-toxin mania.
Arisaematis Rhizoma Preparatum (Tian Nan Xing) (one jin), Agastaches Herba (Huo Xiang Ye) (two liang), Bovis Calculus (Niu Huang) (half liang), Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha), Leucostictitum (Bai Shi Ying) (each one liang), Realgar (Xiong Huang) (four liang), Colla Corii Asini (E Jiao) (one liang).
Grind the eleven ingredients into a fine powder, mix evenly with warm water to form pills the size of a chicken head. Take one pill each time, dissolve in fresh well water with a pinch of salt, after meals.

Xiao Er Bai Zhu San (Pediatric Atractylodes Powder)
Treats poor appetite, susceptibility to injury, high fever, and fatigue.
Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Poria (Fu Ling), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu), Peucedani Radix (Qian Hu), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Huang Ju Pi), Agastaches Herba (Huo Xiang), Loquat Leaf (Pi Pa Ye) (half liang), Pinelliae Tuber (Ban Xia) (one fen), Platycodonis Radix (Jie Geng) (half liang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (one liang).
(Revised: Six ingredients lack specific dosages. Similar to Huo Xiang San in Zhi Mi Fang. Recommend adding Ren Shen, Fu Ling, and Bai Zhu at half liang each, others as per original or adjusted.)
Grind into a fine powder. Take three qian each time with one cup of water, three slices of ginger, and one jujube. Decoct to 70%, drink warm, anytime.

Jian Dao Gu Wan (Scissors Herb Pill)
Treats all types of pediatric convulsions, especially those arising from weakness after prolonged diarrhea/constipation.
Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha) (one fen), Bovis Calculus (Niu Huang), Borneolum Syntheticum (Long Nao) (each one zi), Moschus (She Xiang) (half fen), Hyacinthtis Tuber (Tian Zhu Huang) (one fen), Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Di Huang - raw and dried) (two fen), Bombyx Batryticatus (Bai Jiang Can) (one liang).
The total weight of the above herbs is two liang four qian. Use East-flowing water to boil wheat flour paste to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take one pill each time, crush with the root of *Polygonum bistorta* (Jian Dao Gu), after meals, dissolve in mint decoction. If treating... (text cuts off).

Gou Teng Yin Zi (Uncaria Decoction)
Treats spleen-stomach deficiency wind causing vomiting, diarrhea, and slow convulsions.
Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis (Gou Teng) (three fen), Cicada Molt (Chan Ke), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng), Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Ephedrae Herba (Ma Huang), Bombyx Batryticatus (Bai Jiang Can), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tian Ma), Scorpio (Xie Wei) (each half liang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuan Xiong) (each one liang).
Grind into a fine powder. Take two qian each time with one cup of water, decoct to 60%, drink warm. Adjust dosage based on severity. For cold-predominant cases, add a little Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fu Zi) powder. Drink anytime.

Huang Ting Zi (Yellow Bar)
Treats pediatric slow convulsions.
Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tian Ma), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng), Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen) (each one liang), Dry Scorpio (Gan Xie - whole), Bombyx Batryticatus (Bai Jiang Can) (half liang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao), Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha), Realgar (Xiong Huang), Moschus (She Xiang) (each one fen), Bovis Calculus (Niu Huang) (one fen). Another version adds Typhonii Rhizoma (Bai Fu Zi) half liang (fire-processed).
Grind into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form bar-shaped pills. Adjust size based on child's age. Drink anytime with mint decoction. Infants under 100 days old take one pill the size of a mung bean as a single dose.

Quan Xie San (Scorpion Powder)
Treats pediatric convulsions and stroke causing facial deviation, speech impairment, and hemiplegia.
Scorpio (Quan Xie), Bombyx Batryticatus (Bai Jiang Can), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), Scutellariae Radix (Huang Qin), Arisaematis Rhizoma (Da Tian Nan Xing), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Gui Zhi), Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chi Shao Yao), Ephedrae Herba (Ma Huang) (each three fen), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tian Ma) (six fen).
Grind into coarse powder. Take three qian each time with one and a half cups of water and seven slices of ginger. Decoct to 70%, drink warm, anytime. Adjust dosage based on child's size, three to four times daily. Avoid sheep blood.

Da Tian Nan Xing Wan (Major Arisaema Pill)
Treats pediatric acute and slow convulsions with phlegm tide, spasms, upward staring eyes, facial twitching, lockjaw, opisthotonos, mental clouding, and refusal to nurse for days.
Styrax (Ru Xiang), Borneolum Syntheticum (Long Nao), Bovis Calculus (Niu Huang) (each half liang), Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha), Arisaematis Rhizoma (Tian Nan Xing) (each three qian), Moschus (She Xiang) (one and a half qian), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tian Ma), Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng) (each one liang).
Grind separately and mix evenly. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a chicken head. Take one pill each time with Schizonepetae Spica and Mint decoction. Adjust dosage based on child's size. Drink anytime.

She Xiang Wan (Moschus Pill)
Treats stomach dryness causing sallow emaciation and abdominal/hypochondriac distension.
Myrobalanus Chebula (Mei Shi Zi), Crataeva Nurvalis (Shi Jun Zi), Toosendan Fructus (Chuan Liu Zi), Alpiniae Katsumadai Seed (Bai Wu Yi Ren), Myristicae Semen (Rou Dou Kou - alternative uses Aucklandiae Radix/Mu Xiang), Amomi Fructus Rotundus (Suo Sha Ren), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu) (each one fen).
Grind into a fine powder, use water-boiled wheat flour paste to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take ten pills each time, anytime, with rice water.

Hong San Zi (Red Granule)
Treats wind disorders causing convulsions.
Scorpio (Xie) (one fen), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng), Platycodonis Radix (Jie Geng), Poria (Fu Ling), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (each one liang), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Bai Zhi) (half liang), Arisaematis Rhizoma (Tian Nan Xing), Moschus (She Xiang) (one zhu), Borneolum Syntheticum (Long Nao - small amount).
(Revised: Similar ingredients; recommend adding Arisaematis Rhizoma/Tian Nan Xing at three qian.)
Grind into a fine powder. Take half a qian each time after meals with mint decoction.

Yang Jiao Wan (Horn Pill)
Treats pediatric kidney deficiency or post-illness weak bones and muscles, inability to walk at age five or six. Suitable for tonifying liver and kidney.
Antelopic Cornu (Ling Yang Jiao), Tiger Brain Bone (Hu Nao Gu), Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Sheng Gan Di Huang), Poria (Bai Fu Ling), Ziziphi Spinosae Semen (Suan Zao Ren) (each half liang), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui), Cinnamomi Cortex (Gui Xin), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng), Astragali Membranaceus (Huang Qi) (each one fen).
Grind into a fine powder, mix with refined honey into a paste. Take a piece the size of a soap pod each time, older children may increase dose. Dissolve in warm water before meals, three to four times daily. Long-term use yields results.

Yi Er Wan (Benefit Child Pill)
Also known as Tiao Zhong Wan (Regulate Center Pill). Treats ying-wei disharmony causing emaciation, alternating chills and fever, sallow complexion, food stagnation, and promotes muscle growth.
Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu), Bupleuri Radix (Chai Hu), Poria (Fu Ling), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chen Pi), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Bai Shao Yao) (each half liang), Testudinis et Carapax et Plastrum (Bie Jia), Sparganii Rhizoma (San Leng), Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Gan Jiang) (each one fen).
Grind into a fine powder, use water-boiled wheat flour paste to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take thirty to fifty pills each time on an empty stomach with rice water.

Jiu Sheng San (Life-Saving Powder)
Formula from Lai Gai Chaofeng of Yangyi County. Treats high fever, excessive sleepiness, fatigue, upward staring eyes, and intermittent palpitations/spasms following pediatric vomiting and diarrhea (Slow Spleen Wind). Previous treatments using mercury and calomel provided only temporary relief with high mortality. This formula is recommended.
Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Hou Po - remove bark, use five cun of Gan Cao, crack, boil in two bowls of water over low heat until half remains, discard Gan Cao, keep Hou Po dried to one fen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu) (half liang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (half liang).
Grind into powder. Take two qian each time with one cup of water, three slices of ginger, and one jujube. Decoct to 70%, strain, drink warm after meals.

Ding Tu Jiu Sheng Dan (Vomit-Stopping Life-Saving Elixir)
Treats latent heat generating phlegm, chest irritability, high fever, cholera-like symptoms, anorexia, nausea/vomiting, or regurgitation.
Kansui Radix (Da Shan Ji - boiled in sour rice water, sliced, dried, powdered fifteen liang), Calomelas (Ni Fen) (five and a half liang), Borneolum Syntheticum (Long Nao - raw) (two liang), Calomelas Powder (Fen Shuang) (seven and a half liang), Styrax (Ru Xiang - ground separately).
(This formula has excessive dosages, omitted here.)
Mix and grind evenly. For every one liang of melted wax, add two and a half qian of honey, form pills the size of yellow millet. One-year-olds take one pill. For irritability, grind Sesamum indicum (Zhi Ma) and Portulaca oleracea (Ma Chi Cai) in water. For vomiting, decoct Syzygium Aromaticum (Ding Xiang) tea. For infants... (text cuts off).

Wu Po San (Wu Po Powder)
Treats gan-dysentery.
Coptidis Rhizoma (Xuan Lian), Poria (Bai Fu Ling), Colla Corii Asini (E Jiao), Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Ziziphi Spinosae Semen (Bai Zi Ren), Syzygium Aromaticum (Ding Xiang) (each one fen), Magnesitis (Mei Shi) (one piece), Terminalia Chebula Retusa (He Zi) (two pieces), Pruni Persicae Cortex (Tao Bai Pi) (three fen).
Grind into a fine powder. Take one or two zi each time, mixed with white rice wash water, anytime.

Ru E San (Like-Chalk Powder)
Treats acute and chronic gingivostomatitis in adults and children, gum erosion with continuous pus discharge, alveolar osteomyelitis, and swollen/itchy teeth.
Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Xiang Bai Zhi), Litsea Cubeba Leaf (Ling Ling Xiang Ye), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (each one liang), Calcitum (Han Shui Shi) (three liang), Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Powder (Cao Wu Tou Mo) (three fen), Chalcanthite (Shi Dan), Arsenic Trioxide (Pi Shuang), Lead White Frost (Qian Bai Shuang).
Grind herbs finely, store tightly. Before use, rinse mouth thoroughly. Apply half a zi gently to the affected area. Spit out saliva. Effect is miraculous.

Da Xing Xing Wan (Great Awakening Pill)
Treats various convulsive gan syndromes and complex diseases.
Cinnabaris (Chen Sha), Calamine (Qing Meng Shi), Aurichalcum (Jin Ya Shi) (each one and a half fen), Realgar (Xiong Huang) (one fen), Bufo Toxin Ash (Chan Hui) (two qian), Bovis Calculus (Niu Huang), Borneolum Syntheticum (Long Nao) (each one zi, ground separately).
Grind evenly. Use water to steam steamed bun dough, mix to form pills the size of mung beans, coat with Cinnabaris. Infants under 100 days take one pill; one-year-olds take two pills. After meals, dissolve in mint decoction.

He Zhong San (Harmonize Center Powder)
Harmonizes stomach qi, stops vomiting/diarrhea, relieves thirst, treats abdominal pain and anorexia.
Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Poria (Bai Fu Ling), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao), Dry Scorpio (Gan Xie), Astragali Membranaceus (Huang Qi), Dolichos Lablab Seed (Bai Bian Dou), Agastaches Herba (Huo Xiang Ye).
Grind into powder. Take three qian each time with one cup of water, two pitted jujubes, and five slices of ginger. Decoct to 80%, drink warm before meals.

Zi Su Zi San (Perilla Seed Powder)
Treats pediatric cough and wheezing due to improper feeding, internal wind-cold injuring lung qi, or feeding while crying.
Perillae Fructus (Zi Su Zi), Raphani Semen (Luo Bo Zi), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xing Ren), Aucklandiae Radix (Mu Xiang), Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Terminalia Chebula Retusa (He Zi) (three liang), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qing Ju Pi), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (each one and a half liang).
(Revised: Five ingredients lack dosages. Also recorded in Imperial Medical Bureau formulas. Recommend adding Zi Su Zi, Luo Bo Zi, Xing Ren, Mu Xiang, and Ren Shen at three liang each.)
Grind into powder. Take one qian each time with a small cup of water and three slices of ginger. Decoct to 50%, strain, drink warm anytime. Adjust dosage based on child's size.

Run Fei San (Moisten Lung Powder)
Treats pediatric cold-phlegm obstruction, lung qi dysfunction, cough, asthma, voice loss, phlegm congestion, chest fullness, nasal congestion with clear discharge, and sore throat.
Ephedrae Herba (Ma Huang), Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen) (each two liang), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xing Ren), Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus (Bei Mu) (each one and a half liang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (half liang), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chen Pi) (one fen), Platycodonis Radix (Jie Geng), Colla Corii Asini (E Jiao) (each one liang).
Grind into powder. Take one qian each time with eight parts water, decoct to six parts, strain, drink after meals.

Jin Shi San (Promote Appetite Powder)
Treats spleen-stomach deficiency cold, abdominal distension, and poor appetite.
Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Ju Pi), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qing Ju Pi), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao), Galangalis Rhizoma (Liang Jiang), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Gui Zhi) (each half liang), Cardamomi Fructus (Cao Dou Kou) (two pieces), Aconiti Radix (Chuan Wu Tou), Terminalia Chebula Retusa (He Zi Pi) (one liang).
(Revised: Chuan Wu Tou lacks dosage. Also in Su Shen Liang Fang. Recommend using three pieces of Chuan Wu Tou.)
Grind into coarse powder. Take two qian each time with one cup of water, decoct to 60%, strain, drink warm anytime.

She Chan Wan (Moschus-Toad Pill)
Treats convulsions, phlegm tide, and heat spasms.
Dry Toad Skin Ash (Da Gan Chan Hui) (two qian), Cadmium Powder (Tie Fen), Cinnabar Powder (Zhu Sha Mo), Realgar Powder (Xiong Huang Mo), Ophiolites (She Han - calcined and powdered), Calamine Powder (Qing Meng Shi Mo) (each three qian), Borneolum Syntheticum (Long Nao - small amount).
Mix evenly. Use water-soaked steamed bun center to form pills the size of paulownia seeds, coat with Cinnabaris. Dissolve in mint water, take half to one pill, anytime.

Da Hu Huang Lian Wan (Major Picrorhiza Pill)
Treats all convulsive gan syndromes, abdominal distension, worm activity, geophagia, teething issues, anorexia, somnolence, sucking sounds, irregular bowel movements, emaciation, yellow hair, five-palm heat. Kills worms, improves appetite, treats skin sores, prevents dysentery with long-term use.
Picrorhizae Rhizoma (Hu Huang Lian), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huang Lian), Melia Toosendan Fructus (Ku Liu Zi), Alpiniae Katsumadai Seed (Bai Wu Yi Ren - de-oiled, fried, half liang; early autumn harvest, sun-dried three fen), Dry Toad Head (Gan Chan Tou - washed and powdered separately, one fen), Moschus (She Xiang - small amount).
(Revised: Hu Huang Lian, Huang Lian, Ku Liu Zi lack dosages. Also in Qian's formulas. Recommend using one liang each of Hu Huang Lian, Huang Lian, and Ku Liu Zi.)
First, grind the first four herbs into powder. Mix with pig bile to form a paste. Place one Ba Dou (Croton Seed) kernel inside each walnut-sized pill. Wrap in oil paper, steam until cooked, remove Ba Dou.
Take daily... (text cuts off).

Da Qing Gao (Major Green Paste)
Treats convulsive heat.
Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tian Ma) (one fen), Typhonii Rhizoma (Bai Fu Zi - raw, one and a half qian), Scorpio Tail (Xie Wei) (half qian), Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha) (one zi), Indigo Naturalis (Qing Dai) (one qian), Moschus (She Xiang) (one zi).
Snakehead Fish (Wu...) (text cuts off).
Grind together finely. Mix with raw honey to form a paste. Take a piece the size of a soap pod to one soap pod. For infants, mix with Bovis Calculus (Niu Huang) paste. Dissolve in warm mint water and administer.

An Shen Wan (Spirit-Anchoring Pill)
Treats upper jiao heat causing persistent palpitations.
Ophiopogonis Tuber (Mai Men Dong), Natrii Sulfas (Ma Ya Xiao), Poria (Bai Fu Ling), Dioscoreae Rhizoma (Gan Shan Yao), Calcitum (Han Shui Shi) (each half liang), Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha) (one liang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (half liang), Borneolum Syntheticum (Long Nao - small amount).
Grind into powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a chicken head. Take half a pill each time, dissolve in rock sugar water, anytime.

Yan Shou Wan (Longevity Pill)
Treats pediatric gan qi wasting, emaciation, large abdomen, thin neck, sparse hair, and digestive irregularities (diarrhea or constipation).
Dry Snail (Gan Wo Niu), Dry Earthworm (Gan Qiu Yin) (each half liang), Snake Slough (She Tui Pi), Moschus (She Xiang) (each one fen), Dried Shrimp Heads (Gan Xia Tou) (three pieces), Crataeva Nurvalis (Shi Jun Zi), Myrobalanus Chebula (Mei Shi Zi) (each five qian).
Place snails, earthworms, snake slough, and shrimp heads in a jar, seal, and burn in charcoal until red hot. Remove, grind with the other three herbs into a fine powder. Form pills using millet rice.

Xiao Jin Shi Wan (Small Appetite-Promoting Pill)
Treats indigestion, chest/abdominal fullness, high fever, rapid breathing, vomiting, intestinal borborygmus, diarrhea with undigested food, bloody/purulent dysentery, abdominal pain with tenesmus, and mass formation.
Hematitum (Dai Zhe), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui), Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha), Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Zhi Ke), Aucklandiae Radix (Mu Xiang) (each half liang), Moschus (She Xiang) (one fen), Crotonis Fructus Powder (Ba Dou Shuang) (half fen).
Grind into powder, mix ground ingredients evenly. Use wheat flour paste to form pills the size of hemp seeds. One-year-olds take one pill after meals with warm rice water. Adjust dosage based on deficiency/excess.

Huang Ting Zi (Yellow Bar)
Treats pediatric wind obstruction and acute heat.
Dry Scorpio (Gan Xie) (one qian one zi), Bovis Calculus (Niu Huang), Moschus (She Xiang) (each half qian), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (one fen one zi), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tian Ma) (one fen), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng), Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen) (each one liang).
Except for pre-ground ingredients, grind the rest into fine powder, mix evenly. Form bar-shaped pills with refined honey. For children under one year, take a pea-sized dose. Dissolve in Codonopsis and Phyllostachys nigra leaf decoction, after meals.

Kai Wei Wan (Open Stomach Pill)
Treats pediatric weak viscera, internal wind-cold, abdominal distension/borborygmus, diarrhea (green/white), indigestion, cold viscera night crying, and fetal cold abdominal pain.
Aucklandiae Radix (Mu Xiang), Curcumae Radix (Peng E Zhu), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu), Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui), Moschus (She Xiang), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Bai Shao Yao) (each one fen).
Grind into powder, mix evenly. Use hot water to soak steamed bun dough to form pills the size of broomcorn millet. Take fifteen pills each time with rice water. Newborns with abdominal pain/night crying may take five pills, administered before and after feeding.

Zhi Sheng She Xiang Bing Zi (Supreme Moschus Cake)
Treats three types of epilepsy with spasms, convulsions, facial deviation, upward staring eyes, neck rigidity, foaming at the mouth, and post-vomit/diarrhea weakness, insomnia, restlessness, crying, limb contraction, opisthotonos, mental dullness, phlegm tide, sweating, and progressive coma. Take... (text cuts off).
With decoction, anytime.
Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tian Ma), Scrophulariae Radix (Xuan Shen), Sanguisorbae Radix (Di Yu) (each half liang), Aconiti Radix (Fu Zi) (one liang), Bungarus Parvus Head (Bai Hua She Tou) (one), Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha), Moschus (She Xiang) (each half liang).
In a silver vessel, add water, place in a larger water bath, and simmer into a paste. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds, coat with gold foil, shape into cakes. This also treats elderly deficiency wind, but omit the snake head bone.

Xiang Chan Jian (Fragrant Toad Decoction/Paste)
Treats pediatric gan emaciation.
Dry Toad (Gan Chan) (two pieces: one calcined to retain nature, one boiled in one sheng of wine until soft, strained, simmered into paste), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huang Lian), Picrorhizae Rhizoma (Hu Huang Lian), Alpiniae Katsumadai Seed (Bai Wu Yi) (each one liang).
Mix with toad paste to form pills the size of sesame seeds. Adjust dosage based on child's size.

Xiao Shi Jun Zi Tang (Small Crataeva Decoction)
Treats dental gan.
Crataeva Nurvalis (Shi Jun Zi) (one liang), Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cang Zhu) (three fen), Paeoniae Radix (Shao Yao) (half liang), Codonopsis Radix (Ren Shen), Poria (Fu Ling) (half liang), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Huang Ju Pi) (one fen), Alpiniae Katsumadai Seed (Bai Wu Yi) (one liang).
Grind seven ingredients into powder. On an empty stomach, take two qian mixed with rice water.

Xiao Qiang Huo Gao (Minor Notopterygium Paste)
Treats wind-heat with phlegm causing frequent palpitations.
Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qiang Huo), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tian Ma) (each half liang), Typhonii Rhizoma (Bai Fu Zi), Agastaches Herba (Huo Xiang Ye), Arisaematis Rhizoma (Tian Nan Xing) (each one fen), Moschus (She Xiang) (two fen).
Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a soap pod. Dissolve in Schizonepetae Spica decoction or hot water, take after meals.

Mu Xiang Wan (Aucklandia Pill)
Treats pediatric gan.
Aucklandiae Radix (Mu Xiang), Indigo Naturalis (Qing Dai), Arecae Semen (Bing Lang), Cardamomi Fructus (Dou Kou Ren) (each one fen), Moschus (She Xiang) (one and a half fen), Bufo Toad (Ha Ma) (three pieces, calcined to ash), Dipsaci Radix (Xu Duan Zi) (one liang, calcined to ash).
Grind into powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of sesame seeds. Take five to seven pills on an empty stomach with mint decoction.

Jin Shi Jian (Appetite-Decoction/Paste)
Treats food stagnation and abdominal pain.
Aucklandiae Radix (Mu Xiang), Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Zhi Ke), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui), Cinnabaris (Zhu Sha) (each four liang), Moschus (She Xiang), Crotonis Fructus (Ba Dou) (each one liang).
Grind into powder, use wheat flour paste to form pills the size of yellow millet. Take three to five pills each time after meals with rice water.

Huang Qin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction)
Treats severe heat with sores.
Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Sheng Gan Di Huang), Scutellariae Radix (Huang Qin), Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chi Shao Yao), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng) (each half liang), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qiang Huo), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) (each one fen).
Grind into powder. Take two qian each time, mixed with scallion decoction; Schizonepetae Spica decoction is also acceptable.

Xie Qing Wan (Drain Green Pill)
Also known as Xie Gan Wan (Drain Liver Pill). Treats liver excess with fright and crying.
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui), Gentianae Radix (Long Dan), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), Gardeniae Fructus (Shan Zhi Zi Ren), Rheum Palmatum Radix et Rhizoma (Chuan Da Huang - wrapped in wet paper and baked), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qiang Huo), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng).
Grind equal parts into powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a chicken head. Take half to one pill each time. Decoct Phyllostachys nigra leaves (Zhu Ye) tea, add rock sugar, and take warm after dissolving.

Zhu Dan Wan (Pig Gallbladder Pill)
Treats gan-heat.
Phellodendri Cortex (Huang Bo), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huang Lian), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao - raw), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qing Ju Pi) (half liang), Aloe (Lu Hui), Indigo Naturalis (Qing Dai) (each one fen), Moschus (She Xiang) (one qian).
(Revised: Four ingredients lack dosages. Found in family collections; use half liang each of Huang Bo, Huang Lian, Gan Cao, and a small amount of She Xiang.)
Mix the first four herbs with pig bile, press into the gallbladder, tie with thread, boil in sour rice water for ten boils. Remove, cool, grind in mortar to a paste.
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