This book is a literal translation of the first half of Volume 5 from the Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang 備急千金要方 on pediatrics, composed by Sun Simiao 孫思邈 in the seventh century. It includes the following features:

• 40 pages of introductory matter and 323 pages of main text.
• A critical edition of the Chinese text with the literal English translation on opposing pages.
• Four main sections on "Preface," "Emergence of the Newborn from the Abdomen," "Fright Seizures," and "Intrusive Upset." 
• Extensive translator's notes that explain individual terms, medical concepts, alternative readings of passages, translation issues, etc.
• Clinical commentary by Dr. Brenda Hood. 
• Interspersed throughout the translation and commenting on each major formula in the text, a full translation of the section on pediatrics from the Qian Jin Fang Yan Yi 千金方衍義, a commentary on the Qian Jin Fang composed in 1698 by the famous physician Zhang Lu 張璐.
• Forewords by Peter Firebrace and Genevieve LeGoff.
• A general index and indexes for single herbs and formulas, indications, acupuncture and moxibustion, and proper names.