小儿偏风者,属少阳厥阴肝胆二经症也。噤者筋急,由风木太甚而乘于脾以胜水湿,则筋太
燥。然燥金主于收敛劲切故也。又曰∶风之为病,善行而数变,或左或右,其因一也。治须
审而药之。若足阳明胃经气虚,风邪所乘,其筋脉偏急者属外因。若足厥阴肝经风热乘脾,
筋脉偏急者属内因。若脾肺虚弱,腠理不密,外邪所乘,或服金石之剂耗损肝血,或吐泻后
内亡津液不能养肝,致口眼歪斜,或半身不遂,诸症皆属肝血不足,肝火生风,宜滋肾水养
肝血壮脾土。治法∶脾胃虚而动风者,异功散加柴胡、钩藤钩。脾肺虚而外邪所乘者,用钩
藤饮。肝火血燥者,用六味地黄丸。津液不足者,用白术散。若兼目紧上视,寒热往来,小
便淋沥,面色青洁,两胁胀痛之类,皆肝经之本病也。或唇口歪斜,腹痛少食,目胞浮肿,
面色青黄,肢体倦怠之类,皆肝木乘脾之症也,当审五脏相胜而主之。设执其见症概投风药
,反成坏症者有矣。
治验
一小儿口眼 斜,面色或青或赤,此肝心风火乘脾也。朝用柴胡清肝散,夕用异功散加钩藤
钩而愈。其时有患前症,服祛风导痰之药者,皆不能起。
一小儿痢后患前症发搐。面色痿黄,肢体倦怠,此元气虚克伐多矣。余用补中益气汤加钩藤
钩子服而渐愈。后因乳母七情饮食失宜,或儿乳食过多,前症仍作。服补中益气汤、五味异
功散而应。
钱氏全蝎散 治惊风口眼歪斜,言语不正,手足偏废不举。
全蝎(去毒,炒) 僵蚕(直者,炒) 川芎 黄芩 甘草 桂枝 赤芍 麻黄(去节。各二钱) 天麻
(六钱) 天南星(去脐,二钱)
上为末,每服二三钱,姜五片,水煎服。
胃风汤 治风冷乘虚入客肠胃,水谷不化,泄泻注下,及肠胃湿毒,下如豆汁或瘀血,日夜
人参 白茯苓 芎 桂 当归 白芍 白术(各等分)
上散每服二钱,入粟米数粒同煎,食前服。
异功散(方见天钓)
六味丸(方见肾脏)
白术散(方见积痛)
柴胡清肝散(方见诸热)
补中益气汤(方见虚羸)
Pediatric hemiplegia with facial deviation (Pian Feng) belongs to the syndromes of the Shaoyang and Jueyin meridians (pathogens affecting the Liver and Gallbladder channels). Trismus (Jin) refers to tendon tension, caused by excessive Wind-Wood qi overacting on Spleen-Earth, thereby overcoming Water-Dampness, resulting in excessive dryness of the tendons. However, Dryness-Metal governs contraction and rigidity, hence this manifestation. It is also said: Wind pathogens are prone to migration and rapid changes; symptoms may appear on the left or right side, yet the underlying etiology remains the same. Treatment requires careful differentiation before administering medication. If Qi deficiency in the Foot-Yangming Stomach channel allows Wind pathogens to invade, causing unilateral tendon tension, it is classified as an external cause. If Wind-Heat from the Foot-Jueyin Liver channel invades the Spleen, causing unilateral tendon tension, it is classified as an internal cause. If Spleen and Lung Qi are deficient, and the Couli (pores and interstitial spaces) are not dense, allowing external pathogens to invade; or if mineral drugs have consumed Liver Blood; or if post-emetic/diarrheal fluid loss fails to nourish the Liver Wood, leading to facial deviation or hemiplegia, these symptoms all belong to insufficient Liver Blood and Wind generated by Liver Fire. The appropriate treatment is to nourish Kidney Water, tonify Liver Blood, and strengthen Spleen Earth.
Treatment methods: For Wind movement due to Spleen-Stomach deficiency, use Yigong San (Isolated Efficacy Powder) with Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix) and Gou Teng Gou (Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis). For Spleen-Lung deficiency with external pathogen invasion, use Gou Teng Yin (Uncaria Decoction). For Liver Fire and blood dryness, use Liuwei Dihuang Wan (Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill). For fluid insufficiency, use Baizhu San (Atractylodes Powder). If accompanied by eyes tightly closed and looking upward, alternating chills and fever, dribbling urination, pale-green complexion, and distending pain in the hypochondrium, these are primary diseases of the Liver channel. If accompanied by lip and mouth deviation, abdominal pain, poor appetite, eyelid edema, green-yellow complexion, and limb fatigue, these are syndromes of Liver Wood overacting on Spleen Earth; one must examine the mutual overcoming relationships among the Five Zang organs to treat them. If one stubbornly adheres to visible symptoms and indiscriminately administers Wind-dispelling herbs, adverse outcomes may occur.
Clinical Cases:
One pediatric patient presented with facial deviation, with a complexion that was sometimes green and sometimes red. This indicated Liver and Heart Wind-Fire invading the Spleen. In the morning, Chai Hu Qing Gan San (Bupleurum Liver-Clearing Powder) was administered; in the evening, Yigong San with Gou Teng Gou was given, resulting in recovery. At that time, other patients with similar symptoms who took Wind-dispelling and phlegm-resolving medicines failed to recover.
Another pediatric patient developed convulsions following dysentery. The complexion was sallow, and limbs were fatigued, indicating deficient Yuan Qi (Primordial Qi) and excessive depletion. I administered Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) with Gou Teng Gou, leading to gradual recovery. Later, due to improper emotional regulation and diet by the wet nurse, or excessive milk/food intake by the infant, the previous symptoms recurred. Administration of Buzhong Yiqi Tang and Wuwei Yigong San proved effective.
Qian's Quanxie San (Scorpion Powder), treating facial deviation, abnormal speech, and hemiplegia caused by Wind-stroke (Jing Feng):
Quan Xie (Scorpio, detoxified and fried), Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus, straight ones, fried), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Chi Shao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba, nodes removed, each 2 qian), Tian Ma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma, 6 qian), Tian Nan Xing (Arisaematis Rhizoma, umbilicus removed, 2 qian).
Grind into powder. Take 2–3 qian per dose, with 5 slices of fresh ginger, decocted in water.
Weifeng Tang (Stomach Wind Decoction), treating Wind-Cold invading the intestines and stomach due to deficiency, causing undigested food and watery diarrhea, as well as intestinal-rectal damp-toxin manifesting as stool resembling bean curd dregs or blood clots, occurring day and night:
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Baifu Ling (Poria), Xiong (Chuan Xiong), Gui (Gui Zhi), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Bai Shao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, equal parts).
Take 2 qian of the powder per dose, decocted with a few grains of millet, taken before meals.
Yigong San (See "Tian Diao" chapter for formula)
Liuwei Wan (See "Shen Zang" chapter for formula)
Baizhu San (See "Ji Tong" chapter for formula)
Chai Hu Qing Gan San (See "Zhu Re" chapter for formula)
Buzhong Yiqi Tang (See "Xu Lei" chapter for formula)