〔防风通圣散〕∶
治一切风热郁结,气血蕴滞,筋脉拘挛,手足麻痹,肢体焦痿,头痛昏眩,腰脊强
痛,耳鸣鼻塞,口苦舌干,咽嗌不利,胸膈痞〔闷〕,〔咳呕〕喘满,涕唾稠粘,肠
胃燥〔热结〕,便溺淋闭。或肠胃蕴热郁结,水液不能浸润于周身,而为小便多出者;
或湿热内甚,而〔时〕有〔汗泄〕者;或表之正气与邪〔热〕并甚于里,阳极似阴,而
寒战烦渴者;或热甚变为疟疾,久不已者;或风热走注,疼痛麻痹者;或肾水阴虚,心
火阳热暴甚〔而〕中风;或暴喑不语,及暗风痫〔者〕;或破伤中风,时发潮热搐
〔搦〕,并小儿热甚惊风,或〔斑〕疹〔反〕出不快者;或热极黑陷,将欲死者;
或风热疮疥久不愈者;并〔解〕耽酒热〔毒〕,及调理伤寒,发汗不解,头项肢
体疼痛,并宜服之。
防风(二钱半) 川芎(五钱) 石膏(一钱) 滑石(二钱) 当归(一两) 赤芍(五钱)
甘草(二钱半炙) 大黄(五钱) 荆芥穗(二钱半) 薄荷〔叶〕(二两) 麻黄(五钱去根苗节)
白术(五钱) 山栀〔子〕(二钱) 连翘(五钱) 黄芩(五钱) 桔梗(五钱) 牛蒡(酒浸五钱)
人参(五钱) 半夏(姜制,五钱)
以上共五钱,上为粗末,每服四钱,水一盏,生姜三片,煎至六分,去滓,温服。不
计时候,日三服。病甚者五、七钱至一两;极甚者,可下之,多服,〔二两〕、三两,
得利后,却当服三、五钱,以意加减。病愈,更宜常服,则无所损,不能再作。
灵砂丹∶
治风热郁结,血气蕴滞,头目昏眩,鼻塞清涕,口苦舌干,咽嗌不利,胸膈痞闷,
咳嗽痰实,肠胃燥涩,小便赤;或肾水阴虚,心火炽甚,及偏正头风痛,发落齿痛,遍
身麻木,疥癣疮疡,一切风热,并皆治之。
独活 羌活 细辛 石膏 防风 连翘 薄荷(各三两)
川芎 山栀 荆芥 芍药 当归 黄芩 大黄(生) 桔梗
(以上各一两) 全蝎(微炒半两) 滑石(四两) 菊花 人参 白术(各半两)
寒水石(一两生用) 砂仁(一钱) 甘草(三两生) 朱砂(一两为衣)
上为细末,炼蜜为丸,每两作十丸,朱砂为衣。每〔服〕茶清嚼一丸,食后服。
神仙换骨丹∶
治气血凝滞,荣卫郁结,风热湿气相搏筋骨之间,内舍偏虚,发为不遂之病,气感
八风,血凝五痹,筋挛骨痛,瘫痪偏枯,一切风证,并宜治之。服之神妙,难以言宣。
槐角(炒黄熟) 桑白皮(去皮) 川芎 苍术(泔浸去皮) 白芷 蔓荆子(去萼)
人参 威灵仙 何首乌 防风(各二两) 苦参 五味子 香附(各一两)
麝(半两别研) 麻黄(十斤) 朱砂(水飞一两)
上将麻黄去根、苗、节,用河水三石三斗三升,小斗七升是也,熬至六升,滤去
麻黄,澄清再熬至二升半,入其余药末,每一两三钱作十丸,朱砂为衣。每一
丸,酒一盏,浸至晚,溶化,临卧服。
不换金丹∶
退风散热。治风有二法,〔行〕经和血及开〔发〕腠理。经脉凝滞,非行经则血
不顺,是治于内也。皮肤郁结,非开发则荣卫不和,是调理于外也。此亦发散之药也。
荆芥穗 白僵蚕(炒) 天麻 甘草(各一两) 羌活(去芦) 川芎 白附子(生) 川
乌头(生) 蝎梢(去毒炒) 藿香叶(各半两) 薄荷(三两) 防风(一两)
上为细末,炼蜜丸弹子大,每服细〔嚼〕茶清下。如口 向左,即右〔腮〕上涂
之,即止。
花蛇续命汤∶
治卒中风,牙关紧急,精神昏愦,口眼 斜,不知人事,痰涎不利,喉中作声。
白花蛇(酒浸,去皮骨,焙干) 全蝎(炒) 独活(去土) 天麻 附子 人参 防风 肉桂 白
术 本 白附子(炮) 赤箭 川芎 细辛(去叶) 甘草(炙) 白僵蚕(去丝灰炒) 半夏(汤浸
切) 白茯苓(去皮) 麻黄(去节,水煮三沸去沫,细切,以上各一两)
上为粗末,每服五钱,水一〔盏〕,生姜五片,煎至七分,去滓,稍热服,不拘时。
加减冲和汤∶
治中府之病,宣外阳,补脾胃,泻风木,实表里,养荣卫。
柴胡(五分) 升麻(三分) 黄 (五分) 半夏(二分) 黄芩 陈皮 人参 芍药
甘草(各二分半) 当归 黄柏(酒浸,各三分)
上锉如麻豆大,作一服,水二〔盏〕,煎至一〔盏〕,去滓,稍热〔服〕。
如有自汗多者,加黄〔 〕半〔钱〕;嗽者加五〔味〕子二十〔粒〕。
防风天麻〔散〕∶
治风痹走注,肢节疼痛,中风偏枯,或暴喑不语,内外风热壅滞,解昏眩。
防风 川芎 天麻 羌活 白芷 当归 草乌头 白附子 荆芥穗 甘草(炙,各半两) 滑石(二两)
上为末,热酒化蜜少许,调半钱,加至一钱,觉药力营运微麻为度。或炼蜜〔丸〕
如弹子大,每服一丸,热酒化下。或半丸,细嚼,白汤下亦得。散郁结,宣气血。如
甚者,服防风通圣散。
祛风丸∶
治风偏,手足〔颤〕掉,语言謇涩,筋骨痛。
乌头(炮) 天南星 草乌头(炮) 半夏 绿豆粉(各一两) 甘草 川芎 白僵蚕 藿香 零零
香地龙 蝎梢(各三两) 川姜(半两炮)
上末一两,用绿豆粉一两,白面二两,滴水丸梧桐子大。每三、五丸,细嚼,茶清
下,或五、七丸亦得,食后服,初服三丸,渐加多。
大通圣白花蛇散∶
中府之药也。(大)治诸风,无问新久,手足 曳,腰脚缓弱,行步不正,精神
昏昧,口眼 斜,语言謇涩,痰涎壅盛,筋脉挛急,肌肉顽痹,皮肤燥痒,骨节疼,
目眩,下注腰脚,疼痛腿重,肿疡生疮;或痛无常〔处〕,游〔走〕不定,及风
气上攻,面浮〔肿〕耳鸣,并宜服之。
天麻(去苗) 赤箭 防风(去苗) 本 木香 海桐皮 肉桂 杜仲(炒) 干山药 当归 威灵仙
白附子(炮) 菊花 蔓荆子 羌活(去芦) 虎骨(酥炙) 白芷 干蝎 白花蛇(酒浸去皮,骨肉用) 荜
甘草(炙) 牛膝(去苗) 郁李仁(去皮研) 浓朴(姜制,各一两)
上为末,每服一钱至二钱,温酒调下,荆芥汤调下亦得,空心服之。常服祛风逐气,
通行荣卫,久病风人,尤宜常服。轻〔者〕中风,不过二十服,平安如故。
活命金丹∶
治风中脏不语,半身不遂,肢节顽痹,痰涎上潮,咽嗌不利,饮食不下,牙关紧
禁,及解一切药毒,发热腹胀,大小便不利,胸膈痞满,上实下虚,气闭面赤,汗
后余热不退,劳病诸〔证〕,无问老幼妇人,俱得服之。
川芎 甘草 板蓝根 葛根(各一两) 龙脑(二钱研) 麝香(二钱研) 牛黄(研五分) 生犀 桂(各
三钱) 珠子粉(半两) 川大黄(二两半) 甜硝(一两) 辰砂(四钱,一半为衣) 青黛(三
钱) 薄荷(五钱)
上为细末,炼蜜同水浸蒸饼,糊为剂,每一两作十丸,别入朱砂为衣,就湿,以真金箔四十叶为衣。〔葛〕月修
合,瓷器内收贮,多年不坏。如风毒,茶清送下;解毒药,新冷水化下;余热劳病,及小儿惊热,薄荷汤化下。以
上煎,量大小加减用之。
至宝丹∶
治卒中风急不语,中恶气〔绝〕,中诸物毒,暗风,〔中〕热疫毒,阴阳
〔二〕毒,〔山〕岚瘴〔气〕毒,中暑毒,产后血晕,口鼻血出,恶血上攻心,
烦躁,心肺积热,〔霍〕乱吐利,风注筋惕,大肠风〔秘〕,神魂恍惚,头目
〔昏〕眩,眠卧不安,唇口干焦,伤寒狂语,小儿急惊,风热卒中,客忤,不得眠
〔睡〕,惊风搐搦,以上无不治者。
辰砂(五两水飞) 生犀(五两) 麝香(二两半) 玳瑁(五两) 牛黄(二两) 龙脑
(五两水飞) 人参(五两) 银箔(一百二十片,一半为衣,余入药) 琥珀(五两)
安息香(五两,用酒半升熬膏) 金箔(二百二十片,一半为衣,余入药)
雄黄(一两半) 南星(三两,水煮软,切片。一法∶酒二升半,浸蒸七次,焙干用。)
上为细末,(半)用安息香膏,次炼蜜,一处搜和为丸,梧桐子大,每服三丸至
五丸,煎人参汤下之。小儿〔一丸〕至二丸,汤下之同上。
牛黄通膈汤∶
治初病风证,觉一二日实,则急下之。
牛黄(二钱别研) 大黄(一两) 甘草(一两炙) 朴硝(三钱别研)
上件为末,每服一两,水二钟,除牛黄、朴硝外,煎至一盏,去滓,入牛黄、朴硝一
半调服,以利三、二行为度。未利,再量虚实加减服之。
[Fangfeng Tongsheng San (Saposhnikovia-Containing Decoction for Unblocking the Great Sage)]:
Treats all conditions of wind-heat stagnation and constraint, qi and blood stasis, tendon vessel spasm, numbness of hands and feet, emaciation and flaccidity of limbs, headache and dizziness, stiffness and pain of waist and spine, tinnitus and nasal congestion, bitter taste in mouth and dry tongue, difficulty in throat and pharynx, oppression and stuffiness in chest and diaphragm, cough and asthma with distension and fullness, thick and sticky sputum and nasal discharge, dryness and heat accumulation in intestines and stomach, and strangury and retention of urine and feces. Or, when there is heat accumulation and stagnation in intestines and stomach, body fluids cannot moisten the whole body, leading to excessive urination; or when damp-heat is severe internally, causing occasional sweating; or when healthy qi on the exterior and pathogenic heat are both severe internally, extreme yang resembling yin, leading to chills and restlessness with thirst; or when severe heat transforms into malaria that persists for a long time; or when wind-heat moves around, causing pain and numbness; or when kidney water is deficient and yin, and heart fire yang heat suddenly becomes severe, leading to stroke; or sudden aphasia, and hidden wind epilepsy; or traumatic wind-stroke, with periodic tidal fever and convulsions, as well as pediatric convulsive disease due to severe heat, or macules and rashes that fail to erupt smoothly; or extreme heat leading to blackening and sinking, approaching death; or wind-heat sores and scabies that do not heal for a long time; as well as resolving alcohol-induced heat toxins, and regulating cold damage where sweating fails to resolve the condition, with pain in head, neck, and limbs, all are suitable for taking this formula.
Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae) (2.5 qian), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong) (5 qian), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (1 qian), Huashi (Talcum) (2 qian), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) (1 liang), Chishao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra) (5 qian), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) (2.5 qian, honey-fried), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) (5 qian), Jingjiesui (Herba Schizonepetae Spica) (2.5 qian), Bohe (Herba Menthae) (2 liang), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae) (5 qian, remove roots, sprouts, and joints), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) (5 qian), Shanzhi (Fructus Gardeniae) (2 qian), Lianqiao (Fructus Forsythiae) (5 qian), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae) (5 qian), Jiegeng (Radix Platycodonis) (5 qian), Niubangzi (Fructus Arctii) (5 qian, soaked in wine), Renshen (Radix Ginseng) (5 qian), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata) (5 qian, ginger-processed).
The above ingredients are coarsely powdered. Take 4 qian per dose, add one zhan of water and three slices of fresh ginger, decoct until six-tenths remains, strain, and take warm. Administer at any time, three times daily. For severe cases, use 5 to 7 qian up to 1 liang; for extremely severe cases, purgation may be used, taking 2 to 3 liang; after obtaining bowel movement, resume taking 3 to 5 qian, adjusting according to judgment. After recovery, continued regular use prevents recurrence without harm.
Lingsha Dan (Cinnabar Pill):
Treats wind-heat stagnation, qi and blood stasis, dizziness of head and eyes, nasal congestion with clear discharge, bitter taste and dry tongue, throat discomfort, chest oppression, cough with thick phlegm, dryness and constipation of intestines and stomach, red urine; or kidney yin deficiency with blazing heart fire, lateral or frontal headache, hair loss and toothache, generalized numbness, scabies, tinea, sores, and all wind-heat conditions.
Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis), Qianghuo (Rhizoma Notopterygii), Xixin (Herba Asari), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Lianqiao (Fructus Forsythiae), Bohe (Herba Menthae) (each 3 liang);
Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Shanzhi (Fructus Gardeniae), Jingjie (Herba Schizonepetae), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, raw), Jiegeng (Radix Platycodonis) (each 1 liang);
Quanxie (Scorpio) (lightly fried, 0.5 liang), Huashi (Talcum) (4 liang), Juhua (Flos Chrysanthemi), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) (each 0.5 liang);
Hanshuishi (Halloysitum Rubrum, raw) (1 liang), Sharen (Fructus Amomi) (1 qian), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, raw) (3 liang), Zhusha (Cinnabaris) (1 liang, used as coating).
Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey to make pills, each liang makes ten pills, coated with Zhusha. Chew one pill with tea water, take after meals.
Shenxian Huangu Dan (Immortal Bone-Changing Pill):
Treats qi and blood stagnation, Ying and Wei stagnation, wind-heat-dampness clashing between bones and tendons, lodging in deficient areas, causing paralysis and inability to move, invasion by eight winds, blood stasis causing five obstructions, tendon spasms and bone pain, hemiplegia, and all wind syndromes. The effect is miraculous and hard to describe.
Huaijiao (Fructus Sophorae, fried yellow), Sangbaipi (Cortex Mori Radicis, peeled), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis, soaked in rice water and peeled), Baizhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae), Manjingzi (Fructus Viticis, calyx removed), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Weilingxian (Herba Clematidis), Heshouwu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae) (each 2 liang); Kushen (Cortex Phellodendri), Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae), Xiangfu (Rhizoma Cyperi) (each 1 liang);
Shexiang (Moschus) (0.5 liang, separately ground), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae) (10 jin), Zhusha (Cinnabaris, water-ground) (1 liang).
First, process Mahuang by removing roots, sprouts, and joints. Use 3 shi 3 dou 3 sheng of river water (using small dou, 7 sheng), boil down to 6 sheng, filter out Mahuang, clarify, and boil again to 2.5 sheng. Add other powdered herbs. Each 1.3 liang makes ten pills, coated with Zhusha. Take one pill, soak in one zhan of wine until evening, dissolve, and take before bed.
Buhuan Jin Dan (Unchanging Golden Pill):
Disperses wind and clears heat. There are two methods for treating wind: promoting meridians and harmonizing blood, and opening interstices. If meridians are stagnant, blood will not flow smoothly without promoting them; this treats internally. If skin is constrained, Ying and Wei will not harmonize without opening interstices; this regulates externally. This is also a dispersing formula.
Jingjiesui (Herba Schizonepetae Spica), Baijiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus, fried), Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) (each 1 liang); Qianghuo (Rhizoma Notopterygii, remove rhizome), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Baifuzi (Rhizoma Typhonii, raw), Chuan Wutou (Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, raw), Xieshao (Scorpio tip, detoxified and fried), Huoxiangye (Herba Pogostemonis) (each 0.5 liang), Bohe (Herba Menthae) (3 liang), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae) (1 liang).
Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey to make pills the size of bullet seeds. Chew finely and swallow with tea water. If the mouth deviates to the left, apply to the right cheek to stop it.
Huashe Xuming Tang (White Snake Life-Prolonging Decoction):
Treats sudden wind-stroke, locked jaw, mental confusion, facial deviation, unconsciousness, difficult expectoration, and sounds in the throat.
Baihuashe (Agkistrodon, soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, dried), Quanxie (Scorpio, fried), Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, cleaned), Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Gaoben (Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong), Baifuzi (Rhizoma Typhonii, processed), Chijian (Rhizoma Gastrodiae), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Xixin (Herba Asari, leaves removed), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried), Baijiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus, silk and ash removed, fried), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, soaked in boiling water and sliced), Baifuling (Poria, peeled), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, joints removed, boiled three times to remove foam, sliced, each 1 liang).
Coarsely powdered. Take 5 qian per dose, add one zhan of water and five slices of fresh ginger, decoct to seven-tenths, strain, and take slightly warm, at any time.
Jiajian Chonghe Tang (Modified Harmonizing Decoction):
Treats diseases of the Middle Jiao, disseminates exterior Yang, tonifies Spleen and Stomach, drains Wind-Wood, strengthens interior and exterior, nourishes Ying and Wei.
Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri) (5 fen), Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae) (3 fen), Huangqi (Radix Astragali) (5 fen), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) (2 fen), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) (each 2.5 fen), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Huangbai (Cortex Phellodendri, wine-soaked, each 3 fen).
Cut like hemp seeds. One dose, add two zhan of water, decoct to one zhan, strain, and take slightly warm.
If spontaneous sweating is excessive, add Huangqi (Radix Astragali) 0.5 qian; if coughing, add Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae) 20 grains.
Fangfeng Tianma San (Saposhnikovia-Gastrodia Powder):
Treats wind-bi migration, joint pain, hemiplegia from stroke, sudden aphasia, internal and external wind-heat obstruction, and resolves dizziness.
Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae), Qianghuo (Rhizoma Notopterygii), Baizhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Caowutou (Radix Aconiti Karakolicum), Baifuzi (Rhizoma Typhonii), Jingjiesui (Herba Schizonepetae Spica), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried, each 0.5 liang), Huashi (Talcum) (2 liang).
Powder. Mix with a little honey dissolved in hot wine, take half a qian, increase to one qian until a slight numbing sensation from the medicine's action is felt. Or make pills with refined honey the size of bullet seeds, take one pill dissolved in hot wine. Or chew half a pill, swallow with plain water. Disperses constraints, promotes qi and blood. For severe cases, take Fangfeng Tongsheng San.
Qufeng Wan (Wind-Expelling Pill):
Treats wind hemiplegia, trembling of hands and feet, slurred speech, and bone and tendon pain.
Wutou (Radix Aconiti, processed), Tiannanxing (Rhizoma Arisaematis), Caowutou (Radix Aconiti Karakolicum, processed), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae), Lvdoufen (Amylum Phaseoli Mungonis) (each 1 liang), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Baijiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus), Huoxiang (Herba Pogostemonis), Linglingxiang (Herba Agastaches), Dilong (Pheretima), Xieshao (Scorpio tip) (each 3 liang), Chuanjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis, 0.5 liang, processed).
Take 1 liang of powder, mix with 1 liang of Lv dou fen and 2 liang of white flour, drop water to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 3-5 pills, chew finely, swallow with tea water, or 5-7 pills, take after meals. Start with 3 pills, gradually increase.
Datongsheng Baihuashe San (Great Unblocking Sage White Snake Powder):
A medicine for the Middle Jiao. (Greatly) treats all wind conditions, new or old, dragging of hands and feet, weakness of waist and legs, unsteady gait, mental confusion, facial deviation, slurred speech, copious phlegm, tendon spasms, muscle numbness, dry and itchy skin, bone and joint pain, dizziness, downward flow to waist and legs causing heavy painful legs, abscesses and sores; or pain without fixed location, wandering, and wind qi attacking upward causing facial edema and tinnitus. All are suitable for taking.
Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae, remove shoots), Chijian (Rhizoma Gastrodiae), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, remove shoots), Gaoben (Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Haitongpi (Cortex Erythrinae), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi), Duzhong (Cortex Eucommiae, fried), Ganshenyao (Rhizoma Dioscoreae, dried), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Weilingxian (Herba Clematidis), Baifuzi (Rhizoma Typhonii, processed), Juhua (Flos Chrysanthemi), Manjingzi (Fructus Viticis), Qianghuo (Rhizoma Notopterygii, remove rhizome), Huguj (Os Tigris, fried with butter), Baizhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae), Ganxie (Scorpio, dried), Baihuashe (Agkistrodon, soaked in wine, skin removed, meat and bone used), Bibo (Fructus Piperis Longi), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried), Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, remove shoots), Yuliren (Semen Pruni Armeniacae, peeled and ground), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis, ginger-processed, each 1 liang).
Powder. Take 1-2 qian, mix with warm wine, or Schizonepeta tea. Take on an empty stomach. Regular use dispels wind and drives out qi, promotes circulation of Ying and Wei. Especially suitable for chronic wind patients. Mild stroke patients recover after no more than 20 doses.
Huoming Jin Dan (Life-Saving Golden Pill):
Treats wind striking the Zang organs causing aphasia, hemiplegia, stubborn bi-syndrome of joints, rising phlegm, throat discomfort, inability to eat, locked jaw, and resolves all drug toxins, fever and abdominal distension, difficulty in urination and defecation, chest oppression, upper excess and lower deficiency, qi closure with red face, lingering residual heat after sweating, consumptive diseases. Suitable for all ages, children, and women.
Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Banlangen (Radix Isatidis), Gegen (Radix Puerariae) (each 1 liang), Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, 2 qian, ground), Shexiang (Moschus, 2 qian, ground), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, 5 fen, ground), Shengxijiao (Cornu Rinocerotis), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) (each 3 qian), Zhuzifen (Concha Margaritifera, 0.5 liang), Chuan Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, 2.5 liang), Tianxiao (Natrii Sulfas, 1 liang), Chensha (Cinnabaris, 4 qian, half for coating), Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis, 3 qian), Bohe (Herba Menthae, 5 qian).
Fine powder. Mix with refined honey and steamed dough made from water-soaked wheat flour to form paste. Each liang makes ten pills, coated with Zhusha, and while wet, coat with 40 sheets of real gold leaf. Prepare in May, store in porcelain jars, does not spoil for years. For wind toxicity, swallow with tea water; for detoxification, dissolve in fresh cold water; for residual heat, consumptive diseases, and pediatric convulsive fever, dissolve in mint tea. Adjust dosage based on size/age.
Zhibao Dan (Precious Treasure Pill):
Treats sudden wind-stroke with acute aphasia, suffocation from evil qi, poisoning from various substances, hidden wind, summerheat epidemic toxin, yin and yang poisons, mountain miasma toxin, summerheat toxin, postpartum blood fainting, bleeding from nose and mouth, evil blood attacking heart, irritability, heat accumulation in Heart and Lung, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, wind injection with muscle twitching, large intestine wind constipation, vague spirit, dizziness, restless sleep, dry and scorched lips and mouth, manic speech from cold damage, pediatric acute convulsion, wind-heat stroke, alien intrusion, insomnia, convulsions. All these are treatable.
Chensha (Cinnabaris, 5 liang, water-ground), Shengxijiao (Cornu Rinocerotis, 5 liang), Shexiang (Moschus, 2.5 liang), Daimei (Testudo Carapax et Plastrum, 5 liang), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, 2 liang), Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, 5 liang, water-ground), Renshen (Radix Ginseng, 5 liang), Yinbo (Folium Argenti, 120 pieces, half for coating, remainder in medicine), Hupo (Electrum, 5 liang);
Anshixiang (Resina Liquidambaris, 5 liang, boiled with half sheng of wine to paste), Jinbo (Folium Aureum, 220 pieces, half for coating, remainder in medicine);
Xionghuang (Realgar, 1.5 liang), Nanxing (Rhizoma Arisaematis, 3 liang, boiled soft and sliced. Alternative method: soak in 2.5 sheng wine, steam seven times, dry and use).
Fine powder. Mix with Anshixiang paste and refined honey to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 3-5 pills, decoct Renshen tea to swallow. Children take 1-2 pills, same method.
Niuhuang Tongge Tang (Calculus Bovis-Unblocking Diaphragm Decoction):
Treats early stage wind syndrome. If perceived as excess after one or two days, purge urgently.
Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, 2 qian, separately ground), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, 1 liang), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried, 1 liang), Puxiao (Natrii Sulfas, 3 qian, separately ground).
Powder. Take 1 liang per dose, add two zhong of water. Decoct all except Niuhuang and Puxiao to one zhan, strain, add half of Niuhuang and Puxiao, mix and take. Stop when bowels move 2-3 times. If not purged, adjust dosage based on excess or deficiency.