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Nan Jing (Classic of Difficult Issues) states: The so-called Pian Ku (hemiplegia with pain) refers to a condition where one side of the body is unusable and painful, but speech remains unchanged and consciousness is not disturbed; this indicates the disease is located in the fen li (space between muscle and skin).

[Zhang Zhongjing] San Huang Tang (Three Yellows Decoction): Treats stroke causing spasticity and rigidity of hands and feet, pain in all joints, irritability and fever, mental restlessness, aversion to cold, and loss of appetite throughout the day. [Chen Wuze adds: also treats hemiplegia and aphasia.]
Ingredients: Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix, 2 qian), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix, 4 qian), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma, 2 qian), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, 5 qian), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma, 2 qian).
Take the above five herbs, add six sheng of water, and decoct to obtain two sheng of liquid. Divide into three warm doses. After the first dose, slight sweating occurs; after the second dose, profuse sweating occurs. If there is heart heat, add Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 2 qian); if abdominal fullness, add Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, one piece); if qi rebellion, add Renshen (Ginseng Radix, 3 qian); if palpitations, add Muli (Ostreae Concha, 3 qian); if thirst, add Gualougen (Trichosanthis Radix, 3 qian); if pre-existing cold syndrome, add Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, one piece).

[Li Dongyuan] Shu Feng Tang (Dispersing Wind Decoction): Treats hemiplegia, or limb numbness and paralysis, bone and tendon pain.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, de-jointed, 3 liang), Yizhiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus), Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum, peeled and removed pits, each 1 liang, stir-fried), Gancao (Liquiritiae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, each 5 qian).
Crush the herbs into coarse powder. For each dose, take 1 liang, add one small bowl of water, decoct until reduced to 60%, remove dregs, and take hot. Place feet on a hot water gourd (a heating tool), wait for profuse sweating, then remove the gourd. Do not use in winter.

[Zhu Danxi] Zheng Ji Huan Gu Dan (Rescue and Bone-Replacing Pill) (Not suitable for those with spontaneous sweating).
Huai Pi (Sophorae Flavescentis Cortex), Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Xian Ren (Polygoni Multiflori Radix, i.e., He Shou Wu), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Shou Wu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix), Man Jing Zi (Viticis Fructus).
The ten ingredients are balanced in weight; bitter herbs are halved. Add a small amount of Long Nao (Borneolum Syntheticum) and She Xiang (Moschus). Coat with Zhu Sha (Cinnabaris). Decoct with Mahuang膏 (Ephedra Paste) to form pills, size like a bullet.
Indications: Hemiplegia, facial paralysis (mouth and eye deviation), numbness of hands and feet, dysarthria, pain penetrating to the bone marrow, bi-syndrome in the skin, acute wind-stroke with salivary flooding and inability to speak, mental confusion and obstruction, difficulty walking, tendon and vessel spasm, left flaccid paralysis and right hemiplegia, and all wind diseases.
Ingredients: Huai Jia Zi (Sophorae Japonicae Fructus, raw), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Sang Bai Pi (Mori Cortex), Cang Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), He Shou Wu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix), Man Jing Zi (Viticis Fructus), Wei Ling Xian (Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, each 2 liang), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Ku Shen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix, each 1 liang), Xiang Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, 2 liang), She Xiang (Moschus, 2 qian, separately ground), Long Nao (Borneolum Syntheticum, 2 qian), Chen Sha (Cinnabaris, 5 qian, separately ground).
Grind the above fourteen herbs into fine powder. Mix evenly with She Xiang. Take 10 jin of Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), remove roots and joints, boil in 3 dan 3 dou of river water until reduced to 6 dou, filter, and continue boiling until reduced to 2.5 dou. Boil down in a silver or earthenware vessel to form a paste. Mix with the herb powder, pound 3,000-5,000 times. Make into ten pills per liang of powder, coat with Zhu Sha. Take one pill per dose, crush it first, soak in one zhan of wine from morning to evening, stir well, and take after meals before bed. A sign of efficacy is clear spirit and lack of sleep. Take again every five days. Suitable for those without sweat; if the body sweats spontaneously, taking this will further deplete fluids. For those with strong wind pathogen, induce sweating by lying warm in a sealed room.

[Luo Tianyi] Xu Ming Dan (Continuing Life Pill): Treats men and women suffering from apoplectic wind-stroke, facial paralysis, dysarthria, lockjaw, hemiplegia, convulsions of hands and feet, stubborn bi-pain, salivary flooding and mental disturbance. Also treats women's blood-wind, wheezing, coughing, vomiting, and restlessness in sitting or lying.
Ingredients: Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Nanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma, ginger-processed), Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix), Baixianpi (Dictamni Cortex), Haitongpi (Tsooside Cortex), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Shudi (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), Gange (Puerariae Lobatae Radix, each 1 liang), Diyu (Sanguisorbae Radix), Hugu (Pantheris Os), Zhu Sha (Cinnabaris), Qian Baishuang (Plumbi Subcarbonas), Wushe (Agkistrodon), Niuhuang (Bovis Calculus, each 3 qian), Qingfen (Calomelas, 2 qian), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, de-jointed, 4 liang).
Boil Mahuang in 3 sheng of good wine until reduced to 1 sheng (if Mahuang is not used, use wine directly).
Grind all herbs into powder. Use the Mahuang-wine juice and half jin of honey to boil into a paste, mix with the powder to form pills the size of a bullet. Take one pill per dose, wash down with Dou Lin Jiu (bean-dripping wine) or dissolve in scallion soup. Take at any time. Zhang Zhongqian, Left Chancellor of the Secretariat, suffered from hemiplegia and numbness. Imperial Physician Liu Ziyi administered this pill; he sweated profusely and was cured after one dose.

[Ben Cao Yan Yi etc.] Method of consuming Mul Branch: Take one sheng of Sang Zhi (Mori Ramulus), cut finely, stir-fry until fragrant, add 3 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 2 sheng. Drink within one day at any time. Tu Jing Ben Cao states: Sang Zhi is warm and neutral, neither cool nor hot, suitable for long-term consumption. It treats wind-stroke with itching and dryness of the body, jiaoqi (foot weakness) wind-pathogen, limb spasm, rising qi and dizziness, lung qi cough, digestion promotion, and diuresis. Long-term use makes the body light, sharpens hearing and vision, improves complexion, and treats dry mouth. Xian Jing (Immortal Classic) states: All immortal medicines must be taken with Sang Zhi decoction. Cited from Bao Pu Zi. During the Zhengde era, He Zichang suffered from arm pain; various medicines failed. Using this method for several doses cured his arm pain immediately.

[Wai Tai Mi Yao] Treating Pian Feng (partial wind), hemiplegia, cold accumulation and infectious diseases. Use 1 liang of raw Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix), crush it. Soak in non-ash wine for seven days. Drink every other day. One xiao he (small measure) cures the condition.