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Formula for treating infantile acute convulsion (Jing Feng) that has transmitted to slow convulsion:
Poria (Fu Ling, 2 qian), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha), Typhonii Rhizoma (Bai Fu Zi), Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Borax (Peng Sha) (each 1 qian), Arisaema Cum Bile (Nan Xing), Scorpio (Quan Xie) (remove blue toxicity and roast), Gastrodia Rhizome (Tian Ma) (each 2 qian), Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang) (5 li), Brain (Nao Zi), Moschus (She Xiang) (each 5 li).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Chinese chestnut seed. Take one pill per dose, dissolved in Mint Decoction (Bo He Tang).

For slow convulsion resulting from prolonged vomiting and diarrhea transforming into convulsive symptoms, Huo Ming Yin Zi, Xing Pi San, and Ding Ming Yin Zi are indicated.
For early-stage slow convulsion presenting with slight movement of hands and feet, drowsiness, eyes half-open (Lu Jing), phlegm rattle in the throat, and mild wheezing, Fang Feng Tian Ma Tang is indicated.
For convulsive heat persisting for a long time and gradually transforming into unremitting slow convulsion, Qiang Huo Gao combined with Dan Xing Gao is indicated.
For slow convulsion about to transmit to slow spleen wind (Man Pi Feng) symptoms, Quan Xie Guanyin San, Bao Sheng Dan, and Wang Shi Xing Xing San are indicated.

Formula for infants whose vomiting and diarrhea have transformed into convulsions, causing lethargy and anorexia:
Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Scorpio (Quan Xie) (stir-fried), Gastrodia Rhizome (Tian Ma), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ren Shen), Poria (Fu Ling), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu), Licorice Root (Gan Cao) (honey-fried), Bombyx Batryticatus (Jiang Can) (stir-fried), Typhonii Rhizoma (Bai Fu Zi) (processed).
For each dose, use one zhong of water, one slice of ginger, and one black jujube. Decoct until five fen of liquid remains, then administer.

For children with incessant vomiting and diarrhea, where phlegm induces convulsions, spleen and stomach are fatigued, accompanied by drowsiness, anorexia, and sighing:
Costus Root (Mu Xiang, 5 fen), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ren Shen, 5 fen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu, 1 qian), Lotus Seed (Lian Mi, 5 pieces), Scorpio (Quan Xie, 4 fen), Tangerine Peel (Ju Pi, 5 fen), Poria (Fu Ling, 1 qian), Licorice Root (Gan Cao, 1 fen), Gastrodia Rhizome (Tian Ma, 5 fen). ○ If phlegm is present, add Arisaema Cum Bile (Nan Xing, 5 fen).
For each dose, use one qian of water, one slice of ginger, and one black jujube. Decoct until five fen of liquid remains, then administer. Alternatively, grind into powder and take orally.

For children with prolonged vomiting and diarrhea leading to spleen and stomach deficiency, manifesting as unremitting slow convulsion spasms transmitting to slow spleen wind symptoms; this formula may also be taken:
Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia), Gastrodia Rhizome (Tian Ma), Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Poria (Fu Ling), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu).
For each dose, use one zhong of water, one slice of ginger, and one jujube. Decoct until five fen of liquid remains. Administer at any time without restriction.

For children whose fright may lead to slow convulsion symptoms, this medicine must be taken:
Saposhnikovia Root (Fang Feng), Gastrodia Rhizome (Tian Ma), Bombyx Batryticatus (Jiang Can), Poria (Fu Ling), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ren Shen), Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia), Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), Cicada Slough (Chan Tui), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qiang Huo), Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi).
○ If phlegm is present, add Calculus Bovis (Dan Xing). ○ If wind pathogen is excessive, add Scorpio (Quan Xie).
Use one zhong of water and one slice of ginger. Decoct until five fen of liquid remains, then administer.