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Forsythiae Fructus (Lianqiao, 连翘) [2 qian], Puerariae Radix (Gegen, 葛根) [2 qian], Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu, 柴胡) [3 qian], Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui, 当归) [2 qian], Rehmanniae Radix (Shengdi, 生地) [5 qian], Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chishao, 赤芍) [3 qian], Persicae Semen (Taoren, 桃仁) [8 qian, crushed], Carthami Flos (Honghua, 红花) [5 qian], Aurantii Fructus (Zhike, 枳壳) [1 qian], Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 甘草) [2 qian].
Decoct in water and take orally.

Prescription Song:
Jiedu Huoxue contains Forsythia and Peach Seed,
Safflower, Aurantium, Kudzu, and Red Peony Root,
With Bupleurum, Licorice, and Rehmannia,
A good prescription for vomiting and diarrhea, decocted with water.

This prescription is stated for the initial stage of vomiting and diarrhea. If excessive sweating, cold limbs, or sunken eyes are observed, it should not be used.

If vomiting and diarrhea are accompanied by muscle cramps (Zhuangjin, 转筋), cool body temperature, and excessive sweating, this prescription is indispensable. Do not hesitate to use it due to the patient's intense thirst for cold drinks.

Codonopsis Radix (Dangshen, 党参) [8 qian], Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi, 附子) [8 qian, large slices], Zingiberis Rhizoma (Ganjiang, 干姜) [4 qian], Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu, 白术) [4 qian], Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 甘草) [3 qian], Persicae Semen (Taoren, 桃仁) [2 qian, crushed], Carthami Flos (Honghua, 红花) [2 qian].
Decoct in water and take orally.

Prescription Song:
Jijiu Huiyang uses Codonopsis, Aconite, and Ginger,
Warming the middle with Atractylodes and Licorice, plus Peach Seed and Safflower.
With true courage and insight, life can be snatched back;
Although Peach Seed and Safflower are used, they do not harm the Qi.

Clarifying the boundaries between Jiedu Huoxue Tang (Antidote and Blood-Activating Decoction) and Jijiu Huiyang Tang (Emergency Rescue and Yang-Recovery Decoction), there is no case that does not heal readily. Be cautious! Be cautious!

Regarding the syndrome of convulsions (Choufeng, 抽风), the ineffectiveness of current treatments is not due to errors by contemporary physicians, but because ancient prescriptions mislead people. The ancients not only misled people with their disease-based prescriptions, but also with their disease names, such as "Slow Convulsion" (Man Jingfeng, 慢惊风). Naming it "Slow Convulsion" is even more absurd; not only is the meaning illogical, but the source of the disease was not carefully examined. If it were truly wind pathogen, wind entering the human body must enter through the skin into the meridians, and there must be symptoms showing progression from the exterior to the interior. Since no exterior symptoms of exogenous pathogens can be found, how could the ancients write books and prescribe medications, always attributing it to wind? The reason for calling it wind is that during an attack, the neck and back are stiff and arched backward, the eyes roll upward, the jaw is clenched shut, saliva flows from the mouth, there is phlegm sound in the throat, and the patient is comatose and unconscious, leading to the assumption that it is undoubtedly stroke. Little do they know that stiff neck and back, arching backward, limb convulsions, and clenched hands and feet are due to Qi deficiency failing to secure the limbs; upward rolling eyes and clenched jaw are due to Qi deficiency failing to ascend; flowing saliva is due to Qi deficiency failing to secure body fluids; and the phlegm sound in the throat is not actual phlegm, but Qi deficiency failing to return to its origin. If one does not understand this principle, observe elderly people at the end of a long illness or natural death: they may have stiff neck and heavy body, eyes rolled up and exposed, clenched teeth and flowing saliva, sawing-like phlegm sounds, or profuse cold sweat—a clear manifestation of Qi collapse. Comparing these with the upward rolling eyes, clenched jaw, flowing saliva, and sawing-like phlegm sounds of convulsions, it is evident that convulsions are undoubtedly caused by Qi deficiency. Since Yuan Qi (Original Qi, 元气) is deficient, it cannot reach the blood vessels; without Qi propulsion, blood stagnates and forms stasis. Treating Qi deficiency and blood stasis with wind-dispersing and fire-clearing formulas is erroneous. Taking wind-dispersing herbs when there is no wind scatters Qi; taking fire-clearing herbs when there is no fire causes blood coagulation; further using attacking and reducing formulas leads to scattered Qi and lost blood, making survival impossible. Tracing to the root, death is not caused by doctors, but by those who wrote misleading books. It is common to see experienced pediatricians who never make mistakes; knowing ancient prescriptions for convulsions are ineffective, they abandon treatment upon seeing convulsions. Some experts, observing the child's current symptoms, predict future convulsions. Even without a specific formula for treatment, they inform the family that the child will likely suffer convulsions. How do they know? Before convulsions occur, signs appear: depressed fontanelle, lethargy with exposed eyes, tongue trembling in the mouth, inability to cry, crying without tears, flaring nostrils, phlegm sounds in the throat, head drooping and unable to lift, silent clenched jaw, cold limbs, foaming at the mouth, chest elevated like a bowl, rapid breathing, cyanotic-pale complexion, profuse sweating like water, inability to suckle milk, green stool, empty rumbling in the abdomen, diarrhea with upper cough, and muscle twitching. These are all precursors to convulsions. Among the twenty preceding symptoms, not all need to be present; seeing one or two indicates inevitable future convulsions. Some cases are treatable, others are not. The applicable formulas are listed below. If exposed eyes and upward rolling, anorexia, silence, phlegmonous wheezing, and severe condition are present, it is treatable. If the forehead is gray, testicles retract, pulse is faint and fine, or pulse is absent, although external appearance seems mild, it is incurable.