Treatment for stroke caused by excessive alcohol consumption, manifesting as inability to speak, paralysis of the limbs, and mental confusion. Administer this formula one or two days after onset: Gegen Tang (Pueraria Decoction)
Herbs: Sheng Gegen (Radix Puerariae Lobatae, fresh, one chi long, two cun in diameter), Shengjiang Zhi (Jucis Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride Juice / Ginger Juice, one he), Zhuli (Bambusae Caulis in Taenia Succus / Bamboo Sap, two sheng).
The above three ingredients. First, take the fresh Radix Puerariae Lobatae, wash it, scrape off the skin and soil, crush and grind it, then press to extract the juice. The dregs of the Pueraria root are crushed again, irrigated with Bamboo Sap, and pressed again until all the juice is extracted.
Mix the Ginger Juice evenly with the Pueraria juice. Filter through thick silk. Decoct in a silver-stone pot for three to five boils. Store in a porcelain vessel. Take warm at any time, preferably before meals. If one feels gas moving in the abdomen making sounds resembling pain, take warm after meals. After taking this for seven days, subsequently supplement with the following Jiwei Fuzi Tang (Nine-Ingredient Aconite Decoction).
Formula for administering the Fuzi Supplement Decoction after taking the aforementioned decoction for stroke:
Herbs: Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, processed until cracked, skin and umbilicus removed), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, crushed), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Preparatum / Dried Ginger, processed, each 1.5 liang), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi / Cinnamon Twig, coarse bark removed), Xijiao (Rhino Ceratostigma / Horn of Rhinoceros, shaved, each 1 liang), Diguxpi (Lycii Cortex / Bark of Lycium Root)