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Formulas for conditions where various medicines fail to cure.

Scrape the green skin of Zhi Shi (Immature Bitter Orange) to obtain powder; stop when reaching the heart, yielding five sheng of dregs. Stir-fry the dregs over low heat to remove moisture, soak in one dou of wine, warm slightly over low heat to extract the medicinal flavor, and drink according to the patient's tolerance. This is highly effective for facial paralysis with eye retraction. It is also suitable for treating slow wind and acute wind. (The *Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang* uses it to treat stiffness preventing flexion, extension, or turning; bark of Zhi tree is also acceptable.)

(Six formulas)

A formula to treat sudden hemiplegia, spasticity and inability to flex or extend limbs, cold body, confusion or dementia, rigidity with muteness, varying states of life and death, incoherent speech, opisthotonos, appetite fluctuations, or difficulty in urination and defecation: (Named "Ba Feng Xu Ming Tang" in *Gu Jin Lu Yan*)
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Gui Xin (Cinnamon Twig Heart), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Du Huo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) [each 18 zhu]; Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) [1.5 liang]; Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) [40 pieces].
Chop the above nine ingredients. Decoct in nine sheng of well water drawn at dawn until three sheng remain. Divide into three doses, taken three times a day. Cover the patient to induce sweating. If no sweat occurs, add Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba) five liang and decoct together.

Formula for trismus, opisthotonos, and spasms caused by thief-wind.
Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) [each 18 zhu]; Du Huo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix) [1.5 liang]; Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata) [one piece]; Xi Xin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) [half liang]; Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba) [30 zhu].
Chop the above six ingredients. Decoct in five sheng of wine and three sheng of water until three sheng remain. Take one sheng per dose. If the mouth cannot open, pry it open and administer the decoction. After one dose, consciousness should return; after two doses, slight sweating; after three doses, profuse sweating.
Another formula: Decoct two jin of Jiao (Colla Corii Asini) in one dou of wine until dissolved, obtaining six sheng. Take one sheng per dose, gradually continuing until recovery.
Yet another formula: Using Jing Li (Jujubae Fructus Juice) alone is beneficial.

Formula for hemiplegia, disordered speech, alternating joy and sorrow, opisthotonos, and pruritus cutis.
Qin Jiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Du Huo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix) [Hu Qia used Wu Tou (Aconiti Radix)]; Huang Qi (Astragali Radix), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Gan Ju (Chrysanthemi Flos) [each 2 liang, Hu Qia used Shu Jiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium)]; Yin Yu (Epimedii Herba) [18 zhu, Hu Qia used Ting Li Cao (Lepidii Semen)]; Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Shi Hu (Dendrobii Caulis) [Hu Qia used Bi Xie (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma)]; Shan Zhu Yu (Corni Fructus), Gui Xin (Cinnamon Twig Heart) [each 2.5 liang]; Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) [Hu Qia used Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix)]; Xi Xin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Bai Xian Pi (Dictamni Cortex) [Hu Qia used Bai Lian (Paeoniae Rubra Radix)] [each 30 zhu]; Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba), Tian Xiong (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix), Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix) [each 1 liang, Hu Qia used Fang Ji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix)].
Process and sieve the above twenty-two ingredients. Administer one fang cun bi (square-inch measure) with wine, twice daily. Gradually increase to two fang cun bi. It is also stated that for wind diseases, regardless of new or old onset, tonification is appropriate.