(论三首 方二十三首 针灸法六首)
治风懿不能言,四肢不收、手足 曳方。
独活(四两) 桂心 芍药 栝蒌根 生葛(各二两) 生姜(六两) 甘草(三两)
上七味 咀,以水五升,煮取三升,分三服,日三。
论曰∶脾脉络胃挟咽,连舌本,散舌下。心之别脉系舌本,今心脾二脏受风邪,故舌强
不得语也。
治中风口噤不能言方∶
防己 桂心 麻黄(各二两) 葛根(三两) 甘草 防风 芍药(各一两) 生姜(四
两)
上八味 咀,以水六升,煮取二升半,分三服,喑哑不语皆治之。
治六十四种风注走入皮肤中如虫行,腰脊强直、五缓六急、手足拘挛,隐疹搔
之则作疮、风尸身痒,猝风面目肿起,手不出头、口噤不能言方。
石南 干姜 黄芩 细辛 人参(各一两) 桂心 麻黄 当归 芎 (各一两半) 甘
草
(二两) 干地黄(十八铢) 食茱萸(三十铢)
上十二味 咀,以水六升、酒三升,煮取三升,分三服,大汗勿怪。
治中风口噤不知人者方∶
芥子(一升) 酢(三升)
上二味煮取一升,敷头以布裹之,日一度。(《肘后》以治猝不得语。)
又方 豉(五升) 吴茱萸(一升)
上二味以水七升,煮取三升,渐饮之。(《肘后》以治不能语。)
又方 白术四两,以酒三升,煮取一升,顿服。
又方 服荆沥一升。
又方 服淡竹沥一升。
(Three discourses, twenty-three prescriptions, six acupuncture and moxibustion methods)
Prescription for treating Feng Yi (wind apoplexy with muteness) resulting in inability to speak, limbs unable to hold themselves, and hands and feet dragging.
Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis) (4 liang), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra or Radix Paeoniae Alba), Gualualu Gen (Radix Trichosanthis), Sheng Ge (Radix Puerariae Lobatae) (each 2 liang), Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens) (6 liang), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis) (3 liang).
The above seven ingredients are cut into small pieces, decocted in five sheng of water until three sheng remain, divided into three doses, taken three times a day.
Discourse: The Spleen meridian connects with the stomach, runs alongside the throat, attaches to the root of the tongue, and spreads under the tongue. The branch meridian of the Heart attaches to the root of the tongue. Now that both the Heart and Spleen viscera are affected by wind pathogenic factors, the tongue becomes stiff, leading to an inability to speak.
Prescription for treating stroke with locked jaw (Kou Jin) and inability to speak:
Fangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae) (each 2 liang), Gegen (Radix Puerariae Lobatae) (3 liang), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra or Radix Paeoniae Alba) (each 1 liang), Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens) (4 liang).
The above eight ingredients are cut into small pieces, decocted in six sheng of water until two and a half sheng remain, divided into three doses; it treats hoarseness and inability to speak.
Prescription for treating sixty-four types of wind pathogens invading the skin causing sensations like insects crawling, stiffness and rigidity of the waist and spine, five slackness and six tension syndromes, spasms and contractures of the hands and feet, hidden rashes that become sores when scratched, wind corpse syndrome with body itching, sudden wind stroke with swelling of the face and eyes, inability to raise hands above the head, and locked jaw with inability to speak.
Shinan (Fructus Rhamni Usneae), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Secatus), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis), Xixin (Herba Asari), Renshen (Radix Ginseng) (each 1 liang), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Xiongqiong (Radix Chuanxiong) (each 1.5 liang), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis) (2 liang), Gadihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata) (18 zhu), Shizhuyu (Fructus Corni Officinalis) (30 zhu).
The above twelve ingredients are cut into small pieces, decocted in six sheng of water and three sheng of wine until three sheng remain, divided into three doses; profuse sweating should not be surprising.
Prescription for treating stroke with locked jaw and loss of consciousness:
Jiezi (Semen Sinapis Alba) (1 sheng), Cu (Vinegar) (3 sheng).
The above two ingredients are decocted until one sheng remains, applied to the head and wrapped with cloth, once a day. (Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang uses this to treat sudden inability to speak.)
Another prescription:
Chi (Fermented Soybean) (5 sheng), Wuzhuyu (Fructus Evodiae Officinalis) (1 sheng).
The above two ingredients are decocted in seven sheng of water until three sheng remain, drunk gradually. (Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang uses this to treat inability to speak.)
Another prescription:
Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) 4 liang, decocted in three sheng of wine until one sheng remains, taken in one dose.
Another prescription:
Drink Jingli (Extract from Jujube Leaves) 1 sheng.
Another prescription:
Drink Danzhuli (Extract from Bamboo Sap) 1 sheng.