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Treats sudden apoplexy (stroke), dizziness and collapse, mental confusion and obstruction, loss of consciousness, lockjaw, staring eyes, phlegm obstruction, as well as various epileptic seizures characterized by convulsions of the limbs, traction of the mouth and eyes, and stiffness of the neck and back. All these conditions are treated with this formula.

Shiyan (Swallow Stone), Shehuang (Snake Gallstone), Cishi (Magnetite) [These three herbs are calcined in fire and quenched in vinegar nine times, then finely ground]; Xionghuang (Realgar) [ground and levigated]; Chensha (Cinnabar) [ground and levigated]; Yinbo (Silver Leaf) [ground].

All the above ingredients are ground uniformly to a fine powder. Use flour paste boiled in wine as a binder to make pills, sized like a chicken head. Take one pill per dose, grind it down with decocted mint wine for administration. The elderly may take half a pill. Children under ten years old should divide one pill into four doses, administered with honey water. Children under four years old should divide one pill into five doses. Infants under one year old should divide one pill into seven doses. If lockjaw is severe, pry open the mouth with an instrument and administer the medicine.

Treats sudden acute wind-stroke, dizziness and stiff collapse, phlegm-saliva obstruction, confused and stifled mind, lockjaw, upward deviation of the eyes, and the five types of tidal convulsions and spasms.

Shilv (Malachite) [ground nine times and levigated, 10 liang]; Fuzijian (Tip of Prepared Aconite Root); Wutoujian (Tip of Aconite Root); Xieshao (Tail tip of Scorpion) [70 pieces each].

First, grind the above three ingredients into powder, mix evenly with Shilv, and use flour paste to form pills, sized like a chicken head. For urgent dosing, dissolve one pill in half a cup of mint juice, add half a he of wine, warm it, and drink. After a short while, phlegm-saliva will be vomited out, then treat according to the specific syndrome. If lockjaw occurs, prying open the mouth and administering the medicine yields immediate results.

Treats wind-stroke with tidal phlegm, sounds in the throat and diaphragm, dizziness with inability to open eyes, deviation of the mouth and eyes, and paralysis of the limbs. This formula is suitable for all kinds of wind diseases.

Xionghuang (Realgar) [ground]; Zhusha (Cinnabar) [ground]; Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum) [ground]; Shexiang (Moschus) [ground, 1 qian each]; Baijiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus) [raw, remove silk and mouth]; Baifuzi (Typhonii Rhizoma).

Except for those already ground, all other ingredients are powdered. Use refined honey to make pills, sized like Sophora seeds. In cases of wind-stroke with tidal phlegm and locked jaw, first crush one clove of garlic and apply it to the cheeks outside the jaw joints. Then, dissolve one pill in Doulin Jiu (Soybean-infused Wine), wipe it on the gums to unlock the jaw, and subsequently dissolve one or two pills in Mint Wine for ingestion. For men suffering from wind-qi or women suffering from blood-wind with lockjaw, simply dissolve the medicine in Doulin Jiu and wipe it on the gums to unlock the jaw immediately. For cephalalgia due to wind, dizziness, or silent wind-stroke with blacking out and impending fall, chew one or two pills urgently and swallow with Mint Wine.