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Treats stroke-induced phlegm syncope, characterized by surging saliva and dizziness, convulsions of the hands and feet, hemiplegia, as well as polyarthralgia (pain in multiple joints) and wind-bi, tendon and vessel spasms.
Arisaema Cum Bile (Sheng Nanxing, raw, 8 liang), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng, raw, 4 liang), Angelica Pubescens Root (Duhuo, raw), Aconite Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi, raw, peeled and navel removed), Scorpio (Quanxie, lightly stir-fried), Licorice Root (Gancao, raw, 2 liang).
The above herbs are coarsely crushed. Each dose consists of 4 qian, boiled with 2 large zhan of water and 20 slices of fresh ginger until reduced to 8 fen. Strain and take warm, at any time, twice daily.

Treats pathogenic wind-cold-dampness lodging in the musculature, causing weakness and numbness of the hands and feet; or adverse flow of qi and blood leading to obstruction and numbness. The above conditions are all suitable for this formula.
Turmeric Tuber (Pian Zijianghuang, washed to remove soil), Notopterygium Rhizome et Radix (Qianghuo), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Tetrapanax Pith (Fangji, each 1 liang), Licorice Root (Gancao, lightly roasted, 0.5 liang).
The above herbs are coarsely crushed. Each dose consists of 4 qian, boiled with 1.5 zhan of water and 10 slices of fresh ginger until reduced to 8 fen. Strain. If the disease is located in the upper body, take after meals; if in the lower body, take before meals.

Treats heart and abdominal discomfort due to fright, where the spirit fails to reside in its house, wind-phlegm surges, hands and feet twitch, memory is poor, behavior is abnormal, and mental state is dull and obstructed. This formula is suitable for these conditions.
Arisaema Cum Bile (Tian Nanxing, 1 jin: first, burn a pit red-hot with 30 jin of charcoal, remove charcoal, pour 5 sheng of wine into the pit, wait for it to soak in, place Arisaema in the pit, cover with a basin, seal around with ash to prevent gas escape, take out the next day and grind into powder); Cinnabar (Zhusha, separately ground, 2 liang); Amber (Hupo, separately ground, 1 liang).
Grind the above herbs uniformly, mix with wheat paste made from ginger juice to form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, increasing to 50, delivered with Decoction of Rhizoma Sagittifoliae et Radix Ginseng, taken after meals and before bed.

Treats various diseases of tendons and bones, inability to move hands and feet or walk, provided there has been no injury to tendons and vessels from acupuncture. Taking 4 or 5 pills will surely be effective.
This formula can unblock Ying and Wei (nutritive and defensive qi) and guide the meridians. It specifically treats disorders of the Heart, Kidney, and Liver meridians. The verification of efficacy is indicated by scanty and dysuric urine after taking the medicine. (Mumiezi, shell removed and separately ground); White Rosin (Bai Jiaoxiang, ground); Trogopterus Dung (Wulingzhi); Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix (Caowutou, raw, peeled and navel removed, each 3.5 liang); Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui, 1 liang).
Grind the latter four herbs into powder, mix with the former two. Use 1 jin of black soybean powder (skins removed, raw and pounded), boil vinegar into a paste to bind the medicine, forming pills the size of a chicken head. Take one pill per dose, dissolved in wine and taken orally.