治男子、女人左瘫右痪,脚手顽麻,腰膝疼痛,走注四肢百节皆痛,并宜服之
见后)
熟干地黄(净洗) 赤小豆(生) 干姜(炮) 本(洗,去芦) 麻黄(锉,去节,
汤去沫)
川乌(炮,去
草乌(炮,去皮、
上为细末,以水煮面糊丸,如龙眼大。每服一、二粒,细嚼,茶酒任下。如妇人血风,
脚手疼痛,打扑损伤,亦宜服之。
治一切风,寻常些小伤风,头痛鼻塞,项强筋急,皆可服。
荜茇(半两) 防风(去芦、叉、一两半) 川芎(四两) 细辛(洗,去叶、三钱半)
天麻
上为细末,炼蜜丸如龙眼大。每服一粒,细嚼,荆芥汤或温酒送下亦得,食后服之,立
效。
治男子、妇人偏正头痛,夹脑风,太阳穴痛,坐卧不安。
生川乌(炮,去皮、脐) 辰砂(研飞,各二两) 生南星(洗,去皮,四两)
上为细末,每用酒调涂痛处。兼治小儿伤风,鼻塞清涕,酒调涂囟门上,不可服之。
治猝中,昏不知人,口眼 斜,半身不遂,咽喉作声,痰气上壅。无问外感风
喜怒,或六脉沉伏,或指下浮盛,并宜服之。兼治痰厥、气厥,及气虚眩晕,大有
南星(生用,一两) 木香(一分) 川乌(生,去皮) 附子(生,去皮,各半两)
上 咀。每服半两,水二大盏,姜十五片,煎至八分,去滓,温服,不拘时候。
[Sansheng Yin (Three-Alive Decoction)]
Indicated for men and women suffering from left-sided hemiplegia or right-sided hemiplegia, stubborn numbness of the hands and feet, pain in the waist and knees, and pain wandering through the four limbs and all joints. It is suitable for these conditions.
[Heishen Wan (Black Divine Pill)] (See below)
Prepared Rehmanniae Radix (washed clean), Adzuki Bean (raw), Prepared Zingiberis Rhizoma (processed by stir-frying with sand or salt), Libanotis Radix (washed, rhizome removed), Ephedrae Herba (chopped, nodes removed, boiled in water to remove foam).
Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (processed, stem removed), Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix (processed, skin removed).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use a paste made from boiling wheat flour as a binder to form pills the size of a longan fruit. Take one or two pills per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with tea or wine as preferred. For women suffering from Blood Wind syndrome, pain in the hands and feet, or injuries from falls and blows, it is also suitable.
[Another Formula]
Indicated for various wind pathogens, common mild colds, headache, nasal congestion, stiffness of the neck, and tendon tension. It can be taken for these symptoms.
Piperis Longi Fructus (half tael), Saposhnikoviae Radix (rhizome and forked roots removed, one and a half taels), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma (four taels), Asari Radix et Rhizoma (washed, leaves removed, three qian and half), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (four taels).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Bind with refined honey to form pills the size of a longan fruit. Take one pill per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with Schizonepetae Herba decoction or warm wine. Take after meals for immediate effect.
[Another Formula]
Indicated for men and women suffering from lateral headache or frontal headache, "Jiaonao Feng" (wind invading the brain), pain in the temporal region, and restlessness whether sitting or lying down.
Raw Aconiti Lateralis Radix (processed, skin and navel removed), Cinnabaris (ground and washed, two taels each), Raw Arisaematis Rhizoma (washed, skin removed, four taels).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with wine and apply topically to the painful area. It also treats pediatric wind-cold invasion with nasal congestion and clear discharge; mix with wine and apply to the fontanelle. Do not ingest orally.
[Sansheng Yin (Three-Alive Decoction)]
Indicated for sudden stroke, unconsciousness, deviation of the mouth and eyes, hemiplegia, gurgling sounds in the throat due to phlegm obstruction, and upward congestion of phlegm qi. Whether caused by external wind invasion or internal emotional disturbances (anger or joy), or presenting with deep and hidden pulses or floating and excessive pulses at the fingertips, this formula is suitable. It also treats Phlegm Jue (syncope due to phlegm), Qi Jue (syncope due to qi stagnation), and vertigo caused by Qi deficiency, with significant effects.
Raw Arisaematis Rhizoma (used raw, one tael), Costi Radix (one fen), Raw Aconiti Lateralis Radix (skin removed), Aconiti Carminati Radix (used raw, skin removed, half tael each).
Coarsely chop the above ingredients. Take half a tael per dose, add two large cups of water and fifteen slices of fresh ginger. Decoct until reduced to 80% of the original volume. Strain and take warm. No specific timing required.