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Wind Epilepsy (Feng Xian) manifests as paralysis of the limbs, affecting either one hand and one foot, or both hands and feet, resembling paralysis with loss of voluntary movement. It may also present with strabismus (eye deviation), oral deviation, or pulling of the mouth toward the Jiache acupoint (ST6).

Food Epilepsy (Shi Xian) results from damage caused by consuming meat products. Symptoms include twitching and convulsions of the limbs, opisthotonos (body bent backward like a bow), clenched fists, mania, loud shouting resembling sheep or dogs, and vomiting food before symptoms subside. This occurs because the ingested food is enveloped by phlegm-fluids within the body.

Startle Epilepsy (Jing Xian) leads to dysfunction of the head and eyes, such as retraction of the mouth and eyes. It may affect one or both eyes, causing blurred vision or blindness, strabismus, head tilting, head shaking, or tremors of the brain/head.

Phlegm Epilepsy (Tan Xian) presents similarly to mania but without a fixed schedule; it may occur once every half year, once a year, once a month, once a day, or even three times a day. The patient experiences whole-body startle and convulsions but does not suffer limb or head/eye paralysis. The person appears manic, as if in a dream or half-drunk, failing to recognize others even under lamplight. These episodes arise from sleep, hence their unpredictability. Suddenly, the ears cease to hear, and the eyes cannot see, appearing manic.

Fluid Epilepsy (Yin Xian) is characterized by an inability to feel fullness while eating. Suddenly, the patient may lose appetite for three to five consecutive days, accompanied by limb convulsions. These episodes often originate during sleep and can also be triggered by overeating.

If this condition arises from invasion by cold pathogenic factors, nine out of ten cases are fatal. Furthermore, if it arises from heat plague diseases or summerheat-induced fever, there is no survival among ten cases.

Symptoms include headache and fever, stiffness of the neck and nape, inability to turn the head, head shaking, trismus (lockjaw), unresponsiveness to questioning, gradually progressing to opisthotonos. If rattling sounds are heard from phlegm in the throat, death ensues. Treatment involves Zhongjing's Gualou Gegen Decoction (Trichosanthes Root and Pueraria Decoction) or Xiao Xuming Tang (Minor Rescue Life Decoction) with added Moschus (She Xiang), or Ju Fang's Da Fangfeng Tang (Major Saposhnikovia Decoction) from the Imperial Formulary. Regarding pediatric texts that establish prescriptions, there are over a hundred authors, each with strengths. However, Qian Yi (Qian Shi) is superior to others in practical application. Future practitioners who study these works thoroughly will achieve near-perfect success in treating infantile diseases. Below are general prescriptions for various syndromes.

For treating latent heat in children presenting with warm-fever, restlessness due to cold damage, red face, asthma, night fever with morning coolness: This formula cools the Heart and eliminates wind-heat.
Herbs: Radix Rheae Palmatae Preparata (Chuan Dahuang, steamed), Radix Paeoniae Rubra (Chi Shaoyao), Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata (Gancao, honey-fried), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Chuan Danggui) — 2.5 qian each; Herba Ephedrae (Mahuang), Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Baizhu), Flos Schizonepetae (Jingjie Sui) — 2 qian each.
Preparation: Grind all herbs into powder. For a one-year-old child, administer 1 qian. Add half cup of water, one inch of Scallion White (Congbai), and one leaf of Mint (Bohe). Decoct until one-third remains. Take warm at any time.