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Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Bei Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), Baifuling (Poria), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Baishao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) [equal parts].
The above herbs are chopped. Take 3 qian per dose. Add one cup of water, three slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and five Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum, peeled, cored, and crushed). Decoct together until the volume reduces to 70%. Strain and take warm.
If Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), Congrong (Cistanche Deserticola), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), and Lingyangjiao (Saigae Tataricae Cornu) are added in equal parts, it is called Dafeng Yin Tang (Great Wind Drawing Decoction).
Zhuli Tang (Bamboo Juice Decoction) from *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) is mainly used to treat wind generated by extreme heat.
Zhuli (Bamboo Juice, 2 sheng), Shengge Zhi (Polygoni Cuspidati Juice, 1 sheng), Shengjiang Zhi (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens Juice, 3 he).
Mix the above three ingredients, warm them, and divide into three doses. Take one dose each in the morning, evening, and night.
Zhuli Tang (Bamboo Juice Decoction) from *Bixiao Fang* (Effective Prescriptions) is used to treat stroke with phlegm-turbidity surging upward, delirium, coma, and flaccid paralysis of the four limbs.
Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) [each 1 fen].
Chop the above herbs. Add four cups of water and decoct until two cups remain. Add Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) juice and Danzhuli (Light Bamboo Juice), half a cup each. Boil for four or five more boils. Strain and divide into four doses. Take hot at any time. When the disease severity subsides, support with other medicines. If not cured, prepare again. In recent times, nobles have used this formula with many miraculous effects.
Method for roasting bamboo juice: Cut fresh bamboo into lengths of about one chi. Remove the nodes and use both ends. Place two bricks opposite each other, eight cun apart. Place the bamboo upright on the bricks. Quickly apply flame to burn it; place bowls outside the bricks at both ends to catch the dripping juice. Once the juice is exhausted, clarify it with silk gauze. In summer and autumn, submerge the juice in cold water to prevent sourness. Anyone with severe heat or wind syndrome can also take it alone. Adjust temperature according to preference; do not overconsume. Jingli (Bambusa Tuloides Juice) is prepared similarly.

Regarding women suffering from opisthotonos (back arching like a bow), it is due to body deficiency allowing wind pathogen invasion into the Yang meridians. The human Yin and Yang meridians circulate around the body. When wind enters the Yang meridians via deficiency, it causes the waist and back to arch backward and spasm tightly, resembling an angle bow. Xiao Xuming Tang (Minor Continuation of Life Decoction) should be used. (Formula seen previously).
*Huoren Shu* (Book of Human Survival) states: Postpartum women often have blood deficiency and excessive sweating, making them prone to wind strike. This leads to body stiffness, trismus (lockjaw), and back arching forming spasms (Jing Bing). Treatment belongs to the Taiyang Meridian. Initially caused by wind injury, followed by cold-dampness. Ancients called this Chi Bing (Spasm Disease). External symptoms include fever and aversion to cold, similar to Shanghan (Cold Damage), but the pulse is deep, slow, wiry, and thin, accompanied by neck and back arching and stiffness resembling epilepsy. This is the difference. (Postpartum blood deficiency and sweating also lead to this pattern). Observe whether there is sweating or no sweating to distinguish Gang Chi (Stiff Spasm) and Rou Chi (Soft Spasm). No sweating with aversion to cold is named Gang Chi; sweating without aversion to cold is named Rou Chi. Yang Jing belongs to Gang Chi, Yin Jing belongs to Rou Chi. For no sweating, Gegen Tang (Kudzu Root Decoction) is primary; for sweating, Guizhi Jia Gegen Tang (Cinnamon Twig plus Kudzu Root Decoction) is primary. For both Gang Chi and Rou Chi, Xiao Xuming Tang can be used. For sweating cases, remove Mahuang and add Gegen. If confirmed as Gang Chi, presenting with chest fullness, trismus, inability to lie flat (back does not touch the bed), leg cramps, and teeth grinding, Da Chengqi Tang (Major Order the Qi Decoction) should be administered. (*Waitai Mi Yao* notes: Heat combined with Jing leads to death. Heat disease Jing involves back arching, convulsions, and locked jaw). Fushu Tang, Guixin Baizhu San, Fuzi Fangfeng Tang, Bawu Baizhu Tang, Guizhi Zhusan can be selected for use. (*Huoju Lun* states: Lying face down is Yin Chi; looking up is Yang Chi. Also says: Due to cold-dampness, excessive sweating can trigger Chi Bing.)