上为细末，滴水丸如麻子大。一岁一丸，金银薄荷汤下。亲见颖昌治曾元矩之子慢惊，立效。
《庄氏家传》治小儿急慢惊。
红心灰 （音桃，所在有之，烧炼家谓之鹤顶草）
又取自然汁一茶脚许灌下，取下青黄涎，立效。两时辰以上未动，可再服。
《庄氏家传》治小儿急慢惊，镇心脏。金箔丸
金箔 银箔 蟾（各十片） 龙脑 川硝 铅霜 腻粉 粉霜 晚蚕蛾 天竺黄 白附子（末） 朱砂 胡黄连（各
一分）
上件一十三味并捣，罗为末，粳米饭丸如绿豆大。每服三丸至四丸。如有急惊风，化破三丸至五丸，薄荷
汤下。
《庄氏家传》治小儿急慢惊。睡惊丸
水银（砂子） 朱砂（水飞） 牛黄（研） 雄黄（研） 麝香（研） 脑子（研） 芦荟（研） 轻粉（研） 天
麻（末） 螺青（各一钱） 天南星（末，半钱） 天竺黄（末） 川大黄（末。各三钱） 石脑油（少许）
上件一十四味为末，研匀，炼蜜和丸鸡头大。每服一丸，薄荷汤化下，睡是应。
《王氏手集》钩藤散方 小儿虚风化涎，牙关紧，急慢惊风。
钩藤 人参 白茯苓 川芎 蝎（炙） 白僵蚕（炒） 甘草（炙。各二钱） 羌活 黄芩 天南星（姜制） 半
夏（姜制）
上件为细末。每服半钱，金银薄荷汤调下。
《王氏手集》治小儿急慢惊风。立效散
藿香 蝎（略炒。各二两） 麻黄（去节，一两） 细辛（半两）
上为末。每一字半钱至一钱，藿香汤调下。或先服至圣丸，次服此药。
《王氏手集》治急慢惊风，天 似痫者，并皆神效。黑虎子惊药
天麻 蝎尾 京墨 白附子 脑麝（以上各一钱） 真珠（末，半两） 金银箔（各十片）
上件十味碾细，以白面十钱，滴井花水调作薄生糊，为丸如鸡头大或樱桃大。每服一丸，薄荷汤化下。
《吴氏家传》治小儿急慢惊风。神效丸
蛇蜕皮（头、尾全要，纹细者，新瓦上烧成灰，研为细末，用半钱） 人参（紧实者，一钱） 天南星（去皮、脐，
生用五钱） 麝香（半钱）
上面糊丸如绿豆大。每服二十丸，麝香米饮下，日午夜卧。
《赵氏家传》赤龙丹 治小儿急慢惊风。
牛黄 龙脑（各一钱） 犀角（末） 大黄（锦纹者，切作片子，湿纸煨熟，焙干） 腊茶 五灵脂（水飞，研细，
焙干。各半两） 麝香（一钱半） 朱砂（一两，研细，一半入药，一半为衣）
上为末，滴水为丸如梧桐子大。每服一丸，磨刀水化下。量儿大小加减与服。
《赵氏家传》治小儿急慢惊风，退风温邪热，疗惊悸，筋脉跳掣，精神昏闷，涎不利。天麻防风丸
大天麻 防风 人参（各半两） 干蝎（全者，炒） 白僵蚕（各二钱半） 甘草（微炒） 朱砂（研） 雄黄 麝
香（各一钱钱字） 牛黄 天南星（切作片子，酒浸三日。各半钱） 白附子（一钱，炮裂）
上件研，捣为细末，炼蜜为丸如梧桐子大。每服二丸，不计时，薄荷汤化下。
《吉氏家传》治急慢惊风，眼目上视，手足搐搦，牙关不开。通顶散
藜芦 不拘多少，为细末。用竹管吹少许入左右鼻，候苏，服三黄散并和气。
《吉氏家传》治急慢惊风，喉中有涎。三黄散
郁金 大者三个，以一个破作二边，用巴豆一粒去壳入在郁金内，用线系定。用水一盏，皂角七条截断，
同郁金煮干为度，去皂角。又用一个如前入巴豆一粒，只以湿纸裹，入火炮，候纸干取出。又以一个生用，
并巴豆一个亦生。通前共生熟三枚。先以郁金焙干为末，后以巴豆三粒入钵内研，入郁金令匀。每服一字，
小儿半字，用冷茶调下。
《吉氏家传》治急慢惊风。一字散
雄黄（研） 朱砂（研。各一钱） 川乌（生） 藜芦（各半钱）
上末，后入朱砂。急慢惊风，磨刀水下一字。
《吉氏家传》生银丸 治小儿急慢惊风，浑身制掷，目睛上视，喉内涎响，手足螈 ，见人怕怖，宜服∶
生银矿（半两，次 七遍，醋淬七遍） 京墨（ ） 全蝎（十四个，薄荷叶裹，炙） 水银（砂） 生犀（屑）
真珠（末） 麝香 板青（青黛洗下者） 轻粉 朱砂（各半钱） 龙脑（一钱） 粉霜（半钱） 大天南星（一枚，
取脐为末，一钱）
上为末，杵生薄荷自然汁煮糊丸如此○大。每服一丸，金银薄荷汤下。
陶善化治小儿急慢惊风，天 。罢搐丸
黑附子 白茯苓 蝎 白附子 僵蚕 天南星（各一两） 人参（二钱） 花蛇（一钱） 天麻（七钱） 乌蛇（四
钱） 朱砂（六钱） 青黛（四两） 脑麝（各少许）
水银与黑铅一处，火上熔结成砂子（二物等分，熔一料约用一分）
急（入水银砂子） 慢（不用水银砂子，又不用龙脑）
上用石脑油为丸如鸡头大。每用一丸，金银薄荷汤下，此急惊风。如慢惊风，烧青竹沥油化下。
长沙《胡氏家传》治小儿急慢惊风，搐搦，目视上，不省人事，大小肠不通利。铁粉散
铁粉（二钱） 荆芥穗 薄荷 天南星（常法制） 全蝎（各一钱） 脑子 麝香（各半钱）
上为末了，同细研。每服一字，用鹅梨汁调下。
安师传 治小儿急慢惊风药方。
用大天南星一个，剜空，中入干蝎一个、朱砂一豆许在内，却倾上剜下者天南星末在上，以浓面裹，煨黄
熟。未得开，留至来日，去面不用，取南星等并刮下面上南星末，同研细。儿小，用冬瓜子二十四个煎汤，
调下半钱；儿大，即用水一盏半，药二钱同煎，放温，两次服尽。小儿不入食，每半钱，用冬瓜子汤调下，
便进食。人家常服此药，进食。若专治慢惊风，即以乳香代朱砂。二方皆妙。
长沙医者相 传铁刷散 治小儿急慢惊风，潮搐上视，不省人事。
上用好者黄丹末，不以多少，用花叶纸三重包，以线系，又用生绢两重裹了，紧扎。长江水浸七日，一日
一换，数足，漉控稍干，于重五日用炭火三斤一 ，药上有珠子为度，去火，吹去灰，研为末。每服一字或
半钱，浓煎薄荷汤化下。其药倾是频用手指研灌方得。
长沙医者丁时发传荆芥丹 治小儿一切惊风，夜卧多啼。急慢风并宜服。
水银 青黛（炒。各二钱） 铅（一钱，同水银结砂子） 天南星（炮） 荆芥（各三钱） 蝎（一钱半） 朱砂
乳香（炒，研。各半钱）
上为末，细研匀，冷水再研为丸桐子大。每服一丸，大小加减，熟水化下。
长沙医者丁时发传治小儿急慢惊风，手足眼搐，顽涎，壅聋，耳鸣。
胆矾（煎白汤，浸一宿，漉干，细研） 石碌（细研，水淘泥去及石碌下面者，收干末） 白僵蚕（炒末。各一钱）
雄黄 蝎（末。各半钱）
上并细研如粉。每用一字或半钱，薄荷汤下，大小加减。
长沙医者丁时发传红绵散 治小儿急慢惊风，痫疾，吐泻不安。
天麻（炮） 麻黄（去节。各一分） 全蝎 破故纸（各一钱）
上为末。每用半钱，水六分，红绵少许，煎四分，温服。
长沙医者丁安中传搐鼻散 定小儿急慢惊风，搐搦不醒，用此药搐鼻。
赤脚蜈蚣一条 用温汤浸软，竹切，分于两边，各分左右。次用螳螂一枚，亦分左右。各分螳螂、蜈蚣
左右，共焙干，研为细末。男发搐，用左边药末，搐于左鼻内；女发搐，用右边药，搐于右鼻内；如两手搐，
用左右药，搐左右鼻内。
长沙医者丁安中传垂柳散 治小儿惊风，搐搦，涎潮及风热上壅，咽喉肿痛。
大黄（炮熟） 郁金（皂角水煮五、七沸，焙干） 甘草（炙） 黄芩（洗） 全蝎（去土） 白附子（炮） 防
风（洗） 桔梗（洗） 白僵蚕（直者） 雄黄（研。各一分） 胡黄连（一钱）
上件根据法制，为细末。每服一少半钱，用垂杨柳煎汤，入蜜调下。
长沙医者郑愈传治小儿急慢惊风，搐搦，涎盛，目睛直视，克时取效。救生一字散
干蝎（四十九个，脚、手、头全，不用肚，为细末） 蜈蚣（一条全者，不用中节，为细末） 雄黄（半钱，细研
为末） 脑麝（各少许，研为细末）
上五味为细末。每服一字，用湿生虫七个研汁，薄荷汤少许同调匀与服，不计时候。忌一切毒物。绍兴己
巳春，长沙排岸主忠翊幼子忽患慢惊，手足时搐，身令汗出，四肢皆若绵带。诊其脉极微细。其家以谓必
死矣，但胸前微暖，口中微气，为不忍弃尔。其郑愈忽投此药，至午间已少醒，至夜精神渐出，不三日而平矣。
长沙医者郑愈传匀气散 治小儿中急慢惊风，取转了，用补药。丁香白术除疳痢，豆蔻青皮定粉珠，甘草用和
添药力，不消三度命重苏。
丁香（七七个） 白术 青皮 甘草（炙。各一分） 豆蔻（一个）
上为末。每服半钱，用白汤点服。
长沙医者郑愈传 治小儿急慢惊，一切风，下药不得用。牛黄散
煮巴半分切须真，一分烧矾三郁金，偏治小儿惊疾病，忧心须却喜惺惺。
上三味为末。每服一字，薄荷荆芥汤调下。
长沙医者郑愈传聚宝蛇头丸 治小儿急慢惊风，目睛上视，啮齿弄舌，面青口噤，背强啼叫，咽膈涎声，神昏
不语，及内 诸痫，腹内泄泻，夜卧时惊，潮热气喘，并宜服之。
蜈蚣（姜汁炙干） 花蛇头（酒浸一宿，焙干，碎。各二十枚） 全蝎（一十两，净） 天南星（十个，姜汁煮一
宿，焙） 铅白霜（拣净，四十两） 铁粉（三十两） 蛇黄石（八十两，醋煮七次，飞研） 腻粉（二两，研） 脑
子（细研） 真珠（末，水飞。各五两） 麝香（研） 百草霜（研。各三两） 朱砂（研，飞） 血竭（细研） 芦
荟（研。各一两） 白附子（五十两，炮裂） 雄黄（一两半，醋煮，水飞，焙干。）
上一十七味为末，三家粽子为丸如鸡头大。初生婴孩可服半丸，周 以上可服一粒，不以时候，并用薄荷
汤化下。
班防御治小儿急慢惊风，天 ，搐搦，痫病，应系风证，悉皆疗之。
用鸱鹗一只，不去皮毛，于肚下小割破，取尽肠胃，却以白矾一斤许填于腹内，以满为度，却以麻线缝合，
盐泥浑固济了，用炭火一秤烧通赤，烟尽拨去火，候冷，取去泥，细研成末。凡有前件证候，以温酒调下二
钱，儿小量多少服。
长沙医者易忠信传治小儿急慢惊痫，手足掣搐，上视，昏睡不省，角弓，偏 ，手足拘挛，潮搐，不时语涩，
行步不能，一切风证。夺命丹
乳香（研） 琥珀（研） 天南星 防风 白僵蚕（洗，炒） 麝香肉（别研） 茯神（各一分） 酸枣仁（去皮，
炒，秤） 远志（去心，秤。各一两） 芸薹子（炒，半钱） 蝉壳（洗净，四钱） 全蝎（炒，半两） 天麻（酒浸，
八钱） 白附子（三钱） 天浆子（二十一个） 蜈蚣（二条，炙） 木鳖子肉（二钱，研）
上件为细末，水煮，白糊为丸如梧桐子大。每服量大小加减一两丸，金银薄荷汤磨化下。如急惊盛，加龙
脑少许同磨；如慢惊，即加附子少许同磨化下。
《王氏手集》灸小儿急慢惊风，于两足大指甲肉间灸三、五壮，须是立灸，即效。
Grind the herbs into a fine powder, add water drop by drop to form pills the size of hemp seeds. For a one-year-old infant, administer one pill, taken down with a decoction of Honeysuckle (Jinyinhua) and Mint (Bohe). I personally witnessed the treatment of the son of Zeng Yuanju in Yingchang for slow convulsive disease (Man Jing), where immediate efficacy was observed.
*Zhuang Family Collection* treats pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases.
Red Heart Ash (pronounced "Tao", available locally, referred to as Crane Top Grass by alchemists).
Additionally, take approximately one tea-foot measure of the natural juice of this herb and instill it orally; this will induce the expulsion of greenish-yellow phlegm, resulting in immediate efficacy. If there is no reaction after two shichen (four hours), the dose may be repeated.
*Zhuang Family Collection* Gold Foil Pills for treating pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, calming the Heart spirit.
Gold foil, Silver foil (10 pieces each), Toad venom (Chan Su) (10 pieces each), Borneol (Long Nao), Natrii Sulfas (Chuan Xiao), Plumbum Subnitricum (Qian Shuang), Calomelas (Ni Fen), Frost Powder (Fen Shuang), Late-season Silkworm Moth (Wan Can E), Himalayan Beeswax (Tian Zhu Huang), Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared (Bai Fu Zi, powdered), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha), Picrorhiza rhizome (Hu Huang Lian) (each 1 fen).
Pulverize all thirteen ingredients together, sieve into a fine powder, and bind with rice porridge to form pills the size of mung beans. Administer three to four pills per dose. In cases of acute convulsive disease, dissolve three to five pills and administer with a Mint (Bohe) decoction.
*Zhuang Family Collection* Sleep Convulsion Pills for treating pediatric acute convulsive disease.
Mercury (calcined into cinnabar-like grains), Cinnabar (water-triturated), Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang, ground), Realgar (Xiong Huang, ground), Moschus (She Xiang, ground), Borneol (Long Nao, ground), Aloe (Lu Hui, ground), Calomelas (Qing Fen, ground), Gastrodia elata (Tian Ma, powdered), Azurite (Luo Qing) (each 1 qian), Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing, powdered, 0.5 qian), Himalayan Beeswax (Tian Zhu Huang, powdered), Rheum palmatum (Chuan Da Huang, powdered, each 3 qian), Petroleum naphtha (Shi Nao You, a small amount).
Pulverize all fourteen ingredients, mix uniformly, bind with refined honey to form pills the size of a cockle seed. Administer one pill per dose, dissolved and taken with a Mint (Bohe) decoction; sleep following administration indicates therapeutic response.
*Wang Family Manual* Gouteng San Formula: Treats pediatric deficiency-wind generating phlegm-fluids, locked jaw, and acute or slow convulsive diseases.
Uncaria rhynchophylla (Gou Teng), Panax ginseng (Ren Shen), Poria cocos (Bai Fu Ling), Ligusticum chuanxiong (Chuan Xiong), Scorpio (Xie, roasted), Bombyx batryticatus (Bai Jiang Can, stir-fried), Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, roasted, each 2 qian), Notopterygium incisum (Qiang Huo), Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin), Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing, ginger-processed), Pinellia ternata (Ban Xia, ginger-processed).
Pulverize all ingredients into a fine powder. Administer half a qian per dose, mixed with a decoction of Honeysuckle (Jinyinhua) and Mint (Bohe).
*Wang Family Manual* Immediate Efficacy San for treating pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases.
Agastache rugosa (Huo Xiang), Scorpio (Xie, lightly stir-fried, each 2 liang), Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, nodes removed, 1 liang), Asarum heterotropoides (Xi Xin, 0.5 liang).
Pulverize into a fine powder. Administer from half a qian to one qian (or one zi to one qian), mixed with an Agastache (Huo Xiang) decoction. Alternatively, administer Zhisheng Wan first, followed by this medicine.
*Wang Family Manual* Black Tiger Child Convulsion Medicine for acute and slow convulsive diseases presenting with symptoms similar to epilepsy, demonstrating miraculous efficacy.
Gastrodia elata (Tian Ma), Scorpio tail (Xie Wei), Beijing Inkstone ink (Jing Mo), Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared (Bai Fu Zi), Borneol and Moschus (Nao She, each 1 qian), Pearl (Zhen Zhu, powdered, 0.5 liang), Gold and Silver foil (each 10 pieces).
Pulverize these ten ingredients finely. Mix ten qian of white flour with well water to form a thin raw paste, binding the powder into pills the size of a cockle seed or cherry. Administer one pill per dose, dissolved and taken with a Mint (Bohe) decoction.
*Wu Family Collection* Divine Efficacy Pills for treating pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases.
Ophidian skin (She Tui Pi, head and tail intact, fine texture, calcined on a new tile to ash, ground to fine powder, use 0.5 qian), Panax ginseng (Ren Shen, firm and solid, 1 qian), Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing, peel and umbilicus removed, used raw, 5 qian), Moschus (She Xiang, 0.5 qian).
Bind with flour paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Administer twenty pills per dose, taken down with Moschus-infused rice drink, preferably at midnight or before sleep.
*Zhao Family Collection* Red Dragon Dan for treating pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases.
Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang), Borneol (Long Nao) (each 1 qian), Rhinoceros horn (Xi Jiao, powdered), Rheum palmatum (Da Huang, select those with brocade patterns, slice, bake in wet paper until cooked, dry), Winter tea (La Cha), Trogopterus dung (Wu Ling Zhi, water-triturated, ground fine, dried, each 0.5 liang), Moschus (She Xiang, 1.5 qian), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha, 1 liang, ground fine; half incorporated into the pill, half used as coating).
Pulverize all ingredients, add water drop by drop to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Administer one pill per dose, dissolved with water used for sharpening knives. Adjust dosage according to the child's age and size.
*Zhao Family Collection* Tianma Fangfeng Wan for treating pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, dispelling wind-warmth pathogenic heat, treating palpitations due to fright, muscle twitching and jerking, mental confusion, and difficult phlegm discharge.
Large Gastrodia elata (Da Tian Ma), Saposhnikovia divaricata (Fang Feng), Panax ginseng (Ren Shen) (each 0.5 liang), Dried Scorpio (Gan Xie, whole, stir-fried), Bombyx batryticatus (Bai Jiang Can) (each 2.5 qian), Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, lightly stir-fried), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha, ground), Realgar (Xiong Huang), Moschus (She Xiang) (each 1 qian), Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang), Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing, sliced, soaked in wine for three days, each 0.5 qian), Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared (Bai Fu Zi, 1 qian, cracked by processing).
Pulverize and grind all ingredients into a fine powder, bind with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Administer two pills per dose, at any time, dissolved and taken with a Mint (Bohe) decoction.
*Ji Family Collection* Tongding San for acute and slow convulsive diseases with upward staring of eyes, limb tremors, and locked jaw.
Veratrum nigrum (Li Lu), quantity unspecified, ground to fine powder. Use a bamboo tube to insufflate a small amount into either nostril. Once consciousness returns, administer Sanhuang San and regulate qi.
*Ji Family Collection* Sanhuang San for acute and slow convulsive diseases with phlegm in the throat.
Curcuma wenyujin (Yu Jin), three large tubers. Take one tuber, split it into two halves, insert one kernel of Croton tiglium (Ba Dou) with shell removed inside, and tie securely with thread. Boil with one cup of water and seven cut segments of Gleditsia sinensis (Zao Jiao) until the water is dry, then remove the Gleditsia sinensis. Repeat the process with another tuber and one Ba Dou kernel. Wrap one tuber in wet paper and roast in fire until the paper is dry. Leave one tuber raw. In total, there are three sets of raw and cooked materials. First, dry-roast the Yu Jin and grind to powder. Then, grind the three Ba Dou kernels in a mortar, add the Yu Jin powder, and mix uniformly. Administer one zi per dose, half a zi for children, taken with cold tea.
*Ji Family Collection* Yizi San for acute and slow convulsive diseases.
Realgar (Xiong Huang, ground), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha, ground) (each 1 qian), Aconitum kusnezoffii (Chuan Wu, raw), Veratrum nigrum (Li Lu) (each 0.5 qian).
Pulverize the ingredients, adding Cinnabar last. For acute or slow convulsive diseases, administer one zi taken with water used for sharpening knives.
*Ji Family Collection* Shengyin Wan for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, characterized by whole-body thrashing, upward staring of eyes, phlegm rattle in the throat, limb tremors, fearfulness upon seeing people.
Raw silver ore (Sheng Yin Kuang, 0.5 liang, calcined seven times, quenched in vinegar seven times), Beijing Inkstone ink (Jing Mo, calcined), Whole Scorpio (Quan Xie, 14 pieces, wrapped in Mint leaves, roasted), Mercury (Shui Yin, calcined into grains), Raw Rhinoceros horn (Sheng Xi, shaved), Pearl (Zhen Zhu, powdered), Moschus (She Xiang), Indigo naturalis (Ban Qing, derived from washing Indigofera tinctoria), Calomelas (Qing Fen), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha) (each 0.5 qian), Borneol (Long Nao, 1 qian), Frost Powder (Fen Shuang, 0.5 qian), Large Pinellia ternata (Da Tian Nan Xing, one piece, use the umbilicus part ground to powder, 1 qian).
Pulverize all ingredients, pound using the natural juice of fresh Mint (Bohe) boiled into a paste to form pills of a specific size (symbol ○). Administer one pill per dose, taken with a decoction of Honeysuckle (Jinyinhua) and Mint (Bohe).
Tao Shan Hua treats pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases resembling epilepsy. Bachu Wan.
Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared (Hei Fu Zi), Poria cocos (Bai Fu Ling), Scorpio (Xie), Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared (Bai Fu Zi), Bombyx batryticatus (Jiang Can), Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing) (each 1 liang), Panax ginseng (Ren Shen, 2 qian), Elaphe carinata (Hua She, 1 qian), Gastrodia elata (Tian Ma, 7 qian), Elaphe carinata (Wu She, 4 qian), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha, 6 qian), Indigo naturalis (Qing Dai, 4 liang), Borneol and Moschus (Nao She, small amounts each).
Mix Mercury (Shui Yin) and Black Lead (Hei Qian) in equal parts, melt on fire to form cinnabar-like grains (approx. 1 fen per batch).
For acute convulsive disease: add the mercury-lead grains.
For slow convulsive disease: do not add mercury-lead grains, nor add Borneol.
Bind with petroleum naphtha (Shi Nao You) to form pills the size of a cockle seed. For acute convulsive disease, administer one pill taken with a decoction of Honeysuckle (Jinyinhua) and Mint (Bohe). For slow convulsive disease, dissolve in oil extracted from burning green bamboo shoots.
Changsha *Hu Family Collection* Tie Fen San for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, tremors, upward staring, unconsciousness, and obstruction of intestines and bladder.
Ferrum Pulvis (Tie Fen, 2 qian), Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Jingjie Sui), Mint (Bohe), Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing, processed conventionally), Whole Scorpio (Quan Xie) (each 1 qian), Borneol (Long Nao), Moschus (She Xiang) (each 0.5 qian).
Pulverize all ingredients and grind together finely. Administer one zi per dose, mixed with juice of Pyrus ussuriensis (E Li).
An Shi's transmission: Prescription for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases.
Take one large Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing), hollow out the center, insert one dried Scorpio (Gan Xie) and a bean-sized amount of Cinnabar (Zhu Sha) inside. Replace the top portion of the Pinellia ternata powder over the opening. Wrap tightly in thick flour paste and bake/roast until yellow and cooked. If the child has not awakened, leave until the next day. Remove the flour paste, retrieve the Pinellia ternata and other ingredients, scrape off the attached Pinellia ternata powder, and grind everything finely. For smaller children, decoct twenty-four Benincasa hispida seeds (Dong Gua Zi) in water, mix with half a qian of the powder. For larger children, decoct two qian of the powder in one and a half cups of water, warm, and divide into two doses. If the child refuses food, administer half a qian mixed with Benincasa hispida seed decoction to stimulate appetite. Regular family use promotes digestion. To specifically treat slow convulsive disease, replace Cinnabar with Frankincense (Ru Xiang). Both formulas are excellent.
Changsha physician Xiang's transmission: Tie Shua San for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, paroxysmal tremors, upward staring, unconsciousness.
Select high-quality Minium (Huang Dan) powder, quantity unspecified. Wrap in three layers of flower-patterned paper, tie with thread, then wrap in two layers of raw silk, tying tightly. Soak in Yangtze River water for seven days, changing the water daily. After seven days, drain and let dry slightly. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, roast over three jin of charcoal fire until beads appear on the medicine. Remove from fire, blow away ash, and grind to powder. Administer one zi or half a qian per dose, dissolved in strong Mint (Bohe) decoction. The medicine must be frequently ground with fingers and administered manually to be effective.
Changsha physician Ding Shifa's transmission: Jingjie Dan for all types of pediatric convulsive diseases, crying during sleep. Suitable for both acute and slow convulsive diseases.
Mercury (Shui Yin), Indigo naturalis (Qing Dai, stir-fried, each 2 qian), Lead (Qian, 1 qian, combined with mercury to form grains), Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing, processed), Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Jingjie) (each 3 qian), Scorpio (Xie, 1.5 qian), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha), Frankincense (Ru Xiang, stir-fried, ground, each 0.5 qian).
Pulverize all ingredients, grind finely and uniformly, then grind again with cold water to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Administer one pill per dose, adjusting for age, dissolved in boiled water.
Changsha physician Ding Shifa's transmission: Treatment for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, limb and eye tremors, stubborn phlegm, deafness, tinnitus.
Chalcanthite (Dan Fan), decoct in plain water, soak overnight, drain, dry, and grind finely. Shilu (Shi Lu), grind finely, wash with water to remove mud and impurities from the bottom, dry and grind to powder. Bombyx batryticatus (Bai Jiang Can, stir-fried and powdered, each 1 qian), Realgar (Xiong Huang), Scorpio (Xie, powdered, each 0.5 qian).
Grind all ingredients finely into powder. Administer one zi or half a qian per dose, taken with Mint (Bohe) decoction, adjusting for age.
Changsha physician Ding Shifa's transmission: Hongmian San for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, epilepsy, vomiting, diarrhea, and restlessness.
Gastrodia elata (Tian Ma, processed), Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, nodes removed, each 1 fen), Whole Scorpio (Quan Xie), Psoralea corylifolia (Po Gu Zhi, each 1 qian).
Pulverize into a fine powder. Administer half a qian per dose, with six parts water and a small amount of red cotton, decoct to four parts, and take warm.
Changsha physician Ding Anzhong's transmission: Chubi San for stabilizing pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, tremors, and coma. Insufflate this medicine into the nose.
One Peripatus schultzei (Chi Jiao Wu Gong), soften in warm water, slice longitudinally, dividing into left and right halves. One Mantis (Tang Lang), also divide into left and right halves. Roast the corresponding left and right halves of Mantis and Peripatus schultzei together until dry, then grind to fine powder. For male children with convulsions, use the left-side powder and insufflate into the left nostril; for female children, use the right-side powder and insufflate into the right nostril. If both hands are convulsing, use both left and right powders to insufflate into both nostrils.
Changsha physician Ding Anzhong's transmission: Chuiliu San for pediatric convulsive disease, tremors, rising phlegm-fluids, and wind-heat congestion causing sore throat and swelling.
Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (Da Huang, processed ripe), Curcuma wenyujin (Yu Jin, boiled with Gleditsia sinensis water for 5-7 boils, dried), Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, roasted), Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin, washed), Whole Scorpio (Quan Xie, cleaned of soil), Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared (Bai Fu Zi, processed), Saposhnikovia divaricata (Fang Feng, washed), Platycodon grandiflorus (Jie Geng, washed), Bombyx batryticatus (Bai Jiang Can, straight stalks), Realgar (Xiong Huang, ground, each 1 fen), Picrorhiza rhizome (Hu Huang Lian, 1 qian).
Process all ingredients according to standard methods, grind to fine powder. Administer a small half-qian per dose, taken with a decoction of Weeping Willow (Chui Liu Yang) mixed with honey.
Changsha physician Zheng Yu's transmission: Jiusheng Yizi San for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, tremors, excessive phlegm, fixed gaze, with timely efficacy.
Dried Scorpio (Gan Xie, 49 pieces, complete with legs, hands, and head, excluding abdomen, ground to fine powder), Peripatus schultzei (Wu Gong, one whole piece, excluding middle segments, ground to fine powder), Realgar (Xiong Huang, 0.5 qian, ground fine), Borneol and Moschus (Nao She, small amounts each, ground fine).
Pulverize these five ingredients finely. Administer one zi per dose, mixed with the juice of seven live wet insects and a small amount of Mint (Bohe) decoction. Take at any time. Avoid all toxic foods. In the spring of the Jisi year of Shaoxing, the young son of Zhongyi, Pa'an Zhu in Changsha, suddenly suffered from slow convulsive disease, with intermittent limb tremors, sweating, and limbs as limp as cotton strips. His pulse was extremely faint and fine. His family believed death was inevitable, keeping him only because his chest was slightly warm and he had faint breath. Zheng Yu suddenly administered this medicine. By noon, he was slightly awake; by night, his spirit gradually returned, and he recovered completely within three days.
Changsha physician Zheng Yu's transmission: Yunqi San for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases. After stabilization, use tonifying medicines. Dingxiang and Baizhu eliminate malnutrition and dysentery; Doukou and Qingpi stabilize fright and pearls; Gan Cao harmonizes and enhances efficacy. Not exceeding three doses, life can be revived.
Dingxiang (7 pieces), Atractylodes macrocephala (Baizhu), Citrus reticulata 'Chenpi' (Qingpi), Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, roasted, each 1 fen), Cardamom (Doukou, 1 piece).
Pulverize into a fine powder. Administer half a qian per dose, taken with plain hot water.
Changsha physician Zheng Yu's transmission: Niuhuang San for pediatric acute and slow convulsions, all wind conditions where oral medication cannot be retained.
Decoct Croton tiglium (Ba Dou) half fen, slice carefully; calcined Alum (Shao Fan) one fen, and Curcuma wenyujin (Yu Jin) three. Specifically treats pediatric fright diseases; worry must cease, joy and clarity return.
Pulverize these three ingredients into powder. Administer one zi per dose, taken with a decoction of Mint (Bohe) and Schizonepeta (Jingjie).
Changsha physician Zheng Yu's transmission: Jubao Shetou Wan for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, upward staring, teeth grinding, tongue protrusion, blue face, locked jaw, back stiffness, crying, phlegm sounds in throat, coma and muteness, internal epilepsy, abdominal diarrhea, night frights, tidal fever, and panting.
Peripatus schultzei (Wu Gong, dried with ginger juice), Flower Snake head (Hua She Tou, soaked in wine overnight, dried, crushed, each 20 pieces), Whole Scorpio (Quan Xie, 10 liang, clean), Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing, 10 pieces, boiled in ginger juice overnight, dried), Lead subacetate (Qian Bai Shuang, selected clean, 40 liang), Ferrum Pulvis (Tie Fen, 30 liang), Shehuangshi (80 liang, boiled in vinegar seven times, flown and ground), Calomelas (Ni Fen, 2 liang, ground), Borneol (Long Nao, fine ground), Pearl (Zhen Zhu, powdered, water-triturated, each 5 liang), Moschus (She Xiang, ground), Carbonized vegetable residue (Baicao Shuang, ground, each 3 liang), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha, ground, flown), Draco Sanguis (Xue Jie, fine ground), Aloe (Lu Hui, ground, each 1 liang), Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared (Bai Fu Zi, 50 liang, cracked by processing), Realgar (Xiong Huang, 1.5 liang, boiled in vinegar, water-triturated, dried).
Pulverize all seventeen ingredients. Form pills the size of a cockle seed, wrapped like zongzi. Newborns may take half a pill; children over one year may take one pill. Take at any time, dissolved in Mint (Bohe) decoction.
Banyu Fuyu treats pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases, epilepsy, tremors, and all wind syndromes.
Take one owl (Chi E), do not remove feathers or skin. Make a small incision on the belly, remove all internal organs. Fill the cavity with approximately one jin of Alum (Bai Fan) until full. Sew with hemp thread. Seal completely with salt mud. Roast over one sheng of charcoal fire until red hot. When smoke ceases, remove fire. Cool, remove mud, and grind to fine powder. For the aforementioned symptoms, administer two qian mixed with warm wine. Adjust dosage for smaller children.
Changsha physician Yi Zhongxin's transmission: Duoming Dan for pediatric acute and slow convulsive epilepsy, limb jerking and tremors, upward staring, lethargy and unconsciousness, opisthotonos, hemiplegia, limb contracture, paroxysmal tremors, intermittent slurred speech, inability to walk, and all wind syndromes.
Frankincense (Ru Xiang, ground), Amber (Hupo, ground), Pinellia ternata (Tian Nan Xing), Saposhnikovia divaricata (Fang Feng), Bombyx batryticatus (Bai Jiang Can, washed, stir-fried), Moschus flesh (She Xiang Rou, separately ground), Spirit of Polygala Root (Fu Shen) (each 1 fen), Semen Ziziphi Spinosae (Suan Zao Ren, peeled, stir-fried, weighed), Radix Polygalae (Yuan Zhi, heart removed, weighed, each 1 liang), Rapeseed (Yun Tai Zi, stir-fried, 0.5 qian), Cicada slough (Chan Ke, washed clean, 4 qian), Whole Scorpio (Quan Xie, stir-fried, 0.5 liang), Gastrodia elata (Tian Ma, soaked in wine, 8 qian), Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared (Bai Fu Zi, 3 qian), Tianshangzi (Tian Jiang Zi, 21 pieces), Peripatus schultzei (Wu Gong, 2 pieces, roasted), Momordica cochinchinensis seed meat (Mu Bie Zi Rou, 2 qian, ground).
Pulverize all ingredients, boil in water, bind with white starch paste to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Adjust dosage (one or two pills) according to age. Dissolve and take with a decoction of Honeysuckle (Jinyinhua) and Mint (Bohe). If acute convulsive disease is severe, add a small amount of Borneol (Long Nao) and grind together. If slow convulsive disease, add a small amount of Aconitum carmichaelii (Fu Zi) and grind together before administering.
*Wang Family Manual*: Moxibustion for pediatric acute and slow convulsive diseases. Moxa on the space between the nail and flesh of the big toe on both feet, three to five moxa cones. Immediate application yields immediate results.