定志丸(见惊悸)
养心汤 治心血虚怯惊痫,或惊悸怔忡,盗汗无寐,发热烦躁。
黄 白茯苓 茯神 半夏曲 当归 川芎 辣桂 柏子仁 酸枣仁 五味子 人参(各三钱)
甘草(炒,四钱)
上,每服一二钱,姜枣水煎。
妙香散 治心气不足,惊痫或精神恍惚、虚烦少寐、盗汗等证。
辰砂(三钱) 麝香(一钱) 木香(煨二钱五分) 茯苓 山药 茯神 远志 黄 (炒。
各一两) 桔梗 甘草 人参(各五钱)
上,各另为末。每服一钱,温酒或白汤调服。
半夏丸(方见惊搐)
星苏散 治诸风口噤不语。
天南星(略炮,锉)
上,每服五七分,姜四片,紫苏五叶,水煎,入雄猪胆少许,温服。
治痫方 治太阳阳明二经为病。
荆芥穗(四两) 白矾(为细末,二两)
上,枣肉为丸,如桐子大。每服二十丸,荆芥汤下,次三十丸,四十丸,又次
五十丸,俱食前。
矾丹
虢丹 晋矾(各一两)
上,用砖凿一窠,可容二两许,先安丹、在下,次安矾在上,以炭五斤
,令炭尽,取出细研。以不经水猪心血、为丸如绿豆大。每服十丸至二十丸,
橘皮汤下。
《元戎》二白丸
白矾(一块,约一两)
上用生蒸饼剂裹,蒸熟去皮,可丸,入轻粉一字或半钱,量虚实加减,丸桐子
大。每服二三十丸,生姜汤下。小儿丸小。
朱砂滚涎散 治小儿五痫。
朱砂 白矾(生用) 赤石脂 硝石(各等分)
上为细末,研蒜膏为丸,如绿豆大。每服三十丸,食后,荆芥汤下。
琥珀寿星丸
天南星(一个,掘坑、用火 烧,坑红,出炭净,入好酒一升在火穴中,放入南星,盖穴,
勿令通气,过一宿取出,焙,末) 琥珀(四两) 朱砂(二两半,为衣)
上以猪心血打干糊、丸如桐子大。每服五十丸,煎人参汤送下。
南星五生丸
南星 半夏 川乌 白附子 大豆(去皮。各一两)
上为细末,滴水为丸。每服二丸至五丸,不过七丸,姜汤下。
断痫丸 治小儿诸痫痰盛。
皂角(盈尺者三挺,去皮,捶碎,水三升浸,收汁滤过,瓷器内熬成膏) 白矾( 枯,研细,一两半)
蝎稍(炒) 直僵蚕(炒) 雄黄(另研) 朱砂(另研) 白附子(各半两) 麝香(一钱,另研)
乌蛇(酒浸,取肉,焙干,二钱半) 南星(湿纸裹,炮熟,一两) 赤蜈蚣(一条,
酒浸炙,去头足)
上为末,用水煮半夏糊、和前项皂角膏、为丸如梧桐子大。每服三五丸,用生
姜汤磨化,不拘时服。
定痫丸 治小儿五痫。
赤脚蜈蚣(一条,去头足,酒浸,炙) 蝎稍(去毒) 乌蛇肉(酒炙) 白附子(生) 天
南星(末) 丸白半夏(末,用姜汁和一宿。各二钱半) 熊胆 白矾(新瓦上 枯。各一钱二分半)
上为末,稀面糊、为丸如梧桐子大,朱砂为衣。每服二三丸,用薄荷煎汤磨化,
不拘时服。
治小儿惊痫。
胆星(二两) 全蝎(去毒,炒,半两) 白附子 僵蚕(炒) 川芎(各一两) 薄荷(半两)
上为末,粥丸,青黛为衣。每服一二丸,姜汤下。
Dingzhi Wan (See section on Palpitations due to Fright)
Yangxin Tang (Nourish the Heart Decoction): Treats Jingxian (epileptic seizures caused by fright) resulting from deficiency and timidity of Heart Blood, or palpitations with a sense of unrest (Zhenchong), night sweats, insomnia, fever, and irritability.
Ingredients: Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Baifuling (Poria), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Banxiaqu (Fermented Pinelliae Rhizoma), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Lagui (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Baiziren (Biota Seed), Suanzaoren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) (each 3 qian); Gancao (Licorice Root) (stir-fried, 4 qian).
Usage: For each dose of one or two qian, decoct with slices of fresh ginger and dates in water.
Miaoxiao San (Wonderful Spirit Powder): Treats insufficiency of Heart Qi leading to Jingxian, or mental confusion, emptiness and restlessness, scanty sleep, and night sweats.
Ingredients: Chencha (Cinnabar) (3 qian), Shexiang (Musk) (1 qian), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (baked, 2.5 qian), Fuling (Poria), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix), Huangqi (Astragali Radix) (stir-fried), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Gancao (Licorice Root), Renshen (Ginseng Radix) (each 5 qian).
Usage: Each ingredient is separately ground into fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mixed with warm wine or plain boiled water.
Banxia Wan (Pinellia Pill) (Formula see section on Convulsions due to Fright)
Xingsu San (Arisaema and Perilla Powder): Treats various types of wind-stroke characterized by locked jaw and inability to speak.
Ingredients: Tian Nanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma) (slightly processed, crushed).
Usage: Take 5-7 fen per dose, with 4 slices of fresh ginger and 5 leaves of Zisu (Perillae Folium), decocted in water. Add a small amount of Xiongzhu Dan (Boar's Gallbladder Stone), take warm.
Zhi Xian Fang (Formula for Treating Epilepsy): Treats diseases affecting the Taiyang (Greater Yang) and Yangming (Yang Brightness) meridians.
Ingredients: Jingjie Sui (Schizonepetae Spica) (4 liang), Bai Fan (Alumen) (ground into fine powder, 2 liang).
Usage: Form pills using jujube flesh, size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with Jingjie decoction; subsequently increase to 30, then 40, and finally 50 pills, all taken before meals.
Fan Dan (Alumen Cinnabar Pill)
Ingredients: Guo Dan (Red Lead Oxide), Jin Fan (Alumen) (each 1 liang).
Usage: Carve a cavity in a brick capable of holding about 2 liang. Place Dan at the bottom and Fan on top. Burn with 5 jin of charcoal until the charcoal is consumed. Remove and grind finely. Use pig heart blood that has not touched water as a binder to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 10-20 pills per dose, washed down with Chupi decoction (Tangerine Peel Decoction).
"Eryong" Erbai Wan (Two Whites Pill from Yuanrong)
Ingredients: Bai Fan (Alumen) (one piece, approx. 1 liang).
Usage: Wrap in raw steamed dough, steam until cooked, remove skin. When pliable enough to form pills, add Qingfen (Calomel) one zi or half a qian, adjusting dosage based on excess or deficiency. Form pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 20-30 pills per dose, washed down with Shengjiang decoction (Fresh Ginger Decoction). Pills for children should be smaller.
Zhusha Gun Xian San (Cinnabar Rolling Phlegm Powder): Treats the five types of epilepsy in children.
Ingredients: Zhusha (Cinnabar), Bai Fan (Alumen) (used raw), Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum), Xiaoshi (Natrii Nitratis Crystal) (equal parts).
Usage: Grind into fine powder, mix with garlic paste to form pills size of mung beans. Take 30 pills per dose after meals, washed down with Jingjie decoction.
Hupo Shouxing Wan (Amber Longevity Star Pill)
Ingredients: Tian Nanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma) (one bulb: dig a pit, roast with fire until red, remove clean charcoal, pour 1 sheng of good wine into the fire hole, insert Nanxing, cover hole to prevent air entry, leave overnight, remove, dry-roast, and grind), Hupo (Amber) (4 liang), Zhusha (Cinnabar) (2.5 liang, used as coating).
Usage: Use dried pig heart blood to make a paste, form pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with Ginseng decoction.
Nanxing Wusheng Wan (Arisaema Five Raw Ingredients Pill)
Ingredients: Nanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix Preparata), Baifuzi (Typhonii Rhizoma), Dadou (Sojae Semen) (skin removed, each 1 liang).
Usage: Grind into fine powder, form pills using drops of water. Take 2-5 pills per dose, not exceeding 7 pills, washed down with Jiangtang (Ginger Decoction).
Duan Xian Wan (Seizure-Severing Pill): Treats excessive phlegm in various types of epilepsy in children.
Ingredients: Zaogiao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus) (three stalks over one chi long, remove skin, crush, soak in 3 sheng water, collect juice, filter, boil in porcelain vessel into paste), Baifan (Calcined Alumen) (finely ground, 1.5 liang), Xie Shao (Scorpion tail tip) (stir-fried), Zhi Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus) (stir-fried), Xionghuang (Realgar) (separately ground), Zhusha (Cinnabar) (separately ground), Baifuzi (Typhonii Rhizoma) (each half liang), Shexiang (Musk) (1 qian, separately ground), Wushe (Agkistrodon) (soaked in wine, meat taken, dried, 2.5 qian), Nanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma) (wrapped in wet paper, roasted thoroughly, 1 liang), Chi Wugong (Scolopendra) (one, soaked in wine and roasted, head and feet removed).
Usage: Grind into powder. Boil Banxia in water to make a paste, mix with the aforementioned Zaogiao paste, form pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 3-5 pills per dose, grind in Shengjiang decoction (Fresh Ginger Decoction), take at any time.
Ding Xian Wan (Epilepsy-Calming Pill): Treats the five types of epilepsy in children.
Ingredients: Chijiao Wugong (Centipede) (one, remove head and feet, soak in wine, roast), Xie Shao (Scorpion tail tip) (remove toxicity), Wushe Rou (Agkistrodon Meat) (wine-roasted), Baifuzi (Typhonii Rhizoma) (raw), Tian Nanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma) (ground), Wan Bai Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma prepared with ginger juice, soaked overnight, ground, each 2.5 qian), Xiongdan (Ursi Bile), Baifan (Alumen) (calcined on new tile, each 1.25 qian).
Usage: Grind into powder, form pills with thin flour paste size of Sophora seeds, coat with Zhusha (Cinnabar). Take 2-3 pills per dose, grind in Bohe decoction (Mint Decoction), take at any time.
Formula for treating pediatric Jingxian (fright-induced epilepsy).
Ingredients: Dansheng (Arisaematis Cum Bile) (2 liang), Quanxie (Scorpion) (remove toxicity, stir-fried, half liang), Baifuzi (Typhonii Rhizoma), Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus) (stir-fried), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (each 1 liang), Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) (half liang).
Usage: Grind into powder, form pills with congee, coat with Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis). Take 1-2 pills per dose, washed down with Jiangtang (Ginger Decoction).