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Ci Huang Wan (Realgar Pill): Treats pediatric epilepsy imminent to onset, characterized by blurred vision, convulsions, abnormal vocalization, and tongue biting.
Ingredients: Shihuang (Realgar), Huangdan (Litharge) (each 1 liang); Muxiang (Musk) (ground, 1 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the ingredients into fine powder, mix thoroughly. Boil half a sheng of cow's milk until it forms a paste. Add the medicinal powder and pound 300–500 times. Form pills the size of mung beans. Take three pills per dose with warm water, three times daily. This formula was obtained from a renowned physician and is highly effective.

Miao Xiang Wan (Wonderful Fragrance Pill) from *Ba Cui*: Calms the mind, unblocks orifices, and dispels malignant qi.
Ingredients: Chensha (Cinnabar) (ground, 9 liang); Longnao (Borneol), Nifen (Calomel), Muxiang (Musk) (ground, each 7.5 qian); Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis) (0.5 liang); Jinbo (Gold Foil) (90 pieces, ground).
Preparation and Administration: Mix and grind uniformly. Refine honey to remove wax, add 7.5 qian of white sand honey, and refine together. Form pills; each liang of powder yields thirty pills. Dissolve in rice drink before administration.

Zhen Xin Wan (Heart-Calming Pill):
Ingredients: Zhusha (Cinnabar), Longchi (Dragon Teeth), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis) (each 1 qian); Tiefen (Minium), Hupo (Amber), Renshen (Ginseng), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Quanxie (Whole Scorpion) (seven pieces, roasted).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Administer with Decoction of Jiedixin (Centella Asiatica). For children aged three, administer one "yi zi" (approx. 0.5–1 g).

Mi Tuoseng San (Lead Monoxide Powder): Treats heart epilepsy causing aphasia and various types of convulsions causing loss of voice.
Administration: Grind Mituoseng (Lead Monoxide) into fine powder. Take one spoonful per dose, mixed with vinegar-rice decoction. Adults take 1 qian, administered with hot wine.

Dai Zhe Shi San (Hematite Powder): Treats yin-yang epilepsy.
Ingredients: Dai Zhe Shi (Hematite) (calcined, quenched in vinegar, ground into fine powder, levigated with water, and dried).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Take half a qian per dose, mixed with decoction of gold and silver, and added with gold foil and silver foil. Continue for two doses. If red spots appear on the calves, it indicates the pathogenic qi is being expelled, and the condition is treatable; if no red spots appear, it is difficult to treat.

Shen Ying Dan (Divine Response Pill):
Ingredients: Chensha (Cinnabar) (as needed, ground).
Preparation and Administration: Mix with pig heart blood to an appropriate consistency. Wrap in steamed dough cake, steam until cooked, remove, and form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take one pill per dose after meals or before bed, administered with Ginseng decoction.

Niu Huang Qing Xin Wan (Calculus Bovis Heart-Clearing Pill): Treats pediatric restlessness and oppression, stiffness of the neck and back, opisthotonos (arching of the back), intermittent episodes of seizure and consciousness.
Ingredients: Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis) (1.2 liang, ground); Muxiang (Musk) (ground); Longnao (Borneol) (separately ground); Lingyangjiao (Saiga Antelope Horn) (ground, each 1 liang); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis) (remove rhizome); Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root) (remove rhizome); Huangqin (Scutellaria Root); Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber) (remove core); Baishao (White Peony Root); Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome) (each 1.5 liang); Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) (remove stems); Xingren (Apricot Seed) (remove skin and tips, double-kernel removed, stir-fried with bran until yellow, separately ground); Jiegeng (Platycodon Root); Baifuling (Poria) (remove skin); Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong) (each 1.25 liang); Ejiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) (chopped, stir-fried with clam powder); Rougui (Cinnamon Bark) (remove rough bark); Dadoujuan (Soja Glycines Sprout) (crushed, stir-fried, each 1.75 liang); Puhuang (Typha Pollen) (stir-fried); Renshen (Ginseng) (remove rhizome); Shenqu (Medicated Leaven) (stir-fried, each 2.5 liang); Gancao (Licorice Root) (stir-fried, 5 qian); Xionghuang (Realgar) (8 qian, separately refined and ground); Bailian (Tiger Lily Bulb); Jiangjiang (Dried Ginger) (each 7.5 qian); Jinbo (Gold Foil) (1200 pieces; 400 pieces for coating, remaining added to medicine, separately ground); Xijiao (Rhinoceros Horn) (ground, 2 liang); Ganshanyao (Dioscorea Rhizome) (10 liang); Dazao (Jujube) (100 pieces, steamed, peeled, pitted, mashed into paste and added to medicine).
Preparation and Administration: Except for jujube, apricot seed, and the four ingredients Niuhuang, Muxiang, Xionghuang, and Longnao which are separately ground into fine powder, mix the remaining medicines uniformly. Combine with refined honey and jujube paste to form pills; each liang of powder yields ten pills. Coat with gold foil. Take one pill per dose, dissolved in warm clear soup, taken after meals. For pediatric convulsive epilepsy, adjust dosage accordingly, dissolve in warm bamboo leaf decoction.

Bi Jin Wan (Compare Gold Pill), Hu Jing Wan (Tiger Eye Pill): (Both formulas are described in the preceding section.)

Qing Shen Tang (Spirit-Clearing Decoction): Treats convulsive epilepsy.
Ingredients: Xijiao (Rhinoceros Horn) (sliced); Yuanzhi (Polygala Root) (processed with ginger juice, baked); Baixianpi (Dictamnus Bark); Shichangpu (Acorus Rhizome); Renshen (Ginseng); Gancao (Licorice Root) (stir-fried, each 1.5 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Take 0.5–0.7 qian per dose, mixed with Ophiopogon decoction.

Suanzaoren Wan (Ziziphus Seed Pill): (See section on Palpitations.)