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[From Jin Xiao Fang] Treats wind-deficiency syndrome, characterized by heavy head, extreme dizziness and distress, and loss of taste. It warms the muscles, tonifies the middle jiao, and benefits essence and qi.
Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, one and a half pieces, processed and peeled) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, one liang). The three herbs are chopped. For each dose of five qian, add five slices of roasted ginger and one jujube, decoct in one cup of water.
When kidney qi is empty, wind pathogen takes advantage to invade, with no outlet. Wind carries the turbid yin qi from the kidney, rebelliously attacking upwards, causing extreme heaviness of the head and distressing dizziness, accompanied by spleen/stomach earth deficiency (text fragmentary).

[From Qian Jin Fang] Treats extreme internal heat leading to depletion of body fluids, opening of cou-li (pores), profuse sweating, lizhi wind disease (erythema nodosum or similar joint pain), and weakness of the lower limbs.
Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, half jin) Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, six liang) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, four liang) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, two liang) Dazao (Jujubae Fructus, fifteen pieces). Decoct the six herbs in six sheng of water.
This is a formula for treating wind pathogen transforming into extreme heat. It posits that when wind prevails, heat prevails, leading to extreme internal heat and profuse sweating, which inevitably depletes fluids. Fluid depletion further weakens the exterior, causing cou-li... (text fragmentary, likely referring to defensive-ying disharmony).

[From Qian Jin Fang] Treats stroke with unconsciousness, confused spirit, and hemiplegia. (Danxi stated: Hemiplegia on the left side belongs to blood deficiency with blood stasis, treated with Siwu Tang plus Taoren, Honghua, Jiangzhi, and Zhuli. Hemiplegia on the right side belongs to qi deficiency with phlegm, treated with Sijunzi Tang plus Zhuli and Jiangzhi. (Dividing left/right strictly by qi/blood is too rigid and not very effective.)) Muscle spasms and contractures, facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eyes), dysarthria, wind-damp lumbar pain, excessive fire, stroke involving the six channels, and both gang spasm and rou spasm. (Spasm refers to stiffness of the neck and back, and opisthotonos of the hands and feet. Stroke with sweating is rou spasm, because wind disperses qi; cold injury without sweating is gang spasm, because cold congeals blood. There are also cases where blood deficiency causes malnourishment of sinews leading to spasm. In stroke, open mouth indicates heart extinction, relaxed hands indicate spleen extinction, closed eyes indicate liver extinction, urinary incontinence indicates kidney extinction, and snoring indicates lung extinction. Foaming, fixed gaze, erect hair, shaking head, painted face, and beads of sweat are all signs of untreatable conditions. If only one or two symptoms appear, survival is possible. The Stroke Chapter of Jingui Yaolue states: If the pulse at cunkou is floating and tight, tight indicates cold, floating indicates deficiency. Deficiency and cold contend, and the pathogen is in the skin. Floating indicates blood deficiency, and collaterals are empty, so the thief pathogen cannot be expelled. On either the left or right side, the healthy qi becomes slack, while the pathogenic qi becomes tense. The healthy qi pulls towards the pathogen, causing deviation of the mouth and limbs. If the pathogen is in the collaterals, there is numbness of the skin and flesh. If it is in the meridians, there is heaviness and inability to move. If it enters the fu organs, there is loss of consciousness. If it enters the zang organs, speech is difficult, and saliva dribbles. Explanation: When struck in the collaterals, the pathogen has just entered the wei level, remaining outside the meridians, hence only numbness of skin and flesh. When struck in the meridians, it enters the ying vessels, and bones and flesh lose nourishment, hence body heaviness. When striking the fu and zang organs, the pathogen penetrates deeply internally. Striking the fu organ must relate to the stomach, as the stomach is the master of the six fu organs. Striking the zang organ must relate to the heart, as the heart is the master of spiritual consciousness. Wind entering the stomach causes excessive stomach heat, steaming fluids into phlegm-saliva. The large collateral of the stomach enters the heart; excessive phlegm-saliva blocks the orifices, leading to unconsciousness in fu-stroke. Pathogens from various zang organs rush into the heart, causing loss of spiritual mastery. Thus, in zang-stroke, the tongue is flaccid and speech is difficult, the Lianquan point opens, and foaming occurs. The Lianquan acupoint is under the tongue, connecting to the kidney, and is the source of fluids.)
Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, one qian two fen) Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba) Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum, peeled, tips removed, fried and ground) Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma, wine-washed) Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, wine-fried) Renshen (Ginseng Radix) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma).
(If there is) slow speech and wiry pulse, add Zhuli (Bambusa Textilis Caulis Succus). If constipation persists for many days, add... (text fragmentary). If vomiting and reflux, add Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma). Speech... (text fragmentary). Thirst with frequent fright, add Xijiao (Rhinocerotis Cornu) and Lingyangjiao (Capricornis Cornu).
This is a general formula for stroke of the six channels. Hegao said: Mahuang and Xingren constitute Mahuang Tang, treating Taiyang cold injury. Guizhi and Shaoyao constitute Guizhi Tang, treating... (text fragmentary) qi and blood... (text fragmentary) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix)... (text fragmentary) slack... (text fragmentary) or fine... (text fragmentary) unable to accept... (text fragmentary) One should use Xuming Tang to defend against it. This is quite incorrect. Once the wind势头 (momentum) settles, using Xuming Tang again re-introduces wind, adding legs to a snake. The medicine should be taken frequently hot, so that internally it does not invite wind, and externally there is no path for entry. Moreover, sweet and cold can extinguish wind, tonify deficiency, and... (text fragmentary) why not use it? Bao Ming Ji states: In Jueyin dysentery that does not stop, with deep and slow pulse, cold extremities, and thick sticky pus and blood, this is difficult to treat... (text fragmentary) Use Xuming Tang to induce sweating. It says if exterior pathogen is contracted inward, one should disperse the exterior pathogen, then the zang-fu will be at peace. It also states: Jueyin wind diarrhea... (text fragmentary) is mainly treated with Xuming Xiaofeng San.)
Yilao's Six Channels Modification Method: Double the dosage of Mahuang, Xingren, and Fangfeng, named Mahuang Xuming Tang, treating Taiyang stroke with no sweating and aversion to cold. Double the dosage of Guizhi, Shaoyao, and Xing... (text fragmentary) Yangming stroke... (text fragmentary) no aversion to wind... (text fragmentary) Add to Xuming... (text fragmentary) Shaoyang Jue... (text fragmentary) What else... (text fragmentary) Tang. Painful area. No sensation of pain... (text fragmentary) Then treat the exterior... (text fragmentary) Its internal injury... (text fragmentary) Add Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma).