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Cihuang Wan (Realgar Pill): Treats pediatric epilepsy imminent to onset, characterized by blurred vision, convulsions,恶声 (foul sounds), and tongue biting.
Ingredients: Cihuang (Realgar), Huangdan (Minium) (each 1 liang), Shexiang (Musk) (powdered, 1 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the ingredients into powder, mix thoroughly. Boil half a sheng of cow's milk into a paste, add the medicinal powder, pound 300-500 times, and 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's family and is extremely effective.

Miaoxiang Wan (Wonderful Fragrance Pill) from *Bacui*: Calms the mind, opens orifices, and dispels evil qi.
Ingredients: Chensha (Cinnabar) (powdered, 9 liang), Longnao (Borneol), Nifen (Calomel), Shexiang (Musk) (powdered, each 7.5 qian), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis) (0.5 liang), Jinbo (Gold Leaf) (90 pieces, powdered).
Preparation and Administration: Mix and grind uniformly. Refine honey to remove wax, take 7.5 qian of white sand honey, refine together, and form pills. Each liang of powder makes 30 pills. Dissolve in rice drink for administration.

Zhenxin Wan (Heart-Calming Pill):
Ingredients: Zhusha (Cinnabar), Longchi (Dragon Teeth), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis) (each 1 qian), Tiefen (Iron Powder), Hupo (Amber), Renshen (Ginseng), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Quanxie (Whole Scorpion) (seven pieces, roasted).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Administer with decoction of Jixin (Dentaria bulbifera). For three-year-olds, administer one "zi" (a traditional small weight measure).

Mituoeng San (Lead Monoxide Powder): Treats heart epilepsy causing aphasia and various types of fright leading to loss of voice. Grind Mituoeng (Lead Monoxide) into powder. Take one spoonful per dose, mixed with rice vinegar soup. Adults take 1 qian, administered with hot wine.

Daizheshi San (Hematite Powder): Treats yin-yang epilepsy.
Ingredients: Daizheshi (Hematite) (calcined, quenched in vinegar, powdered, washed with water, dried).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take half a qian per dose, mixed with decoction of gold and silver, and added with gold leaf and silver leaf. Take two consecutive doses. If red spots appear on the calves, it indicates the expulsion of evil qi and is treatable; if no red spots appear, it is difficult to treat.

Shenying Dan (Divine Response Pill):
Ingredients: Chensha (Cinnabar) (quantity unspecified, powdered).
Preparation and Administration: Mix with pig heart blood to the appropriate consistency. Wrap in steamed dough, steam until cooked, remove, and form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take one pill per dose after meals or before bed, taken with Ginseng decoction.

Niuhuang Qingxin Wan (Calculus Bovis Heart-Clearing Pill): Treats pediatric restlessness and oppression, stiffness of the neck and back, opisthotonos, alternating episodes of seizure and consciousness.
Ingredients: Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis) (1.2 liang, powdered), Shexiang (Musk) (powdered), Longnao (Borneol) (separately powdered), Lingyangjiao (Saiga Antelope Horn) (powdered, each 1 liang), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis) (devoid of radicle), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root) (devoid of radicle), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber) (devoid of heart), Baishao (White Peony Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome) (each 1.5 liang), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) (devoid of sprouts), Xingren (Apricot Seed) (devoid of skin, tips, and double kernels, stir-fried with bran until yellow, separately powdered), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Bai Fuling (Poria) (devoid of skin), Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong) (each 1.25 liang), Ejiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) (chopped, stir-fried with clam powder), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark) (devoid of rough bark), Dadoujuan (Sojae Semen Praeparatum) (crushed, stir-fried, each 1.75 liang), Puhuang (Typha Pollen) (stir-fried), Renshen (Ginseng) (devoid of radicle), Shenqu (Medicated Leaven) (stir-fried, each 2.5 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root) (stir-fried, 5 qian), Xionghuang (Realgar) (8 qian, separately refined and powdered), Bailian (Tiger Lily Bulb), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) (each 7.5 qian), Jinbo (Gold Leaf) (1200 pieces, 400 for coating, remainder added to medicine, separately powdered), Xijiao (Rhinoceros Horn) (powdered, 2 liang), Gansanyao (Dioscorea Rhizome) (10 liang), Dazao (Jujube) (100 pieces, steamed, devoid of skin and pits, pounded into paste and added to medicine).
Preparation and Administration: Except for jujube, apricot seeds, and the four ingredients Niuhuang, Shexiang, 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 makes 10 pills, coated with gold leaf. Take one pill per dose, dissolved in warm plain water, taken after meals. For pediatric fright epilepsy, adjust dosage accordingly, dissolve in warm bamboo leaf decoction.

Bijin Wan (Compare Gold Pill), Huqing Wan (Tiger Eye Pill): (Both formulas are seen in previous sections)

Qingshen Tang (Spirit-Clearing Decoction): Treats fright 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 powder. Take 5-7 fen per dose, mixed with Ophiopogon decoction.

Szaoren Wan (Ziziphus Seed Pill): (See section on Palpitations)