牛黄丸
治小儿胎惊及痫,或心热。
牛黄 龙脑 马牙硝 铁焰粉(各一分)
上为细末,炼蜜丸如梧桐子大。每日乳食前,热水调破一丸灌下,令母忌口。
又牛黄丸
治孩子惊热入心,疑成痫疾,面色不定,啼哭不出,潮热无度,不吃乳食,大睁眼翻露
白,手足逆冷,呼唤不应。
牛黄研 大黄 独活(各一分) 升麻 琥珀(炙,别研) 绿豆粉 大麻仁(别研,各半两)
上为细末,蜜丸如梧桐子大。空心热水下一丸,顿服之,食后再服一丸,至十岁加金银
箔各五片,忌 炙毒物。
虎睛丸
治小儿风痫惊啼,不吃乳。
虎睛(一支) 犀角 子芩(各等分) 栀子仁 大黄(各十分)
上五味为细末,炼蜜丸如梧桐子大。惊啼不吃奶,乳汁下七丸,风痫米饮下五丸至七丸。
小儿减丸数,取利为度,忌毒物。若有虚热加知母六分。
又虎睛丸
治小儿子二十四种惊痫,壮热,抽掣脚手,呕吐,夜啼,眼肿。
虎睛(一支,《圣惠》用一对) 栀子仁 茯苓(各二分) 牛黄(少许,《圣惠》用半两) 人参
(一分,《圣惠》用一两) 钩藤 大黄(各四分) 犀角(末一分,《圣惠》用二两) 黄芩(一分,《
圣惠》用一两) 蛇蜕(七寸,烧灰,《圣惠》用一分)
上为末,蜜丸如黍米大,空心热水下,随年丸。轻者一服,重者三服,奶汁下亦得,圣
惠热水下,奶母忌一切生冷、油腻、毒物。
广利方
治孩子惊痫,不知,迷闷嚼舌,仰目。
牛黄(一大豆)
上为细末,研和蜜水服之。
二十二味虎睛丸
治孩子从一岁至大,癫发无时,口出白沫,小便淋沥不利。
虎睛(一支,生眼佳,曝干,酒浸令黄色) 蚱蝉(四枚,去翅足,炙) 珍珠 蜂房(各三钱) 麻
黄钩藤(各三分) 铁精 防葵 大黄 子芩 龙齿 银屑 栀子仁 羌活(各四分) 柴胡 升
麻白鲜皮 雷丸(烧令赤) 人参(各三分) 细辛(一分半) 蛇皮(五寸,炙) 石膏(五分)
上为末,蜜丸如赤豆大。四五岁五丸,日再服,大儿十丸,浓煎米饮下,忌生冷油腻。
Niu Huang Wan (Calculus Bovis Pill)
Treats neonatal fright (Tai Jing) and epilepsy in infants, or heat in the Heart.
Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang), Borneolum Syntheticum (Long Nao), Natrii Sulfas (Ma Ya Xiao), Ferrum Pyritum Pulveratum (Tie Yan Fen) (each 1 fen).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, and make pills with refined honey the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Before each feeding or meal, dissolve one pill in hot water and administer orally. The mother should observe dietary restrictions.
Another prescription: Niu Huang Wan (Calculus Bovis Pill)
Treats children whose fright-heat has entered the Heart, suspected of developing into epilepsy. Symptoms include fluctuating facial complexion, inability to cry out, irregular tidal fever, refusal to feed, eyes wide open with sclera exposed, cold extremities, and unresponsiveness to calls.
Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang, ground), Radix Rhubarbi (Da Huang), Radix Angelikae Dahuricae (Du Huo) (each 1 fen), Radix Cimicifugae (Sheng Ma), Succinum (Hu Po, roasted and ground separately), Powder of Mung Bean (Lu Dou Fen), Semen Cannabis (Da Ma Ren, ground separately) (each 0.5 liang).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, and make pills with honey the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take one pill on an empty stomach with hot water, administered all at once. Take another pill after eating. For ten-year-olds, add five leaves each of gold foil and silver foil. Avoid roasted foods and toxic substances.
Hu Jing Wan (Tiger Eye Pill)
Treats wind-epilepsy and frightful crying in infants, accompanied by refusal to feed.
Oculus Tigris (Hu Jing, one piece), Cornu Rhinocerotis (Xi Jiao), Radix Scutellariae (Zi Qin) (each equal parts), Fructus Gardeniae (Zhi Zi Ren), Radix Rhubarbi (Da Huang) (each 10 fen).
Grind the above five ingredients into a fine powder, and make pills with refined honey the size of Sophora japonica seeds. For frightful crying and refusal to breastfeed, administer seven pills with milk. For wind-epilepsy, administer five to seven pills with rice drink. Reduce the dosage for young children; stop when bowel movements become loose. Avoid toxic substances. If there is deficiency-heat, add Radix Anemarrhenae (Zhi Mu) 6 fen.
Another prescription: Hu Jing Wan (Tiger Eye Pill)
Treats twenty-four types of fright-epilepsy in infants, characterized by high fever, convulsions of hands and feet, vomiting, night crying, and swollen eyelids.
Oculus Tigris (Hu Jing, one piece; *Taiping Shenghui Fang* uses two pieces), Fructus Gardeniae (Zhi Zi Ren), Poria (Fu Ling) (each 2 fen), Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang, a small amount; *Taiping Shenghui Fang* uses 0.5 liang), Radix Ginseng (Ren Shen, 1 fen; *Taiping Shenghui Fang* uses 1 liang), Uncaria (Gou Teng), Radix Rhubarbi (Da Huang) (each 4 fen), Cornu Rhinocerotis (Xi Jiao, powdered, 1 fen; *Taiping Shenghui Fang* uses 2 liang), Radix Scutellariae (Huang Qin, 1 fen; *Taiping Shenghui Fang* uses 1 liang), Exuvias Bombycis (She Tui, 7 cun, burned to ash; *Taiping Shenghui Fang* uses 1 fen).
Grind the above ingredients into a powder, and make pills with honey the size of millet seeds. Administer on an empty stomach with hot water. Dosage is determined by age ("Sui Nian Wan"). For mild cases, take one dose; for severe cases, take three doses. Milk can also be used as the vehicle. (*Taiping Shenghui Fang* recommends hot water). The nursing mother must avoid all cold, raw, greasy, and toxic foods.
Guang Li Fang
Treats infantile fright-epilepsy, characterized by loss of consciousness, coma, biting of the tongue, and upward deviation of the eyes.
Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang, size of a large soybean).
Grind into a fine powder, mix with honey water, and administer.
Er Shi Er Wei Hu Jing Wan (Twenty-Two Ingredient Tiger Eye Pill)
Treats epilepsy occurring at any time from age one to adulthood, characterized by frothing at the mouth and dribbling, difficult urination.
Oculus Tigris (Hu Jing, one piece; fresh eye is best, dried and soaked in wine until yellow), Locusta (Zha Chan, four pieces, wings and legs removed, roasted), Margarita (Zhen Zhu), Nidus Vespae (Feng Fang) (each 3 qian), Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang), Ramulus Uncariae (Gou Teng) (each 3 fen), Ferrum (Tie Jing), Radix Praeruptorae (Fang Kui), Radix Rhubarbi (Da Huang), Radix Scutellariae (Zi Qin), Os Draconis (Long Chi), Argentum Folium (Yin Ye), Fructus Gardeniae (Zhi Zi Ren), Radix Notopterygii (Qiang Huo) (each 4 fen), Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu), Radix Cimicifugae (Sheng Ma), Cortex Dictamni (Bai Xian Pi), Myelobrabrus (Lei Wan, burned red), Radix Ginseng (Ren Shen) (each 3 fen), Radix Asari (Xi Xin, 1.5 fen), Corium Serpentis (She Pi, 5 cun, roasted), Gypsum Fibrosum (Shi Gao, 5 fen).
Grind the above ingredients into a powder, and make pills with honey the size of red beans. For children aged four or five, take five pills twice daily. For older children, take ten pills, administered with thick rice drink. Avoid cold, raw, and greasy foods.