Epilepsy
Epilepsy is characterized by mental confusion, incoherent speech, unpredictable mood swings, laughing or crying without reason, being drunk-like or dazed, unaware of cleanliness, lacking shame; during seizures, sudden collapse, loss of consciousness, limb convulsions, stiff back and chest, eyes rolling upward, foaming at the mouth, etc. The commonly used effective remedies are as follows.
[Remedy 1] 1 pig heart, 10g of Nine-section Rhizome. Clean the pig heart, split with a bamboo knife, sprinkle powdered Nine-section Rhizome inside, add water and boil into soup, drink the soup and eat the heart. This remedy nourishes the heart, enhances intelligence, resolves phlegm, opens orifices, suitable for cancer.
[Remedy 2] 120g of Hazel Mushroom, 90g of sugar. Boil the hazel mushroom in water, filter the juice, add sugar, drink five times, freely consumed. This remedy dispels wind, activates circulation, tonifies deficiency, treats sheep epilepsy.
[Remedy 3] 15g each of egg yolk and human milk. Mix egg yolk and milk in a cup, consume in one go. This remedy nourishes the heart, calms the spirit, strengthens qi and blood, suitable for epilepsy.
[Remedy 4] 10g of white fish, 15g of bamboo fleece, 100g of wine. Put white fish, bamboo fleece, and wine into a clay pot, simmer until only 20g remains, let cool, take twice. This remedy clears heart, removes phlegm, treats epilepsy.
[Remedy 5] 500g each of black tea and alum, 100g of glutinous rice. First cook glutinous rice with a little water until the rice blooms, then extract the juice. Crush and grind black tea and alum into powder, mix with the rice juice to form pills the size of red beans. During seizure episodes, take 49 pills (children take 27), swallow with strong tea. This remedy tonifies deficiency, removes phlegm, suitable for epilepsy.
[Remedy 6] 12g of leech, 9g of horsefly, 10g of peach kernel, 9g each of rhubarb and insect, 15g of earthworm, 9g of silkworm, 6g of scorpion, 2 centipedes, 20g of stone flower. Boil in water, one dose per day, divided into two servings. This remedy promotes blood circulation, removes stasis, suitable for epilepsy due to trauma.
[Remedy 7] 9g each of Gastrodia, Fritillary Bulb, Pinellia, 15g of Poria, 9g of Poria, 15g of Salvia, 12g of Ophiopogon, 9g of Tangerine Peel, 6g of Polygala, 9g of Calamus, 6g each of Prepared South Star and Scorpion, 9g of Silkworm, 2g of Amber Powder (taken separately), 1g of Cinnabar (taken separately), 30g of Bamboo Juice (added separately), 9 drops of Ginger Juice (added separately), 9g of Licorice. Boil in water, one dose per day, divided into two servings. This remedy removes phlegm, calms wind, suitable for wind-phlegm epilepsy.
[Remedy 8] 100g of South Star, 120g of Silkworm, 100g of White Attach, 120g of Red Flower, 60g each of Prepared Pinellia, Scorpion, Peach Kernel, Tianzhu Huang, 50g of Gastrodia, 30g of Coptis, 50g of Centipede. All ingredients ground into fine powder, mixed with binder to make tablets, each weighing 0.3g. For ages 1–3: 4 tablets per dose; 4–7 years: 6 tablets per dose; 8–14 years: 8 tablets per dose; adults: 10 tablets per dose, three times daily, taken with plain water. This remedy calms liver wind, transforms phlegm, stops convulsions, suitable for epilepsy with dominant liver wind.
[Remedy 9] 10g of Antelope Horn, 12g of Uncaria, 10g of Mulberry Leaf, 12g of Chrysanthemum, 9g of White Peony, 12g of Raw Rehmannia, 9g of Licorice, 10g of Fritillary Bulb, 12g of Bamboo Fleece, 9g of Poria. Boil in water, one dose per day, divided into two servings. This remedy calms liver wind, clears heat, stops convulsions, suitable for epilepsy with dominant liver wind.
[Remedy 10] 24g each of Rhubarb (wine-steamed) and Coptis, 30g of Calcined Cinnabar Stone, 15g of Sandalwood. Grind into powder, make into pills using water. Take 3–12g per dose, once or twice daily. This remedy clears bowels, removes phlegm, suitable for "phlegm epilepsy."
[Remedy 11] 360g of Green Cinnabar Stone, 60g of Scorpion, 400g of Earthworm, 240g each of Bear Gallbladder and Alum, 600g of Black Mustard Seed, 100g each of Gastrodia and Sandalwood, 180g of Red Flower, 120g each of Uncaria, Clear Pinellia, Peach Kernel, Raw Rhubarb, 2500g of Stone Calamus, 10g of Artificial Buffalo Horn. Boil Stone Calamus 2500g five times, remove residue, combine the decoction. Add all other ingredients, grind into fine powder, mix with the decoction, form granules, press into tablets, each weighing 0.3g. Ages 1–3: 4 tablets per dose; 4–7 years: 6 tablets per dose; 8–14 years: 8 tablets per dose; adults: 10 tablets per dose, twice daily, taken with plain water. This remedy transforms phlegm, stops pain, suitable for epilepsy with dominant phlegm-fire.
[Remedy 12] 10g of Costus Root, 9g each of Areca Nut, Green Peel, 10g of Tangerine Peel, 9g of Curcuma, 6g of Coptis, 10g of Phellodendron, 5g of Rhubarb, 10g each of Stir-fried Cyperus, Black Mustard Seed. Prepare into water pills, take one pill daily, washed down with plain water. This remedy aids digestion, eliminates food stagnation, suitable for epilepsy caused by food stagnation.
[Remedy 13] 10g of Angelica, 9g of Ligusticum, 6g of Red Peony, 9g of Peach Kernel, 10g each of Red Flower, Raw Rehmannia, 12g of Achyranthes. Boil in water, one dose per day, divided into two servings. This remedy activates blood circulation, removes stasis, suitable for epilepsy caused by blood stasis.
Epilepsy
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