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Source: Sān Yīn Jí Yī Bìng Zhèng Fāng Lùn 三因极一病证方论

Ingredients

• Dāng guī (当归 Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Chinese angelica) (washed in wine)
• Tiān má (天麻 Gastrodiae Rhizoma, gastrodia [root])
• Chuān xiōng (川芎 Chuanxiong Rhizoma, chuanxiong [rhizome])
• Qiāng huó (羌活 Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, notopterygium [root])
• Xiān máo (仙茅 Curculiginis Rhizoma, curculigo [root])
• Shú dì huáng (熟地黄 Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, cooked rehmannia [root])

Indications: Four qì invading the liver causing hemiplegia, numbness and tingling of the extremities, sluggish speech, drooling and clouded spirit; dizzy head and vision, clenched jaw, panting, spontaneous sweating, abstraction, generalized pain. Also treats postpartum wind stroke, arched-back rigidity and knocks and falls with internal static blood.

Method: All ingredients in equal proportions. Grind to a powder. Blend with condensed honey and form into pills. Take one pill at a time with wine in which mugua and tusizi have ben steeped. For impediment of the foot, take with wine in which yiyiren has been steeped. For wind stroke, take with warm wine and a decoction of rice. An alternative composition has no qianghuo, and has mugua and ejiao.

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