Wind-Calming Ointment，From *Feng’s Mianxiang: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 3.，Prenatal Epilepsy. Caused by fright during pregnancy or by exposure to toxic substances; symptoms include fever, a pale face, convulsions of the hands and feet, clenched jaws, a stiff back and body, a slanted gaze and closed eyes, frequent crying without nursing, and recurrent episodes that repeatedly subside and then reoccur.
Wind-Calming Ointment
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Formulas Name : Wind-Calming Ointment
Chinese Name : 定风膏
Drug Formulation
49 whole scorpions (with head and tail intact; remove the venom; wrap each in a fresh mint leaf, secure with silk thread, roast over a fire until dry, and grind into a powder), a small amount of cinnabar, and a small amount of musk.
Source
From *Feng’s Mianxiang: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 3.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
Prenatal Epilepsy. Caused by fright during pregnancy or by exposure to toxic substances; symptoms include fever, a pale face, convulsions of the hands and feet, clenched jaws, a stiff back and body, a slanted gaze and closed eyes, frequent crying without nursing, and recurrent episodes that repeatedly subside and then reoccur.
Instructions for Use
After a meal, prepare a decoction of Uncaria and dissolve the powder in it to take orally.
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Wind-Calming Ointment,Prenatal Epilepsy. Caused by fright during pregnancy or by exposure to toxic substances; symptoms include fever, a pale face, convulsions of the hands and feet, clenched jaws, a stiff back and body, a slanted gaze and closed eyes, frequent crying without nursing, and recurrent episodes that repeatedly subside and then reoccur.