治痫风。
铅灰（二两，研细） 硫化铅（一两，研细） 麦曲（两半，炒熟）
上三味，水和为丸，桐子大。每服五六丸，多至十丸。用净芒硝四五分冲水送服。若服药后，大便不利者
（铅灰硫化铅皆能涩大便），芒硝又宜多用。
古方有黑锡丹，用硫黄与铅化合，以治上热下凉，上盛下虚之证，洵为良方。而犹未尽善者，因其杂以
草木诸热药，其性易升浮，即不能专于下达。向曾变通其方，专用硫化铅，和熟麦曲为丸，以治痫风数日一发
者，甚有效验。乃服至月余，因觉热停服，旬余病仍反复。遂又通变其方，多用铅灰，少用硫化铅，俾其久服
不致生热，加以累月之功，痫风自能除根。更佐以健脾，利痰、通络、清火之汤剂，治法尤为完善。
取铅灰法 用黑铅数斤，熔化后，其面上必有浮灰。屡次熔化，即可屡次取之。
制硫化铅法 用黑铅四两，铁锅内熔化。再用硫黄细末四两，撒于铅上。硫黄皆着，急用铁铲拌炒。铅
经硫黄烧炼，结成砂子，取出晾冷，碾轧成饼者（系未化透之铅）去之，余者，再用乳钵研极细。
治痫风，及肝胆之火暴动，或胁疼，或头疼目眩，或气逆喘吐，上焦烦热，至一切上盛下虚之证皆可。
用其汤煎药，又兼能补养血分。
方用长锈生铁，和水磨取其锈，磨至水皆红色，煎汤服之。
化学家名铁锈为铁养，以铁与氧气化合而成锈也。其善于镇肝胆者，以其为金之余气，借金以制木也。
其善治上盛下虚之证者，因其性重坠，善引逆上之相火下行。相火为阴中之火，与电气为同类，此即铁能引电
之理也。其能补养血分者，因人血中原有铁锈，且取铁锈嗅之，又有血腥之气，此乃以质补质，以气补气之理。
且人身之血，得氧气则赤，铁锈原铁与氧气化合，故能补养血分也。西人补血之药，所以有铁酒。
一六岁幼女，初数月一发痫风，后至一日数发，精神昏昏若
睡，未有醒时。且两目露睛，似兼慢惊。遂先用《福幼编》治慢惊之方治之，而露睛之病除。继欲治其痫风，
偶忆方书有用三家磨刀水洗疮法，因铁锈能镇肝，以其水煎药，必能制肝胆上冲之火，以熄内风。乃磨水者，
但以水贮罐中，而煎药者，误认为药亦在内，遂但煎其水服之，其病竟愈。后知药未服，仍欲煎服。愚曰∶磨
刀水既对证，药可不服。自此日煎磨刀水服两次，连服数日，痫风永不再发。
一人，年三十许，痫风十余年不愈，其发必以夜。授以前加味磁朱丸方，服之而愈。年余其病又反复，
然不若从前之剧。俾日磨浓铁锈水，煎汤服之，病遂除根。
族家嫂，年六旬。夜间忽然呕吐头疼，心中怔忡甚剧，上半身自汗。其家人以为霍乱证。诊其脉，关前
浮洪，摇摇而动。俾急磨浓铁锈水，煎汤服下即愈。
友人韩××曾治一人，当恼怒之后，身躯忽然后挺，气息即断，一日数次。韩××诊其脉，左关虚浮。遂投
以萸肉（去净核）、龙骨、牡蛎（皆不用 ）、白芍诸药，用三家磨刀水煎之，一日连服二剂，病若失。
西药治痫风者，皆系麻醉脑筋之品，强制脑筋使之不发，鲜能祓除病根。然遇痫风之剧而且勤，身体羸
弱，不能支持者，亦可日服其药两次，以图目前病不反复，而徐以健脾、利痰、通络、清火之药治之。迨至身
形强壮，即可停止西药，而但治以健脾、利痰、通络、清火之品。或更佐以镇惊（若朱砂、磁石类）、祛风
（若蜈蚣、全蝎类）、透达脏腑（若麝香、牛黄类）之品，因证制宜，病根自能祓除无余也。
治疗癫痫。
铅灰（二两，研成细粉） 硫化铅（一两，研成细粉） 麦曲（一两半，炒熟）
以上三味药，用水调和制成丸剂，大小如梧桐子。每次服用五到六丸，最多十丸。用纯净芒硝四五分冲水送服。如果服药后大便不通畅的（因为铅灰和硫化铅都有收敛大便的作用），芒硝应当多用一些。
古代方剂中有黑锡丹，使用硫黄与铅化合，用来治疗上热下寒、上实下虚的证候，确实是良方。但还不够完善，因为它混杂了各种草木类热性药物，药性容易升浮，就不能专门向下导引。过去我曾变通这个方子，专门使用硫化铅，配合熟麦曲制成丸剂，用来治疗每隔几天发作一次的癫痫，非常有效。但是服用了一个多月，因为感觉发热而停药，十多天后病情仍然反复。于是又进一步变通方子，多加铅灰，少用硫化铅，使得长期服用不会导致生热，加上累积数月的疗效，癫痫自然能除根。再辅助以健脾、利痰、通络、清火的汤剂，治疗方法尤为完善。
取铅灰的方法：用几斤黑铅，熔化后，其表面必然有浮灰。多次熔化，就可以多次收取。
制硫化铅的方法：用四两黑铅，在铁锅内熔化。再用四两硫黄细末，撒在铅上。硫黄全部附着后，急忙用铁铲搅拌翻炒。铅经过硫黄烧炼，结成砂状物，取出晾冷，碾轧成饼状的（是未化透的铅）去掉，剩下的，再用乳钵研磨极细。
治疗癫痫，以及肝胆之火暴动，或者胁痛，或者头痛目眩，或者气逆喘吐，上焦烦热，直到一切上盛下虚的证候都可以使用。
用它煎煮汤药，又能兼补养血分。
方中用长满锈的生铁，加水磨取其铁锈，磨到水都变成红色，煎汤服用。
化学家将铁锈命名为“铁养”，是因为铁与氧气化合而成锈。它善于镇压肝胆，是因为它是金气的余气，借金气来制约木气。它善于治疗上盛下虚的证候，是因为它的性质重坠，善于引导逆上的相火下行。相火是阴中之火，与电气同类，这就是铁能引电的原理。它能补养血分，是因为人血中原含有铁元素，而且闻铁锈的气味，又有血腥之气，这是以质补质、以气补气的道理。而且人体的血液，得到氧气则变红，铁锈是原铁与氧气化合而成，所以能补养血分。西方人补血药物中，所以有铁酒。
有一个十六岁的小女孩，起初几个月发作一次癫痫，后来发展到一天发作数次，精神昏沉像睡觉一样，没有清醒的时候。而且两眼露睛，似乎兼有慢惊风。于是先用《福幼编》中治疗慢惊风的方子治疗，露睛的病就好了。接着想治疗她的癫痫，偶然想起医书中有用三家磨刀水洗疮的方法，因为铁锈能镇肝，用磨刀水煎药，一定能制约肝胆上冲之火，以熄灭内风。但是磨水的人，只是把水储存在罐子里，而煎药的人误以为药也在里面，于是只煎那水给她喝，病竟然好了。后来知道药没吃，还想煎药服用。我说：磨刀水既然对症，药可以不服。从此每天煎磨刀水喝两次，连续服用几天，癫痫永远不再发作。
一个人，三十岁左右，癫痫十多年不愈，发作必定在夜间。传授以前加味的磁朱丸方，服用后痊愈。一年多后病情又反复，但不比以前剧烈。让他每天磨浓铁锈水，煎汤服用，病遂除根。
族嫂，六十岁。夜间突然呕吐头疼，心中心悸非常严重，上半身自汗。家人以为是霍乱证。诊脉，关前脉象浮洪，摇摇而动。让她急磨浓铁锈水，煎汤服下即愈。
友人韩××曾治疗一个人，在恼怒之后，身体忽然向后挺立，气息随即断绝，一天数次。韩××诊脉，左关脉虚浮。于是投以萸肉（去净核）、龙骨、牡蛎（都不用）、白芍等药，用三家磨刀水煎煮，一天连服两剂，病若失。
西药治疗癫痫的，都是麻醉脑神经的药物，强制脑神经使其不发作，很少能祛除病根。然而遇到癫痫剧烈而且频繁，身体虚弱，不能支持的病人，也可以每天服用西药两次，以求眼前病情不反复，然后慢慢用健脾、利痰、通络、清火的药物治疗。等到身形强壮，就可以停止西药，只治疗以健脾、利痰、通络、清火的药物。或者更辅助以镇惊（如朱砂、磁石之类）、祛风（如蜈蚣、全蝎之类）、透达脏腑（如麝香、牛黄之类）的药物，根据病情制定适宜的治疗方案，病根自然能彻底清除。
Treatment for epilepsy.
Qianhui (Lead Ash, 2 liang, ground into fine powder) Lihuaqian (Lead Sulfide, 1 liang, ground into fine powder) Maiqu (Wheat Qu, 1.5 liang, stir-fried until cooked)
The above three ingredients are mixed with water and formed into pills, the size of *Strychnos nux-vomica* seeds. Take 5 to 6 pills per dose, up to a maximum of 10 pills. Administer with clean Mangxiao (Mirabilite, Natrii Sulfas) dissolved in water. If constipation occurs after taking the medicine (because both Qianhui and Lihuaqian have astringent effects on the bowels), the dosage of Mangxiao should be increased.
An ancient formula, Heixi Dan (Black Tin Pill), uses sulfur and lead combined to treat conditions of upper heat and lower cold, or upper excess and lower deficiency. It is indeed an excellent prescription. However, it is not perfect because it mixes various herbal heat-inducing drugs, whose nature tends to ascend and float, preventing them from acting specifically downward. I previously modified this formula, using only Lihuaqian (Lead Sulfide) combined with cooked Maiqu (Wheat Qu) to form pills, which was very effective for treating epilepsy occurring every few days. However, after taking it for over a month, I stopped due to feeling heat, and the disease relapsed after more than ten days. Thus, I further modified the formula, increasing the amount of Qianhui (Lead Ash) and decreasing Lihuaqian (Lead Sulfide), so that long-term use would not generate heat. With accumulated months of treatment, the root cause of epilepsy can be eliminated. Additionally assisting with decoctions for strengthening the spleen, resolving phlegm, unblocking collaterals, and clearing fire makes the treatment method particularly comprehensive.
Method for obtaining Qianhui (Lead Ash): Use several jin of black lead. After melting, floating ash will inevitably appear on the surface. Repeated melting allows for repeated collection.
Method for preparing Lihuaqian (Lead Sulfide): Melt 4 liang of black lead in an iron pot. Sprinkle 4 liang of fine sulfur powder onto the lead. Once the sulfur adheres completely, quickly stir-fry with an iron spatula. The lead, after being smelted by sulfur, forms granular substances. Remove and cool these; discard any that form cakes upon grinding (indicating incomplete reaction). Grind the remainder to an extremely fine powder using a mortar.
This treats epilepsy, as well as sudden flare-ups of liver and gallbladder fire, hypochondriac pain, headache with dizziness, rebellious qi causing wheezing and vomiting, upper jiao irritability and heat, and essentially all conditions characterized by upper excess and lower deficiency.
Using it to decoct medicines also benefits the blood aspect.
The formula uses rusty raw iron. Grind it in water to extract the rust until the water turns red, then decoct and drink the soup.
Chemists name iron rust "Tieyang" (Iron Oxygen Compound), formed by the combination of iron and oxygen. Its ability to suppress the liver and gallbladder stems from it being residual energy of Metal, borrowing Metal's energy to control Wood. Its efficacy in treating upper excess and lower deficiency lies in its heavy and sinking nature, which guides rebellious Ministerial Fire downwards. Ministerial Fire is fire within yin, similar to electricity; this is the principle behind iron's ability to conduct electricity. Its ability to nourish the blood aspect exists because human blood originally contains iron, and smelling iron rust reveals a bloody odor. This follows the principle of supplementing substance with substance and qi with qi. Furthermore, human blood turns red upon receiving oxygen; since iron rust is formed by the combination of original iron and oxygen, it can nourish the blood aspect. This explains why Western blood-tonifying medicines include iron wine.
A sixteen-year-old girl initially had epilepsy once every few months, progressing to several times a day. Her spirit was lethargic, appearing asleep, never waking fully. Her eyes were exposed, suggesting concurrent slow convulsion. Initially, I used the formula from *Fu You Bian* for slow convulsion, which cured the eye symptom. To treat the epilepsy next, recalling a method in medical texts using water from three households' whetstones to wash sores, I reasoned that since iron rust suppresses the liver, decocting medicine with this water could restrain the rebellious fire of the liver and gallbladder to extinguish internal wind. However, the person grinding the water merely stored water in a jar, while the person decocting mistakenly believed the medicine was also inside, so they only boiled and administered the water. The illness miraculously cured. Later, knowing no medicine was taken, we wanted to decoct the actual herbs. I said: Since the whetstone water was appropriate for the syndrome, the medicine need not be taken. From then on, she drank the whetstone water twice daily for several days, and the epilepsy never recurred.
A man, around thirty years old, suffered from epilepsy for over ten years without cure, always attacking at night. I prescribed the previously modified Cizhu Wan (Magnetite and Cinnabar Pill), which cured him. Over a year later, the condition relapsed but was less severe than before. I instructed him to grind concentrated iron rust water daily and drink the decoction, eliminating the root cause.
My clan sister-in-law, aged sixty, suddenly experienced vomiting and headache at night, severe palpitations, and spontaneous sweating on the upper body. Her family suspected cholera. Her pulse was floating and surging anterior to the guan position, trembling. I instructed her to urgently grind concentrated iron rust water, decoct it, and drink it, resulting in immediate recovery.
My friend Han XX treated a patient who, following anger, suddenly extended his body backward and lost breath, occurring several times a day. Han XX diagnosed a deficient and floating pulse at the left guan position. He prescribed Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus Officinalis Fruit, pips removed), Longgu (Fossilized Bones), Muli (Oyster Shell - none used), and Baishao (White Peony Root), decocted with whetstone water from three households. Taking two doses daily resulted in complete recovery.
Western medicines for epilepsy are generally anesthetics for the brain, forcibly suppressing neural activity, rarely removing the root cause. However, for patients with severe and frequent epilepsy who are physically weak and cannot tolerate strong treatments, taking Western medicine twice daily may temporarily prevent recurrence, allowing time to gradually treat with herbs for strengthening the spleen, resolving phlegm, unblocking collaterals, and clearing fire. Once physical strength improves, Western medicine can be discontinued, continuing only with spleen-strengthening, phlegm-resolving, collateral-unblocking, and fire-clearing agents. Alternatively, assist with calming fright (such as Zhusha [Cinnabar], Cishi [Magnetite]), dispelling wind (such as Wugong [Centipede], Quanxie [Scorpion]), or penetrating organs (such as Shexiang [Musk], Niuhuang [Calculus Bovis]) based on specific indications, ensuring the root cause is thoroughly eradicated.