Syndrome differentiation and treatment
In treating epilepsy, the principal symptoms should be differentiated from subordinate ones and asthenia from sthenia. For the patients with frequent onset, treatment lies in eliminating phlegm and regulating qi as well as stopping endogenous wind, inducing resuscitation and relieving epilepsy; for the patients with long interval of onset, the treatment includes strengthening the spleen and resolving phlegm as well as nourishing the liver and relieving spasm; if epilepsy is persistent, the treatment should be in active cooperation with the aid of western medicine. For the patients with repeated onset, if treatment with pure traditional Chinese drugs is unsatisfactory, other therapeutic methods like acupuncture and moxibustion should be cooperatively applied.

1. Epilepsy due to fright 
Main symptoms and signs: History of being frightened before the onset, scream, external exposure of tongue, sudden cry and trance during the onset, alternate flush and pallor on the face, alarm and restlessness like being detained, clonic convulsion of limbs, reddish tongue with whitish fur, taut and slippery pulse and bluish superficial venule of index finger
Therapeutic method: Eliminating fright to tranquilizing the mind.

2. Epilepsy due to phlegm    
Main symptoms and signs: Excessive sputum and saliva during the onset, rale in the throat, straight forward staring of eyes, trance like a dement or an absentminded person, or fall with inapparent clonic convulsion of limbs or local clonic convulsion, or headache, abdominal pain, vomiting and pain of limbs and the body, sudden onset and sudden stop in lingering state, whitish and greasy fur, taut and slippery pulse. 
Therapeutic methods: Regulating qi, removing phlegm and inducing resuscitation.

3. Epilepsy due to wind 
Main symptoms and signs: Onset often due to exogenous high fever, sudden fall, unconsciousness, rigidity of neck and nape and the whole body during the onset followed by upward staring of eyes or strabismus, lockjaw, foaming in the mouth, bluish lips and face, whitish tongue fur, taut and slippery pulse.   
Therapeutic methods: Eliminating wind and relieving convulsion.

4. Epilepsy due to blood stasis 
Main symptoms and signs: Fall due to dizziness, unconsciousness, unilateral clonic convulsion or clonic convulsion of limbs, fixed location and dynamic state of clonic convulsion, headache or dizziness, dry stool like that of a sheep, red tongue with a little fur or ecchymosis, unsmooth pulse and deep and sluggish superficial venule of index finger.
Therapeutic methods: Activating blood circulation to induce resuscitation and stopping endogenous wind.