(1) Centipede, Buthus martensi kirsch and bombyx batryticatus, the dosage is 1:2:3, bake them and grind into powder, take 2g of the powder each time, 3 times a day.
(2) In the early stage of the disease, patient can cut a ginger, them apply gently the section of the ginger to the affected parts, i.e. the opposite side of gingiva of the crooked spat, until a local burning or warm sensation occurs. 2-3 times a day, 1-2 week as a course of treatment.
(3) The recipe for treating facial paralysis (liver wind agitation):
15g Rhizoma Gastrodiae (Tianma), 15g Ramulus Oncariae cum Uncis (Gouteng), 15g Ramulus Taxilli (Sangjisheng), 2 centipede, 18g chrysanthemum, 18g Radix Paeoniae Alba (Baishaoyao), 18g Semen Cassiae (Juemingzi)">Semen Cassiae (Juemingzi), 10g Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (Niuxi), 10g Fructus Gardeniae, 10g Buthus Martensi Karsch.
Process: Decoct them in the water, divide it into three parts to take, one dose a day.
Efficiency and indication: To calm liver-wind, manifested as sudden facial paralysis, flushing face, numb limbs, pain in ear roots, dizziness, dark and red tongue with yellow or little coating with little liquid, thready and rapid pulse with force.
(4) The recipe for treating facial paralysis (qi-blood deficiency):
30g Radix Astragali (Huangqi), 18g Angelica Sinensis, 10g Carthamus Tinctorius, 10g peach kernel, 10g lumbricus, 3 centipede, 15g Codonopsis Pilosula, 15g Bighead Atractylodes Rhizome, 15g Radix Paeoniae Alba (Baishaoyao), 15g Ligusticum Wallichii.
Process: Decoct them in the water, divide it into three parts to take, one dose a day.
Efficiency and indication: To tonify qi and blood, invigorate blood circulation and resolve tetany.
(5) 15g Chrysanthemum, 15g Kudzuvine Root, 30g Folium Isatidis, 10g Divaricate Saposhnikovia Root, 10g Angelica Root, 10g Periostracum Cicada, 10g Bombyx Batryticatus, 10g Ligusticum Wallichii, 6g Liquorice. Efficiency: To clear heat and resolve toxin, dispel wind and smooth the collaterals.
Indications: facial neuritis, manifested as sudden facial paralysis, eyelid weakness or dysraphism, nasolabial groove on the affected side become shallow or disappear, wrinkles on the forehead disappear, accompanied with opisthotic pain, facial spasm in the later stage or malpractice.
Usage: One dose a day, decoct two times in the water, take it after three meals.
Add and subtract: Take it for 1-2 weeks, after syndromes relieving, add 15g Radix Astragali (Huangqi), 10g Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) to tonify qi and nourish blood; Patients with opisthotic pain can add 10g Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu), 12g Astragalus Mongholicus to course Shaoyang; Patients with dry throat and mouth or red tongue with little coating, which belong to pathogenic heat damaging to liquid or yin deficiency, can add 15g Radices Trichosanthis and 15g Dendrobe to increase liquid and nourish yin; Patients with facial hyperspasmia can add 10g Rhizoma Typhonii, 10g Buthus Martensi Kirsch, 10g Radix Paeoniae Rubra, 10g Radix Paeoniae Alba to extinguish wind and resolve tetany.
