Schizophrenic hallucinations belong to the category of epilepsy in Chinese medicine, which requires the selection of Chinese herbal formulas according to the different types of epilepsy such as phlegm-qi stagnation, heart-spleen deficiency, madness phlegm-fire disturbing the spirit, phlegm-heat stasis, and fire-heat yin injury, such as Loose San, etc. The treatment mainly focuses on regulating qi and relieving depression, resolving phlegm to wake up the spirit.
1. Phlegm-qi stagnation syndrome: the treatment mainly focuses on regulating qi and relieving depression, resolving phlegm and awakening the spirit, and the formula chooses the combination of Free San and Shun Qi and Phlegm Conducting Tang with additions and subtractions, and the medicines include Bupleurum, Paeonia lactiflora, and Radix Angelicae Sinensis.
2. Deficiency of heart and spleen: the treatment mainly focuses on strengthening the spleen and vital energy, nourishing the heart and calming the mind, the formula can choose Nourishing Heart Soup combined with Echigo Pill for addition and subtraction, the drugs include ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes macrocephala, poria and so on.
3. Phlegm and fire disturbing the mind: the treatment mainly focuses on clearing the mind and diarrhea fire, clearing phlegm and waking up the mind, and the formula can choose Shengtiezhuo with additions and subtractions, and the medicines include Gentian grass, Huanglian, Gallus gallus, Tangerine, and so on.
4. Phlegm and stasis inter-conjugation syndrome: the treatment mainly focuses on removing phlegm and stasis, regulating qi and blood, and the formula can be Epileptic Dream Awakening Soup with additives and subtractions, with drugs including Pinellia, Gallus gallus, Chaihu and peach kernel.
5. Fire-exuberant Yin syndrome: the treatment mainly focuses on voice contraction and transportation between the heart and kidney (heart fire descends and kidney water rises, which are in mutual control).
The above drugs and the specific combination of drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, and it is recommended that patients with epilepsy should seek timely medical treatment by a professional doctor.