No. 16.—Wei Po-yang's Method of beating the Wind
Kung-Fu, or Tauist Medical Gymnastics, by John Dudgeon, [1895], at sacred-texts.com
No. 16.—Wei Po-yang's (#) * Method of beating the Wind.—To cure chronic paralysis.
Sit upright, place the right fist against the right ribs, with the left hand press the knee, extend and withdraw the feet, think, move the air to the diseased part right and left each in 6 mouthfuls.
Prescription.—Take of tang-kwei, ch‘ïh-shao (#), Paeonia albiflora (the cultivated variety which bears red flowers), ch‘wen-hsü-twan (#), Dipsacus asper or Lamium album from Szechuan, pai-shu, kau-pên, tigers' bones,—of each 1 ounce; wu-shao-shĕ-jou (#) 5 mace. Powder, dose 2 mace, to be swallowed with tepid wine.The Gold-producing Tiger-bones Powder.