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What are the folk remedies for treating epilepsy?

Asked by:Loki

Asked on:Apr 08, 2026 07:17 PM

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  • Bellamy Bellamy

    Apr 08, 2026

      Epilepsy will have a great impact on the patient when it occurs, so many patients and their families will try their best to cope with it. However, because epilepsy is very difficult to treat, many treatment methods may not be able to cure epilepsy. There are many treatments that can treat epilepsy in real life, but "what are the current folk remedies for treating epilepsy?" This is a controversial issue. Today I will introduce it to you.

      What are the folk remedies for the treatment of epilepsy? Only when the folk remedies are used correctly will they be effective, otherwise they will only achieve half the result with twice the result. The following is an introduction:

      1. Field Mouse Therapy, a folk remedy for the treatment of epilepsy: This method was once widely used to treat epilepsy in the vast rural areas of China. The raw materials can be obtained from sweet potato or wheat gardens. There are usually 6 to 12 small voles in a litter without opening their eyes. After obtaining them, you can soak them in 1 jin of rice wine and drink a small amount after one month. At present, vole wine is also sold in minority areas of Guangxi, and several small voles can be clearly seen in each bottle of wine. Another method is to scald the vole to death, dry it and grind it into powder. Each dose costs 1 qian.

      2. Ginger Tangyuan Therapy, a folk recipe for the treatment of epilepsy: Ingredients: Make juice with 2500g of ginger, soak 2500g of glutinous rice in the ginger juice until the ginger juice is completely absorbed by the glutinous rice, then grind the glutinous rice into powder to make glutinous rice balls, add a small amount of brown sugar, use about 1 tael of glutinous rice flour each time, once a month without interruption until finished.

      3. Folk remedies for the treatment of epilepsy: 12 grams of Cassia, 6 grams of Gastrodia elata, 2 centipedes, 10 grams of Yujin, 5 grams of southern saffron, 6 grams of calamus, 6 grams of silkworm, 5 grams of bile grass, 10 grams of Shenqu, 10 grams of mulberry branches, 3 grams of whole scorpion, and 1.2 grams of cinnabar (divided). Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

      4. The folk prescription for treating epilepsy is 2 packs of sheep brain, 15 grams of gastrodia elata, 30 grams of yam, and appropriate amounts of refined salt, pepper, and lard. Remove the fascia from the sheep brain, cook it with gastrodia elata and yam, add refined salt, mustard powder, and lard for seasoning and eat it in 1 to 2 servings.

      Although there are many folk remedies for the treatment of epilepsy, there are only a handful of methods that can truly effectively treat epilepsy. Therefore, when treating epilepsy, you must go to the hospital and adopt the correct method to recover as soon as possible.