This paper summarizes professor FANG Yaozhong's experience in treating epilepsy with the five-step method of syndrome differentiation and treatment. He proposes that the primary epilepsy can be divided into three types according to the clinical manifestations

of which liver (gallbladder)

heart

and liver plus heart are the primary disease locations

respectively; and the main pathogenesis of the three types were all deficiency of

qi

and

yin

. Regarding the type of liver as the primary disease location

tremors and convulsions are the main manifestations

and may lead to counter-restriction by spleen and over-restriction by lung; patients with mental symptoms such as dizziness and emotional dysphoria usually have the primary disease location at heart

which may bring counter-restriction by lung and over-restriction by kidney; if the disease location is at both liver and heart

disharmony among five

zang

(脏) can be made with varied syndromes and complicated symptoms. Therefore

he advocates to identify the root

treat the primarily located

zang

and regulate the

zang

-

fu

(脏腑) being restricted and not restricted by the primary affected

zang

-

fu

under the guidance of holism concept of five

zang

.

Shiwei Wendan Decoction

(十味温胆汤) and

Buxin Dan

are mainly recommended.