Abstract:Objective:To provide a reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment of modern medicine by arrangement and analysis of medical cases of convulsive syncope in Linzheng Zhinan Yi'an, and summarization of experience of YE Tianshi treating convulsive syncope. Methods: A total of 68 medical cases of convulsive syncope in Volume 7 of Linzheng Zhinan Yi'an. were selected. Medicine nature, medicine flavor, efficacy, and meridian entry in treatment of convulsive syncope were counted and analyzed,and Chinese medicine theory was used to analyze and summarize the results. Results:Among 68 medical cases, 19 syndromes and 118 Chinese medicines were involved. Among 118 Chinese medicines, there were 27 high-frequency Chinese medicines(the frequency equal to or more than six times);there were 13 categories of efficacy in Chinese medicines with frequency equal to or more than four times, and the frequency from high to low was as follows: deficiency- supplementing medicine, heat- clearing medicine, urination- promoting and dampness- percolating medicine, and qi-rectifying medicine. The nature of commonly-used medicines mainly was cold,warm,and neutral,and the Chinese medicine with cold nature had the largest proportion. The medicine nature mainly was sweet, bitter, and acrid, and the Chinese medicine with sweet nature had the largest proportion. In terms of meridian entry,prescriptions were mainly from the heart,the kidney,the lung,the liver,and the spleen;the frequency from high to low was as follows:the heart,the kidney,the lung,the liver,and the spleen meridians. According to association analysis,there were 14 couplet medicines. Clustering analysis of 26 high-frequency medicines with frequency equal to or more than six times was carried out,and five categories of significant couplet medicines were obtained. Conclusion:The treatment methods of convulsive syncope by YE Tianshi mainly included heat- clearing and yin- nourishing method, wind- dispelling and collaterals- unblocking method, clearing-moistening and enriching-nourishing method,unblocking and orifice-opening method,and yin-enriching and yang subduing method. The treatment methods based on differentiation of syndrome and pathogenesis, the classic medicines, and the thought of prescriptions selected based on syndrome differentiation provide important references for clinical prescriptions and medication by clinicians in modern society.