Forum - Article 38 / treatment of excess exo-yang with internal heat congestion

Translated by Dr. Lim Siow Jin @2015 all rights reserved.

38. Exo-yang illness caused by external factors, pulse is float and tense, fever, chill, body pains, whole body feel dry and no sweat, very restless, is excessive exo-yang with heat congestion, treat with Da Qinglong tang. If the pulse is weak, body is sweating and aversion to wind, is due to both exo and endo weakness, do not take Da Qinglong tang. If taken wrongly, will lead to excessive sweat shock and deplete the yang energy, four limbs turn icy cold, whole body trembling and muscle twitching, this is the syndrome of wrong treatment.

Da Qinglong tang
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Mahuang 18g, Guizhi 6g, Zhi Gancao 6g, Xingren 6g, sliced Shengjiang 9g, Dazao 4 pcs. Shigao 20g. Crashed the above ingredients, Add Mahuang into 600 ml water, boils to 480 ml, remove the broth on top, add in all the ingredients and boil to 200 ml. Serve warm 200ml per taking, just induce slight sweating will do. If sweating too much, can stop it using warmly fried rice powder. If after one taking and the sweat is induced, do not consume for second time. If continue to consume, will lead to too much sweating, deplete the yang energy and lead to weakness of yang, resulting in aversion to wind, restless and sleepless.