Forum - Article 91 / treat the weak endo-yin first before treating exo-yin

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

91. Excessive exo-yang, by right should be treated with induction of sweat, but the doctor wrongly apply purging technic, this seriously weaken the stomach system, resulted in continuous diarrhea with undigested food, even there are exogenous syndrome like body pains etc, the priority is to treat the internal weakness. After treatment and the exo-yin illness is cured, if body pain and exo-syndrome persist, passing of stool is normal, then proceed to treat the exo-syndrome. Treat the endo-yin with Si Ni tang and the exo-syndrome with Guizhi tang.

Note: This is an important article pointing to another fix way of treatment, when exo-yin and endo yin are weak and ill simultaneouly, always treat the endo-yin first. This is in contrast to another principle if exo-yang and endo-yang are ill simultaneously, always treat the exo-yang first.