Forum - Article 107 / treatment for chest congestion and restlessness

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

107. Exo illness for eight to nine days, wrongly treated with stool purging, resulted in chest congestion, restlessness, easily frightened, anxiety, difficult to urine, delirium, whole body feel heavy, difficult to turn, treat with Chaihu jia Longgu Muli Tang.

Note: For exo illness, it is forbidden to purge the stool. If wrongly purged, intero and endo section will be weaken, the pathogenic factor will attack inward. If attacked the interogenous section, always causing chest congestion. This may cause emotional reaction like restlessness, fear and anxiety. Chaihu is the main herbs for intero-yang illness, Longgu and Muli are always used to treat emotional problem associated with heat congestion.

Chaihu  12g, Longgu, Huangqin, Shengjiang, Qiandan, Renshen, Guizhi, Fuling 4.5g each, Banxia 6g, Dahuang 6g, Muli 6g, Dazao 3 pcs. Add Longgu, Muli and Qiandan to 800 ml boils to 600ml. Then add in all the herbs and boils to 200ml. Serve warm for one taking.