Ms. Peng, female, 30 years old, first consultation on August 26, 1965. Suffering from diarrhea for 3 days after eating grapes, with 3 episodes of watery stools daily, mild abdominal pain, dry throat without desire to drink, epigastric stuffiness, poor appetite, belching, occasional abdominal distension with borborygmus, lack of strength in the limbs, white greasy tongue coating, and wiry slippery pulse. Originally suffering from cold in the middle, compounded by external pathogenic factors, leading to the stagnation of middle yang and internal accumulation of fluid, resulting in symptoms such as borborygmus, diarrhea, belching, and poor appetite. Prescribed Fresh Ginger Heart-Draining Decoction:
Fresh Ginger Rhizome 12g, Dried Ginger 3g, Prepared Liquorice Root 10g, Tangshen 10g, Pinellia 12g, Skullcap Root 10g, Coptis Rhizome 10g, Chinese Date 4 pieces
. After one dose, diarrhea and abdominal pain ceased, and after three doses, the illness was cured.