[Preparation method and dosage]

the above ingredients filed crushed. Take 12g (four qian dagger) each time, add 230ml (half cup) of water, boil to 160ml (8 fēn), remove the water and administer while warm. Sweat slightly, take shelter from the wind.

[Efficacy]

Releasing exterior dehumidification, Xuanli lung qi.

[Indications]

biao syndrome/pattern of wind-dampness attacking exterior. Pain all over the body, arthralgia, even inability to bend or stretch, fever, caused by sunset, tongue coating yellow and slightly greasy, slippery and rapid pulse.

[Prescription]

The disease cause of this prescription is due to sweating and excessive cold wind-dampness, or excessive cold wind-dampness after labor, resulting in exterior excess syndrome/pattern of fever without sweating. Where wind-dampness fever is different from patient with dampness fever. The heat of patient with dampness will be slight in the morning and evening; the heat of wind-dampness will be severe in the afternoon. Ephedra in the prescription, releasing the external and diffusing the lung, is an important medicine for emetic therapy to treat water-dampness on the surface. If water-dampness is on the surface, it is better to sweat. Bitter Apricot Seed Xuanjiang lung qi; Coix Seed invigorating spleen and draining dampness, three medicinals combined, diffusing and resolving with mild medicinals in the wind-dampness; Liquorice Root Reconcile medicines. Combined, they form dispersing wind, an agent for dispelling dampness and relieving pain. This recipe is actually Ephedra Decoction which is made from Coix Seed and Cinnamon Twig, which is changed from releasing exterior with pungent-warm to Xin It has a flat releasing exterior, and the dose is also lighter than Ephedra Decoction dose, so the sweating power is weak, which is in line with the principle of wind-dampness "slight sweat".

[Key points of syndrome differentiation]

1. wind-dampness joint swelling and pain.
2. Fever worsens in the afternoon.
3. The fur is yellow and greasy.
4. The pulse is smooth and rapid.

[Addition and subtraction]

1. Difficulty urinating: add Akebia Stem, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root.
2. Joint pain: add Notopterygium, Pubescent Angelica.
3. cutaneous pruitus: add Yinhua, Forsythia.
4. Planta callus or corn: add Twotooth Achyranthes Root.

[Modern application]

Bronchitis, rhinitis, wind-dampness arthritis, flat warts, corns, callus, urticaria measles, joint pain, eczema, muscle wind-dampness, frostbite disease, ringworm.