Zai, male, 11 months old, first visited on May 2, 1984. Fever for 3 days, had been injected with gentamicin for 3 days, and oral anti-inflammatory and antipyretic agents were ineffective. Currently still fever without sweating, no thirst, restless crying, nasal congestion with runny nose, rapid breathing, intermittent chills, floating and rapid pulse, thin white tongue coating, body temperature 38°C, heart rate 130 beats/min, total white blood cell count 6.4×10⁹/L. The syndrome was identified as Taiyang (EX-HN5) cold-damage disease exterior excess pattern. Prescribed Ephedra Decoction, with the following ingredients:
Ephedra, Cinnamon Twig, Bitter Apricot Seed, Liquorice Root, each 6g
, 2 doses, decocted with water and taken. Revisited on May 4, after taking the medicine twice, sweating occurred that night and the fever subsided, all symptoms disappeared. Body temperature 36.5°C, pulse normal, tongue coating thin white.