Mr. Yu had been suffering from fever for over half a month, with distension spreading from his chest to his lower abdomen, pain that was unbearable to touch, constipation, dark urine, a blackened tongue, dry mouth, spontaneous sweating, dysphoria, and six pulse conditions that were wiry and strong without a stomach pulse. It was said: This condition closely resembles the major chest bind pattern of cold-damage disease, thoracic accumulation dysphoria, for which there is no medicine to cure or treat. Two days later, he passed a stool and died.
Previous scholars only mentioned the depletion of stomach fluids but did not address thoracic accumulation, as thoracic accumulation syndrome is rarely seen. However, it is important to be aware of it, hence it is carefully recorded here. At the onset of stagnation disease, a certain doctor prescribed a dose of Pueraria Root, followed by over ten doses of Bupleurum, Kudzu, Notopterygium, and Saposhnikovia from another doctor, which led to the development of this syndrome.