A young child, 6 years old, has had a fever, headache, sweating, no aversion to cold, thirst, no desire to eat or drink, normal bowel movements, yellow urine, a floating pulse with the right side larger than the left, and a red tongue texture for three days.
Diagnosis: Wind-heat common cold.
Treatment: Releasing the exterior with pungent-cool herbs.
Formula: Ephedra, Bitter Apricot Seed, Gypsum, and Licorice Decoction.
Ephedra 5g, Bitter Apricot Seed 3.5g, raw Gypsum 12.5g, Licorice Root 2.5g, decocted with water and taken.