Zhang Youwen, 32 years old. A nobleman's son, often suffers from dampness, and recently caught wind-cold. Fever and chills, pain throughout the body and limbs, unable to turn over. The pulse is floating, large, and tight. Wind is a yang pathogen, so a floating and large pulse indicates the progression of the disease, and tightness indicates cold congealing. Comprehensive analysis of pulse and symptoms, wind-cold and dampness combine to form bi syndrome, treated mainly with Cinnamon Twig and Aconite Decoction:
Cinnamon Twig 12g, Aconite Lateral Root 4.6g, Liquorice Root 6g, Chinese Date 6 pieces, Fresh Ginger Rhizome 10g
In the formula, cinnamon and aconite are pungent and hot to disperse cold, licorice and dates stabilize the middle earth, Fresh Ginger Rhizome benefits all qi, and facilitates the twelve meridians and collaterals, clearing wind-cold and dampness that cause pain on the surface of the body.
Take twice a day, after three days, movement returns to normal, continue with a balancing formula to achieve full recovery.