Ding, male, 29 years old. Chief complaint: Waking up feeling hot in summer, craving cold and raw food, resulting in simultaneous vomiting and diarrhea, but vomiting more than diarrhea. Accompanied by restlessness; bitter taste in mouth and other symptoms.

Examination: Rapid and slippery pulse, tongue coating is yellow but moist.
Pattern identification: Heat and fire in the upper body and cold-dampness in the lower body, and after vomiting and diarrhea, how can the stomach qi not be injured. This is a syndrome of middle deficiency with mixed cold and heat.
Prescription: Coptis Rhizome 6g, Skullcap Root 6g, Ginseng 6g, Dried Ginger 3g

Instructed to separately prepare a cup of ginger juice, to be mixed with the medicinal decoction and taken. One dose stopped the vomiting and cured the illness.