Liu, male, 4 years old, diagnosed on March 5, 1984. The child caught a cold after sweating the day before yesterday, and since yesterday has been experiencing borborygmus diarrhea, with clear and thin stools containing wind foam, several times a day, accompanied by aversion to cold with fever, without sweating, nasal congestion, runny nose, anorexia, pale red tongue, thin white coating, and floating rapid pulse. The syndrome is attributed to external contraction wind-cold diarrhea, and the treatment plan is to release the exterior and dissipate cold, using the original formula of Pueraria Decoction:
Pueraria Root 12g, Ephedra 5g, Cinnamon Twig 6g, Peony Root 10g, Chinese Date 3g, Fresh Ginger Rhizome 2 slices, Liquorice Root 3g
. After one dose of the medicine, the diarrhea decreased, and the exterior pattern was eliminated. After another dose, the diarrhea stopped and the child recovered.