acupuncture and phytotherapy

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Sang Ju Yin (decoction of mulberry leaf and chrysanthemum flower) was first described in the book Wen Bing Tiao Bian (Detailed Analysis of Seasonal Febrile Diseases). Its actions are: expel wind and heat, disperse lung qi to relieve cough. Consists of eight drugs.[I] [ii] [iii].
Yin Qiao San (Powder of Lonicera – Honeysuckle – and forsythia) described [...]

Ma huang tang (ephedra decoction) was first described in the Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases. This formula induces sweating and helps disperse the Lung Qi to relieve asthma. It consists of four drugs [i] [ii]. It is used to treat wind-cold excess type [iii].
Gui zhi tang (decoction of Cassia Twig) first described in the Treatise on Exogenous Febrile [...]

Translating by symptoms and drugs… (continued)
Finally there is the last sub-category that describes chinese herbal prescriptions to release the exterior and strengthen immunity to disease. These herbal prescriptions are recommended when there is invasion of external pathogenic factors and wei qi (defensive qi) deficiency.
In this case both external patterns can be wind-cold or wind-heat and patterns [...]

Translating by symptoms and drugs… (continued)
Furthermore the wind-cold pattern can enter the body and become wind-heat. In this case there is an additional problem since we have two different patterns that manifest at the same time and some of its symptoms are contradictory.
When this happens the channels (Jing Luo) of Yang meridians are the most affected. Symptoms [...]

Translating by symptoms and drugs… (continuation)
So far we have talked mainly of variants of the external wind-cold pattern: such as “excess type” and “deficiency type”, mild and severe. However the complexity of symptoms associated with external patterns of wind and its variants means that the analysis has to direct to other variants. Importantly, before presenting texts [...]

Translated by symptoms and drugs… (continued)
Other drugs are used depending on the specification of the symptoms already mentioned. Feeling of fullness in the chest due to Qi stagnation is relieved with Rhizoma Cyperi and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae. Irritability by internal heat is relieved with drugs such as Gypsum Fibrosum or Radix Scutellariae, for example. Note that in [...]

Translating by symptoms and drugs…
The patent chinese formulas/herbal remedy/natural herbal remedies that relieve external syndromes are prescribed when the following symptoms are present: symptoms with abrupt onset, aversion to cold, fever, headache, nasal obstruction, weak and floating pulse, tongue with white coating. These are the characteristic symptoms of external wind[i] [ii].
The way to combat these symptoms [...]

Just as individual drugs are cataloged on specific categories that define the symptoms for which these drugs are used, also prescriptions made on the basis of these drugs are properly categorized.
Prescriptions (patented Chinese formulas) that have diaphoretic capacity, inducing diaphoresis, remove the external pathogenic factors of the muscles and skin, promote skin rashes and are [...]