| Shang Hun Lun Stage |
Temperature |
Pulse |
Key S/Sx |
Guiding Formula |
Location |
| Tai Yang - Wind Strike |
Heat effusion w/aversion to wind & cold |
floating and moderate |
sweating that doesn't resolve, pain and stiffness in neck |
Gui Zhi Tang |
Exterior |
| Tai Yang - Cold Damage |
Heat effusion w/aversion to cold & wind |
floating and tight |
no sweat, pain and stiffness in neck & generalized pain, wheezing |
Ma huang tang |
Exterior |
| Tai Yang - Water Amassment |
Heat effusion w/aversion to cold |
floating or floating rapid |
fullness in lesser abdomen, inhibited urination, vomiting of fluids |
LI zhong wan, si ni tang |
Exterior |
| Tai Yang - Blood Amassment |
no real temperature change |
sinking, bound |
tense bound lesser abdomen or fullness and distention, uninhibited urine, mania, black stool |
Tao he cheng qi
|
Exterior |
| Shao Yang |
fever w/alternating aversion to cold |
wiry |
bitter taste, dry throat, dizzy vision, fullness in ribside and chest, nausea and vomiting, reduced appetite |
Xiao Chai hu tang |
Neither interior nor exterior |
| Yang Ming - Channel Disorder |
High fever w/aversion to heat |
replete or slippery pulse |
profuse sweating, severe thirst, irritability |
Bai hu tang |
Interior |
| Yang Ming - Bowel Disorder |
Tidal fever |
deep and replete |
constipation, focal distention, fullness in abdomen, abdominal pain worse w/palpation, dry yellow tongue coating |
Da cheng qi tang |
Interior |
| Tai Yin |
Feeling of cold |
deep, weak or moderate |
abdominal fullness and periodic pain, inability to get food down, spontaneous diarrhea and vomiting, absence of thirst, cold limbs |
Li zhong wan, si ni tang |
Interior |
| Shao Yin - Cold Transformation |
Strong aversion to cold |
fine, minute on verge of expiry |
desire only to sleep, reversal cold of limbs, clear-food diarrhea, retching & vomiting, possible heat effusion w/red face, true cold false heat pattern |
Si ni tang
|
Interior |
| Shao Yin - Heat Transformation |
No real change |
fine, rapid pulse |
HT vexation & insomnia, dry mouth & throat, red tongue |
Huang lian e jiao tang |
Interior |
| Jue Yin |
No real exterior change; simultaneous heat and cold in interior |
no specific pulse signs |
Dispersion-thirst, qi rushing up to HT, pain & heat in HT, vomiting of roundworms after eating, diarrhea, heat above cold below pattern |
Wu mei wan |
Interior |