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Treatment of Shaoyang (Lesser Yang) Cold Damage, with a wiry or deep-tight pulse, alternating chills and fever, bitter fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, silent desire not to eat, mental irritability and frequent vomiting;
or thirst, abdominal pain; or subcostal stuffiness and hardness; or palpitations, difficult urination; or cough, with slight fever, also cases without thirst or vomiting. It also treats women suffering from wind-cold damage, where menstruation has just ceased, accompanied by fever and aversion to cold, clear consciousness during the day, but delirium at night; this is heat entering the Blood Chamber (Xue Shi), where the blood must be bound, thus causing symptoms resembling malaria. After seven parts of the heat are eliminated, the pulse becomes slow and the body cool. If chest fullness and delirium occur, resembling the Jie Xiong (Chest Binding) pattern, previously puncture Qimen (LR14), drain according to its excess nature, and administer this decoction for recovery. It also treats Taiyang (Greater Yang) disease that has not resolved and has transferred to Shaoyang; along with Yangming (Yang Brightness) cold damage, where the pulse is unexpectedly wiry and floating, the whole body and eyes turn yellow, urine is yellow, and there is tidal fever with occasional hiccups.
Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix, 2 liang) Ban Xia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, processed with boiling water to remove slipperiness, 6 qian 1 zi) Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix) Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix) Gan Cao (Licorice Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, each 3 fen)
The above are ground into a coarse powder. Each dose consists of 5 qian, boiled with 1.5 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 jujube, until reduced to 0.7 portion. Strain and take before meals. If abdominal pain occurs, remove Huang Qin and add Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) 3 fen; if palpitations and difficult urination occur, add Fu Ling (Poria) 1 liang; if there is no thirst but slight fever, remove Ren Shen and add Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) 3 fen; if coughing occurs, remove Da Zao (Jujubae Fructus) and add Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus) 3 fen and Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) 0.5 liang; if there is vexation in the chest without vomiting, remove Ban Xia and add Gua Lou Shi (Trichosanthis Fructus) one-quarter of a fruit; if thirst occurs, remove Ban Xia and add Gua Lou Gen (Trichosanthis Radix) 1 liang; if there is stuffiness and hardness in the chest, remove Da Zao and add Mu Li (Ostreae Concha) 1 liang; if the disease passes through meridians without resolving, with fever at dusk (rib hour) followed by mild diarrhea, add Mang Xiao (Natrii Sulfas) 1 liang.

Shaoyin (Lesser Yin) Cold Damage affecting the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, with warm hands and feet, spontaneous diarrhea without thirst, abdominal fullness with intermittent pain, and dry throat. Its pulse circulation is similar to wind damage, but treatment follows specific formulas.

Treatment of Taiyin (Greater Yin) Cold Damage, with warm hands and feet, spontaneous diarrhea without thirst, abdominal fullness with intermittent pain, dry throat, and a pulse that is deep and fine in all three positions (Cun, Guan, Chi).
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix) Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, roasted) Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Gan Cao (Licorice Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried) Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Qing Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride) (each in equal proportions)
The above are ground into a coarse powder. Each dose consists of 4 qian, boiled with 1.5 zhan of water, until reduced to 0.7 portion. Strain and take before meals.