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Method for treating sudden collapse due to Summerheat-Wind: When a person suffers from Summerheat, the pathogenic factor first affects the Heart (Zang organ governing blood and spirit), causing temporary unconsciousness. One must strictly avoid drinking cold water or lying on damp ground. The treatment method is to first administer hot water or child's urine (Tongbian) orally, and apply hot water-soaked cloths to moxibustion points Shenque (CV-8, Umbilicus) and Qihai (CV-6, Sea of Qi), continuously allowing warmth to penetrate the umbilical and abdominal regions. Wait for the patient to regain consciousness before administering medicine. If one faints suddenly while traveling, urgently move them to a cool place, scoop up hot ash/soil from the road to form a nest around the umbilicus, and have someone urinate into it; the patient will immediately recover. Subsequently, administer human urine or stirred earth slurry (Dijiang), drinking half a bowl, or use 5 qian of wheel-soil (Chelutu), mixed with cold water, clarified, and taken orally; all are acceptable.

Another prescription uses three cloves of garlic, chewed finely, and swallowed with warm water. Cold water is prohibited, and recovery follows.

Danxi stated: If accompanied by Fire or Phlegm, use Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction) added with Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma). For excess patterns, emesis (vomiting) therapy may be used.

Dai stated: Summerheat-Wind refers to sudden collapse and loss of consciousness in summer. It can be caused by Fire or by Phlegm. Fire refers to Ministerial Fire and Sovereign Fire; Summerheat refers to Heavenly Fire and Earthly Fire. Internal and external fires combine to scorch, causing sudden collapse. Phlegm refers to phlegm-fluid retention in the body. Due to Summerheat invading and agitating phlegm-fluids, blocking the orifices of the Heart, the limbs become immobile, leading to sudden collapse. Both conditions can be treated with emesis. The *Neijing* states: "When Fire is constrained, disperse it."

Zhuxia (Staying Summerheat) belongs to Yin deficiency and insufficiency of Original Qi. It occurs at the beginning of summer and end of spring, characterized by headache, weak legs, poor appetite, and low-grade fever.

It is suitable to use Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction), removing Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) and Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), adding stir-fried Baicao (Phellodendri Cortex) and Baishao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Alba). If accompanied by Phlegm, add Nanting (Arisaematis Cum Bile), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), and Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) for decoction and administration. Alternatively, use Shengmai San (Generate the Pulse Powder).
Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Formula seen in the Internal Injury section).

Heavenly Qi descends, Earthly Qi ascends; the steaming of these two energies constitutes Dampness. Must there be flowing water to constitute Dampness? Regarding Wind shaking, people know it as Wind; regarding Cold congealing, people know it as Cold; regarding Summerheat burning, people know it as Summerheat; only when Dampness enters the person, whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying, does it熏染 (permeate/dye) in the unseen. Humans living, wearing, and walking are exposed to the most Dampness. Moreover, Dampness injures the Spleen; once Spleen Earth is deficient, the root of hundred diseases originates here. Stagnating leads to wheezing and coughing; soaking leads to vomiting; seeping leads to diarrhea; overflowing leads to edema. Dampness stagnating with Heat causes jaundice; Dampness pervading the body causes heaviness; Dampness entering joints causes whole-body pain; Dampness gathering into phlegm-saliva causes coma and unconsciousness. As for manifestations such as body heat, nasal congestion, fixed gaze, Zhengsheng (repetitive low speech), spontaneous sweating, Hongxiangjiao (Charley Horse/Foot Rot), abdominal distension, hardness below the umbilicus, difficult urination, and free stool, all are its syndromes. Patients with Dampness should not undergo sweating therapy; if sweated, they develop Jing disease (spasm), fever, and convulsions, leading to death. Nor should purgation be used; if purged, forehead sweating, chest fullness, slight wheezing, hiccups, and stranguria occur, making cure difficult.

The method for treating Dampness is prioritizing unblocking and promoting urination; tonifying the Spleen and regulating Qi is secondary. Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria), Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Guanzi Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex), and Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) are essential herbs. If urination is hindered by Heat, Chi Fuling (Red Poria) and Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix) possess miraculous efficacy. Generally, Dampness pathology easily becomes deep-seated; after gradual infiltration, penetrating muscles and marrow, one must prescribe large doses of Zhuyu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata), Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), and Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex) to ensure medicinal power meets the pathogen. The illness will gradually resolve; one cannot demand effects within a day or night. In summary, nothing is faster than using Sheng Fuzi (Raw Aconite Root) and Cangzhu for treating Dampness.