(二症)
少阴。内寒已甚。阳气欲绝。急用四逆汤。少阴。膈上有寒饮。干呕不可吐者。急用四
逆汤温之。
(发热者无休止也潮热者时热时止如潮之有汛也烦热者虚而烦躁发热也)
太阳发热。头痛。项强。腰脊痛身痛。骨节痛。恶寒无汗。脉紧。(麻黄汤)恶风有汗脉
浮。(枝桂汤)发热。烦渴。小便不利。太阳传本病。(五苓散)阳明发热。目痛。鼻干。不眠。微
恶寒。头额痛。脉洪长。(葛根汤)表里俱热。口渴。脉洪数。(白虎汤)谵狂渴闭。恶热。脉沉
数。(承气汤)少阳发热。耳聋。胁痛。寒热呕。口苦。头角痛。脉弦数。(小柴胡汤)三阴惟
少阴有表热。但脉沉。足冷。(麻黄附子细辛汤)下利厥。里寒外热。(人参四逆汤)汗后。发
热脉躁疾。下利。热不止。皆死。
(寒邪客于荣卫故恶寒身虽热不欲去衣被也虽里症悉具而微恶寒亦表未解当先解
其外俟不恶寒方可攻里)
太阳发热。恶寒。(麻黄汤)少阴无热。恶寒。(四逆汤)汗后。恶寒。(桂枝芍药汤)阳明
背微恶寒。口渴。心烦。(白虎加人参汤)少阴口中和。背恶寒。(附子汤)少阴恶寒。厥冷自利。
烦躁脉不至者死。
(邪风伤 卫故恶风悉属于阳三阴经症并无恶风也)
太阳无汗。恶风。(麻黄汤)有汗。恶风。(桂枝汤)汗后不解。表里俱热。时时恶风。烦
渴。(白虎加人参汤)汗多亡阳。恶风。(桂枝术附汤)风湿相搏。骨节痛。短气。小便不利。自汗
。恶风。(甘草附子汤)
(Second Symptom)
Shaoyin disease. Internal cold is extremely severe. Yang qi is on the verge of exhaustion. Immediately use Sini Tang (Four Reversal Decoction). Shaoyin disease. Cold-fluid retention above the diaphragm. Dry retching that cannot be vomited. Immediately use Sini Tang to warm it.
(Fever refers to continuous heat without cessation; tidal fever refers to heat that comes and goes like the tide with regularity; vexatious fever refers to fever accompanied by restlessness due to deficiency.)
Taiyang disease with fever. Accompanied by headache. Stiffness in the neck and nape. Pain in the lower back, spine, and whole body. Pain in bone joints. Aversion to cold, no sweating. Tight pulse. (Mahuang Tang/Ephedra Decoction) Aversion to wind, sweating, floating pulse. (Guizhi Tang/Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Fever. Vexation and thirst. Incomplete urination. This is Taiyang disease transmitting to its interior. (Wuling San/Five-Ling Powder) Yangming disease with fever. Eye pain. Nasal dryness. Insomnia. Mild aversion to cold. Forehead pain. Surging and long pulse. (Gegen Tang/Pueraria Decoction) Heat in both exterior and interior. Thirst. Surging and rapid pulse. (Baitao Tang/White Tiger Decoction) Delirium, mania, thirst, closure of stool and urine. Aversion to heat. Deep and rapid pulse. (Chengqi Tang/Descending Qi Decoction) Shaoyang disease with fever. Deafness. Hypochondriac pain. Alternating chills and fever with vomiting. Bitter taste in the mouth. Pain at the temples. Wiry and rapid pulse. (Xiao Chaihu Tang/Minor Bupleurum Decoction) Among the Three Yin meridians, only Shaoyin presents with exterior heat. But the pulse is deep. Cold feet. (Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Tang/Ephedra, Aconite, and Asarum Decoction) Diarrhea and cold extremities. Interior cold with exterior heat. (Renshen Sini Tang/Ginseng Four Reversal Decoction) After sweating. Fever with a restless and rapid pulse. Diarrhea. Heat does not cease. All are death cases.
(Cold pathogen lodging in Ying and Wei causes aversion to cold; although the body is hot, there is no desire to remove clothes and blankets; even if all interior symptoms are present, mild aversion to cold indicates the exterior is not yet resolved. One must first resolve the exterior, wait until aversion to cold ceases, before attacking the interior.)
Taiyang disease with fever. Aversion to cold. (Mahuang Tang) Shaoyin disease without fever. Aversion to cold. (Sini Tang) After sweating. Aversion to cold. (Guizhi Shaoyao Tang/Cinnamon Twig and Peony Decoction) Yangming disease with mild aversion to cold in the back. Thirst. Vexation. (Baitao Jia Renshen Tang/White Tiger Plus Ginseng Decoction) Shaoyin disease with a normal mouth feel. Aversion to cold in the back. (Fuzi Tang/Aconite Decoction) Shaoyin disease with aversion to cold. Cold extremities. Spontaneous diarrhea. Vexation and absent pulse. Death case.
(Evil wind damaging Wei Qi causes aversion to wind; all aversion to wind symptoms belong to Yang meridians. There is no aversion to wind in Three Yin meridian diseases.)
Taiyang disease without sweat. Aversion to wind. (Mahuang Tang) With sweat. Aversion to wind. (Guizhi Tang) Disease unresolved after sweating. Heat in both exterior and interior. Occasional aversion to wind. Vexation and thirst. (Baitao Jia Renshen Tang) Profuse sweating leading to collapse of Yang. Aversion to wind. (Guizhi Shu Fu Tang/Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes, and Aconite Decoction) Wind-dampness interlocking. Bone joint pain. Shortness of breath. Incomplete urination. Spontaneous sweating. Aversion to wind. (Gancao Fuzi Tang/Licorice and Aconite Decoction)