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For all exterior syndromes, the treatment method should be sweating. If, according to the standard sweating method, the disease remains unresolved after sweating, and there are no other significant changes in symptoms before and after, it is generally appropriate to regulate with Liangge San (Cooling the Diaphragm Powder) [Formula 23] to reduce heat, preventing it from becoming critically severe. Apart from this, it is far superior to Xiaochaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction). For Lianggan (simultaneous involvement of Taiyang and Shaoyin or Yangming and Taiyin) reaching this stage, for residual heat after sweating, Yiyuan San (Benefit the Origin Powder) [Formula 52], or Xiaochaihu Tang [Formula 9], or Cui Xuanwu's Ginseng and Gypsum Decoction [Formula 36] may be used. After severe sweating in Shanghan (Cold Damage), if sweating occurs but the disease does not resolve, and instead there is no sweating with a still floating pulse, Cangzhu Baizhu Tang (Atractylodes Macrocephala and White Tiger Decoction) [Formula 23] should be used to resolve the pathogen. In Shanghan, half a day after taking Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) to induce sweating, if fever and irritability recur with a floating pulse, Guizhi Tang [Formula 2] should be administered again; if the disease remains unresolved after sweating but the interior excess syndrome (Xi Zheng) is not fully formed, Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction) [Formula 23] is indicated; if after sweating there is irritability, insomnia, slight fever, and thirst, Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Poria Pill) [Formula 24] is used; if after sweating the disease remains unresolved, with heat in both interior and exterior, dry mouth, irritability, and thirst, Chaihu Yinzi (Bupleurum Infusion) [Formula 47] is used; if after resolving the exterior the illness has not yet healed, Jiedu Tang (Detoxification Decoction) [Formula 21], Liangge San [Formula 23], or Tianshui San (Heavenly Water Powder) [Formula 52] can be used to harmonize Yin and Yang and cleanse the Zang-Fu organs.

For all interior syndromes, the treatment method should be purgation. If, according to the standard purgative method, the disease remains unresolved. Or after massive purgation, or repeated purgations, if the heat intensity remains severe and does not subside, while the root Qi (Zheng Qi) is deficient and unable to solidify, intending to purge again risks immediate death due to collapse from purgation; failing to purge leads to death from extreme heat, and cold-cooling herbs cannot reduce such severe heat; or if damp-heat remains internally causing persistent diarrhea without heat reduction; or if after massive purgation, damp-heat causes persistent diarrhea without heat reduction, and the pulse is weak with Qi deficiency making further purgation inadvisable; or if various damp-heats remain internally causing red and scanty urine, loose stools, frequent urgency, and acute pain in the lower abdomen, indicating impending dysentery (Li Ji), then Huanglian Jiedu Tang (Coptis Detoxification Decoction) [Formula 21] is generally appropriate to resolve the condition. If Shanghan is over-purgated, leaving no heat in the Stomach, resulting in inability to drink water effectively, Baizhu San (Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder) [Formula 42] is used. Furthermore, after massive purgation, if heat does not subside and repeated purgations make the heat worse, if purgation continues indefinitely, the patient presents with a faint pulse and Qi deficiency, where Qi weakness cannot be replenished, leaving no rational basis for survival according to standard methods. At this point, purging leads to death, and not purging also leads to death; only by using Liangge San [Formula 21] combined with Jiedu Tang [Formula 23] for regulation, allowing Yang-heat to retreat and Yin pulses to gradually regenerate, can a miraculous outcome be achieved. Regardless of whether it is before or after purgation, and irrespective of the number of days passed, if residual heat remains unresolved, Xiaochaihu Tang [Formula 9] is used. After sweating and purgation leading to Stomach deficiency, Daju Pi Tang (Large Tangerine Peel Decoction) [Formula 39] is used. After sweating and purgation leading to fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, Chi Fuling Tang (Red Poria Decoction) [Formula 40] is used.