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Xun yi mo chuang (fingers unconsciously touching clothes and bed rails) is an extremely critical symptom. One cause is the misuse of fire therapy to force sweating in Taiyang disease, leading to excessive Yang qi damaging Yin fluids. If Yin fluids are not yet exhausted, urination will be unobstructed and copious, indicating a better prognosis; if Yin fluids are already exhausted, urination will be difficult, carrying a high mortality rate. Another cause is extreme heat in Yangming disease, where improper use of sweating, vomiting, or purging methods leads to a deteriorated condition (Huai Zheng), with heat penetrating deeper. A solid pulse indicates suitability for purgation, suggesting treatability; a weak pulse indicates unsuitability for purgation, making treatment difficult. This has become a critical and malignant deteriorated condition, often making it hard for physicians to distinguish between Yin/Yang deficiency/excess, leaving them without a clear approach. At this stage, large doses of Du Shen Tang (Single Ginseng Decoction), Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill), or Gan Di Huang Tang (Dried Rehmannia Decoction) should be administered frequently, which often results in survival.

In Taiyang Wind Strike syndrome, if there is thirst with desire to drink water but immediate vomiting after ingestion, it is named "Water Reversal" (Shui Ni). If there is excessive drinking but scanty urination, it is named "Xiao Ke" (Wasting-Thirst). If accompanied by fever, sweating, irritability, dysuria, vomiting upon drinking, and a floating and rapid pulse, Wu Ling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) is appropriate. Patients should drink plenty of warm water to induce slight sweating, thereby releasing the exterior Taiyang pathogen and promoting diuresis of retained water, leading to spontaneous recovery. If the patient cannot tolerate warm water and desires cold water, it indicates excess heat; Shui Hua Shi (Halloysitum Rubrum), Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum), and Hua Shi (Talcum) can be added to Wu Ling San.

In Taiyang Cold Damage syndrome, if the exterior pattern remains unresolved with fever and absence of sweating, accompanied by dry retching, cough, and mild wheezing, these are principal signs of Cold-Fluid Retention. Xiao Qing Long Tang (Minor Blue Dragon Decoction) is suitable to release exterior Cold pathogens and disperse interior Cold-fluids, leading to recovery. Alternatively, symptoms such as dysuria, hypogastric fullness, diarrhea, dysphagia, wheezing, or thirst may occur as accompanying signs of fluid retention diseases, also primarily treated with Qing Long Tang (Blue Dragon Decoction). For hypogastric fullness and dysuria, indicating water stagnating in the Lower Jiao; or for diarrhea, indicating water moving through the Large Intestine, Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, 麻黄) should be removed and Poria (Fuling, 茯苓) added to focus on leaching out dampness and promoting urination. For dysphagia, indicating severe internal cold, replace Mahuang with Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) to scatter internal cold; for wheezing and rebellious Qi, add Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) to direct rebellious Qi downward; for thirst, add Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthis Radix) and remove Ban Xia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) to avoid drying properties and generate fluids.

Shaoyin disease typically presents with drowsiness. By the sixth or seventh day, if the patient instead experiences irritability and insomnia, it indicates Shaoyin Heat. If accompanied by diarrhea, thirst, cough, vomiting, and dysuria, it indicates stagnation of Water-Fluids. Zhu Ling Tang (Polyporus Decoction) is suitable to clear heat and promote diuresis.