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When the pathogen is in the Yang aspect, it should be resolved through sweating. However, if cold water is sprayed or poured over the body instead, the heat is suppressed and cannot escape, leading to increased irritability, gooseflesh on the skin, a desire to drink water but without actual thirst. In this case, Wenli San (Clam Shell Powder) should be administered; if there is no improvement, Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) should be given. If the fever and gooseflesh persist, and the patient desires to cover themselves with clothing, using cold water to spray or wash them will further suppress the heat, preventing its release. The intended sweating fails to occur, resulting in irritability. If sweating does occur after treatment, but abdominal pain follows, three liang of Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) should be administered according to the aforementioned method.

In Taiyang disease (Disease of the Taiyang Channel), on the second day, restlessness appears contrary to expectation. If the back is moxibustion-treated (ironed/warmed), causing profuse sweating, intense heat enters the Stomach, depleting stomach fluids. This leads to restlessness and irritability, inevitably resulting in delirious speech (Chan Yu). After more than ten days, if tremors and spontaneous diarrhea occur, this indicates that the disease is about to resolve. Therefore, if sweating occurs only from the waist up, while the lower body remains dry, accompanied by difficulty urinating, vomiting, a sensation of losing control of urine, aversion to wind at the soles of the feet, loose stools, and frequent urination, but after normal bowel movements, sudden head pain occurs, this is due to the downward flow of Gu Qi (Grain Qi/Vital Energy derived from food), and the soles of the feet will likely feel warm.

After purgation followed by sweating, the patient experiences irritability and insomnia during the day, but remains quiet at night. With no vomiting, no thirst, no exterior syndrome, a deep and faint pulse, and no significant body heat, Ganjiang Fuzi Tang (Dried Ginger and Aconite Decoction) is indicated.

If the disease persists despite sweating or purgation, and irritability is present, Fuling Sini Tang (Poria and Four-Reversal Decoction) is indicated.

In Shanghan (Cold Damage) with abdominal fullness and delirious speech, and a floating and tight pulse at the Cun position, this represents Liver Wood overacting on Spleen Earth, termed "Zong" (Vertical/Unrestrained). The Qimen acupoint should be needled.

In Shanghan with fever and mild aversion to cold (Se Se E Han), extreme thirst, and inevitable abdominal fullness, if spontaneous sweating and free urination occur, the disease is about to resolve. This represents Liver Wood counter-rebelling against Lung Metal, termed "Heng" (Horizontal/Excessive). The Qimen acupoint should be needled.

The patient presents with neither clear exterior nor interior syndromes, yet has had fever for seven or eight days. Even if the pulse is floating and rapid, purgation may be used. If purgation has been applied but the rapid pulse persists, combined heat causes rapid digestion and hunger. By the sixth or seventh day, if constipation occurs, blood stasis is present, and Didang Tang (Mighty Decoction) is appropriate. If the rapid pulse persists but diarrhea ensues, bloody pus in the stool due to accompanying heat will likely result.

A floating and hollow (Kou) pulse: floating indicates Yang, hollow indicates Yin. When floating and hollow pulses interact, Stomach Qi generates heat, causing Yang energy to become isolated.

In Yangming disease, if there is an absence of sweating but free urination, and after two or three days, vomiting and coughing occur with cold extremities, severe headache must be suffered. If there is no coughing or vomiting, and extremities are not cold, there will be no headache.

In Yangming disease, if there is only dizziness, no aversion to cold, ability to eat, and coughing, the throat will necessarily hurt. If there is no coughing, the throat will not hurt.