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Paragraph 1: During the three months of spring, if a person presents with headache, fever, aversion to cold, body pain, stiffness (muscle spasm or rigidity), and thirst, it is due to pathogenic factors contracted in winter manifesting as warm disease (Wen Bing) in spring. One should first administer exterior-releasing medicines (exterior-resolving agents).

Paragraph 2: Shishen Tang (Ten-God Decoction; here referring to a class of formulas or specific ancient prescription mentioned by name without composition listed).

Paragraph 3: If after administering exterior-releasing medicine the fever persists, accompanied by headache and thirst, Qingre Jieji Tang (Clear Heat and Release Muscle Decoction) or Shengma Gegen Tang (Cimicifugae and Puerariae Decoction) should be used.

Paragraph 4: In cases of epidemic pestilence (Shi Xing Wen Yi - seasonal infectious diseases), presenting with high fever, aversion to wind, headache, body pain, nasal congestion, sore throat, cough with thick and sticky sputum, Chaihu Shengma Tang (Bupleuri and Cimicifugae Decoction) should be used.

Paragraph 5: If warm disease remains unresolved after four or five days, presenting with fever, aversion to cold, bitter taste in the mouth, dry retching, and hypochondriac pain, Xiaochaihu Tang (Minor Bupleuri Decoction) should be used.

Paragraph 6: If the exterior syndrome has not yet resolved, and the interior syndrome is not fully formed, but there is irritability, constraint of heat within, insomnia, and thirst, Liangge San (Cool the Diaphragm Powder) should be used.

Paragraph 7: During the three months of summer, if a person presents with high fever, headache, body pain, and thirst, this is termed heat disease (Re Bing). One should first use exterior-releasing medicines, such as Renshen Baidu San (Ginseng Detoxification Powder) or Jiuwei Qianghuo Tang (Nine-Ingredient Notopterygium Decoction).

Paragraph 8: If after administering exterior-releasing medicine the body is hot but there is no aversion to cold, only headache, Chaihu Shigao Tang (Bupleuri and Gypsum Decoction) should be used.

Paragraph 9: If there is vexatious heat, thirst, headache, spontaneous sweating (sweating without exertion), and desire for water, Zhuye Shigao Tang (Phyllostachys Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction) or Renshen Baihu Tang (Ginseng White Tiger Decoction) should be used.

Paragraph 10: If there is fever, thirst, and loose stools, Chai Ling Tang (Bupleuri and Poria Decoction) should be used.

Paragraph 11: If there is fever, sweating on the head, dry anus, dry throat, and constipation, Da Chaihu Tang (Major Bupleuri Decoction) or San Yi Chengqi Tang (Three-Yi Reaching the Intestines Decoction) should be used.

Paragraph 12: If heat disease presents with irritability, thirst, fever, mental confusion, delirium (Zhen Yu), and diarrhea, Huanglian Jiedu Tang (Coptis Detoxification Decoction) or Jin Xiao Fang (Near-Efficacy Prescription) should be used.

Paragraph 13: For warm-heat disease, if after sweating there is vexation, thirst, and desire for water, Tianshui San (Heavenly Water Powder) should be used to moisten; if urination is obstructed, Wuling San (Five-Poria Powder) should be used to promote urination; if stool is constipated, Dachengqi Tang (Major Reaching the Intestines Decoction) should be used to purge. Additionally, if there are external symptoms, Liangge San (Cool the Diaphragm Powder) or Tongsheng San (Unimpeded Generation Powder) should be selected according to the condition. These are all applications of Jin Xiao Fang (Near-Efficacy Prescriptions).

Paragraph 14: The above prescriptions are found in the "Cold Gate" section; the treatment method is the same as below.

Paragraph 15: Treating fever and headache caused by spring warm disease.
Herbs: Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong), Perilla Folium (Zisu), Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Zhike), Puerariae Radix (Gange/Jiegeng context implies Ge Gen), Platycodonis Radix (Jiegeng), Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu), Poria (Fuling), Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum (Banxia), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi).
Usage: Three slices of Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Shengjiang), one date (Zao), decoct and take.

Paragraph 16: Treating headache and high fever caused by warm disease.
Herbs: Puerariae Radix (Gegen), Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Shaoyao), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao).
Usage: One date (Zao), decoct and take.

Paragraph 17: The above prescription is seen in the previous text; the treatment is the same as above.

Paragraph 18: Treating epidemic pestilence.
Herbs: Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma), Puerariae Radix (Gegen), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Shaoyao), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu), Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin), Scrophulariae Radix (Xuanshen), Platycodonis Radix (Jiegeng), Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi).
Usage: Three slices of Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Shengjiang), decoct and take.