凡此病脉大而缓，其候饮食不减，起居如常，但时发烦热，渴饮无度，此暑证也，易治，知母散一服便愈。
若烦热困倦不食者，暑气伤胃也，服温中汤药即愈。若服香薷、六一寒凉等剂，冰损胃气，多致变疟痢泄泻诸
证，慎之。若暑气客于心包络之经，令人谵言烦渴，欲饮冷水，小便秘涩，大便下赤水，当服阿胶丸、当归芍
药汤而愈。若暑月饮食冷物，寒邪入客胃中，致腹中作痛，宜金液、草神、全真、来复等丹连二服便愈。若以
凉药下之，变为中满脾泄。若元气虚，早间行路，冷气入腹，令人心肚作痛，宜服金液丹或来复丹。凡暑月人
多食冷物，若常服金液、全真、来复、保元等丹，自然脾胃调和，饮食不伤，但少壮人须五日一次，恐热上攻
眼目也。
（中暑之证，原只寻常，苟渴饮无度，知母散可一服；若困倦不食，盒饭温中；设暑客于心包络，谵烦
饮冷，溺涩便赤，清心凉血，皆一剂可愈者。若今之医家，将一切内伤虚寒之证，亦认为暑，恣用寒凉，朝夕
靡已，及变阴深冷脱，犹云暑邪内攻，病势深重，难挽回矣。间遇明眼高手，投以参附，犹且从中阻挠。洎投
之有效，辄 颜支饰∶我原
欲转手，不谓渠意亦同。投之不效，谗言蜂起，一肩卸却，罪归参附。病家本不识病情，未免随之怨怅，嗟！
嗟！此种医人，天良尽丧，予具热肠，常遭此辈谤累，因书此以志慨。）
For this type of illness, the pulse is large and slow. The manifestations include unchanged food intake and normal daily routines, but with occasional episodes of vexatious heat and uncontrolled thirst for drinking water. This is a Summerheat syndrome (Shu Zheng), which is easy to treat; one dose of Zhimu San (Anemarrhena Powder) will suffice for recovery.
If there are symptoms of vexatious heat, fatigue, and anorexia, it indicates that Summerheat Qi has injured the Stomach Qi. Taking warming and middle-jiao harmonizing decoctions will lead to recovery. If Xiangru Yin (Mosla Decoction) or Liuyi San (Six-to-One Powder) and other cold-cooling agents are taken, they may freeze and damage Stomach Qi, often leading to complications such as malaria, dysentery, and diarrhea. One must be cautious.
If Summerheat Qi lodges in the meridians of the Pericardium (Xin Bao Luo), causing delirious speech, vexation, thirst, a desire to drink cold water, scanty and difficult urination, and passage of red watery stools, one should take Ejiao Wan (Donkey-Hide Gelatin Pill) and Danggui Shaoyao Tang (Angelica Sinensis and Peony Decoction) for recovery.
If cold substances are consumed during the summer months, Cold Evil may invade and lodge in the Stomach, causing abdominal pain. In such cases, Jinye Dan (Golden Fluid Pill), Caoshen Dan, Quanzhen Dan, or Laifu Dan should be taken; two consecutive doses will lead to recovery. If purgative cold medicines are used incorrectly, it may transform into fullness in the center and Spleen diarrhea.
If Yuan Qi (Original Qi) is deficient, and cold air enters the abdomen while walking in the morning, causing pain in the heart and abdomen, Jinye Dan or Laifu Dan should be taken.
Generally, when people consume excessive cold foods during summer, regular intake of Jinye Dan, Quanzhen Dan, Laifu Dan, and Baoyuan Dan can naturally harmonize the Spleen and Stomach and prevent dietary injury. However, young and robust individuals should take these only once every five days, lest the heat ascend and attack the eyes.
(The syndrome of Summerheat is originally common. If there is uncontrolled thirst, Zhimu San can cure it in one dose; if there is fatigue and anorexia, warming the middle is indicated; if Summerheat lodges in the Pericardium causing delirium, vexation, desire for cold drinks, scanty urine, and red stools, clearing the Heart and cooling the blood can cure it in one dose. However, contemporary physicians often misdiagnose all internal injuries and deficiency-cold syndromes as Summerheat, recklessly using cold-cooling medicines day and night. By the time the condition transforms into deep yin cold and yang collapse, they still claim it is "Summerheat evil attacking internally," at which point the disease is severe and difficult to reverse. Occasionally, skilled physicians who administer Renshen Fuzi Tang (Ginseng and Aconite Decoction) face obstruction from others. When effective, these physicians shamelessly cover up by saying, "I intended to change my approach anyway, coincidentally matching the patient's mind." When ineffective, slander arises, shifting blame onto Ginseng and Aconite. Uninformed patients and their families inevitably complain. Alas! Alas! Such physicians have lost their conscience. As I possess a warm-hearted nature, I am often slandered by such people. Therefore, I write this to express my indignation.)