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Generally speaking, regarding wind-stroke and cold-injury, the patterns of the three Yang meridians and three Yin meridians differ in pulse diagnosis and symptoms. Wind-stroke affecting the Taiyang (Greater Yang) meridian presents with a floating pulse at the cun position and a weak pulse at the chi position; symptoms include fever and spontaneous sweating. This is because yang qi floating leads to heat excess, while yin qi deficiency leads to sweating.

As for wind-stroke diseases affecting other meridians, although symptoms vary, they are broadly categorized into Yin and Yang types, requiring careful differentiation. Severe cases are termed "stroke" (Zhong), while mild cases are termed "wind-injury" (Shang). The six foot meridians (three Yin and three Yang) undergo daily transmission, similar to cold-injury. However, later scholars often fail to understand the principles, leading to confusion. Wind pathogen damages the Yang aspect and disturbs the Defensive Qi (Wei Qi), causing spontaneous sweating; other meridians manifest symptoms according to their specific pathways.

Wind-stroke of the Taiyang meridian features a floating pulse at the Yang position and a weak pulse at the Yin position, with symptoms of aversion to wind, spontaneous sweating, pain in the head and nape, body pain, and stiffness in the lower back and spine. This is because the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian passes through the inner shoulder, runs alongside the spine, and reaches the waist.

Wind-injury of the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian presents with a floating, strong, long, and rapid pulse; symptoms include dryness, irritability, thirst, ability to eat, difficulty urinating, abdominal fullness, and slight asthma. This is because the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian flanks the nose, connects with the eyes, descends through the diaphragm, and enters the abdomen.

Wind-injury of the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian presents with a floating pulse at the Yang position and a wiry pulse at the Yin position; symptoms include aversion to wind, spontaneous sweating, neck stiffness, and dry throat with thirst. This is because the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian originates at the outer canthus, ascends to the vertex, enters the supraclavicular fossa, descends through the chest, and pierces the diaphragm.

Wind-injury of the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian presents with a wiry, large, and slow pulse; symptoms include spontaneous sweating, dry throat, chest fullness, abdominal pain, and naturally warm hands and feet. This is because the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian connects with the stomach, ascends through the diaphragm, flanks the throat, and connects to the root of the tongue.

Wind-injury of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian presents with a deep and wiry pulse; symptoms include spontaneous sweating, vexation, lower back pain radiating to the hypochondriac region, and vomiting of saliva and froth. This is because the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian pierces the spine, belongs to the Kidney, ascends through the Liver, and connects to the root of the tongue.

Wind-injury of the Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian presents with a faint and slow pulse at all three positions (cun, guan, chi); symptoms include aversion to wind, spontaneous sweating with fatigue, and painful joints. This is because the Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian runs along the medial thigh, enters the pubic region, circles the genitalia, flanks the stomach, connects with the Gallbladder, and spreads over the hypochondriac region. These pulse and symptom patterns differ from typical wind-stroke, each having its own treatment method.

Regarding the six hand meridians (three Yin and three Yang), there is no direct disease named "wind-injury." Only the Lung, as the canopy, governs Qi movement and warms the skin and hair. If the body is exposed to cold or food/drink is cold, the Lung is injured. Symptoms of Lung wind-injury include spontaneous sweating, aversion to cold, body pain, coughing with a heavy voice. If there is only clear nasal discharge and nasal sourness, it indicates heat in the Lung; if the discharge is turbid, the condition is heavier. Mild cases show abnormalities only at the Cun-kou (radial artery) pulse; cases accompanied by fever are suitable for Qianghuo Tang (Notopterygium Decoction); cases with sweating are suitable for Mahuang Xixin Tang (Ephedra and Asarum Decoction). Medications differ, so scholars must distinguish clearly.

Fangfeng Tang (Saposhnikovia Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and wind-injury.
Ingredients: Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis, heart removed, roasted), Shanyu (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, crushed and stir-fried), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, bark removed, 1 liang each), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Baifuzi (Rhizoma Typhonii, processed), Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, seedlings removed, wine-soaked, sliced, roasted), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, washed seven times in hot water, equal parts with fresh ginger, pounded and roasted), Xiong (Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong), Rongsheng (Cibotii Rhizoma, wine-soaked, sliced, roasted), Yuanzhi (Radix Polygalae, heart removed).
Usage: Pounded into coarse powder, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Shigao Tang (Gypsum Decoction): Treats headache, limb pain, and heaviness due to wind-stroke and cold-injury.
Ingredients: Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed, foam skimmed off boiling, roasted), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, bark removed), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba, 3 fen each).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Jiangfu Tang (Ginger and Aconite Decoction): Treats cold-injury with Taiyang wind-stroke, stiff neck and back, severe aversion to cold, and anhidrosis.
Ingredients: Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed, 1 liang), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis, processed), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix, washed), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted and crushed), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, bark removed, 3 fen each), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba, half liang).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm before meals to induce sweating. If no sweat, take again.

Guifu Tang (Cinnamon and Aconite Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with pain in head, eyes, limbs, aversion to cold, and dry retching.
Ingredients: Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, bark removed), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba, 1.5 liang each), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, 1 liang), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed, 3 fen), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed, foam skimmed off boiling, roasted, 2 liang).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Mahuang Guixin Tang (Ephedra and Cinnamon Heart Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with floating-tight pulse, fever, aversion to cold, body pain, anhidrosis, and vexation.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed, foam skimmed off boiling, roasted, 2 liang), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, bark removed), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted and crushed), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis, roasted, 1 liang each), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 1 liang).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with heavy headache.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed, foam skimmed off boiling, roasted, 2 liang), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed, 1 liang), Xixin (Herba Asari, seedlings and leaves removed), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis, processed, 3 fen each).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Guixin Tang (Cinnamon Heart Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with headache, fever, rebellious Qi in chest, aversion to cold, retching, difficult urination, and cold feet.
Ingredients: Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, peel removed), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roasted, 3 fen each), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted and crushed), Xingren (Pruni Semen, peel and sharp tips removed, double kernels).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 3 segments of scallion white, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction): Treats early stage of wind-stroke and cold-injury with exterior symptoms of head and neck pain, stiff waist and back, high fever, slurred speech, mental confusion, thick sticky sputum and nasal discharge, and generalized body pain.
Ingredients: Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, peel removed, 3 fen), Xiong (Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong), Changpu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, washed seven times in hot water, equal parts with fresh ginger, pounded and roasted), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed, foam skimmed off boiling, roasted).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Tianma Tang (Gastrodia Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with opisthotonos (body arching backward and stiffening).
Ingredients: Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed, foam skimmed off boiling, roasted), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii, rhizome removed), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, bark removed), Xingren (Pruni Semen, peel and sharp tips removed, double kernels).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Er Fu Tang (Two Aconites Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with headache and painful limbs.
Ingredients: Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Baifuzi (Rhizoma Typhonii, processed), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, washed seven times in hot water, stir-fried dry, 1 fen each).
Usage: Pounded into fine powder, take half qian per dose, taken with concentrated ginger decoction.

Mahuang Xixin Wan (Ephedra and Asarum Pill): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with headache, aversion to cold, painful limbs, and internal restlessness.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed, foam skimmed off boiling, roasted, 1 liang), Xixin (Herba Asari, seedlings and leaves removed), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted and crushed), Baifuling (Poria, black peel removed), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae).
Usage: Powdered, mixed with honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds, take 20 pills per dose with ginger decoction.

Baizhu Tang (Atractylodes Macrocephala Decoction): Treats early wind-stroke and cold-injury (days 1-3) with headache, joint pain, mental vexation, aversion to wind, fever, and aversion to cold.
Ingredients: Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 2 liang each), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis, processed, half liang), Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae, stir-fried), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted and crushed), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Xiong (Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Shigao Shaoyao Tang (Gypsum and Peony Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with high fever, limb pain, dizziness, and coughing with rough breathing.
Ingredients: Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, crushed), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Qianhu (Radix Peucedani), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri, seedlings removed, 1 liang each), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, half liang), Sangbaipipi (Cortex Mori Radicis, crushed), Jingjie (Schizonepetae Spica).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take hot.

Qianhu Tang (Peucedanum Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with dizziness, high fever, and stiff/painful shoulders and back.
Ingredients: Qianhu (Radix Peucedani, rhizome removed), Manjingzi (Fructus Viticis, white peel removed), Xiong (Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed, foam skimmed off boiling, roasted), Ganhua ju (Flos Chrysanthemi Indici), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, forked parts removed), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Shigao Duhuo Tang (Gypsum and Angelica Pubescens Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with headache, body pain, fever, and aversion to cold.
Ingredients: Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, crushed, 1 liang), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii, rhizome removed), Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, rhizome removed), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed, boiled and roasted), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted and crushed), Tiannanxing (Rhizoma Arisaematis, processed), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, bark removed).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take hot.

Jingjie Tang (Schizonepeta Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with dizziness, aversion to cold with high fever, and tired limbs.
Ingredients: Jingjiesui (Schizonepetae Spica), Mutong (Caulis Akebiae, crushed, 4 liang each), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii, rhizome removed), Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, rhizome removed), Xiong (Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Qianhu Baizhu Tang (Peucedanum and Atractylodes Macrocephala Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with soreness and pain in all joints.
Ingredients: Qianhu (Radix Peucedani, rhizome removed), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, peel removed, 2 liang each), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri, seedlings removed), Xuncao (Herba Vetiveriae), Baixianpi (Cortex Dictamni, 1.5 liang each), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, crushed).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, mint leaves, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm at any time.

Baijie Tang (Hundred Resolutions Decoction): Treats wind-stroke and wind-injury with body heat, headache, and painful limbs.
Ingredients: Qianhu (Radix Peucedani, rhizome removed), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri, seedlings removed), Tiantili (Semen Lepidii et Descurainiae, lightly stir-fried), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, washed seven times in hot water), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii, rhizome removed), Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, rhizome removed), Chenju pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, white pith removed).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Weirui Tang (Polygonatum Decoction): Treats winter-warmth and spring wind-stroke/cold-injury with fever, dizziness, headache, dry throat, stiff tongue, internal chest pain, and chest fullness.
Ingredients: Weirui (Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, 2 liang), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, crushed, wrapped in cotton, 3 fen), Baiwei (Radix Cynanchi Atrati), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, nodes removed), Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, or Qianghuo in another formula), Xingren (Pruni Semen, peel and sharp tips removed, double kernels).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm to induce sweating. If alternating chills and fever, add Poxiao (Natrii Sulfas) 1 fen and Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) 3 liang to purge. Avoid seaweed and Chinese cabbage. Another formula includes Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix) 2 liang.

Yangdan San (Yang-Dawn Powder): Treats wind-stroke and cold-injury with floating pulse, alternating fever, spontaneous sweating, aversion to wind, stiff neck, nasal resonance, and dry retching.
Ingredients: Dazao (Fructus Jujubae, 12 pieces split open), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, 3 liang each), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae, 2 liang each).
Usage: Coarsely chopped, decoct in spring water, remove dregs, take warm. Avoid seaweed, Chinese cabbage, and raw green onions.

Sanqi Tang (Three-Sevens Decoction): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke persisting for three days without resolution, with chest/diaphragm pain, inverted limbs, dry retching, inability to swallow fluids, and undigested food in abdomen.
Ingredients: Fuling (Poria, size of chicken egg), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Renshen (Radix Ginseng, 3 liang each), Gualougen (Radix Trichosanthis, 4 liang), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas), Dihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, 1 sheng each), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei).
Usage: Coarsely crushed and sieved, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm, three times daily.

Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with headache, knee/lower back pain, limb immobility, high fever, anhidrosis with wheezing/fullness, fever with aversion to cold, and joint pain.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, 3 liang, roots and nodes removed), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi, bark removed), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, slightly charred, crushed, 1 liang each), Xingren (Pruni Semen, ground into paste).
Usage: Made into powder, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm to induce sweating.

Gegen Tang (Kudzu Decoction): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with stiff and tight neck/back, bitter taste, and anhidrosis.
Ingredients: Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix, 1 liang, crushed), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, slightly charred, crushed), Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi, 1 liang each).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 4 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, half slice of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 6/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm in one dose, stop when sweating occurs.

Discussion on Neck Stiffness: Cold with anhidrosis and aversion to cold, where the neck is bent and stiff. I say: "Neck stiff like a short-winged bird wanting to fly but unable." This is the pattern of Gegen Tang. Someone asked: "What does 'short-winged' mean?" I said: "It describes the posture of a bird with short wings trying to fly." Zhang Zhongjing's discussions are very logical; later people are often confused.

Weirui San (Polygonatum Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with fever, headache, dry throat, stiff tongue, chest fullness, stiff waist/back, and anhidrosis.
Ingredients: Weirui (Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, 1 liang), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 2 liang), Baiwei (Radix Cynanchi Atrati), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed), Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, slightly charred, crushed), Xingren (Pruni Semen, soaked in hot water, peel and sharp tips removed, double kernels).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Gualou Tang (Trichosanthes Decoction): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke after five to six days, with dryness in chest and dry retching.
Ingredients: Gualou (Fructus Trichosanthis, 1 liang), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri, 2 fen, seedlings removed; or half jin in another version), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, slightly charred, crushed, 1 liang each; or 3 liang each in another version).
Usage: Made into powder, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 4 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Zhu Ling San (Polyporus Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with fever persisting for six to seven days, vexation, thirst for water, and vomiting.
Ingredients: Zhu Ling (Polyporus, black peel removed), Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Chi Fuling (Poria with red wood, 1 liang each), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, half liang each), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix, 1 liang, crushed).
Usage: Made into powder, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Gancao Xiexin Tang (Licorice Drain the Epigastrium Decoction): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke after purgation, with borborygmus, epigastric hardness and fullness, dry retching, and vexation. Not heat binding.
Ingredients: Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, slightly charred, crushed, 1 liang), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis, processed, crushed), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, washed seven times in hot water to remove slipperiness), Lian (Radix Coptidis, stamens removed), Mutong (Caulis Akebiae, crushed).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Guixin San (Cinnamon Heart Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with floating pulse, alternating chills and fever, spontaneous sweating, aversion to wind, stiff neck, nasal resonance, and dry retching.
Ingredients: Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Duhuo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae, 3 fen each), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, slightly charred, crushed, half liang), Xingren (Pruni Semen, soaked in hot water, peel and sharp tips removed, double kernels stir-fried, 3 fen).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm frequently.

Da Qinglong Tang (Great Blue Dragon Decoction): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with floating-tight pulse, fever, aversion to cold, body pain, anhidrosis, and vexation. Suitable for this formula.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, 2 liang, roots and nodes removed), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, slightly charred, 1 liang each), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 1.5 liang), Xingren (Pruni Semen, 0.5 liang, soaked in hot water, peel and sharp tips removed, double kernels).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm to induce sweating.

Fuzi San (Aconite Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with inability to move limbs, slurred speech, painful high fever.
Ingredients: Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Renshen (Radix Ginseng, rhizome removed), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed), Fushen (Poria with Pine Root, 2 liang each), Hanfangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Discussion on Guizhi Tang: Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with Yang deficiency causing spontaneous heat, Yin weakness causing spontaneous sweating, severe aversion to cold, mild fever, nasal resonance, and dry retching.
Ingredients: Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, slightly charred, crushed), Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra, 1 liang each), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix, 1.5 liang, crushed).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 4 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Guifu San (Cinnamon and Aconite Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with body pain, no vexation, ability to turn independently, and floating-deficient pulse, suitable for inducing sweating.
Ingredients: Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed, 1 liang each), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, slightly charred, crushed, half liang).
Usage: Made into powder, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Discussion on Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Tang: Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with joint pain, vexation, inability to bend/extend, severe pain upon touch, sweating with shortness of breath, difficult urination, aversion to cold, or body swelling.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, 2 liang, roots and nodes removed), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, 1 liang, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi, 2 liang each), Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, 1 liang each).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm, three times daily.

Chaihu San (Bupleurum Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke after sweating with deficiency-dryness, headache, and limb weakness.
Ingredients: Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri, 1.5 liang, seedlings removed), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 3 liang), Renshen (Radix Ginseng, rhizome removed), Fushen (Poria with Pine Root), Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, bran-fried, slightly yellow), Sangbaipipi (Cortex Mori Radicis, crushed), Chishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra, crushed).
Usage: Made into powder, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Huoxiang San (Patchouli Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with dizziness and skin pain.
Ingredients: Huoxiang (Herba Pogostemonis, 1 liang), Baifuzi (Rhizoma Typhonii, half liang, processed), Linglingxiang (Herba Laurae, 1 liang), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, half liang, soaked in hot water seven times to remove slipperiness), Gansongxiang (Resina Calami, 1 liang), Chuwutou (Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, half liang, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, finely ground), Shexiang (Moschus, 1 qian each, finely ground).
Usage: Fine powder, mixed with Niuhuang and Shexiang, take 1 qian per dose with ginger decoction.

Tianma San (Gastrodia Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with tendon and vessel spasm.
Ingredients: Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Chuwutou (Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Ganxie (Dryusida, lightly stir-fried), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Baifuzi (Rhizoma Typhonii, processed), Tiannanxing (Rhizoma Arisaematis, processed, half liang each), Xionghuang (Realgar, 1 fen, finely ground), Shexiang (Moschus, 1 qian, finely ground).
Usage: Fine powder, take 1 qian per dose with ginger decoction, three times daily.

Baifuzi San (Typhonii Rhizoma Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with headache, stiff neck, high fever, unresponsive to other medicines inducing sweat.
Ingredients: Baifuzi (Rhizoma Typhonii), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum), Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae, half liang each), Tiannanxing (Rhizoma Arisaematis), Zhusha (Cinnabaris, finely ground), Ganxie (Dryusida, 1 qian each), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae), Wutou (Radix Aconiti, half qian each).
Usage: Fine powder, take 1 qian per dose with hot scallion and soybean decoction.

Wutou San (Aconite Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with slurred speech, limb spasm, and high fever.
Ingredients: Chuwutou (Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, half liang, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, rhizome removed), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii, 1 fen each), Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots removed, half liang each), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose with hot wine, take again later, stop when sweating occurs.

Discussion on Mahuang Tang: Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with stiff neck, anhidrosis, and vexation.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, roots and nodes removed), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, 1 liang each, rhizome removed), Chuwutou (Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, processed, peel and umbilicus removed), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis, half liang each, processed, crushed).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Guiqin Ganlu San (Cinnamon, Scutellaria, and Sweet Dew Powder): Treats cold-injury/wind-stroke with summerheat, dietary/internal injuries, severe internal damp-heat, headache, dry mouth, vomiting/diarrhea with thirst, red/scanty urine, urgent painful stool, intermittent dysentery, all damp-heat diseases, cholera with vomiting/diarrhea, tetany, abdominal fullness/pain/stuffiness.
Ingredients: Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, half liang), Fuling (Poria), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, half liang each), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted), Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Hanshuishi (Aqua Magnetitum, 1 liang each), Huashi (Hirudo, 2 liang).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm. Another formula adds Renshen (Radix Ginseng) and Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae).

Jiangfu Tang (Ginger and Aconite Decoction): Treats cold-injury already purged but needing sweating, with internal/external deficiency, unresolved pathogen, no exterior signs, no high fever, daytime vexation with insomnia, nighttime quietness, no vomiting/thirst, deep-thin pulse. Also treats external wind-cold, accumulated phlegm-water, cold pain in heart/abdomen.
Ingredients: Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis, 1 liang), Fuzi (Lateral Root of Aconitum Carmerichanum, raw, peel and umbilicus removed, finely cut, 1 piece).
Usage: Mix evenly, take 3 qian per dose, with 1.5 zhan of water, decoct to 1 zhan, remove dregs, take warm.

Guizhi Mahuang Geban Tang (Half-Half Decoction of Cinnamon Twig and Ephedra): Treats wind-pattern with cold-pulse, cold-pattern with wind-pulse.
Ingredients: Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, 2 liang), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, half liang each), Xingren (Pruni Semen, 14 pieces), Dazao (Fructus Jujubae, 2 pieces).
Usage: Made into powder, take 4 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Qianghuo Tang (Notopterygium Decoction): Treats cold-injury with hypochondriac heat.
Ingredients: Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, nodes removed), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Xixin (Herba Asari, seedlings removed), Qianhu (Radix Peucedani), Chuanxiong (Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, 1 liang each), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Zhike (Fructus Aurantii, stir-fried, pith removed).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Xixin Tang (Asarum Decoction): Treats cold-injury with hypochondriac cold.
Ingredients: Xixin (Herba Asari, seedlings removed), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-roasted, 1 liang each), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, nodes removed), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, bark removed, 2 liang each), Xingren (Pruni Semen, peel and sharp tips removed, half liang).
Usage: Coarsely crushed, take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Shenzhu San (Divine Skill Powder): Treats cold-injury with loose muscles and excessive sweating.
Ingredients: Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis, 2 liang, soaked in rice water, peeled, thinly sliced, wheat bran-fried), Chuanxiong (Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong), Bencao (Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, washed), Jingjie (Schizonepetae Spica, 1 liang each).
Usage: Coarsely powdered, take 5 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes, decoct to 7/10 volume, remove dregs, take warm.

Shizao Tang (Ten Jujube Decoction): Treats Taiyang wind-stroke with vomiting and regurgitation after purging/vomiting.
Ingredients: Yuanhua (Flos Genkwa, roasted), Gansui (Radix Kansui), Daji (Radix Euphorbiae Pekinensis, equal parts).
Usage: Sieve each into powder, take 10 jujubes, 1.5 sheng of water, boil to 0.8 sheng, remove dregs, add medicine powder, take warm. Also treats [other conditions].

Discussion on Nasal Congestion: Treats cold-injury with nasal congestion, eat made into balls with Dongshuang (East Frost).