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Chaihu Shengma Decoction treats headache, high fever, aversion to wind, body pain, nasal congestion, dry throat, abundant phlegm, cough, and thick, sticky sputum and nasal discharge.
Herbs: Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu), Peucedani Radix (Qianhu), Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin) (each 6.5 liang), Schizonepetae Spica (Jingjie) (7.5 liang), Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chishao), Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao) (each 10 liang), Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma) (5 liang), Morus Cortex (Sangbaipi), Puerariae Radix (Gegen).
Preparation: Coarsely crush the above herbs, add three slices of Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (fresh ginger) and ten grains of Soja Preparata (douchi), and decoct in water.
Note: These are herbs for the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder and Foot-Yangming Stomach meridians.

Qian’s Daqing Ointment disperses wind pathogenic factors.
Herbs: Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tianma) (1 qian), Moschus (She) (1 zi bi), Bai Fuzi powder (raw use, 1.5 qian), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha) (ground, 1 zi), Qingdai (ground, 1 qian), Tianshuhuang (1 zi bi), Scorpio (Xiewei) (de-venomed, raw use, 0.5 qian), Zaocys Carapax et Squama (Wushaoshe Rou) (0.5 qian).
Preparation: Grind all ingredients together into a fine powder, mix with raw honey to form an ointment. Take half the size of a soap pod to one soap pod per dose; for medium-sized infants, take the size of a rice grain; for adults, take the size of a bullet. Dissolve with Niuhuang Gao using warm, thin mint water and administer together.

Fangfeng Tongsheng San from *Xuanming Lun Fang*, see the Stroke section for the formula.
Comment: All formulas for treating wind-cold are exterior-resolving agents because wind is an external pathogenic factor invading from outside. Due to the different combinations of cold, heat, warmth, and coolness associated with the wind, they are classified into acrid-warm, acrid-neutral, and acrid-cool categories. However, although wind is an external pathogen, it can transmit inward after entering the body; thus, treatment should be administered according to the syndrome. Qian Zhongyang discussed that for wind-cold requiring dispersion, Daqing Ointment should be used; if the exterior is not resolved and there are interior excess signs, Dahuang Wan should be used. This truly captures the profound principles of Zhang Zhongjing. Other formulas have not discussed this aspect. Furthermore, the previous discussion on formulas for exterior deficiency with wind invasion and internal accumulation of phlegm-heat was not detailed enough; scholars should seek them out themselves. The so-called Dahuang Wan is attached below.
Herbs: Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (Dahuang), Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin).
Preparation: Equal parts of both herbs, made into pills using water as a binder.

*Jingui Yaolue* states: A pulse that is double-string-like indicates cold, often occurring after severe purgation leading to deficiency; a pulse that is single-string-like indicates fluid retention. Fluid retention in the lungs may not present with a string-like pulse, but the patient will suffer from wheezing and shortness of breath. It also states: A floating, fine, and slippery pulse indicates injury by fluids. A wiry and rapid pulse accompanied by cold-fluid retention is difficult to treat in winter and summer. A deep and wiry pulse indicates suspended fluid retention with internal pain.
The patient experiences shortness of breath, pain in the four limbs and joints; a deep pulse indicates retained fluid retention.

Chen Wuyue stated: Pulses of fluid retention are generally wiry, or slightly deep and slippery. Some say: If the left and right Guan positions are large, there is phlegm above the diaphragm, which can be treated with emesis.
If a patient has taken many medicines without effect, and the Guan position pulse is hidden yet large and forceful, it is a phlegm syndrome; if the eyelids and the area under the eyes are dark like gray smoke, it is also a phlegm syndrome.