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This condition is named Maiyi Syndrome (Pulse Overflow Syndrome). Drinking one to two cups of fresh ginger juice will lead to recovery.

Take one healthy pig stomach (washed clean), fill it with glutinous rice, sew the opening with thread, place it in a clay pot, and boil in water until extremely soft. Consume both the stomach and the broth completely.

Frequent sweating during wakefulness is termed Zihan (Spontaneous Sweating). Grind Curcuma aromatica Rhizome (Yujin, 郁金) into powder, mix with honey before bedtime, and apply to both breasts; sweating will cease immediately.
Another prescription: Grind Polygonum multiflorum Radix (Heshouwu, 何首乌) into powder, mix with saliva, apply to the umbilicus, and secure tightly with cloth; sweating will cease.
Another prescription: Mix equal parts of Galbuli (Wubeizi, 五倍子) and Alum (Kufan, 枯矾) into powder, mix evenly with saliva, fill into the umbilicus, and bind firmly with cloth; immediate effect.
Another prescription: Burn old palm-leaf fans to ash, mix with powder and dust on the body, or take one qian mixed with wine; highly effective.

Sweating during sleep is termed Daohan (Night Sweating). Grind Galbuli (Wubeizi, 五倍子) into powder, mix with human milk, steam until cooked, and form pills the size of longan seeds. Apply one pill to the umbilicus each time, cover with a walnut shell, and bind firmly with cloth. Remove after one week and replace. Continue application for ten days until sweating ceases.
Another prescription: Dry mulberry leaves collected with dew on tiles, grind into powder, and take two qian mixed with rice soup on an empty stomach. Full recovery after several doses. There was a case where a person sweated profusely through clothes and bedding during sleep for twenty years without cure. After taking this prescription for a few days, the root cause was eliminated; truly a miraculous formula.
Another prescription: Take five eggs, gently crack the shells without breaking the inner membrane, soak in children's urine for one day and night, then slowly cook in cold water over low heat and eat. Recovery after several doses.
Another prescription: Take seven lotus seeds and seven true black dates from Zhejiang, plus one he of floating wheat and one he of horse-feed beans. Decoct in water and drink. Full recovery after several doses; the effect is miraculous.

This indicates damp-heat pathogen, which may transform into Huangdan (Jaundice). Treat according to the prescriptions in the Jaundice chapter.

Itching like insects crawling, scratching until bleeding occurs, or wind-heat rashes appearing in clusters and patches are all treated by the following prescriptions.
Xiaofeng San (Wind-Extinguing Powder): Jingjie (Schizonepetae Spica), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix), Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma, stir-fried), Chantui (Cicadae Periostracum), Huma Ren (Sesami Semen), Niuzi (Arctii Fructus, stir-fried and ground), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), each 1 qian; Gancao (Liquiritiae Radix) and Mutong (Akebiae Caulis), each 5 fen. Decoct in water and drink. For extreme itching, take this medicine to dispel wind-heat; recovery follows.
External application
Another prescription: Boil Baihua Yimucao (Leonurus japonicus var. grandiflorus) into a concentrated decoction for oral consumption and bathing several times; miraculous effect. Contraindicated for blood deficiency patients; bathing alone suffices.
Another prescription: Huma Ren (Sesami Semen), Weilingxian (Syringae Ramulus et Folium), Heshouwu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix), Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix), Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), each 3 qian; Gancao (Liquiritiae Radix) 2 qian. Grind together into powder. Take 3 qian each time, delivered with light wine. This is a divine formula inscribed on steles at Wudang Mountain.
Another prescription: Jingjie (Schizonepetae Spica) and Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), each 1 qian; Chishao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Yinhua (Lonicerae Japonicae Flos), Xiaoshengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), each 8 fen; Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) 5 fen; Gancao (Liquiritiae Radix) 3 fen. Decoct in water and drink; highly effective. This is a prescription by Mr. Ye Tianshi.
Another prescription: Wash with decoction of Xueranzi (Xanthii Fructus); highly effective. Alternatively, grind fresh Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen) into powder, mix with water or honey for external application; both are excellent.
Another prescription: Take high-quality cooked white honey, mix with wine for oral consumption, and apply honey mixed with hot water externally.
Another prescription: Use two dou of salt and one shi of water, boil down to half. When warm, bathe three to five times; can disperse all wind pathogens.
Another prescription: Xiangfu Cao (also known as Cyperi Rhizoma herb part, found everywhere in gardens and steps; the plant has only two stems, not exceeding three to four cun in height; the root is called Xiangfuzi, but here the herb part is used instead of the root). Take twenty jin of the herb part (less is ineffective), cut finely, decoct into a strong liquid, fumigate and wash while hot several times. Sweating stops itching. Regular use eliminates the root cause; the effect is miraculous. Treats all itching caused by wind-heat.
Another prescription: Grind Hematitum (Zhesi, 赭石) into powder, mix with wine, take one qian on an empty stomach; very effective. Also treat with the following pumpkin prescription, which is also highly effective.
One person suffered unbearable itching on the face and under the skin at night; various medicines were ineffective. Washing with boiling water provided slight relief. Then, boil good vinegar, add sulfur, mix, and rub frequently until cured.
Another prescription: One person harvesting rice in the field suddenly experienced whole-body itching penetrating to the bone marrow. Use nine qian of edible salt, dissolve in boiling water divided into three bowls. Drink one bowl, press against the root of the tongue to induce vomiting. Drink three times, vomit three times, and recover.
Another prescription: One person had wind-heat rashes covering the entire body, limbs, ears, and nostrils, accompanied by internal heat, restlessness, swelling of the head and eyes. Washing with boiling water provided temporary relief, but itching returned shortly after; hundred medicines failed. Later, moxa burning was applied six times on both sides of the spine, once on the heart center, twice below the breasts, twice on each side of the soft rib area, twice on each shoulder tip, twice above each elbow crease, twice on each radial pulse point, twice on each thenar eminence, twice in each interdigital space of the little finger, twice on each outer side below the round knee, twice below each calf, twice between each big toe web, and five times on the Tian Ting (forehead center) and Tai Yang (temples). Immediately afterwards, drink one vegetable bowl of glutinous rice paste mixed with water. The spirit becomes relaxed and refreshed. Sweep the whole body two or three times with goose feathers dipped in glutinous rice paste, then cured.
Additionally, a child with body itching was cured by crushing fresh ginger, wrapping it in cloth, and rubbing the affected areas.