Exterior repletion

Exterior patterns without sweating are exterior repletion patterns. In most cases, exterior repletion patterns are exterior cold patterns caused by contraction of exuberant cold evil that obstructs defense qì and blocks the interstices, and manifesting in a tight floating pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Treat with strong sweat-effusing warm acrid exterior-resolving medicinals. The classical formula is Ephedra Decoction (麻黄汤 má huáng tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LI, LU, and BL. Select BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù), BL-12 (Wind Gate, 风门 fēng mén), LU-7 (Broken Sequence, 列缺 liè quē), BL-64 (Capital Bone, 京骨 jīng gǔ), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), KI-7 (Recover Flow, 复溜 fù liū), and BL-11 (Great Shuttle, 大杼 dà zhù); needle with drainage and moxa can be used. The last three points are used to effuse sweat and resolve the exterior.