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Exterior repletion and interior vacuity

表实里虚 〔表實裏虛〕 biǎo shí lǐ xū

A pattern arising either when patients ordinarily suffering from heart, spleen, or kidney vacuity contract external evil, or when external contractions manifesting as exterior cold are wrongly treated by offensive attack. Signs include heat effusion and aversion to cold without sweating with lassitude of spirit, shortness of breath, torpid intake, fatigued limbs, heart palpitation, lumbar pain, a white tongue fur, and a floating pulse.

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