Exuberant lung-stomach heat

In warm disease, a qì-aspect heat pattern manifesting in classic signs of wind warmth: high fever, cough, rapid breathing, thirst, and yellow tongue fur.

Medicinal therapy: The main formula treating exuberant lung-stomach heat is Supplemented Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Gypsum, and Licorice Decoction (加味麻杏石甘汤 jiā wèi má xìng shí gān tāng), which clears heat and diffuses the lung. This formula may be combined with heat-clearing phlegm-transforming formulas such as Minor Chest Bind Decoction (小陷胸汤 xiǎo xiàn xiōng tāng) and further supplemented with heat-clearing toxin-resolving medicinals such as lonicera (Lonicerae Flos, 金银花 jīn yín huā), forsythia (Forsythiae Fructus, 连翘 lián qiào), scutellaria (Scutellariae Radix, 黄芩 huáng qín), and gardenia (Gardeniae Fructus, 山栀子 shān zhī zǐ).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LU, ST, and LI. Select LU-10 (Fish Border, 鱼际 yú jì), LU-5 (Cubit Marsh, 尺泽 chǐ zé), LI-11 (Pool at the Bend, 曲池 qū chí), ST-44 (Inner Court, 内庭 nèi tíng), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), and LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ); needle with drainage. Prick LU-11 (Lesser Shang, 少商 shào shāng) or LI-1 (Shang Yáng, 商阳 shāng yáng) to bleed.

See qì-aspect pattern.