Favorable measles pattern

The manifestation of measles in patients with abundant right qì and mild evil toxin. A favorable measles pattern is characterized by mild heat effusion, cough without hasty breathing, and clear spirit qì (i.e., clear head) throughout the whole course of the disease. Heat effusion runs for three or four days before papules erupt on the head and face, spreading to the chest, back, and limbs. The papules are even and a lustrous red. Apart from possible cough, there should be no other signs. The eruption reaches the full extent of its development in three days, after which it slowly disappears, during which time the heat effusion and cough abate and the appetite returns.