A method of treatment that addresses exterior patterns marked by sweating and that is designed to eliminate exterior evils without a strong sweat-effusing action. Warm acrid flesh-resolving formulas such as Cinnamon Twig Decoction (桂枝汤guì zhī tāng) are used when there is headache, heat effusion, sweating, aversion to cold, noisy nose, dry retching, weak floating pulse, white glossy tongue fur, and no thirst and drinking. Cool acrid flesh-resolving formulas such as Bupleurum and Pueraria Flesh-Resolving Decoction (柴葛解肌汤chái gé jiě jī tāng) are used for pronounced generalized heat, slight aversion to cold, slight sweating, thirst, thin yellow tongue fur, and a rapid floating pulse. Flesh-resolving formulas help, without additional clothing or bedclothes, to encourage a mild generalized sweat that brings about resolution. See resolving the exterior.