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Soft tetany

柔痓 〔柔痓〕róu cì

A tetany jìng pattern characterized by generalized heat, sweating, rigidity of the neck, shaking of the heat, clenched jaw, hypertonicity of the extremities, arched-back rigidity, and a slow sunken pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Soft tetany can be treated with variations of Trichosanthes and Cinnamon Twig Decoction (栝楼桂枝汤 guā lóu guì zhī tāng). Compare hard tetany; yīn tetany.

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