Throat-locking wind

Throat wind with clenched jaw. Throat-locking wind is caused by brewing lung-stomach heat with subsequent contraction of wind evil, which settles in the throat. There is soreness inside and outside the throat pass, with a red swelling as large as a hen’s egg. There is oppression in the chest, short hasty breathing, difficulty in speaking and swallowing, jaw clenched tight as a lock, bad breath, constipation, and great heat [effusion] and aversion to cold.

Biomedical correspondence: peritonsillar abscess; retropharyngeal abscess.

Medicinal therapy: Course wind and clear heat; resolve toxin and disperse swelling. Use Throat-Clearing Diaphragm-Disinhibiting Decoction (清咽利膈汤 qīng yān lì gé tāng) or allow Six Spirits Pill (六神丸 liù shén wán) to dissolve in the mouth. When pus has formed, lance to drain, and insufflate Borneol and Borax Powder (冰硼散 bīng péng sǎn).