Wind-heat

Externally contracted wind and heat. A combination of wind and heat (or wind and fire) gives rise to heat signs pronounced heat effusion and mild aversion to cold, cough, thirst, tongue with red margins and tip, with slightly yellow fur, and a pulse that is floating and rapid. In severe cases, there may be dry mouth, red eye, sore throat, and spontaneous external bleeding. Compare wind-fire.

Wind-Heat–Dispersing Medicinals

• 薄荷 (bò hé) mint (Menthae Herba)
• 牛蒡子 (niú bàng zǐ) arctium (Arctii Fructus)
• 蝉蜕 (chán tuì) cicada molting (Cicadae Periostracum)
• 淡豆豉 (dàn dòu chǐ) fermented soybean (Sojae Semen Praeparatum)
• 大豆黄卷 (dà dòu huáng juǎn) dried soybean sprout (Sojae Semen Germinatum)
• 桑叶 (sāng yè) mulberry leaf (Mori Folium)
• 菊花 (jú huā) chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemi Flos)
• 野菊花 (yě jú huā) wild chrysanthemum flower (Chrysanthemi Indici Flos)
• 蔓荆子 (màn jīng zǐ) vitex (Viticis Fructus)
• 葛根 (gé gēn) pueraria (Puerariae Radix)
• 柴胡 (chái hú) bupleurum (Bupleuri Radix)
• 升麻 (shēng má) cimicifuga (Cimicifugae Rhizoma)
• 浮萍 (fú píng) duckweed (Spirodelae Herba)
• 木贼 (mù zéi) equisetum (Equiseti Hiemalis Herba)