A method of treatment used to address any repletion pattern attributed to heat toxin, such as intense heat toxin in externally contracted febrile disease, sore3 (yáng patterns), cinnabar toxin, maculopapular eruption, pulmonary welling-abscessfèi yōng, dysentery with blood and pus in the stool, and heat strangury with painful urination and reddish urine. Such patterns are characterized by scorching heat, heat effusion, swelling and distension, pain, suppuration, and putrefaction. Medicinals used include isatis leaf (Isatidis Folium, 大青叶dà qīng yè), isatis root (Isatidis Radix, 板蓝根bǎn lán gēn), dandelion (Taraxaci Herba, 蒲公英pú gōng yīng), scutellaria (Scutellariae Radix, 黄芩huáng qín), coptis (Coptidis Rhizoma, 黄连huáng lián), phellodendron (Phellodendri Cortex, 黄柏huáng bǎi), moutan (Moutan Cortex, 牡丹皮mǔ dān pí), red peony (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 赤芍药chì sháo yào), lonicera (Lonicerae Flos, 金银花jīn yín huā), forsythia (Forsythiae Fructus, 连翘lián qiào), fresh ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, 生姜shēng jiāng), and gardenia (Gardeniae Fructus, 山栀子shān zhī zǐ). A commonly used heat-clearing toxin-resolving formula is Coptis Toxin-Resolving Decoction (黄连解毒汤huáng lián jiě dú tāng).
Acumoxatherapy: Select BL-40 (Bend Center, 委中 wěi zhōng), PC-3 (Marsh at the Bend, 曲泽 qū zé), Ten Diffusing Points (十宣shí xuān), as the main points and, for sores etc., prick ouch points (阿是穴ā shì xué) to bleed.