Coursing wind and discharging heat

A method of treatment used to address exterior wind-heat with interior heat in colds and flu with sore throat, dry mouth, red tongue, and thin yellow fur.

Medicinal therapy: Representative wind-coursing heat-discharging formulas include Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Beverage (桑菊饮 sāng jú yǐn) and Lonicera and Forsythia Powder (银翘散 yín qiào sǎn).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on GB, GV, TB, LU, and LI. Select GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), TB-5 (Outer Pass, 外关 wài guān), GV-14 (Great Hammer, 大椎 dà zhuī), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), LU-11 (Lesser Shang, 少商 shào shāng), and LI-1 (Shang Yáng, 商阳 shāng yáng); needle with drainage. See cool acrid exterior resolution.