Internal Medicine Board Review

Common cold

Pattern: Invasion of wind cold

Key symptoms: Strong cold, slight fever, no sweat, body ache, scratchy throat, thin white sputum or nasal discharged. Thin white tongue coating, floating tight pulse.

Formula: Jing fang bai du san (Schizonepeta And Ledebouriella Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences)

Treatment method: Dispel wind, dissipate cold, resolve the exterior

Acupuncture: Lung-7 lie que, Large Intestine-20 ying xiang, SI7 zhi zheng, UB12 feng men, GB20 feng chi, Large Intestine-4 he gu
 
Formula Ingredients: Jing jie (Herba Schizonepetae), Fang feng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Qiang huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma seu Radix), Du huo (Radix Angelicae pubescentis), Chai hu (Radix Bupleuri), Chuan xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Zhi shi (Fructus Aurantii immaturus), Fu ling (Poria), Jie geng (Radix Platycodi), Gan cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)

Modifications: Cold evil is predominant, add Ma huang (Herba Ephedrae), Gui zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi). For Headache, add Yin tang, tai Yang. Upper backache, cupping UB13 fei shu

 

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