symptoms of Dampness such as nausea, epigastric fullness and diarrhoea.
Case History 34.4
Common Cold and Influenza: Wind-Damp-Heat-Female, Age 8
An 8-year-old girl was brought by her mother complaining of shivering, vomiting, a dull frontal
headache, epigastric fullness and general malaise. These symptoms had appeared 2 days earlier.
Her tongue had a sticky coating and a few red points around the centre.
Diagnosis This is an external invasion of Damp-Heat (with the former being more
predominant than the latter) at the Defensive-Qi Level. Defensive-Qi
Level is indicated by the shivering.
Treatment principle The treatment principle adopted was to release the Exterior, resolve
Dampness, restore the descending of Stomach-Qi and clear Heat.
Herbal treatment The formula used was a variation of Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San
Agastache Upright Qi Powder:
Huo Xiang Herba Agastachis 6 g
Zi Su Ye Folium Perillae frutescentis 3 g
Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae ternatae 6 g
Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae 3 g
Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos 6 g
Hou Po Cortex Magnoliae officinalis 4 g
Da Fu Pi Pericarpium Arecae catechu 3 g
Sheng Jiang Rhizoma Zingiberis officinalis recens 3 slices
Da Zao Fructus Ziziphi jujubae 3 dates
Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata 3 gExplanation This is the root formula which resolves Dampness at the Defensive-Qi
Level and restores the descending of Stomach-Qi. Bai Zhi Radix
Angelicae dahuricae, Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae and
Jie Geng Radix Platycodi grandiflori were eliminated as they did not
correspond to her symptoms.
She took this formula as a decoction for 5 days, after which the problem
was cleared.Wind-Dry-Heat
Clinical Manifestations
Aversion to cold, fever, slight sweating, dryness of nose, mouth and throat, dry cough.