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day. After 3 days she was left with dizziness, a yellow nasal discharge

and sinus pain, a feeling of heaviness of the head, a dry cough and

tiredness. Her tongue went back to a normal colour although it still had

a thin, dry yellow coating. These are symptoms of dryness in the Lungs

with some residual Lung-Heat: a very common outcome of a severe

invasion of Wind-Heat. I prescribed a variation of the formula Qing Zao

Jiu Fei Tang Clearing Dryness and Rescuing the Lungs Decoction:

Sang Ye Folium Mori albae 9 g

Shi Gao Gypsum fibrosum 7.5 g

Mai Men Dong Tuber Ophiopogonis japonici 3.6 g

Ren Shen Radix Ginseng 2 g

Hu Ma Ren (Hei Zhi Ma) Semen Sesami indici 3 g

Xing Ren Semen Pruni armeniacae 2 g

Pi Pa Ye Folium Eriobotryae japonicae 3 g

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis 3 g

Bai Zhi Radix Angelicae dahuricae 3 g

Jin Yin Hua Flos Lonicerae japonicae 4 g

Zhi Zi Fructus Gardeniae jasminoidis 4 g

Dan Dou Chi Semen Sojae praeparatum 4 g

Explanation The first eight herbs constitute the root formula which moistens
Dryness, clears residual Lung-Heat and nourishes Lung-Yin. E Jiao was
omitted.

Bai Zhi and Jin Yin Hua were added to resolve Fire-Poison from the

sinuses.

Zhi Zi and Dan Dou Chi clear residual Heat.

After four doses of this decoction the problem was completely resolved.

Wind-Damp-Heat

Clinical Manifestations

Aversion to cold, shivering, fever, a feeling of heaviness of the head and body, nausea, vomiting,
swollen glands, headache, feeling worse in the afternoon, a feeling of oppression of the chest and
epigastrium, a sticky taste.

Tongue: sticky-yellow coating.

Pulse: Slippery and Floating.

This corresponds to the beginning stages of an invasion of Wind-Heat combined with exterior