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Releases the Exterior and expels Wind-Cold from the muscle layer

Excess-type Tai Yang Cold damage, or Tai Yang and Yang Ming disorder together Chills and fever with no sweating, and dislike of wind and cold Headache, possibly with irritability or disturbed sleep Early Wind-Cold with diarrhea or loose stools, and at times nausea Rhinitis or sinusitis passing from acute to chronic, with stuffy nose, swollen mucosa and sensitivity to dust Tongue normal or slightly red with a thin white coat; pulse floating and tight

Raises fluids and relaxes the muscles of the neck and upper back

Neck pain, with marked stiffness and rigidity of the neck, shoulders and upper back, and muscle spasms Early Wind-Cold Bi in a few joints, with intense but brief inflammation that changes over days or weeks

Harmonizes Ying and Wei and the Stomach

Modern uses

Common cold Influenza Upper respiratory tract infection Stomach flu Fever Pneumonia Bronchitis Tonsillitis Scarlet fever Rubella Early-stage poliomyelitis Early-stage encephalitis Meningitis Headache Tension headache Neck pain and stiffness Torticollis Acute cervical myositis Cervical spine disease Cervical spondylosis Cervical osteoarthritis Shoulder pain Frozen shoulder Periarthritis of the shoulder Tendinitis of shoulder Bursitis of shoulder Forty-year wrists Fifty-year shoulders Lumbar disc disease Lumbar strain Lumbago Soft tissue injuries Arthralgia Rheumatoid arthritis Painful obstruction Neuralgia Trigeminal neuralgia Facial paralysis Bell's palsy Hypertension Cerebral vascular insufficiency Cerebrovascular disease Eclampsia Allergic rhinitis Chronic rhinitis Sinusitis Stuffy nose Otitis media Otitis externa Gingivitis Iritis Keratitis Conjunctivitis Trachoma Hordeolum Aqueous flare following complicated cataract surgery Chronic pediatric diarrhea Acute enteritis Bacillary dysentery Diarrhea Constipation alternating with diarrhea Gastritis Anorexia Gynecomastia Liver cirrhosis with painful gynecomastia Urticaria Eczema Psoriasis Scleroderma Furuncles Boils Lymphadenitis Mastitis ge gen ma huang gui zhi Bai Shao sheng jiang da zao gan cao