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Releases the muscle layer and expels Wind-Cold

Tai Yang Zhong Feng: mild Exterior Wind-Cold with deficiency of Ying and Wei Fever and chills that carry on even though the patient is sweating Aversion to Wind, stronger than aversion to cold, with headache and a stiff or tight neck Blocked nose, dry retching or slight nausea, no thirst, lowered resistance Tongue normal with a thin, moist white coat; pulse floating and moderate, or floating and weak, or slow

Harmonizes Ying and Wei

Sweating that comes on by itself, without exertion or heat, in constitutionally weak people with Ying-Wei disharmony Children who catch one cold after another Low-grade fever with sweating and aversion to Wind after an illness or after childbirth

Harmonizes the Middle

Modern uses

Common cold Influenza Fever Puerperal fever Postpartum recovery care Upper respiratory tract infection Cough Bronchitis Bronchial asthma Pneumonia Allergic rhinitis Headache Unilateral pain Neuralgia Sciatica Cerebrovascular spasm Atrioventricular block Neurasthenia Hyperactivity disorder Spontaneous perspiration Hemilateral sweating Angioedema Allergic purpura Eczema Urticaria Itching Psoriasis Tinea Frostbite Gastritis Appendicitis Abdominal pain from chills Hernia Testicular pain Enuresis in children Uterine fibroids Endometriosis Morning sickness Eclampsia gui zhi Bai Shao sheng jiang da zao zhi gan cao