Basic Tai Yang Disease Patterns (Part XII)

Cold Damage Exterior Excess Patterns
Ma Huang Tang Pattern

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"When in Tai Yang Disease there is headache, fever, generalized pain [can mean whole body or trunk], lumbar pain, joint pain, aversion to wind, absence of sweating, and panting Ma Huang Tang governs.
Ma Huang 3 Liang
Gui Zhi 2 Liang
Zhi Gan Cao 1 Liang
Xing Ren 70 pcs”
 
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"When the pulse is floating, the disease is in the exterior, and if one can promote sweating Ma Huang Tang is appropriate.”
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"When the pulse is floating and rapid, if one can promote sweating Ma Huang Tang is appropriate.”

Key Words: Basic Tai Yang Disease, Cold Damage Exterior Excess Patterns, Ma Huang Tang