Basic Yang Ming Disease Patterns (Part XIII)

Excess Patterns (Yang Ming organ disease)
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“When there is sweating and delirious speech because of dry stool in the ST, this indicates wind.  One must precipitate, and since there has been channel passage, one can precipitate.  Purging, if used too early will result in deranged speech, this being because of exterior vacuity and interior excess.  Purging will bring about recovery and therefore, Da Cheng Qi Tang is appropriate.”

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“When in yang ming disease, purging is used and there is anguish and vexation in the heart and dry stool in the ST, one can attack.  If there is mild abdominal fullness, and stool that is hard at the beginning and then sloppy, one cannot attack.  If there is dry stool, Da Cheng Qi Tang will be appropriate.”

Key wards: Basic Yang Ming Disease Patterns, Excess Patterns (Yang Ming organ disease)