(5) Leukorrhea diseases: strengthening spleen, drying dampness, clearing away heat, warming liver and tonifying kidney. Better effect can be received if diaphoresis is combined to disperse lung qi and benefit dampness.
(6) Allergic disease, such as erythema multiforme, urticaria and eczema: it is treated by diaphoresis. It is mainly caused by wind, coldness, dampness and heat in skin. The disease location is at superficial surface without exterior syndromes, therefore, it is treated by dispersing superficial pathogen from sweating. It is better than dispersing wind and relieving itching simply.
(7) Kidney failure and uremia: because of the stagnated internal phlegm and pathogenic dampness, heat and toxin, diuresis and reducing method are applied to expelling toxin. The detox is improved when the treatment combines with diaphoretic for relieving exterior syndrome.
(8) Hypertension: on the basis of nourshing yin, suppressing yang, dispersing stagnated liver qi and clearing away heat, the herbs for relieving exterior syndrome such as Chai Hu, Dou Chi and Zhu Ye are applied to outspread mucocutaneous vessels and reduce the blood pressure.
Although miscellaneous diseases has no exterior syndromes such as fever, aversion to cold and superficial pulse, it manifested lung qi obstruction, stagnation of pathogens and no sweating. In addition, diaphoresis is added according to syndromes to improve blood circulation, open yang and disperse stagnation. It is forbidden to be used if the syndromes are deficiency without pathogens, or stagnation of heat in fu organs, or excess heat, etc.
Key words: diaphoresis, clinical application
Writer: Junzhi Zhang, Quanying Lin
People’s hospital of Ningxia Hui autonomous region (750021)
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