General Introduction of Six Meridians Differentiation-Shaoyang Stage (part V) [1]

There is Shaoyang and Yangming combination disease in Shaoyang stage. The yang door closes and the hinge of yang door dysfunctions. Treatment principle is to regulate Shaoyang and purge Yangming Fu-organ heat. The formula is Da Chai Hu [3] Tang and Chai Hu Jia Mang Xiao [4] Tang. Also there is Shaoyang cold pattern in Shaoyang stage. The cold evil attacks the Shaoyang stage, causing the hinge of yang door dysfunction. The chief signs are: fullness in the chest and rib-side, mild bind, inhibited urination, thirst without retching, sweating only from the head, alternating aversion to cold and fever, and heat vexation the treatment with Chai Hu Gui Zhi [5] Gan Jiang [6] Tang.