Wind strike exterior deficiency patterns
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"Tai Yang Disease in which the exterior pattern hasn't resolved cannot be purged since purging would be an adverse treatment. When one desires to resolve the exterior, Gui Zhi [3] Tang is appropriate."
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"When in Tai Yang diseases initial promotion of sweating fails to resolve the disease and purging is then used, so that the pulse is floating; there will be no recovery. A pulse that is floating means location in the outer body, and if instead purging is used, it will prevent recovery. The pulse is now floating so we know that the disease is located in the outer body and this requires resolution of the outer body to achieve recovery; therefore Gui Zhi Tang is appropriate."
Key word: wind strike, exterior deficiency patterns
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