Stomach-Harmonizing and Muscle-Penetrating Decoction，*Shanghan Dabai* (Comprehensive Explanation of Shanghan), Volume 4.，In patients with summer or autumn heat syndromes, internal accumulated heat is compounded by external pathogenic factors affecting the exterior; furthermore, cold and cool foods suppress the Yang of the Stomach, preventing the pathogenic heat of the Yangming channel from being expelled. Consequently, the patient experiences sweating only on the head, with no sweating elsewhere on the body. Similarly, in cases of measles or epidemic toxins that suppress the Yang of the Stomach, the pathogenic heat cannot be expelled outward, leading to restlessness, shortness of breath, vomiting, fever, and cold feet.
Stomach-Harmonizing and Muscle-Penetrating Decoction
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Formulas Name : Stomach-Harmonizing and Muscle-Penetrating Decoction
Chinese Name : 和胃透肌汤
Drug Formulation
Houpo, Zhike, Guangpi, Chaihu, Gegen, Fangfeng.
Source
*Shanghan Dabai* (Comprehensive Explanation of Shanghan), Volume 4.
Benefits
In patients with summer or autumn heat syndromes, internal accumulated heat is compounded by external pathogenic factors affecting the exterior; furthermore, cold and cool foods suppress the Yang of the Stomach, preventing the pathogenic heat of the Yangming channel from being expelled. Consequently, the patient experiences sweating only on the head, with no sweating elsewhere on the body. Similarly, in cases of measles or epidemic toxins that suppress the Yang of the Stomach, the pathogenic heat cannot be expelled outward, leading to restlessness, shortness of breath, vomiting, fever, and cold feet.
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Stomach-Harmonizing and Muscle-Penetrating Decoction,In patients with summer or autumn heat syndromes, internal accumulated heat is compounded by external pathogenic factors affecting the exterior; furthermore, cold and cool foods suppress the Yang of the Stomach, preventing the pathogenic heat of the Yangming channel from being expelled. Consequently, the patient experiences sweating only on the head, with no sweating elsewhere on the body. Similarly, in cases of measles or epidemic toxins that suppress the Yang of the Stomach, the pathogenic heat cannot be expelled outward, leading to restlessness, shortness of breath, vomiting, fever, and cold feet.