1 Exterior Syndrome

(1) Exterior Syndrome

This refers to relatively shallow disease locations, typically involving exogenous pathogenic factors. Common symptoms include headache, body pain, fever with chills, floating pulse, and thin tongue coating. If accompanied by aversion to wind, sweating, and slow pulse, it is classified as exterior deficiency syndrome (commonly referred to as "wind invasion"); if accompanied by aversion to wind, no sweating, and tight pulse, it is exterior excess syndrome (commonly referred to as "cold invasion"); and if accompanied by thirst, more heat than cold, and rapid pulse, it is exterior heat syndrome (commonly referred to as "warm disease"). In terms of therapeutic formulas, Guizhi Decoction is the primary prescription for exterior deficiency syndrome, Ma Huang Decoction for exterior excess syndrome, and Sangju Drink for exterior heat syndrome.