DUI-YAO - Release the Exterior

Question 1

Ma Huang + Gui Zhi

Answer 1

1. Severe chills and fever, aversion to cold, no sweating, headache, body aches due to Wind-Cold excess type
2. By Syndrome (rhuematic pains) due to wind-cold-damp
3. Cough and asthma due to Wind-Cold obstructing the LU Qi

Ma Huang: stronger, short-lasting, removes EOP from superficial (wei) level ONLY

Gui Zhi: Weaker, longer-lasting, goes deeper than Ma Huang to the Ying level

Question 2

Ma Huang + Xing Ren

Answer 2

1. Cough and asthma due to Wind-Cold
2. Cough and asthma due to LU Heat

Ma Huang: Opens pores to allow dispersing

Xing Ren: Descends Qi once Ma Huang allows dispersing function

HBKIM: Straw with blocked top

Question 3

Jing Jie + Fang Feng

Answer 3

1. Exterior patterns for either Wind-heat or Wind-Cold pathogens
2. Early stages of measles and skin eruptions with itching
3. Early stage of carbuncle or boils, accompanied by chills and fever
4. Blood in the stool/urine, urine, excessive menstruation, diarrhea, dysentery

Question 4

Xin Yi Hua + Cang Er Zi

Answer 4

1. Common cold with headache, nasal congestion, and runny nose due to Wind-Cold
2. Deep source nasal congestion with headache, loss of smell, and turbid nasal phlegm
3. Chronic/acute rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, sinusitism parasinusitis, and frontal sinusitis

Question 5

Sang Ye + Ju Hua

Answer 5

1. Fever, aversion to wind, light sweating, cough, headache and slight thirst due to Wind-Heat
2. Headache, vertigo, photophobia, and red, swollen, painful eyes due to LY Yang rising

Sang Ye: Focus on LU, Cough

Ju Hua: Focus on LV, Eyes

Question 6

Ge Gen + Sheng Ma

Answer 6

1. Early stage of measles, headache, fever
2. incomplete eruption of measles, fever