» conventional diagnoses: common cold; acute or chronic bronchitis; pulmonary abscess; pneumonia.
» etiology: exposure to exogenous pathogenic influences, such as inclimate weather, esp. esp. wind, or stresses of sudden onset
signs and symptoms
signs and syptoms:
fever
aversion to cold
redness
swelling and soreness of the throat
cough or asthma with thick yellowish phlegm
obstructed or runny nose with yellow mucous
headache
body ache
perspiration
thirst
constipation
dark urine
slight chills
epistaxis.
» pulse: fast, floating
» tongue: red with thin yellow coating
course and prognosis
» principle of treatment: pull Wind; disperse Heat
differential diagnosis
footnotes