Disharmony of Nutritive and Defensive Qi
营卫不和yíng wèi bù hé · exterior (deficiency)
Tongue
thin white coating
Pulse
floating and moderate (relaxed), or floating and weak
Description
A milder exterior pattern in which the Defensive (Wei) and Nutritive (Ying) Qi lose their coordination at the surface, giving sweating that does not relieve and aversion to wind.
Symptoms
sweating that brings no relief, or sweating on only part of the body aversion to wind and drafts low-grade fever or a feverish feeling dislike of cold no strong thirst a general feeling of being unwell, with body aches
Treatment principle
harmonise the Nutritive and Defensive Qi
Recommended formulas
桂枝汤
Points
Lieque
Hegu
Feishu
Dazhui
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