In Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Xu Ling pointed out: the upper energizer can pass through, the body fluid can descend, the stomach gas is discharged due to harmony, and the body sweats. "These four sentences affirmed the efficacy of Bupleurum, so the symptoms were cured. 」
Taking Xiaochaihu decoction can make the upper and lower parts accessible and the exterior and interior unobstructed. In other words, Xiaochaihu decoction has the effect of harmonizing exterior and interior, and reaching up and down.
Then, all diseases that are inconsistent in appearance and impassability in upper and lower levels can be treated with Xiaochaihu decoction.
Article 96 of Treatise on Febrile Diseases says: "For those who have a stroke on the fifth or sixth day of typhoid fever, feel cold and fever, pain in the chest and hypochondrium, fatigue and nausea, or feel chest tightness but not nausea, or thirst, or abdominal pain, or hypochondriac swelling and pain, or palpitation, dysuria, or thirst, slight fever, or cough, Xiaochaihu Decoction is the main prescription. 」
"Typhoid fever and stroke on the 5th or 6th day" seems meaningless. We can interpret it as typhoid fever or stroke (or other exogenous diseases) and have been ill for several days (not just now). Symptoms are quite chaotic, such as annoyance, vomiting, fullness and pain, but it is suspected that cold and heat are exterior syndrome. Combined with symptoms, we can neither draw the conclusion that pathogenic factors are on the exterior nor on the exterior. At the same time, chest tightness, upset, cough, nausea, hypochondriasis, abdominal pain, dysuria and other symptoms appear. In the face of this disease, it is not enough to simply use sweating, purgation or even vomiting, but Xiaochaihu decoction can make the exterior and interior smooth and connect up and down. Smooth up and down, qi moving up and down, symptoms self-healing. Even if there are remnants left in a corner, they can be removed with the card.
The author once consulted a parturient who had a high fever for 5 days and the fetus could not be delivered. Acute symptoms: fullness in chest and abdomen, asthma in sitting and lying, bitter taste in mouth and dry throat, vexation and vomiting, red tongue with white fur and rapid pulse. Shaoyang disease was identified with Xiaochaihu decoction and treated with Xiaochaihu decoction. Prescription: Bupleurum chinense 12g, Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi 12g, Jiang Banxia 9g, Codonopsis pilosula 9g, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus 9g, 3 slices of ginger, 3g of raw licorice and motherwort 15g. Take it twice in the afternoon 1 dose, and the fetus will give birth naturally after the fever has gone down at night.
Xiaochaihu decoction seems to have nothing to do with childbirth. However, the harmony between the exterior and the interior and the accessibility of the triple energizer are favorable conditions for a smooth delivery. In this case, the fetus can give birth smoothly, thanks to the use of Xiaochaihu decoction, which is the result of "the upper focus is unobstructed, the body fluid is flushed downwards, and the stomach and qi are in harmony".