Comparison between Guizhi Decoction and Mahuang Decoction

Mahuang Decoction, according to the traditional Chinese medicine textbook "Prescription Science", its function is to induce sweating and relieve external symptoms; to relieve the lungs and relieve asthma, and to treat exogenous wind and cold Symptoms include aversion to cold and fever, headache and body pain, no sweating and breathlessness, thin white tongue coating, and floating and tight pulse. According to "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" "Diagnosing Taiyang Disease Pulse Syndrome and Treating the Middle Sixth", Mahuang Decoction is the main treatment for Taiyang disease, headache, fever, body pain, back pain, joint pain, aversion to wind and breathlessness without sweating. Ephedra decoction: 3 liang of ephedra (9g removed from the joints), 2 liang of cinnamon twigs (6g peeled), 1 liang of licorice (3g roasted), 70 almonds (6g peeled tips), add four flavors, add 9 liters of water, boil the ephedra first, Reduce two liters, remove the foam; add all the medicines; boil two and a half liters, remove the dross, and drink eight pieces warmly. It's slightly like sweating when you take it, no need to sip the porridge. I am like a cassia branch that is about to die. 36. Those with combined diseases of Taiyang and Yangming, with asthma and chest fullness, should not take it, and should use Ephedra Decoction. 37. Taiyang disease that has gone away in ten days and has a floating and thready pulse and a tendency to lie down has been cured externally. For chest fullness and hypochondriac pain, treat Xiaobuihu Decoction; for patients with floating pulse, treat Mahuang Decoction. Compared with Guizhi Decoction, one can treat superficial deficiency syndrome and the other can treat superficial syndrome. The presence or absence of sweating is an important identifying sign. Lin Yi said: "In Zhongjing's theory, cassia twig is used for spontaneous sweating due to Taiyang apoplexy, and ephedra is used for typhoid fever without sweating." The presence or absence of sweating is the difference between superficial deficiency and excess. Zhongjing said, "If the disease often sweats spontaneously, it means that the Rong Qi is harmonious. If the Rong Qi is harmonious," and "If the patient sweats spontaneously but does not recover from fever, then the Wei Qi is not normal." He Ye. "The inability to sweat means that the Wei Qi is suppressed, the Rong Qi is stagnant, the interstitium is blocked, and the meridians are blocked. The combination of Ephedra and Gui Tong can release the stagnation of Wei Qi to open up the colic, and remove the stagnation of Ying Qi to harmonize Yingwei. The combined efforts of the monarch and the ministers enhance the effect of sweating and relieving the symptoms, which is the main feature of Ephedra Decoction. Mahuang Decoction is a heavy dose for diaphoresis. Aversion to cold, fever without sweating, and wheezing and floating pulse are the key points of diagnosis and treatment. If misused, excessive sweating will lead to loss of yang. If the yang is lost, Zhongjing can use Sini Decoction (Aconite, dried ginger and dried grass) to save it, or if it is serious, use Huiyang to save Ni Decoction. Ephedra decoction uses three parts of Ma Huang and two parts of Guizhi, with Ephedra as the king and Guizhi as the minister. If ephedra is used alone to induce sweating, it can only relieve the stagnation of Wei Qi, so it can be used to reconcile Rong Wei Qi and make it feel slightly like sweating, without sipping porridge. I am like a cassia branch that is about to die. Chen, it relieves the muscles, warms the meridians and dispels cold, which not only enhances the power of sweating, but also harmonizes the body and mind. Almond has the effect of relieving the lungs and relieving asthma, and roasted licorice can relieve the strong and strong nature of numbness and cinnamon. The usage of Ephedra Decoction is basically the same as Guizhi Decoction. There is no need to drink hot porridge after taking medicine. "It's as if you're sweating, but you don't need to sip the porridge. It's like a cinnamon twig, and it's about to stop." For sweating, it's necessary to "take it and it's like sweating" but don't sweat profusely. Ephedra decoction and Guizhi decoction are the basic prescriptions for sweating. From this, many famous prescriptions for suppressing sweating can be derived. In the next section, we will examine this point