Ms. Sun, female, 28 years old. Constitution has always been weak, recently suffered from constipation for four days, and also contracted external wind-cold. After diarrhea, had watery stools four to five times, then experienced profuse sweating, sweating like rain. Although the fever subsided and the external symptoms were relieved, she was restless during the day and had difficulty sleeping, but was calm at night, without vomiting or thirst, with cold hands and feet, deep and faint pulse, and low blood pressure (80/50 mmHg). This is a case of excessive pudendal coldness and severe deficiency of yang qi. Immediate restoration of yang is required, urgently decoct Dried Ginger and Aconite Decoction with modifications:
Aconite Lateral Root 9g Dried Ginger 30g Ginseng 9g
Decocted concentrated and administered at draught, one dose greatly reduced symptoms, and two doses cured.