Taiyang disease, after eight or nine days, presents with symptoms resembling malaria, fever and chills, more heat and less cold, the patient does not vomit, and the stool is normal, with two grade III episodes in one day. If the pulse is slightly slow, it indicates that the disease is about to be cured; if the pulse is faint and there is aversion to cold, this is a deficiency of dual yin and yang, and one should not induce sweating, purging, or vomiting again; if the face has a hot color, it indicates that the disease has not yet resolved, and because the patient cannot sweat slightly, the body will itch, and it is appropriate to use Cinnamon Twig Ephedra Half and Half Decoction.

Cinnamon Twig Ephedra Half and Half Decoction Formula
Cinnamon Twigone liang and sixteen zhu, peeled Peony Root Fresh Ginger Rhizomesliced Liquorice Rootroasted Ephedraone liang each, with nodes removed Chinese Datefour pieces, crushed Bitter Apricot Seedtwenty-four pieces, soaked in hot water to remove the skin and tips, and both kernels
The above seven ingredients are boiled in five sheng of water, first boil the Ephedra for one or two boils, remove the foam on top, add the other ingredients, boil until one sheng and eight ge remain, strain, and take six ge warm. Originally, it was said Cinnamon Twig Decoctionthree ge, Ephedra Decoctionthree ge, combined to make six ge, administered at one draught, and rest as above.