伤寒一日。太阳受病。若脉静者未传诸脏。烦（躁）欲吐。脉急数者。乃传别脏也。宜
桂
枝汤。
太阳为病。头痛项强而恶寒。其脉浮数。宜桂枝汤。太阳中风发热而恶寒。宜桂枝汤。
太阳病中风脉。其阳浮而弱。浮者热自发。弱者汗自出。啬啬恶寒。翕翕发热。鼻鸣干
呕。宜桂枝汤。
太阳病发热汗出。此为荣弱卫强。故便汗出。欲去其邪。更宜服桂枝汤。
太阳病若下之。其气上冲。可与桂枝汤。
太阳病发其汗。汗出不止者。其人必恶寒。小便难。四肢拘急者。宜桂枝附子汤。
太阳病若下之。其脉促。胸中满。宜桂枝汤。
太阳病外证未解。不可下也。宜服桂枝汤发其汗。
太阳病下之不愈。其脉浮者为在外。汗之则愈。宜桂枝汤。
太阳病服桂枝汤烦热不解者。当先针风池风府穴。乃与桂枝汤即愈。
太阳病自汗出。此为荣气和。卫气不和。荣行脉中。卫行脉外。复发其汗。表和即愈。
宜桂枝汤。
太阳病时自发热。汗出不愈者。此卫气不和也。当更发汗即愈。宜桂枝汤。
太阳病发汗已解。半日后复烦躁。其脉浮数者。可复发其汗。宜桂枝汤。
太阳与阳明合病。喘而胸满。不可下也。宜麻黄汤。
太阳病脉浮紧无汗。发热身痛。心烦目瞑。剧者必衄。衄者欲解也。宜麻黄汤。
太阳病头痛发热。身体骨节疼痛。恶风。无汗而喘者。宜麻黄汤。
太阳病脉浮而数者。可发其汗。宜麻黄汤。
太阳与阳明合病而自利。宜术附汤。
太阳与阳明病而不利。但呕者。宜葛根半夏汤。
太阳病项背强无汗。而恶风者。宜麻黄汤。
太阳中风脉浮紧。发热恶寒。身体疼痛。宜大青龙汤。
太阳病脉浮缓。其身不痛。但重。或有轻时。无少阴证者。可大青龙汤。
太阳病表不解。心下有水气。干呕发热。或渴或利。小腹满或喘者。宜小青龙汤。
太阳病发汗。汗解后。其人仍发热。心下悸。头眩。身体 动。宜玄武汤。
太阳病不解。结热在膀胱。其人如狂。其血自下。其外不解。尚未可攻。当解其外。宜
桂枝汤。外已解小腹结者。乃可攻之。宜桃仁承气汤。
太阳病反下之。遂痢不止汗出者。宜葛根黄连汤。
太阳病吐下发汗后。而微烦。小便数。大便坚。可小承气汤。
太阳病发汗。大汗出。胃干烦躁不得眠。其人欲饮水。当稍稍饮之。令胃气和即愈。脉
浮。小便利。微热渴者。宜五苓散。
太阳病发汗后。脉浮而数。复渴者。宜五苓散。
太阳病汗出而渴。宜五苓散。不渴宜茯苓散。
太阳与少阴合病。而自痢者。宜黄芩汤。呕者加半夏生姜汤。
太阳病发汗后。腹胀满者。宜浓朴汤。
太阳病汗后。心下痞满。宜泻心汤。
太阳病汗出后。胃中不和。心下痞坚。干噫。食臭。胁下有水气。腹中雷鸣而痢。宜半
夏泻心汤。
太阳病外未解。数下之。遂夹热而痢。痢不止。心下痞满。表里不解。宜桂枝人参汤。
伤寒病第一天，太阳经受邪。如果脉象平静，说明病邪未传入其他脏腑；若出现烦躁、想呕吐的症状，且脉象急数，说明病邪已传入其他脏腑。此时适宜使用桂枝汤。
太阳经受邪致病，表现为头痛、项部僵硬且恶寒，脉象浮数，适宜使用桂枝汤。
太阳病兼有中风的脉象，其阳脉（寸脉）浮而弱。脉浮表示热象自发，脉弱表示汗液自出，伴有怕冷、发热如羽毛覆盖般轻微、鼻鸣、干呕等症状，适宜使用桂枝汤。
太阳病出现发热、出汗，这是营气虚弱、卫气强盛的表现，因此导致汗出。为了祛除病邪，适宜再次服用桂枝汤。
太阳病发汗后，汗出不止，病人必然感到恶寒，小便困难，四肢拘挛紧急，适宜使用桂枝附子汤。
太阳病的表证尚未解除，不可使用泻下法，适宜服用桂枝汤以发汗解表。
太阳病误用泻下法后病未愈，脉象仍浮，说明病邪仍在体表，发汗即可痊愈，适宜使用桂枝汤。
太阳病服用桂枝汤后，烦热仍未解除，应当先针刺风池穴和风府穴，然后再给予桂枝汤，病即可痊愈。
太阳病自汗出，这是营气调和，但卫气不和所致。营气行于脉中，卫气行于脉外，再次发汗，使表里调和即可痊愈，适宜使用桂枝汤。
太阳病时常发热，出汗后病未愈，这是卫气不和所致，应当再次发汗即可痊愈，适宜使用桂枝汤。
太阳病发汗后病情缓解，半天后又出现烦躁，脉象浮数的，可以再次发汗，适宜使用桂枝汤。
太阳经与阳明经合病，出现气喘且胸部胀满，不可使用泻下法，适宜使用麻黄汤。
太阳病脉象浮紧、无汗，发热且身体疼痛，心烦、眼睛闭合不愿睁开，严重者必定流鼻血，流鼻血是病邪欲解的表现，适宜使用麻黄汤。
太阳病出现头痛、发热，身体骨节疼痛，怕风，无汗且气喘，适宜使用麻黄汤。
太阳经与阳明经合病但未腹泻，只是呕吐的，适宜使用葛根半夏汤。
太阳病脉象浮缓，身体不痛，只是沉重，有时减轻，且没有少阴病证的，可以使用大青龙汤。
太阳病表证未解，心下有停饮水气，出现干呕、发热，或口渴或腹泻，小腹胀满或气喘的，适宜使用小青龙汤。
太阳病发汗后，汗虽解但病人仍发热，心慌悸动，头晕目眩，身体肌肉跳动，适宜使用玄武汤（真武汤）。
太阳病未解，热邪结聚在膀胱，病人神志狂乱，瘀血自行下行，但表证未解，尚不可攻逐瘀血，应当先解表，适宜使用桂枝汤。待表证解除后，若小腹仍有结滞，才可攻逐瘀血，适宜使用桃仁承气汤。
太阳病反被误用泻下法，导致痢疾不止且出汗，适宜使用葛根黄连汤。
太阳病经过吐、下、发汗治疗后，出现轻微心烦，小便频数，大便坚硬，可使用小承气汤。
太阳病发汗后，大汗出，胃中干燥导致烦躁无法入睡，病人想喝水，应少量多次喂水，使胃气调和即可痊愈。若脉浮，小便通利，微热且口渴的，适宜使用五苓散。
太阳病出汗且口渴的，适宜使用五苓散；若不口渴，适宜使用茯苓散。
太阳经与少阴经合病，且出现自发性腹泻的，适宜使用黄芩汤；若伴有呕吐，加用半夏生姜汤。
On the first day of cold damage disease, the Taiyang (Greater Yang) channel is affected. If the pulse is calm, the pathogen has not transmitted to other zang-fu organs; if irritability and a desire to vomit occur, and the pulse is rapid and tense, it indicates transmission to other organs. Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is indicated.
When Taiyang disease occurs, symptoms include headache, stiffness in the neck and nape, and aversion to cold, with a floating and rapid pulse. Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is indicated.
In Taiyang disease accompanied by wind-strike, fever and aversion to cold occur. Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is indicated.
The pulse of Taiyang disease with wind-strike shows a floating and weak Yang pulse (cun position). Floating indicates spontaneous heat; weak indicates spontaneous sweating. Symptoms include slight aversion to cold, mild fever as if covered by feathers, nasal congestion, and dry retching. Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is indicated.
Taiyang disease presents with fever and sweating, indicating weak Ying (Nutritive) Qi and strong Wei (Defensive) Qi, leading to sweating. To expel the pathogen, Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) should be administered again.
If Taiyang disease is mistakenly treated with purgation and vital energy rushes upward, Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) may be given.
After inducing sweating for Taiyang disease, if sweating continues excessively, the patient will likely experience aversion to cold, difficulty urinating, and spasticity of the four limbs. Guizhi Fuzi Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Aconite Decoction) is indicated.
If Taiyang disease is mistakenly treated with purgation, resulting in a hurried pulse and chest fullness, Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is indicated.
When the exterior syndrome of Taiyang disease is unresolved, purgation must not be used. Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) should be taken to induce sweating and resolve the exterior.
If Taiyang disease remains unresolved after mistaken purgation, but the pulse is still floating, the pathogen is still at the exterior. Sweating will cure it. Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is indicated.
If fever and irritability persist after administering Guizhi Tang for Taiyang disease, Fengchi (GB20) and Fengfu (GV16) acupoints should be needled first, followed by Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction), which will lead to recovery.
Spontaneous sweating in Taiyang disease indicates harmonious Ying (Nutritive) Qi but disharmonious Wei (Defensive) Qi. Ying Qi circulates within the vessels, while Wei Qi circulates outside. Re-inducing sweating will harmonize the exterior and cure the disease. Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is indicated.
Frequent fever and unresolved sweating in Taiyang disease indicate disharmonious Wei (Defensive) Qi. Re-inducing sweating will cure it. Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is indicated.
After resolving Taiyang disease through sweating, if irritability recurs half a day later with a floating and rapid pulse, sweating may be induced again. Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is indicated.
In combined Taiyang and Yangming disease, wheezing and chest fullness occur; purgation is contraindicated. Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction) is indicated.
Taiyang disease presenting with a floating-tight pulse, absence of sweating, fever, body pain, irritability, and a desire to keep eyes closed, where severe cases may experience epistaxis (nosebleed) as a sign of impending resolution, requires Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction).
Taiyang disease with headache, fever, body and joint pain, aversion to wind, absence of sweating, and wheezing indicates Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction).
For Taiyang disease with a floating and rapid pulse, sweating may be induced. Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction) is indicated.
In combined Taiyang and Yangming disease with spontaneous diarrhea, Shu Fu Tang (Atractylodes Macrocephala and Aconite Decoction) is indicated.
In combined Taiyang and Yangming disease without diarrhea but with vomiting, Gegen Banxia Tang (Kudzu Root and Pinellia Decoction) is indicated.
Taiyang disease with stiffness in the neck and back, absence of sweating, and aversion to wind indicates Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction).
Taiyang wind-strike with a floating-tight pulse, fever, aversion to cold, and body pain indicates Da Qing Long Tang (Great Blue Dragon Decoction).
Taiyang disease with a floating-slow pulse, no body pain but heaviness (which may occasionally lighten), and absence of Shaoyin syndrome, may be treated with Da Qing Long Tang (Great Blue Dragon Decoction).
When the exterior of Taiyang disease is unresolved and there is fluid retention in the heart region, causing dry retching and fever, or thirst, diarrhea, lower abdominal fullness, or wheezing, Xiao Qing Long Tang (Minor Blue Dragon Decoction) is indicated.
After sweating resolves Taiyang disease, if fever persists, palpitations, dizziness, and tremors of the body muscles occur, Xuan Wu Tang (Black Tortoise Decoction, also known as Zhen Wu Tang) is indicated.
If Taiyang disease is unresolved and heat binds in the Bladder, causing manic behavior, and blood passes spontaneously, but the exterior remains unresolved, attack on the interior is premature. The exterior should be resolved first with Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction). Once the exterior is resolved and binding remains in the lower abdomen, the interior can be attacked with Tao Ren Cheng Qi Tang (Peach Kernel and Rhubarb Decoction).
If Taiyang disease is mistakenly purged, leading to persistent dysentery and sweating, Gegen Huanglian Tang (Kudzu Root and Coptis Decoction) is indicated.
After emesis, purgation, and sweating for Taiyang disease, if mild irritability, frequent urination, and hard stool occur, Xiao Cheng Qi Tang (Minor Order the Qi Decoction) may be used.
After excessive sweating in Taiyang disease, dryness in the Stomach causes irritability and insomnia. The patient desires water; provide small amounts frequently until Stomach Qi harmonizes and recovery occurs. If the pulse is floating, urination is free, and there is slight fever and thirst, Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) is indicated.
After sweating in Taiyang disease, if the pulse becomes floating and rapid and thirst recurs, Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) is indicated.
Taiyang disease with sweating and thirst indicates Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria); if there is no thirst, Lingzao San (Poria Powder) is indicated.
In combined Taiyang and Shaoyin disease with spontaneous diarrhea, Huangqin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction) is indicated; if vomiting occurs, Banxia Shengjiang Tang (Pinellia and Fresh Ginger Decoction) is added.
Abdominal fullness after sweating in Taiyang disease indicates Nongpo Tang (Magnolia Bark Decoction).
Epigastric stuffiness and fullness after sweating in Taiyang disease indicates Xiexin Tang (Drain the Epigastrium Decoction).
After sweating in Taiyang disease, if Stomach disharmony causes epigastric stuffiness and hardness, belching with food odor, fluid retention under the costal region, borborygmus, and diarrhea, Banxia Xiexin Tang (Pinellia and Draining the Epigastrium Decoction) is indicated.
If the exterior of Taiyang disease is unresolved and multiple purgations have been performed, leading to heat-bound dysentery that persists with epigastric stuffiness and simultaneous exterior-interior involvement, Guizhi Renshen Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Ginseng Decoction) is indicated.