Diaphoretic Method ⁽²⁾

A healthy body does not fall ill without external stimuli. Whether these stimuli are what TCM calls internal, external, or non-internal-non-external causes, or what Western medicine calls viruses, bacteria, and mutant cells, their action on the body is harmful; it is precisely because of these…

Many famous Chinese medical works emphasize that, besides taking the medicine, one should induce moderate sweating. For example, Guizhi Tang in the Shanghan Lun requires "warm covering to induce sweating"—that is, covering up with a blanket to sweat. Under the "Wuling San" entry in the…