Key points in recognizing the symptoms of epiphyllum soup

The main points of diagnosis of Pseudostemonitis Tang are back cold (fear of cold), cold hands and feet, body pain, and bone joint pain. It has the efficacy of warming the meridians and dispersing cold (warming the meridians of the body and dispelling the cold in the body). It can be used for treating Shaoyin disease (disease caused by invasion of Shaoyin meridian by exogenous pathogen), which is characterized by one or two days, mouth neutralization and back coldness, Shaoyin disease, body pains, cold hands and feet, bone joint pains and sunken pulse. This formula is often used in modern clinics to treat rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis joint pain, etc., which are diseases of yang deficiency and coldness; it can also be used in chronic cardiac insufficiency, chronic nephritis, bandhas, late menstruation, and prolapse of organs caused by certain functions (gastric prolapse, uterine prolapse), etc., which are diseases of spleen and kidney yang deficiency (yang qi deficiency of the spleen and the kidneys), and cold-dampness internal obstruction. Parsley is poisonous in this formula. When applying this formula, attention should be paid to the preparation, dosage and decoction time to prevent poisoning. If medication is needed, it should be diagnosed by a doctor and the treatment should be standardized according to the doctor’s prescription.