Liver Wind from Extreme Heat

Star

热极生风 (Rè Jí Shēng Fēng)

Zang-Fu

Tongue

Deep red, dry

Pulse

Wiry, rapid

Key Symptoms

High feverConvulsions; opisthotonosComa or locked jaw

Overview

Emergency. High fever with convulsions, opisthotonos, locked jaw, or coma. Historical pattern label only. Send to emergency care. Do not treat as an outpatient pattern first.

Full Heat generates interior Wind. Acute febrile emergency.

Differentiate from

  • Liver Wind from Blood xu (chronic fine tremor, pale tongue, no high fever)

Treatment Principle

Clear Heat; extinguish Wind; open the orifices.

Representative formulas. Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang — Ling Yang Jiao (saiga antelope horn) is CITES-restricted; substitute Gou Teng, Tian Ma, and Shi Jue Ming, or use certified farmed/legal horn products where law allows. An Gong Niu Huang Wan if the Pericardium is entered — prescription patent; use certified or artificial bezoar, never unregulated wildlife sources.

Representative points. Bleed jing-well points; LIV-3, LIV-2, DU-14, DU-26, GB-20, KI-1.

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