Warm-febrile disease, heat syndromes

Pestilence is a type of virulent infectious disease caused by heat-toxins, such as epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, poliomyelitis and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The warm-febrile diseases develop in the body at four levels, referred to as Wei, Qi, Ying and Xue. In pestilence cases,... 

This syndrome is the initial stage of a warm-febrile disease and is equal to exterior wind-heat syndrome in Eight Principle Differentiation. The pathogenic factors are wind and heat. Their pathway of invasion is the nose and throat to the Lung. The wind-heat disturbs the function of the Lung and its related regions, the superficial parts of the body. In the differentiation of warm-febrile diseases, the term Wei syndrome indicates that the pathogenic factor is at the Wei level. 

It is used for the late stage and the recovery stage of warm-febrile diseases, and a mild syndrome of cough and wheezing due to mild smoldering heat in the Lung, such as in the recovery period of bronchitis in children. 

Damp-febrile disease is one type of febrile disease the other is warm-febrile disease, which is discussed in Chapter 3, Internal heat syndrome and formula composition. Damp-febrile disease is an infectious disease caused by exterior pathogenic damp-heat and is related to area and climate. 

This syndrome is usually seen in a warm-febrile disease. When the pathogenic heat has passed Wei, Qi, Ying and Xue levels, the heat is not... 

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