Ma Huang Tang was used to treat 292 cases of infantile high fever due to externally contracted syndrome. Prescription: ma huang, xing ren, gui zhi, gan cao. Dosage: for patients younger than 3 years old, 6g each; for thos 4~7 years old, 8g each; for older than 8 years old, 10g each. 1 dose every day, taken after being decocted. Results: Within 48 hours, 282 cases’ body temperature returned to normal and main symptoms disappeared, 10 cases were ineffective.
5g ma huang, 10g xing ren, 20g shi gao and 5g gan cao were decocted and concentrated to a liquid of 267%. Dosage: <2 years old, 2.5ml every time, 4 times every day; 2~5 years old, 5ml every time, 3 times every day; >5 years old, 5ml every time, 4 times every day. Among the 32 treated cases of acute lower respiratory infection, 31 were cured, 1 improved.
105 cases of chronic bronchitis in persistent stage were treated with the following formula: ma huang, xing ren, chen pi, ban lan gen, bei sha shen, 10g each; fu ling 20g; su geng, zhi gan cao, su zi, bai jie zi, lai fu zi, 6g each; gua lou pi 5g, sheng jiang 3 pieces, 1 dose every day, taken after being decocted, 10 days as a course of treatment. Results: 105 were clinically controlled, 103 markedly effective, 86 improved, 6 ineffective.
zhi ma huang 5~10g, lian qiao 10~20g, xing ren 4~10g, chi xiao dou 12~30g, sheng sang bai pi 10~30g, zhi gan cao 3g, sheng jiang 3~10g, da zqo 2~4 pieces, yu xing cao 30~60g, 1 dose every day, taken after being decocted. Above method was used to treat 30 cases of acute nephritis. Results: 24 were markedly effective, 5 improved, 1 ineffective.