gan mao

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A student told me that he read in a book about gan mao that the three main

criteria for wind-cold are:

 

1)fever and chills

2)stiff neck or headache

3)floating pulse

 

And that having any 2 of these 3 would make the dx. seems reasonable.

 

It does raise the issue of fever and chills. We have talked about this

before (in the context of shaoyang fever). I have had other teachers tell

me that in gan mao, some feverish complaint is required to make the dx.

Many times my patients present with mild sore throat and no other signs of

gan mao or exterior wind. they may or may not have floating pulse. even

so, that's usually not enough for me. but add a sudden onset, runny nose,

headache and even without fever, then ... Any thoughts?

 

 

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