The principle of six-stage in Treatise on Febrile Diseases has been full of opinions for thousands of years.The School of classical prescription decoctionism,originated from Liao Jiping,was founded on Liu Minshu,and developed by Bian Songjing.It has unique views on the principle of six-stage.The principles are as follows:"the principle of taiyang disease is floating pulse,yang-ming disease is abdominal fullness,shaoyang disease is distressing fullness in chest and hypochon-drium,taiyin disease is vomiting diarrhea and abdominal pain,shaoyin disease is diarrhea and faint-thready pulse,and jueyin disease has no principle."
School of Classical Prescription DecoctionismTreatise on Febrile Diseasesthe princi-ple of six-stageLiu MinshuBian Songjing