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Then we have some interesting concomitants to fever with ‘ desire for cold water ’, ‘ taste , bitter ’. See Image 10 .
Next we find fevers with ‘ vomiting ’ of bitter slimy mucus or with liver and spleen pain . See Image 11 .
We have chest complaints with fevers such as oppressed breathing , ‘ congestion of the chest ’ and anxious heart palpitations . See Image 12 .
We have leg complaints in fever such as ‘ extremities , pain ’, ‘ heaviness ’, ‘ pain in the thigh and the knee ’ and ‘ swollen feet ’.
You can get all these different types of concomitants across different regions of the body that are associated with fever in China , and you can derive such information for any remedy of your choice .
These concomitants give you key Stage 2 information . They make your diagnostic symptom , or chief complaint such as fever in this case , qualified . These local concomitants are what make up the Stage 2 information for a remedy .
Conclusion
I hope this article has given you a lot of food for thought on understanding remedies at Stage 1 and Stage 2 . In the next issue , I will share Part Two of this article on how to master remedies at Stage 3 and Stage 4 .
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