Half exterior-half interior type
  Half exterior-half interior type occurs when an exogenous evil turns toward the interior but has not completely reached the interior, or when an interior type exits to the exterior but has not yet completely reached the exterior of the body. This is a sign of a fight between the body's disease preventing forces and invading evils in between the body's exterior and interior regions, which cause symptoms like alternating episodes of chills and fever, feeling of oppression over the chest and rib sides, irritability, nausea, dizziness, poor appetite, dry throat and a bitter taste in mouth. The pulse is taut on examination.
ban biao ban li 半表半裏
  半表半裏指疾病發展過程中，正邪互相搏鬥，病邪既不能入裏，正氣又不能驅邪出表，造成病邪處於表裏之間。病人通常表現寒熱往來明顯，兼有口苦、咽乾、頭暈眼花、胸脅苦滿、心煩、噁心、厭食、脈弦等。