Catching a chill: Chinese Medicine Cases
3 related cases
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) Case
Common Cold with Fever and Body Aches? Doctor Zhu Danxi Sweated by Nourishing — Treating a Weak Man's Cold with Tonics Instead of Sweating Herbs
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseDelirious and Utterly Weak After a Cold? Doctor Zhu Danxi Tonifies Qi First — Rescuing Two Patients Wrongly Sweated and Purged
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Huang qi (astragalus)
📖 Doctor Luo Tianyi (罗天益, c. 1220–1290) CaseHalf-Body Numbness, Then Afraid of Wind and Cold After Sweating — Can't Even Leave the House? Doctor Luo Tianyi's Case of Mistaken Sweating (Huangqi Jianzhong Tang / Astragalus Middle-Fortifying Decoction)
Medicine: Huangqi (astragalus, 黄芪), Baizhu (atractylodes, 白术)