Common cold: Chinese Medicine Cases
9 related cases
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) Case
Stiff Neck, Tight Shoulders, Constant Neck Cramps? Doctor Xu Shuwei Uses Gui Zhi Jia Ge Gen Tang (Cinnamon Twig plus Kudzu Decoction) to Loosen the Stiff Neck and Back
Medicine: Ge gen (kudzu root), Gui zhi (cinnamon twig)
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) CaseUnbearable Pain Under the Ribs Reaching to the Navel? Song Dynasty Formula Master Doctor Xu Shuwei Diagnoses Shao Yang Pattern and Treats It With Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) From the Treatise on Cold Damage — Pain Stopped After Three Doses
Medicine: Chai hu (bupleurum), Huang qin (baical skullcap root)
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) CaseHigh Fever With Thirst and Exhaustion? Song Dynasty Formula Master Doctor Xu Shuwei Uses Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang (White Tiger Plus Ginseng Decoction) to Clear Heat and Nourish Qi — Both Patients Fully Recovered
Medicine: Sheng shi gao (raw gypsum), Zhi mu (anemarrhena rhizome)
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) CaseFever That Comes and Goes, a Cold That Just Won't Leave? Doctor Xu Shuwei Treats Cold Damage with Gui Zhi Ma Huang Ge Ban Tang (Half Cinnamon Twig and Ephedra Decoction) — Resolve the Exterior Before Purging
Medicine: Gui Zhi (cinnamon twig), Ma Huang (ephedra)
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) CaseCough and Wheezing After a Cold? Doctor Xu Shuwei Prescribed Guizhi Jia Houpu Xingzi Tang (Cinnamon Twig, Magnolia Bark and Apricot Kernel Decoction) — When a Guizhi Tang Pattern Comes With a Bit of Wheezing, Add Two Herbs
Medicine: Gui zhi (cassia twig), Shao yao (peony root)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseCommon 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 Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseCommon Cold with Chills and Shivering — What to Do? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treated Taiyang-Shaoyin Dual Cold Invasion with Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Tang (Ephedra, Aconite, and Asarum Decoction)
Medicine: Mahuang (ephedra), Zhi fuzi (prepared aconite)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseCommon Cold with Chills and Shivering — What to Do? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treated Taiyang-Shaoyin Dual Cold Invasion with Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Tang (Ephedra, Aconite, and Asarum Decoction)
Medicine: Mahuang (ephedra), Zhi fuzi (prepared aconite)