Damp-heat: Chinese Medicine Cases
3 related cases
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) Case
Cold Feet Always Mean a Cold Body? Song Dynasty Formula Master Xu Shuwei Cures Cold Legs Below the Knees With Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction) — True Heat Hiding Behind False Cold, Gone in Three Doses
Medicine: Shi gao (gypsum), Zhi mu (anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) CaseSudden Yellow Skin and Eyes (Jaundice)? Song Dynasty Formula Master Doctor Xu Shuwei Uses Yin Chen Hao Tang (Capillaris Decoction) to Clear Damp-Heat — Yellowing Cleared Within Days
Medicine: Yin Chen (capillary artemisia), Zhi Zi (gardenia fruit)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseCough Every Winter That Won't Go Away? Doctor Wu Jutong's Case of Latent Summer-Heat (Fushu) — Three Kernels Decoction: Clear Dampness First, Avoid 'Freezing' the Heat
Medicine: Apricot kernel (xing ren), White cardamom kernel (bai kou ren)