Edema: Chinese Medicine Cases
13 related cases
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) Case
Edema, Urinary Difficulty, and Cold Hands and Feet from Years of a Bad Temper: Doctor Xue Lizhai Warns Yang and Strengthens the Body After Previous Doctors Made It Worse — How to Correctly Treat Illnesses Caused by Long-Term Emotion
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Shan zhu yu (cornus fruit)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseLegs and Feet Swelling, Urine Drying Up? Doctor Wu Jutong's Case of Edema: From Wuling San to a Half-Kilo of Herbs a Day, the Swelling Melted Away in Half a Month
Medicine: Gui zhi (cassia twig), Rou gui (cinnamon bark)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseWhole-Body Swelling, Scanty Urine and Bloating? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Bai Shao (White Peony Root) Formula for Yin-Deficiency Edema
Medicine: Bai shao (white peony root), Xuan shen (figwort root)
📖 Doctor Yu Jiayan (喻嘉言) CaseAfter Chickenpox, a Boy's Scrotum Swelled Like a Lantern and His Intestine Bulged Out? Doctor Yu Jiayan: Clear Lung Heat and Moisten Lung Dryness — Two Herbs Cured It in Eight Days
Medicine: Huang qin (baical skullcap root), E jiao (donkey-hide gelatin)
📖 Doctor Yu Jiayan (喻嘉言) CaseAfter Chickenpox, a Boy's Scrotum Swelled Like a Lantern and His Intestine Bulged Out? Doctor Yu Jiayan: Clear Lung Heat and Moisten Lung Dryness — Two Herbs Cured It in Eight Days
Medicine: Huang qin (baical skullcap root), E jiao (donkey-hide gelatin)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseFace Swollen and Appetite Gone After an Angry Late-Night Feast? Doctor Zhu Danxi on Facial Swelling from Rage and Overeating
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes macrocephala)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseWhole-Body Swelling That Pits When Pressed? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treats Edema from Yin Deficiency by Nourishing Yin and Promoting Urination
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (dried Huai Chinese yam — tonifies the spleen and supports the righteous qi; the foundation of the treatment), Shu huai di huang (cooked Rehmannia — greatly tonifies the essence of the liver and kidney, above all kidney essence; the leading herb of the second formula)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseWhole-Body Swelling That Pits When Pressed? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treats Edema from Yin Deficiency by Nourishing Yin and Promoting Urination
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (dried Huai Chinese yam — tonifies the spleen and supports the righteous qi; the foundation of the treatment), Shu huai di huang (cooked Rehmannia — greatly tonifies the essence of the liver and kidney, above all kidney essence; the leading herb of the second formula)
📖 Doctor Gong Tingxian (龚廷贤) CaseFeet Swollen and Urine Scant After Dysentery? Imperial Physician Doctor Gong Tingxian's One-Dose Fix with Buzhong Yiqi Decoction plus Aconite
Medicine: Buzhong Yiqi Decoction, Fu zi (aconite)
📖 Doctor Zhang Jingyue (张景岳) CaseLegs and Feet Swollen Like Boots, Belly Hard as a Drum — Doctor Zhang Jingyue's All-Out Tonifying Cure for Edema (Shenfu Liyin Jian): Fully Recovered in 20 Doses
Medicine: Shu Di Huang (prepared Rehmannia), Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseElderly Leg Swelling, Whole-Body Edema and Scanty Urine? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Xuanyang and Jiyin Decoctions for Yin-Yang Dual Deficiency Edema
Medicine: Ren Shen (ginseng), Mai Dong (ophiopogon root)
📖 Doctor Li Dongyuan (李东垣) CaseCan't Urinate, Belly Swollen Like a Drum? Doctor Li Dongyuan Thought All Night and Came Up With Zi Shen Wan — Cured in One Dose
Medicine: Zhi mu (anemarrhena), Huang bai (phellodendron)
📖 Doctor Luo Tianyi (罗天益, c. 1220–1290) CaseFace Swollen, Legs Swollen, Whole Body Puffy? Doctor Luo Tianyi's Pingwei San (Calm the Stomach Powder) & Daozhi Tongjing Tang (Guide Stagnation and Unblock the Channels Decoction) for Edema
Medicine: Cangzhu (black atractylodes), Houpo (magnolia bark)