Emotional disorder: Chinese Medicine Cases
3 related cases
📖 Doctor Zhang Jingyue (张景岳) Case
Foaming at the Mouth, Ice-Cold Limbs — but the Pulse Was Perfectly Calm? Doctor Zhang Jingyue's Feigned-Illness Case — One Look Exposed the Trick, and a Scare with Moxibustion Cured It Overnight
Medicine: Ai rong (moxa floss — mentioned only to frighten the patient; it was never actually applied), Vinegar (served as the 'medicine' to test whether she could swallow)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseBloating, Rib Pain and Afternoon Fever That Kept Getting Worse? Doctor Xue Lizhai Treats Stagnation and Anger Injuring the Liver and Spleen (Guipi Tang in the Morning, Augmented Xiao Yao Wan at Night — Cured in Three Months)
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseGoing Crazy, Raving and Raging? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treats Mania and Psychosis (Schizophrenia) by Draining Phlegm-Heat
Medicine: Sheng zhe shi (hematite), Chuan da huang (rhubarb)