Externally contracted illness: Chinese Medicine Cases
4 related cases
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) Case
Black Stool and Mania? Song Dynasty Formula Master Xu Shuwei Treats Cold Damage Blood Stasis and Mania With Di Dang Tang (Leech and Gadfly Decoction) — Purging Out the Black Blood Cures the Madness
Medicine: Shui zhi (leech), Meng chong (gadfly / horsefly)
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) CaseAlways Catching Colds With a Thick White Tongue Coating? Song Dynasty Formula Master Doctor Xu Shuwei Treats Cold Damage With a White Slippery Tongue Coating (Zhi Zi Tang to Induce Vomiting, Then Xiao Chai Hu Tang to Harmonize) — and the Thousand-Year History of Tongue Diagnosis
Medicine: Chai hu (bupleurum), Huang qin (baical skullcap root)
📖 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)