Kidney deficiency (shen xu): Chinese Medicine Cases
3 related cases
📖 Doctor Yu Jiayan (喻嘉言) Case
Kidney Deficiency from Overindulgence: Cough, Chest Tightness and Boils — Doctor Yu Jiayan Explains How Squandering Your Jing Can Kill You (A Wealthy Merchant Who Chose Rent Over Medicine)
Medicine: Dried ginger (gan jiang), Aconite (fu zi)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseDizzy with Constant Phlegm — Must You Always Attack the Phlegm? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Warning: Both Symptoms Come from Kidney Deficiency, and the Same Pill That Saved One Man Killed Another (Suhexiang Wan)
Medicine: Suhexiang Wan's aromatic herbs: bing pian (borneol), ding xiang (clove), an xi xiang (benzoin), tan xiang (sandalwood), Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseMouth Ulcers That Keep Coming Back and Flare Up After Ginger or Garlic — Doctor Xue Lizhai on Deficient-Fire Canker Sores: an Elder Brother with Phlegm and Dizziness, Cured by Gui Fu Di Huang Wan and Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Yet Relapsing Within a Month (Fire Not Returning to Its Source)
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Shan yu rou (cornus fruit)