Latent pathogen (fu xie): Chinese Medicine Cases
3 related cases
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) Case
A Cold He Didn't Take Seriously Turned Into Consumptive Cough with Afternoon Fever a Year Later? Doctor Zhang Xichun Cleared the Latent Pathogenic Heat First, Then Nourished the Yin — Under Ten Doses Cured Him
Medicine: Sheng shi gao (raw gypsum), Dang shen (codonopsis)
📖 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)
📖 Doctor Luo Tianyi (罗天益, c. 1220–1290) CaseFace Red and Swollen, Legs Ice Cold? Doctor Luo Tianyi's Upper-Heat-Lower-Cold Case (Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin Zi / Universal Relief Toxin-Removing Decoction)
Medicine: Wine-fried huangqin (baical skullcap root), Wine-fried huanglian (coptis rhizome)