Liver wood attacking spleen earth: Chinese Medicine Cases
5 related cases
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) Case
Hiccups That Won't Stop After Diarrhea? Doctor Zhu Danxi Nourished the Spleen and Cleared Damp-Heat — and Refused Aconite and Ginger
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseLeg Pain, with Arms Afraid of Heat and Legs Afraid of Cold? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treats Upper-Heat Lower-Cold Leg Pain by Tonifying the Liver with Heavy-Dose Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit)
Medicine: Shan zhu yu (cornelian cherry fruit, cornel dogwood fruit — heavily tonifies the liver; 'gets the fullest wood qi,' astringent yet wonderfully regulating; the special key herb of this case), Dang gui (Chinese angelica — nourishes blood)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseBloated, No Appetite, Constipated After Getting Angry or Upset? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Shengjiang Tang (Rising and Falling Decoction) for Liver Depression with Spleen Weakness
Medicine: Raw ji nei jin (chicken gizzard lining), Ye tai shen (dang shen / codonopsis)
📖 Doctor Gong Tingxian (龚廷贤) CaseVomiting Everything, Eight Days Without Food, Death Bed Already Prepared? Doctor Gong Tingxian's Modified Erchen Tang for Qi-Stagnation Phlegm-Heat Vomiting — Calmed in Two Doses
Medicine: Ban Xia (Pinellia), Fu Ling (Poria)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseBelly Pain, Diarrhea and a Lingering Fever? Doctor Zhang Xichun Softened the Liver with White Peony Root to Stop the Wood Attacking the Earth
Medicine: Sheng hang shao (raw white peony root), Huai shan yao (Chinese yam)