Strange illnesses often arise from phlegm: Chinese Medicine Cases
2 related cases
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) Case
Talking Nonsense and Seeing Things That Aren't There? Doctor Zhu Danxi Fortified Upright Qi and Resolved Phlegm to Cure a Case That Looked Like 'Possession'
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseSeeming Possessed or Haunted? Doctor Zhu Danxi Saved One Patient with a Bowl of Salt Water and Watched Another Die — Phlegm Clouding the Heart Orifices
Medicine: Salt (salt-water emetic), Goose feather (to tickle the throat and help bring up the vomit)