True heat with false cold: Chinese Medicine Cases
5 related cases
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) Case
Cold Feet Always Mean a Cold Body? Song Dynasty Formula Master Xu Shuwei Cures Cold Legs Below the Knees With Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction) — True Heat Hiding Behind False Cold, Gone in Three Doses
Medicine: Shi gao (gypsum), Zhi mu (anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Yu Jiayan (喻嘉言) CaseCold Hands and Feet Like Ice, Shivering All Over — Is It Always Yang Deficiency? Doctor Yu Jiayan's Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang (Regulating the Stomach and Purging Qi Decoction) for Heat Reversal (Re Jue) from Yangming Fu Excess — True Heat Hidden Behind False Cold
Medicine: Da huang (rhubarb), Mang xiao (Glauber's salt)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseAlways Cold No Matter How Warm You Dress? Doctor Zhu Danxi's Ginger-Juice Cure for 'False Cold'
Medicine: Sheng jiang zhi (ginger juice), Xiang you (sesame oil)
📖 Doctor Wang Mengying (王孟英) CaseWearing a Cotton Coat in Summer and Still Freezing? Doctor Wang Mengying's Bitter-Cold Herbs (Rhubarb and Mirabilite) for True Heat with False Cold
Medicine: Da huang (rhubarb), Mang xiao (Mirabilite / sodium sulfate)
📖 Doctor Li Dongyuan (李东垣) CaseLegs Too Weak to Stand, Cold All Over — Yet the Real Problem Was Heat? Doctor Li Dongyuan's Zi Shen Wan for 'True Heat, False Cold'
Medicine: Zhi mu (anemarrhena), Huang bai (phellodendron)