Upper excess with lower deficiency: Chinese Medicine Cases
3 related cases
📖 Doctor Gong Tingxian (龚廷贤) Case
Dry Mouth at Night, Too Dry to Sleep? Imperial Physician Gong Tingxian's Blood-Nourishing, Yin-Nourishing Treatment for Sjögren's Syndrome (Siwu Tang + Liuwei Dihuang Wan)
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Dang gui (Chinese angelica)
📖 Doctor Yu Jiayan (喻嘉言) CaseVomited a Whole Basin of Blood at Dawn? Doctor Yu Jiayan Treats Life-Threatening Hematemesis After a Night of Excess (Ginseng Decoction with Heixi Pills to Draw the Qi Back Down, Then Donkey-Hide Gelatin and Qiushi)
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Heixi Dan (Black Tin Pills)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseHigh Blood Pressure with Headache and a Sensation of Qi Rushing Up? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Zhengan Xifeng Tang Case of Cerebral Congestion Headache
Medicine: Sheng zhe shi (raw hematite, 30 g at the start — heavy mineral that suppresses upward-rushing qi), Sheng huai di huang (raw rehmannia from Henan — nourishes yin, cools blood)