Upper heat, lower cold: Chinese Medicine Cases
3 related cases
📖 Doctor Yu Jiayan (喻嘉言) Case
Toothache and Constant Nasal Discharge? Doctor Yu Jiayan: When Kidney Essence Runs Low, Deficiency Fire Flares Upward — Tonify the Kidneys and Guide the Fire Back Home
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Tian men dong (asparagus root)
📖 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 Luo Tianyi (罗天益) CaseDiarrhea With Undigested Food and Cold Hands and Feet? Doctor Luo Tianyi's Case of Cold Diarrhea After Summer Cold Drinks — Qianshi Baizhu San (Qian Yi's Atractylodes Powder)
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)