Bai shao (white peony): Chinese Medicine Cases
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📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) Case
Can't Get Pregnant and Your Period Won't Stop? Doctor Xue Lizhai Cures a Young Woman's Infertility with Just Four Doses of the Spleen-Restoring and Free-and-Easy Formulas — and the Family Decides Against a Concubine
Medicine: Chai hu (bupleurum), Zhi zi (gardenia fruit)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseSwollen Lips and Fever After Childbirth That Only Got Worse: Doctor Xue Lizhai Cures Postpartum Deficiency-Fire — Strengthen Qi First, with Three Formulas Rotated by Time of Day
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseCoughing Up Blood When Angry or Tired? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Two Hematemesis Cases — Soothe the Liver and Drain Fire in the Morning, Boost Qi and Nourish Yin at Night (Xiao Yao San by Day, Gui Pi Tang with Liu Wei Di Huang Wan at Night)
Medicine: Chai hu (bupleurum), Dang gui (angelica root)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseHeavy Bleeding and Waves of Body Heat That Won't Clear No Matter How Much You Cool? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Metrorrhagia Case — True Cold Hiding Behind False Heat (Gui Fu Di Huang Wan to Guide the Fire Home)
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Rou gui (cinnamon bark)
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) CaseStiff Neck, Tight Shoulders, Constant Neck Cramps? Doctor Xu Shuwei Uses Gui Zhi Jia Ge Gen Tang (Cinnamon Twig plus Kudzu Decoction) to Loosen the Stiff Neck and Back
Medicine: Ge gen (kudzu root), Gui zhi (cinnamon twig)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseStomach Pain for Three Years That No Treatment Could Fix? Doctor Zhang Xichun Cleared Latent Heat with Raw Gypsum
Medicine: Sheng shi gao (raw gypsum), Zhi mu (anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseBloody Diarrhea and the Urge That Wouldn't Stop? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treated Heat Dysentery with Raw Gypsum and Ginseng
Medicine: Sheng shi gao (raw gypsum), Bai shao (white peony)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseToo Exhausted to Get Out of Bed? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treated Exhaustion from Overwork with Ginseng, Chinese Yam and Cornus
Medicine: Ye tai shen (wild Codonopsis), Sheng Huai shan yao (raw Chinese yam)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseA Cold He Didn't Take Seriously Turned Into Consumptive Cough with Afternoon Fever a Year Later? Doctor Zhang Xichun Cleared the Latent Pathogenic Heat First, Then Nourished the Yin — Under Ten Doses Cured Him
Medicine: Sheng shi gao (raw gypsum), Dang shen (codonopsis)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseCoughing Up Blood Every Year, Phlegm Choking the Throat, Breathless at the Slightest Movement? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treated Sinking of the Great Qi with Shengxian Tang Plus Longgu and Muli — and One Dose Opened Blocked Urination in the Second Case
Medicine: Sheng huang qi (raw astragalus), Zhi mu (Anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Gong Tingxian (龚廷贤) CaseGasping for Air the Moment He Lay Down, Coughing, Flushed and Sweating? Imperial Physician Gong Tingxian's Around-the-Clock Rescue of Severe Consumption (Human Milk with Heche Dihuang Wan)
Medicine: Zi he che (human placenta), Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia)
📖 Doctor Gong Tingxian (龚廷贤) CaseDizzy the Moment You Close Your Eyes, Spirit Floating, Too Tired to Talk? Imperial Physician Gong Tingxian's Treatment of Deficiency with Zhusha Anshen Wan and Buzhong Yiqi Tang
Medicine: Zhu sha (cinnabar), Huang lian (coptis)
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) CaseHeart Palpitations and Hands Pressed to the Chest? — Song Dynasty Formula Master Doctor Xu Shuwei Treats Heart-Yang Deficiency Caused by Excessive Sweating with Guizhi Gancao Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Licorice Decoction)
Medicine: Gui zhi (cinnamon twig), Zhi gan cao (honey-fried licorice)
📖 Doctor Gong Tingxian (龚廷贤) CaseDry 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 Gong Tingxian (龚廷贤) CaseBelly Bloated with a Lump on the Left Side? Imperial Physician Gong Tingxian's Slow-Building, Qi-Boosting Blood-Nourishing Treatment for Abdominal Distension (Xing Shi Bu Qi Yang Xue Tang, Built on Sijunzi Tang)
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseChest Tightness and Phlegm After Anger? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Triple Combo — Xiaoyao Wan, Buzhong Yiqi Wan, and Liuwei Dihuang Wan — Restores Health Within a Year
Medicine: Chai hu (bupleurum), Dang gui (Chinese angelica)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseFever, Thirst and Heavy Sweating After a Cold Remedy? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Shiquan Dabu Tang with Fuzi Turned It Around Overnight
Medicine: Fu zi (prepared aconite), Ren shen (ginseng)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseInjured Foot But No Bleeding, Wound That Won't Heal? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Shiquan Dabu Tang Rebuilds Qi and Blood
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseFever, Restlessness and a Lychee-Shell Tongue After One Night of Indulgence in a 79-Year-Old Man? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Case of Kidney-Essence Deficiency with Floating False Fire: Shiquan Dabu Tang Plus Bawei Wan to Guide Fire Back to Its Origin
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Rou gui (cinnamon bark)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseSeminal Emission Out of Control After Sex During Dysentery Recovery, Night Sweats Like Rain, Cold Limbs and Sleeplessness? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Case of Kidney-Essence Deficiency Treated with Shiquan Dabu Tang Plus Bawei Wan (Guifu Dihuang Wan) — Cured in Two Doses
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Rou gui (cinnamon bark)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseRed, Blurry Eyes Made Worse by Cooling Herbs? Doctor Xue Lizhai Lifts the Qi and Nourishes the Blood to Heal Eyes and Ears (Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang)
Medicine: Huang qi (astragalus), Ren shen (ginseng)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseVomiting and Bleeding After a Meal and a Fit of Anger During Pregnancy? Doctor Xue Lizhai Stops a Threatened Miscarriage by Clearing Liver Fire and Strengthening the Spleen (Six Gentlemen Decoction Then Augmented Free and Easy Powder, Cured in Four Doses)
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 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) CasePeriod Stopped for Three Months and a Lump in the Belly? Doctor Zhu Danxi Attacked, Supported, Then Stood Back — and Let Her Body Flush Out the Old Blood Itself
Medicine: Mang xiao (mirabilite), Da huang (rhubarb)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseSores Down Below, Itchy and Miserable? Doctor Zhu Danxi Drained Liver-Gallbladder Damp-Heat with Dang Gui Long Hui Wan
Medicine: Dang Gui (angelica root), Long Dan Cao (gentian root)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseJoint Pain So Severe the Neighbors Were Scared? A Case of Bloody Dysentery That Turned into Rheumatic Pain — Doctor Zhu Danxi Treated It with Tao Hong Si Wu Tang
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Dang gui (angelica sinensis)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseBelly Swollen Like a Drum? Doctor Zhu Danxi's Treatment of Ascites: One Patient Died Clinging to a Fixed Formula, Another Recovered in Six Months
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseBloody Stool and a Black, Swollen Belly? Doctor Zhu Danxi's Blood-Nourishing Treatment of Ascites in a Woman
Medicine: Dang gui (angelica sinensis), Chuan xiong (ligusticum)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseElderly Man with Nonstop Phlegm, Dizziness and Weakness? Doctor Zhu Danxi Diagnoses a Great Deficiency (Da Xu Zheng), Rebuilds Vital Qi with Large Tonics, and Clears Phlegm-Heat Gently with Lian Bai Wan
Medicine: Huang qi (astragalus), Ren shen (ginseng)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseKnee Swollen as Big as a Bowl? Doctor Zhu Danxi's Er Miao Wan (Two Marvel Pill) Treats Damp-Heat Pouring Downward (Shi Re Xia Zhu) with Gentle, Stage-by-Stage Tuning
Medicine: Ban xia (pinellia), Huang bai (phellodendron)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseNine Months Pregnant and Suddenly Can't Urinate? Doctor Zhu Danxi Lifted the Qi Instead of Draining the Bladder
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Dang gui (Chinese angelica, body and tail)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseSudden Stroke, Hemiplegia, or Needle-Like Pains? Four Stroke Cases from Doctor Zhu Danxi: Regulate Qi and Blood with the Four Gentlemen and Four Substances Decoctions
Medicine: Ren Shen (ginseng), Bai Zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseHereditary Cough and Wheezing? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Step-by-Step Treatment of Consumptive Lung Disease (Chen Linsheng, Age 18)
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (raw Huaìshan yam), Gou qi zi (goji / wolfberry)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseA Top Student Cracking Under School Pressure? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treats Mania (Deficiency Pattern) by Settling Reversed Qi, Calming the Spirit and Nourishing the Essence
Medicine: Sheng zhe shi (hematite), Ling ci shi (magnetite)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseChild Twitching, Blinking Eyes or Sucking in the Belly? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treats Chronic Infantile Convulsion (Slow Convulsion) by Warming the Spleen
Medicine: Chi shi zhi (red halloysite), Sheng huai shan yao (Chinese yam)
📖 Doctor Gong Tingxian (龚廷贤) CaseBelly Swollen Like a Spider and Gasping for Air? Imperial Physician Gong Tingxian Saved the Princess of Lu with 'Treating Blockage by Filling' (Buzhong Yiqi Tang with Liuwei Dihuang Wan, Six to Seven Jin of Ginseng Before Full Recovery)
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseVomiting Blood and Bloating After Every Meal? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Wen Jiang Tang (Warming and Descending Decoction) for Spleen-Stomach Deficiency Cold
Medicine: Gan jiang (dried ginger), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseChild Convulsions, Vomiting and Diarrhea? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Heavy Shu Di with Fu Zi and Rou Gui for Chronic Infantile Convulsions (Leading Fire Back to Its Origin)
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Shan yao (Chinese yam)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseNeck Tendons Contracting, Stiff Back, Head Pulled Back? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan for Tendon Spasm (Zong Jin Contracture)
Medicine: Ru xiang (frankincense), Mo yao (myrrh)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseHigh Fever So Severe She Fell into a Coma and Wouldn't Wake Up? Doctor Zhang Xichun Brought Her Back with Shigao Jingmi Tang (Gypsum-Rice Decoction)
Medicine: Sheng shi gao (raw gypsum), heavily dosed at 4 liang (about 120+ g), Jing mi (rice)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseChest Heat and Restlessness You Can't Sit Still? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Case of a 92-Year-Old with Upper-Body Deficiency Heat
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (raw Huai Chinese yam), Xuan shen (figwort root)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseShort of Breath, Limp Limbs, Panting After Any Exercise? Doctor Zhang Xichun's 'Lift the Sunken Qi' Formula (Sheng Xian Tang)
Medicine: Sheng huang qi (raw astragalus), Zhi mu (anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseMissed Periods, Chills and Fever, Pain Under the Ribs? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Liyu Shengxian Tang for Sinking Qi with Stagnation (Three Cases)
Medicine: Sheng huang qi (raw astragalus), Zhi mu (anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Wang Mengying (王孟英) CaseRed Tongue, Dry Mouth and No Saliva? Doctor Wang Mengying Saves a Man Whose Yin Deficiency Was Mistreated with Warming Herbs — One Dose Turned the Crisis Around
Medicine: Xuan shen (figwort root / Scrophularia), Zhi mu (Anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseMiscarriage at Two or Three Months of Pregnancy, Every Time — How Doctor Wu Jutong Secured the Fetus with His Great Nourishing Paste (Zhuan Xi Da Sheng Gao) of Blood-and-Flesh Tonics
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Xi yang shen (American ginseng)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseNocturnal Emission, Tinnitus, Dizziness and Chronic Fatigue? Doctor Wu Jutong's Kidney-Yin Deficiency Cases Cured with Zhuan Xi Da Sheng Gao (Great Birth Paste)
Medicine: Xi yang shen (American ginseng), Ren shen (ginseng)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseCoughing Up Blood, Chest Fullness and Constipation? Doctor Wu Jutong's Phlegm-Fluid Retention Case Treated with Modified Xiao Qing Long Tang (Minor Green Dragon Decoction)
Medicine: Yun fu ling (Yunnan poria), Gui zhi (cinnamon twig)
📖 Doctor Miao Xiyong (缪希雍) CaseLeg Pain So Bad After Childbirth She Couldn't Stand? Doctor Miao Xiyong's Four-Dose Cure for Postpartum Spleen-Yin Deficiency
Medicine: Shi hu (dendrobium), Mu gua (papaya)
📖 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) CaseHigh Fever, Diarrhea Until She Fainted? Doctor Zhang Xichun Saved a Dying Maidservant with Prepared Rehmannia (Shu Di Huang)
Medicine: Shu Di Huang (prepared rehmannia), Sheng Shan Yao (dried Chinese yam)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseChild with Nosebleeds Four Times a Day — and Cooling Medicine Made It Worse? Doctor Zhang Xichun Cured Cold-Pattern Epistaxis with Wen Jiang Tang (Warming and Descending Decoction)
Medicine: Gan jiang (dried ginger), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseChest Tightness, Constant Heat, and Terrible Wheezing Every Few Weeks? Doctor Zhang Xichun Cured It by Warming Yang — Because the 'Heat' Was a Lie
Medicine: Gan jiang (dried ginger), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseShort of Breath, Losing Your Appetite, Coughing up Watery White Phlegm? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Liyin Decoction Dissolved the Cold Fluid Congealed in the Chest
Medicine: Gan jiang (dried ginger), Sheng huang qi (raw astragalus)