Gan cao (licorice — harmonizes): Chinese Medicine Cases
3 related cases
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) Case
High 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)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CasePain Under the Ribs and in the Stomach? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treats Liver Fire and Stomach Pain with the 'Strengthen the Spleen First' Iron Triangle
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (raw Huai Chinese yam — tonifies the spleen and stomach), Yu bai zhu (Atractylodes — strengthens the spleen)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseCan't Sleep All Night and Sleeping Pills Don't Work? Doctor Zhang Xichun Cures Insomnia by Strengthening the Spleen and Stomach
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (raw Huai Chinese yam — strengthens the spleen and stomach, the lead herb), Sheng zhe shi (raw hematite — heavy, sends the qi downward)