Gui zhi (cassia twig): Chinese Medicine Cases
10 related cases
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) Case
Stroke with a Contracted Arm, Choking on Water, Unable to Speak? Doctor Wu Jutong's Case: The Pungent-Cool Method of Opening the Water Passages
Medicine: Sheng shi gao (raw gypsum), Xing ren (apricot kernel)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseLegs and Feet Swelling, Urine Drying Up? Doctor Wu Jutong's Case of Edema: From Wuling San to a Half-Kilo of Herbs a Day, the Swelling Melted Away in Half a Month
Medicine: Gui zhi (cassia twig), Rou gui (cinnamon bark)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseCan't Swallow Food, Food Getting Stuck in Your Chest? Doctor Wu Jutong's Case of Dysphagia (Ye Ge): Jintui Huanglian Tang and a Prescription to Travel the Mountains and Waters
Medicine: Huang lian (coptis), Gan jiang (dried ginger)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseCoughing Up Pus with Foul-Smelling Phlegm, Lungs Feeling Like They Are Festering? Doctor Wu Jutong's Lung Abscess Cases — the Qianjin Weijing Tang (Reed Stem Decoction): One Herb Used at 240 g, Pus Reduced by 80–90% After Two Bowls
Medicine: Lu gen / wei jing (reed rhizome / reed stem), Dong gua ren (wax gourd seed)
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) CaseCough and Wheezing After a Cold? Doctor Xu Shuwei Prescribed Guizhi Jia Houpu Xingzi Tang (Cinnamon Twig, Magnolia Bark and Apricot Kernel Decoction) — When a Guizhi Tang Pattern Comes With a Bit of Wheezing, Add Two Herbs
Medicine: Gui zhi (cassia twig), Shao yao (peony root)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseBloated Belly That Isn't Really 'Blocked': Ming Imperial Physician Doctor Xue Lizhai Cured Yang-Deficiency Abdominal Distension with Jinkui Shenqi Wan — Well in Under a Month
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Shan zhu yu (cornus fruit)
📖 Doctor Yu Jiayan (喻嘉言) CaseBloating So Bad You Can't Eat or Pass Stool or Urine? Yu Jiayan Treats Deficiency Bloating (Lizhong Tang + Wuling San): Stopping the Doctor Who Wanted to Purge with Two Liang of Rhubarb
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseTen Years Unable to Eat, Seizures at Any Sound? Doctor Wu Jutong's Case of Liver Constraint (Gan Zhao) and Collateral Disease Treated with Xuanfu Flower Decoction
Medicine: Xuan fu hua (inula flower), Xin jiang (newly dyed silk, the much-debated ingredient)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseMissed Periods at 19, Rib Pain So Bad She Couldn't Eat? Doctor Wu Jutong's Case of Amenorrhea from Liver Constraint and Blood Stasis, Treated with Xuanfu Flower Decoction and Huazheng Huisheng Pills
Medicine: Xin jiang (newly dyed silk), Xuan fu hua (inula flower)
📖 Doctor Miao Xiyong (缪希雍) CaseShivering, Chills Then Fever at Regular Times (Malaria)? Doctor Miao Xiyong Stops It Overnight — Three Formulas, Five Doses in One Day and Night: Large-Dose Zhuye Shigao Tang (Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction) with Guizhi to Clear Heat, Spleen-Strengthening Digestives, Then Ren Shen and Sheng Jiang Pi (Ginger Peel) at the Fifth Watch
Medicine: Sheng shi gao (gypsum), Zhu ye (bamboo leaf)