Shui zhi (leech): Chinese Medicine Cases
4 related cases
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) Case
Black Stool and Mania? Song Dynasty Formula Master Xu Shuwei Treats Cold Damage Blood Stasis and Mania With Di Dang Tang (Leech and Gadfly Decoction) — Purging Out the Black Blood Cures the Madness
Medicine: Shui zhi (leech), Meng chong (gadfly / horsefly)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseDelayed Period with Fever and Fatigue? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Spleen Deficiency Case (Twice Mistreated, Nearly Blind — a Year of Nourishing the Spleen and Stomach Brought Full Recovery)
Medicine: Huang lian (coptis, goldthread), Shui zhi (leech)
📖 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 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)