Always thirsty: Chinese Medicine Cases
6 related cases
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) Case
Can't Sleep at Night with a Restless Heart and a Heavy Head? Doctor Xu Shuwei's Two-Step Cure for Insomnia After Mistaken Sweating — First Zhuling Tang (Polyporus Decoction), Then a Decoction to Restore Fluids
Medicine: Zhu ling (polyporus), Fu ling (poria)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseShortness of Breath, Can't Catch Your Breath, Worse After Anger? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Case of Anger-Induced Sunken Chest Qi — Shengxian Tang (Ascending the Sunken Qi Decoction)
Medicine: Sheng huang qi (raw astragalus), Zhi mu (anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseAsthma Attacks, Panting That Won't Stop, and Diarrhea You Can't Control? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Case Treated with the Single-Herb Yam Drink (一味薯蓣饮)
Medicine: Dry Chinese yam slices (gan shan yao pian), Zhi mu (anemarrhena rhizome) — the cooling partner for huang qi
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseAlways Thirsty, Constantly Urinating, Getting Thinner No Matter How Much You Eat? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treated Xiaoke (Diabetes) with Yu Ye Tang (Jade Liquid Decoction) — Chinese Yam as the Core Herb
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao / raw huai yam (Chinese yam), Sheng huang qi / raw astragalus
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseBody Feels Hot Like Fire but Cooling Herbs Only Make It Worse? Doctor Xue Lizhai Treats Kidney Yang Deficiency False Heat (Jinkui Shenqi Wan — Cured in About Twenty Doses)
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Shan yao (Chinese yam)
📖 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)