Fever that won't break: Chinese Medicine Cases
3 related cases
📖 Doctor Miao Xiyong (缪希雍) Case
Fever, Thirst and Foaming at the Mouth for Over Twenty Days That No Doctor Could Fix? Doctor Miao Xiyong's Ming Dynasty Epidemic Fever Case — One Dose of Dan Dou Chi, Sheng Shi Gao, Zhi Mu and Mai Men Dong Sweats the Pathogen Out
Medicine: Dan dou chi (fermented soybean), Sheng shi gao (raw gypsum)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseChills and Fever on a Strict Schedule, and Medicine Wouldn't Make Him Sweat? Doctor Zhu Danxi's Basin of Herbal Foot-Soak Opened the Blocked Channels
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 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)