Getting thinner and thinner: Chinese Medicine Cases
10 related cases
📖 Doctor Miao Xiyong (缪希雍) Case
Two Months Without Sleep, Unable to Eat, Wasting Away? Doctor Miao Xiyong's Case of Yin-Deficiency Insomnia: Large-Dose Ginseng to Tonify Qi and Settle the Spirit
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Suan zao ren (sour jujube seed)
📖 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 Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseAlways Feel Cold Inside and Your Left Side Feels Heavy? Doctor Zhang Xichun Cured Liver Yang Deficiency with Raw Astragalus (Huangqi) as the Leading Herb, Paired with Chaihu, Chuanxiong and Ganjiang
Medicine: Sheng huangqi (raw astragalus), Chaihu (bupleurum)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseMissed Periods and a Hard Lump in the Belly? Doctor Zhang Xichun First Tonified Vital Qi, Then Removed Blood Stasis to Dissolve the Amenorrhea Mass
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (raw huai yam), Da gan gou qi (large sweet wolfberry)
📖 Doctor Yu Jiayan (喻嘉言) CaseHard Lump in the Belly That Hurts When Touched? Doctor Yu Jiayan: When Qi Clumps It Is Not a Blood Clot — Warm the Yang and Dissolve It in Three Doses
Medicine: Fu zi (aconite, prepared), Gan jiang (dried ginger)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseHow Severe Can Kidney Yang Damage Be? Yang Deficiency, Always Cold, Needing Ginger with Every Bowl of Congee? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Three Mistreated Yang Deficiency Cases (Bawei Wan / Guifu Dihuang Wan)
Medicine: Fu zi (aconite), Rou gui (cinnamon bark)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseCan't Catch Your Breath After Lifting Something Heavy? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Sanqi (Notoginseng) Formula for Shortness of Breath from Blood Stasis
Medicine: San qi (notoginseng, 三七), Sheng mai ya (raw malt, 生麦芽)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseBurning Heat and Night Coughing You Can't Sleep Through? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Case of a Student with Labor-Heat Cough
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (dried Chinese yam), Da gan gou qi (sweet large wolfberry)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseStomach Pain, Feeling Blocked, Burping and Acid Reflux? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Huangqi Jianzhong Tang (Astragalus Fortify the Middle Decoction) Variation for Stomach Pain from Liver Qi Stagnation
Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (raw Huai mountain yam), Da gan gou qi (large sweet Gansu wolfberry)
📖 Doctor Wang Mengying (王孟英) CaseFeeling Low, Crying for No Reason, Chills in the Afternoon and Fever at Night? Doctor Wang Mengying's Gan Mai Da Zao Tang (Licorice, Wheat and Jujube Decoction) with Lotus Root
Medicine: Gan cao (licorice), Xiao mai (wheat)