Pain keeps me awake at night: Chinese Medicine Cases
2 related cases
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) Case
Leg Pain So Bad You Cannot Stand or Sleep? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Case of Cold-Attack Leg Pain (Warming, Tonifying, and Unblocking the Channels)
Medicine: Ye dang shen (wild codonopsis — tonifies qi), Dang gui (Chinese angelica — nourishes blood)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseLeg Pain, with Arms Afraid of Heat and Legs Afraid of Cold? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treats Upper-Heat Lower-Cold Leg Pain by Tonifying the Liver with Heavy-Dose Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit)
Medicine: Shan zhu yu (cornelian cherry fruit, cornel dogwood fruit — heavily tonifies the liver; 'gets the fullest wood qi,' astringent yet wonderfully regulating; the special key herb of this case), Dang gui (Chinese angelica — nourishes blood)