Red tongue: Chinese Medicine Cases
10 related cases
📖 Doctor Xu Shuwei (许叔微) Case
Sudden Yellow Skin and Eyes (Jaundice)? Song Dynasty Formula Master Doctor Xu Shuwei Uses Yin Chen Hao Tang (Capillaris Decoction) to Clear Damp-Heat — Yellowing Cleared Within Days
Medicine: Yin Chen (capillary artemisia), Zhi Zi (gardenia fruit)
📖 Doctor Yu Jiayan (喻嘉言) CaseDry Cough in Autumn? Doctor Yu Jiayan Treats Two Women Whose Autumn Dryness Was Made Worse by Wrong Treatment (One With Uncontrollable Diarrhea, One Unconscious for Days)
Medicine: Huang qin (Scutellaria root), Di gu pi (wolfberry root bark)
📖 Doctor Gong Tingxian (龚廷贤) CaseDry Mouth at Night, Too Dry to Sleep? Imperial Physician Gong Tingxian's Blood-Nourishing, Yin-Nourishing Treatment for Sjögren's Syndrome (Siwu Tang + Liuwei Dihuang Wan)
Medicine: Shu di huang (prepared rehmannia), Dang gui (Chinese angelica)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseHair Falling Out in Clumps, Even Eyebrows Gone? Ming Dynasty Imperial Physician Doctor Xue Lizhai's Hair Loss Cases (Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang + Liuwei Dihuang Wan — Hair Restored in No Time)
Medicine: Huang qi (astragalus), Ren shen (ginseng)
📖 Doctor Zhu Danxi (朱丹溪) CaseAlways Cold No Matter How Warm You Dress? Doctor Zhu Danxi's Ginger-Juice Cure for 'False Cold'
Medicine: Sheng jiang zhi (ginger juice), Xiang you (sesame oil)
📖 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)
📖 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)
📖 Doctor Wang Mengying (王孟英) CaseRed Tongue, Dry Mouth and No Saliva? Doctor Wang Mengying Saves a Man Whose Yin Deficiency Was Mistreated with Warming Herbs — One Dose Turned the Crisis Around
Medicine: Xuan shen (figwort root / Scrophularia), Zhi mu (Anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Wang Mengying (王孟英) CaseRed Tongue, Dry Mouth and No Saliva? Doctor Wang Mengying Saves a Man Whose Yin Deficiency Was Mistreated with Warming Herbs — One Dose Turned the Crisis Around
Medicine: Xuan shen (figwort root / Scrophularia), Zhi mu (Anemarrhena)
📖 Doctor Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) CaseMiscarriage at Two or Three Months of Pregnancy, Every Time — How Doctor Wu Jutong Secured the Fetus with His Great Nourishing Paste (Zhuan Xi Da Sheng Gao) of Blood-and-Flesh Tonics
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Xi yang shen (American ginseng)