Case By: Jason Blalack
Intro: This is a somewhat informal presentation of a recent case that I found quite educational for myself. It is definitely not the cleanest case (easy success) but that is why I like it. I am still working out the best way to present these cases and if anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I also welcome others to submit their cases for us to learn from. I hope you enjoy it and welcome…

Phlegm obstructing the channels and collaterals mistaken for wind-cold-damp painful obstruction.
Wang, a 30 year old woman peasant, on Oct. 2, 1976 came into a hospital in Zhu Ma Dian for treatment. She presented with fatigue, achiness, and numbness / tingling in both her lower limbs. She was diagnosed with “rheumatism”.  As a result she was given Phenyl Butazone and antibiotics, which had no effect. Afterwards she received treatment in a TCM hospital in Wu Han for more than a…

Yīn and blood insufficiency mistakenly diagnosed as cold-damp painful obstruction pattern.
Liao was a 62 year old man who was hospitalized because of left buttock and left lower limb pain that had been going on for 3 months. He presented with left buttock and left posterior thigh muscular pain, fatigued spirit and lack of strength, poor food intake, bland / lack of taste in the mouth that was slightly dry, dry stools, facial color was dark and stagnant.
Tongue: pale…

By: Steven Clavey
(Thanks Steve for this case and the one’s that follow. Please check out his journal, The Lantern)
Insomnia: Case number 12, by Xu Shu-Wei
A local notable named Chen, when he first became sick, had fever, floating pulse and spontaneous perspiration. The doctor used Ma Huang Tang to cause sweating, but the fever became severe, Chen could not get to sleep, his head was heavy, there were palpitations and he complained of a restless cooped-up feeling. The…

Cold damp painful obstruction mistakenly diagnosed as damp-heat painful
obstruction.
Shi a 28 year old male motor vehicle driver was hospitalised on Sept 13. Two days
previous, the patient did some heavy moving from one house to the next in the rain. That
night he had very painful sciatica along his right leg. It gradually became worse and he
went to the local hospital where he received an injection of a heavy painkiller and
diazepam, which took about two hours.(1)…