Qing Dynasty

Tai Yang with Internal Damp (DGR)

Sunday, March 21st, 2010 with 0 comments
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Case by: Ding Gan-Ren (1865-1926)
Shang Han Case
There was external cold assaulting the tai yang with damp stagnation internally blocking the middle burner. This pattern presented with sweat and chills that failed to resolve the condition. There was also full body aching pain, stifling sensation in the chest, upflow nausea, and abdominal distention. It was suitable to disperse the pathogen, release the muscle layer, transform stagnation, and open the middle burner.
Prescription:
Cinnamomi Ramulus (guì zhï) 8 fen
Pinelliae…

Tai Yang – Gui Zhi Tang (DGR)

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 with 5 comments
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Case by: Ding Gan-Ren (1865-1926)
Mr. Bai presented with a pathogen in the tai yang that had not yet resolved. There was a loss of normal order of the nutritive and protective aspects. There was physical cold, fear of cold, cough, stifling sensation in the chest, full body aching pain, reduced food intake, and a greasy tongue coat. It was proper to use a Cinnamon Twig Decoction (guì zhï täng) method.
Cinnamomi Ramulus (guì zhï) 8 fen
Fritillariae thunbergii Bulbus…

Distension (FSF #6)

Sunday, March 14th, 2010 with 0 comments
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Case by: Fei Sheng-Fu (费绳甫)
The wife of minister Jin Junhui from Anhui [suffered] from severe distension of the chest and abdomen, which caused painful knotting and lumps. The legs and feet were distended and swollen, there was internal heat with dryness of the mouth, and she was mentally tired and lacked strength. The momentum of this disorder was towards the development of drum-like abdominal distension and previous treatment had been unsuccessful. I examined her pulse, which was deep, thin…

Constraint (Liver) YTS

Sunday, March 7th, 2010 with 1 comment
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Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士)
There was gastric cavity pain that had already ceased. Currently there was a sour taste in the mouth.  Actually this is Liver constraint.
Gold Dendrobium (jïn shí hú)
Black gardenia (hëi shän zhï zî)
Moutan Cortex (mû dän pí)
Pinelliae massa fermentata (bàn xià qü)
Citri reticulatae Exocarpium rubrum (jú hóng)
Eriobotryae Folium (pí pa yè)
Original Chinese: 某 脘痛已止。味酸。乃肝郁也。(肝郁)金石斛 黑山栀 丹皮 半夏曲 橘红 枇杷叶
Source: From the Constraint Chapter of Case Records as…

Cough and panting (FSF)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 with 0 comments
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Case by Fei Sheng-Fu (费绳甫)
The wife of Mr. Zhu Zhushi from Zhejiang was ill with cough and panting so that it was difficult for her to lie down at night. Her heart was irritable and vexed, she had a stifling sensation in the upper abdomen, and the mouth was greasy with little intake of either food or drink. The face was puffy and the legs swollen, and at night she could not sleep. The momentum [of this disorders] was…

Constraint – Ascending Liver wind (YTS)

Sunday, February 21st, 2010 with 0 comments
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Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士)
At the onset of the illness there was numbness and tingling, the tongue was stiff, the sinews were hoisted (tight?) and back of the head was painful. There was also phlegm obstruction in the throat. This is Liver wind ascending and guiding. This certainly is caused from constraint and clumping of the  emotions.
Saigae tataricae Cornu (líng yáng jiâo)
Forsythiae Semen (lián qiáo xïn)
Fresh Rehmanniae Radix (xiān shëng dì huáng)
Scrophulariae Radix (xuán…

Constraint- Clumping of Heart and Spleen qi (YTS)

Sunday, February 14th, 2010 with 4 comments
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Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士)
(Clumping of Heart and Spleen qi, unclear spirit mind)
A 26 year-old patient named Lu was given:
Ginseng Radix (rén shën)
Platycodi Radix (jié gêng)
Linderae Radix (wü yào)
Aucklandiae Radix (mù xiäng)
Each Ingredient had a dose of three fen and was wet ground into a juice.
In addition, Alum and Curcuma Pill (bai jin wan) was given to take at night.
Note: Alum and Curcuma Pill (bai jin wan) is composed of…

Abdominal Distension #4 (FSF)

Sunday, February 7th, 2010 with 7 comments
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Case from Fei Sheng-Fu (费绳甫)
Mr. Wu from northern Jiangsu [suffered] from Liver wood encroaching the Spleen until only it’s [qi] was present in the abdomen  致成單腹. The abdomen was distended like a drum, the umbilicus protruded outward, the tendons were blue. The back was normal but the waist full. This constituted a dangerous pattern. In this situation [the appropriate strategy] is to curb wood and support earth, unblock with warming [medicinals], and leach out dampness. Prescription was:

Aconiti Radix…

Abdominal Distension #3 (5 visits) (FBX)

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 with 0 comments
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Original case by: Fei Bo-Xiong (费伯雄)
[1st Visit]: Qi deficiency with fullness of the middle [burner]. The abdomen is distended and resistant to palpation. Both flanks are acutely painful, with focal distension and a stifling sensation in the chest and diaphragm. On getting up [in the morning] the patient feels well, but in the afternoon the stifling feeling becomes worse and the mood depressive. The stools are loose. The pulse is deep and wiry on the right, and wiry and…

Constraint Harming the Heart yang (YTS)

Sunday, January 17th, 2010 with 1 comment
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Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士)
Yu, 55 years old, suffered from constraint that harmed the Heart yang. The yang sunk into the yin leading to a  turbid painful urinary dribbling disorder. This was internal damage from the emotions leading to a  yin [area?] deficiency resulting in disease. Merely seeing the symptoms will bring about a disordered (incorrect) treatment and is most inferior.
The Heart stores the Spirit. The spirit was damaged with symptoms such as muddle-headedness; all the orifices were disturbed. The herb treatment…