Lurking Warmth Original case by: Liu Bao-Yi (Liu Baoyi) (柳宝诒) Patient [Zhang] presented with physical cold and fever, no sweat, a wiry and thin pulse, and a yellow tongue [coat]. This was an exterior pathogen with food accumulation knotted up and not transforming. It was suitable to resolve both the exterior and interior. dan dou chi (Sojae Semen preparatum) da dou juan (Sojae Semen germinatum) zi su ye (perilla leaf) jing jie (Schizonepetae Herba) xing ren (Armeniacae Semen) zhi ke…

Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士) (Case 5) – from Understanding Case Records Pt. 2 There was exhausted yin existing in conjunction with contraction of a warm pathogen. There was a cough and head distention. It is suitable to use a light formula. sang ye (Mori Folium) xing ren (Armeniacae Semen) chuan bei mu (Fritillariae cirrhosae Bulbus) bei sha shen (Glehniae Radix) sheng gan cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix) tian shui li pi (Pyri Exocarpium) (pear peel) Qin Bo-Wei’s Commentary: This and…

Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士) A warm pathogen assaulted the outer body. There was a cough and head distention. It is appropriate to clear the upper burner. [The prescription given was] Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen) Sang Bai Pi (Mori Cortex) Jie Geng (Platycodi Radix) Zhe Bei Mu (Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus) Tong Cao (Tetrapanacis Medulla) Lu Gen (Phragmitis Rhizoma) Qin Bo-Wei’s Commentary: This case’s only presenting symptoms are cough and head distention, making it difficult to come up with a…

Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士) [The patient’s] pulse was thin and rapid. The thin [pulse] indicates visceral yin exhaustion and the rapid [pulse] indicates nutritive yin-fluid depletion. The previous summer and fall the patient was ill. Following this, there was a contraction of winter warmth leading to failure to store. In the spring when the earth’s qi started to ascend, there was Liver wood stirring wind, resulting in right-sided atrophy. The collaterals at the root of the tongue were…

Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士) [Patient] Wu [suffered from] a warm disease for 70 days. The right pulse was long and left was deep. The tongue was limp with [a desire] to drink cold beverages. There was heart irritability-heat. The spirit qi was sometimes clear yet sometimes deranged. On the third day of menstrual bleeding the disease started. Hot qi settled internally in the blood, overwhelming the emptiness leading to inward fall. This disease should be considered stasis heat…

Case by: Jason Blalack A 35 year-old female on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 presented with a chief complaint of cough and a hot tongue. The previous day she had a runny nose and felt like she was getting a cold. She also reported that both of her kids had strep throat, which in the past she would get a couple times a year. Currently she had a dull and achy sore throat. Her cough was mildly productive with congealed thick…