Case Studies
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Zhao, suffered from warm disease. The [previous] physician prescribed Cinnamon Twig Decoction (gui zhi tang), which led to a subjective sensation of heat, thirst, and labored breathing. He then prescribed [Minor] Bupleurum Decoction (xiao chai hu tang) which made the heat especially worse and For the past six or seven she had increased wheezing and cough, repeatedly vomited up phlegm drool and had been unable to lie down. Her physician then said that her disease had become very severe and that he lacked the… 
Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士)
[Patient] Gu (age 44) had already greying whiskers and hair on the temples. His facial complexion though was bright. He was emotionally worried and irritable. [There was] yang ascending and agitating [the spirit] with phlegm and thin mucus also ascending and overflowing. The divine pivot says, when yang qi descends, joins and enter the yin, then the yang qiao vessel is full and one is able to sleep. [At this moment though] qi was… 
Chen, a 76 year old, had suffered from colon cancer 15 years previously. Consequently, part of his colon was removed and had remained healthy ever since. Recently, he had not moved his bowels for an entire week and he had developed a palpable mass in his lower abdomen on the side of the surgery. Chen went to several hospitals for further examination, where all [of his medical council] recommended surgery and noted that the prognosis was poor. Although Chen requested… 
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)
[Patient] Zhao (44) [suffered from] chronic constraint and clumping. The five emotions had lead to ascending qi fire. There was Stomach qi counterflow resulting in a stifling sensation of the gastric cavity and no appetite. [This was a pattern of] excessive ascendant Liver yang and wind fire intimidating the orifices. Inevitably there was dizziness and painful obstruction of the throat. There was a feeling of cold, but this was not true cold. All of… 
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