Case by: Ye Tian-Shi
Constrained heat with acid regurgitation. Warm Gallbladder Decoction (wen dan tang) plus Gardeniae Fructus (zhï zî), Moutan Cortex (mû dän pí), Curcumae Radix (yù jïn), Zingiberis Rhizomatis Succus (jiäng zhï), and dry-fried Coptidis Rhizoma (châo huáng lián).
Commentary:
Warm Gallbladder Decoction (wen dan tang) contains Bambusae Caulis in taeniam (zhú rú), Aurantii Fructus immaturus (zhî shí), Pinelliae Rhizoma preparatum (zhì bàn xià), Citri reticulatae Pericarpium (chén pí), Poria (fú líng), Glycyrrhizae Radix (gän câo), Zingiberis Rhizoma…

1. Exterior Cold, Inner Heat
Case from: Dr. Liu Du Zhou
This patient was a 10-year-old girl who received a cold Qi in late autumn.  She developed fever and an aversion to cold and had episodes of this many times a day.  This went on for several months.  Her pulse was floating and without strength.  Her tongue body was red and the moss was thin and white.  Her food and drink intake and excretions were normal.  This was a case…

4. Unpleasant Body Oder
From doctor Huang Dao-fu[1], September 14, 1984:
Ms. Chen was age 17.  Seven days previously she had developed a cold with fever and fear of cold.  The heat was more than the cold.  Everyday she had fever 2-3 times.    Though she had dizziness, there was no vomiting and her two excretions were normal.  She did not sweat easily.  She had itching and an unpleasant body odor that did not go away with bathing.  The school doctor suspected…

This is the 3rd case in a series about Xu Shu-Wei.
3. Twitching of tendons and muscles:
Original case from: Xu Shu-Wei’s Case number 17
A townsperson named Jing made a living in the country village by twisting fibres into rope (”sheng”), and so was known as Jing Sheng Zi — “Roper Jing”.
Her son was almost thirty years old when he became ill, showing a slight sweat, weak pulse, and aversion to wind. The doctor mistakenly gave him Ma…

Tai yin deficiency cold pattern with heat signs
Xu Shu-Wei’s Case
In the beginning, Mr. Cao had cold-damage that lasted for 6-7 days. There was abdominal fullness with vomiting, inability to get food down, a warm body, hot extremities, spontaneous diarrhea, pain in the abdomen, retching, and nausea. The first doctor said there was too much yang, because of the hot extremities. He feared there was an amassment of heat in the stomach leading to vomiting or because there was…

3.  Urticaria
Dr. Liu Jingqi[1], July 20, 1982
Ms. Sun, age 45 had an aversion to cold and fever and all over her body she developed large round patches of wind rash.  She had had this for over 20 days.  Before the illness, she had been out sweating in the rain and after one day she developed the rash.  Every day she had 5-6 episodes with itching and heart vexation.  She had a calcium injection and oral chlor-trimeton and vitamin…

On March 10, 1986, A 28 year male presented with dry stools like sheep’s feces, evacuating once every 2-3 days, which had been  going on for for nearly 1 year.  He also had abdominal distension, fullness, and pain, and cold hands. His tongue was red with a  thin and yellow coat. His pulse was wiry and rapid.  The pattern belonged to qi constipation.   
Treatment was to regulate the qi,  unlock the yang, moisten the intestines, and unblock the bowels. Frigid Extremities Powder (sì nì…

2. Unresolved stasis on the exterior
This is a case from Dr. Wang Zhan[1], January 5, 1976
Ms. Liu, age 26, had a cold for 4-5 days.  She still had a fever, fear of cold and a temperature of 38°C.  She was sweating slightly.  Although she had taken an instant tea for colds and anti-inflammatory analgesics, these had had no effect.  She had body pain, her excretions were normal, her tongue moss was thin and white and her pulse was…

Translated by: Sharon Weizenbaum
(thanks Sharon for the translation of this piece plus that following cases)
Gui Zhi Ma Huang Ge Ban Tang
Gui Zhi (1 liang + 16 zhu) 4 grams
Sheng Jiang (1 liang) 3 grams
Bai Shao (1 liang) 3 grams
Zhi Gan Cao (1 liang) 3 grams
Ma Huang (1 liang) 3 grams
Da Zao 4 dates
Xing Ren (24 pieces) 3 grams
Gui Zhi Er Ma Huang Yi Tang
Gui Zhi (2 liang + 17…

1. A light presentation with stasis on the exterior.
This is a case from Dr. Yu Zhangrong[1], April 10, 1963
Mr. Li, age 49: Chills and fever.  After sweating from the fever his body would become cold.  This happened once a day and had continued for three days.  He also had headache, leg pain, and back pain, cough with slight amount of phlegm, poor appetite and normal excretions.  His pulse was floating and tight and his tongue moss was thick…