Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士) (Case 6) – from Understanding Case Records Pt. 2 A 10 year-old presented with a mild cough and tidal fever. This was caused by childhood yin exhaustion and qi aspect heat. Di Gu Pi 3 qian (Lycii Cortex) Qing Hao 1 qian (Artemisiae Annuae Herba) Zhi Mu 1 qian (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) Gan Cao 3 fen (Glycyrrhizae Radix) Nan Sha Shen 1 qian (Adenophorae Radix) Shi Hu 3 qian (Dendrobii Herba) Qin Bo-Wei’s Commentary: This…

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…

Case by: Jiang Chun-Hua (姜春华) [Patient] Hu, a 46 year old female, had [suffered from] cough and wheezing for seven years. She recently contracted a wind-cold invasion which manifested as a blockage and stifling sensation in the chest, hindered breathing, cough and wheezing with profuse phlegm, and water sounds in the throat. The tongue coat was white and the pulse was floating.  Two packets of a modified ma huang tang (Ephedra Decotion) prescription was given: ma huang (Ephedrae Herba) 6g…

Case By: Fei Sheng-Fu (费绳甫) Mr Xu Zhongxiu from Zhenjiang [suffered] from swelling of the feet and legs as well as of the testicles, abdominal distension, coughing, facial edema, and reduced urination. He came to me for examination and treatment because treatment so far had not worked. His pulse was floating and wiry in the right cun position indicating water swelling. The Lungs were unable to afford regular passage through the water ways towards the Bladder so that water…

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…

Shang Han Case: Yang, a two and five month-year-old girl, presented with the chief complaint of cough, that  had been going on for one month. There was sometimes white and sometimes yellow phlegm, nasal congestion, profuse sweating, fear of wind, reduced food intake, no thirst, and her bowels were not dry. She tried many Chinese and Western treatments without success. Her tongue body was normal and there was a white coat. Her pulse was deep and rapid. Diagnosis: cough (wind…

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]…