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…

Original case by: Fei Bo-Xiong (费伯雄) When the Spleen is deficient and dampness wins out [over physiological transformation], the momentum [of the disorder] is towards Wood seizing the position of earth. Employing [a strategy] of relaxing the movement [of the qi dynamic] while separately eliminating [the various pathogenic qi] yielded results [quickly] after [the prescriptions] was taken. However, dampness is still soaking Spleen yang disabling movement and transformation. [Therefore, I once again] employ the previous strategy in order to promote…

Original case by: Fei Bo-Xiong (费伯雄) Wood seizes the position of earth, hence only the abdomen is distended. [The appropriate strategy] is to curtail wood and support earth. calcined Arcae Concha (wâ léng zî) Corydalis Rhizoma (yán hú suô) Benincasae Exocarpium (döng guä pí) Benincasae Semen (döng guä zî) Magnoliae officinalis Cortex (hòu pò) Paeoniae Radix alba (bái sháo) Codonopsis Radix (dâng shën) Poriae Cutis (fú líng pí) Atractylodis macrocephalae Rhizoma (bái zhú) Aurantii Fructus immaturus (zhî shí) Gigeriae galli…