Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士) [Patient] Ni had lots of pain and ascending yang. The yin fluids were endlessly pouring out from the upper part of the body. The tongue was dried-up and red-crimson colored. There was irritability and inability to sleep. It was suitable to augment the Kidney water in order to control Heart fire. xian sheng di (fresh Rehmanniae Radix) xuan shen (scrophularia, ningpo figwort root) mai men dong (Ophiopogonis Radix) lu dou pi (Phaseoli Radiati Testa)…

Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士) The patient had anger with Liver constraint. [In addition,] thought and preoccupation had damaged the Spleen. There was a yellow complexion, choppy pulse, and (s)he was [often] awake with an inability to go to sleep. Ancestor Xue’s method of treatment was used. rén shēn (Ginseng Radix) huáng qí (Astragali Radix), shú bái zhú (steamed?? Atractylodis macrocephalae Rhizoma) fú shén (Poriae Sclerotium pararadicis) dà zǎo (Jujubae Fructus) lóng yǎn ròu (Longan Arillus) dāng guī (Angelicae…

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]…

Cheng,  an older woman, presented with a wiry and choppy pulse, with external cold and internal heat. She had teeth pain, dry tongue, and insomnia. This is Liver and Spleen constraint and clumping. Herbal prescription: yu jin (Curcumae, Tuber) gou teng (Uncariae cum Uncis, Ramulus) mu dan pi (Moutan, Radicis Cortex) xia ku cao (Prunellae, Spica) sheng xiang fu (Unprocessed Cyperi, Rhizoma) bo he (Menthae, Herba) chen pi (Citri Reticulatae, Pericarpium) fu ling (Poriae Cocos, Sclerotium) Chinese: 程（妪） 脉弦涩。外寒内热。齿痛舌干。无寐。乃肝脾郁结不舒。郁金 钩藤…