Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士) [The patient] had blood loss for many years with chronic damage to the yin qi. There was a relapse due to worry, sadness, and melancholy, where yang linked with internal wind which led to a great uprushing to the head (da mao 大冒). The blood residence became empty and qi overwhelmed the left side of the body, producing a deviated mouth, numbness and tingling in the limbs, dark tongue, inability to speak, and foot…

Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士) At the onset of the illness there was numbness and tingling, the tongue was stiff, the sinews were hoisted (tight?) and back of the head was painful. There was also phlegm obstruction in the throat. This is Liver wind ascending and guiding. This certainly is caused from constraint and clumping of the  emotions. Saigae tataricae Cornu (líng yáng jiâo) Forsythiae Semen (lián qiáo xïn) Fresh Rehmanniae Radix (xiān shëng dì huáng) Scrophulariae Radix (xuán…

Phlegm obstructing the channels and collaterals mistaken for wind-cold-damp painful obstruction. Wang, a 30 year old woman peasant, on Oct. 2, 1976 came into a hospital in Zhu Ma Dian for treatment. She presented with fatigue, achiness, and numbness / tingling in both her lower limbs. She was diagnosed with “rheumatism”.  As a result she was given Phenyl Butazone and antibiotics, which had no effect. Afterwards she received treatment in a TCM hospital in Wu Han for more than a…