Original case by: Liu Bao-Yi (Liu Baoyi) (柳宝诒)
Patient [Zhang] presented with physical cold and fever, no sweat, a wiry and thin pulse, and a yellow tongue [coat]. This was an exterior pathogen with food accumulation knotted up and not transforming. It was suitable to resolve both the exterior and interior.
dan dou chi (Sojae Semen preparatum)
da dou juan (Sojae Semen germinatum)
zi su ye (perilla leaf)
jing jie (Schizonepetae Herba)
xing ren (Armeniacae Semen)
Original Case by: Ye Tian-Shi (叶天士)
[Patient] Zhao (44) [suffered from] chronic constraint and clumping. The five emotions had lead to ascending qi fire. There was Stomach qi counterflow resulting in a stifling sensation of the gastric cavity and no appetite. [This was a pattern of] excessive ascendant Liver yang and wind fire intimidating the orifices. Inevitably there was dizziness and painful obstruction of the throat. There was a feeling of cold, but this was not true cold. All of these signs are due to qi painful obstruction and lack of free flow. This disease [can be understood] from [the classic] phrase, “All clenching, shuddering, and chattering [of the jaws] belongs to fire.” [In addition] Dan Xi said, qi that ascends is from Liver and Gallbladder ministerial fire that does not have a place to reside.
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)
[Patient] Gu (age 44) had already greying whiskers and hair on the temples. His facial complexion though was bright. He was emotionally worried and irritable. [There was] yang ascending and agitating [the spirit] with phlegm and thin mucus also ascending and overflowing. The divine pivot says, when yang qi descends, joins and enter the yin, then the yang qiao vessel is full and one is able to sleep. [At this moment though] qi was disseminating and discharging outward and yang was not entering yin. He would drink alcohol in hopes of muddling his consciousness enough so he could sleep. This was not a good method for managing this disease. In middle age and afterwards, men’s lower base is the first to become depleted. [The treatment] was to use Eight-Ingredient Pill (ba wei wan) in the morning and Pinellia and Millet Decoction …
Continue readingOriginal 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)