A brief look at the term irritability / vexation(烦 fan) through the lens of the Discussion of Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun) by: Jason Blalack In Chinese medicine, our understanding of technical terms shapes our clinical picture and ultimately how we treat. One such term that recently peaked my interest was the term 烦 (fan), translated as vexation (Wiseman) or irritability (Eastland Press). These translations seem reasonable since modern dictionaries define it as: 1. vexed, irritated; annoyed, terribly upset, worried
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Continue readingCold Damage vs. Warm Disease (QBW)
By Qin Bo-W
ei (秦伯未)
This small essay in taken from Qin Bo-Wei’s larger Warm Disease thesis that was written in 1963. This essay was published in The Lantern Volume 8 No.2, May 2011, as part of a larger three-part essay entitled Some Issues in Warm Disease by Qin Bo-Wei.
Continue readingGuizhi mahuang ge ban tang & guizhi er mahuang yi tang
Translated by: Sharon Weizenbaum
(thanks Sharon for the translation of this piece plus that following cases)
Gui Zhi Ma Huang Ge Ban Tang
- Gui Zhi (1 liang + 16 zhu)4 grams
- Sheng Jiang (1 liang)3 grams
- Bai Shao (1 liang)3 grams
- Zhi Gan Cao (1 liang)3 grams
- Ma Huang (1 liang)3 grams
- Da Zao 4 dates
- Xing Ren (24 pieces)3 grams
Xu Shu-Wei – Shang Han Lun
Xu Shu-Wei : Discourses on the Shang Han Lun
By Steven Clavey
(Thanks Steve for this introduction and the case studies that follow. Please visit his Chinese medicine journal, The Lantern.)
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