Translations & Writings

中医药翻译及著作

Treatment of Prostatic Hyperplasia with Zhēn Wǔ Tāng

Lú Chónghàn [卢崇汉] From ‘The Complete Interpretation of Case Studies from Chinese Medicines’ Fire Spirit School’ 中医火神派医案全解 Case: Eto, 58 years old, Japanese patient, presented with prostatic hyperplasia, which manifested with frequent, urgent and difficult urination for six years. Symptoms had been increasing over the last two to three years. Symptoms were worse in the afternoon…

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Huáng Yuányù on Guìzhī

桂枝 味甘、辛,氣香,性溫,入足厥陰肝、足太陽膀胱經。入肝家而行血分,走經絡而達營郁,善解風邪,最調木氣,升清陽脫陷,降濁陰沖逆,舒筋脈之急攣,利關節之壅阻,入肝膽而散遏抑,極止痛楚,通經絡而開痹澀,甚去濕寒,能止奔豚,更安驚悸。 Guìzhī:  Sweet and acrid flavour, with a fragrant qi and warm nature. Enters the foot Jueyin liver and foot Taiyang bladder channels. [By] entering the liver domain it moves the blood layer and the channels and network vessels, as well as outthrusts depressed nutritive [qi]. [It is] excellent at resolving wind pathogens, and most…

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On Gé Gēn 葛根

Gé Gēn (Radix Puerariae) 《神农本草经》: 味⽢,平。主消渴,⾝⼤热,呕吐,诸痹,起阴⽓,解诸毒。[Shén Nóng Běn Cǎo Jīng]: Sweet flavour, and neutral Qi. Governs dispersion thirst, major body heat, vomiting, and various kinds of impediment. It raises the Yīn Qì and resolves all toxins. 《名医别录》:⽆毒。主治伤寒中风头痛,解肌发表出汗,开腠理,疗⾦疮,⽌痛,肋风痛。[Míng Yī Bié Lù (Táo Hǒngjǐng – 456-536)]: “[It] has no toxicity. It governs the treatment of cold damage…

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Gé Gēn Tāng Case – Liú Dùzhōu

Selected Clinical Case Histories of Liu Duzhou《刘渡舟临证验案精选》 Li X, a 38-year-old male. He had suffered with persistent migraines for 2 years that remained unresolved despite long periods of treatment. He was introduced to Doctor Liu by a good friend and brought in for a consultation. Chief complaint: right sided headaches, which commonly extended to the…

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