Insights and Updates

Huahe Gao is from Waike Zhengzhi Quansheng Ji by Wang Hongxu, the Qing-dynasty surgery master. The formula: 2 kg of rapeseed oil, 14 geckos, 28 spiders, 36 snails. Put all together in a wok and simmer until the geckos, spiders and snails are scorched and…

Huafu Shengji San is from Zhang Xichun's Yixue Zhongzhong Canxi Lu. It consists of: Luganshi (calamine, calcined) 18 g, Ruxiang (Olibanum) 9 g, Moyao (Myrrha) 9 g, Mingxionghuang (realgar) 6 g, Pengsha (Borax) 9 g, Naosha (sal ammoniac) 0.6 g, Bingpian (Borneolum) 0.9 g. Grind…

In Waike Zhengzhi Quansheng Ji, by the Qing-dynasty surgeon Wang Hongxu, there is an external swelling-reducing and pain-relieving formula called 'Yibi Xiao.' It consists of: Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) 60 g, Tenghuang (Gamboge) 30 g, Mingfan (alum) and Chansu (Bufonis Venenum) each 15 g,…

Muli Zexie San is from Shanghan Lun. It consists of equal parts Muli (Ostreae Concha, calcined), Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Shuqi (Dichroae Folium, washed in warm water to remove fishy odor), Tinglizi (Descurainiae/Lepidii Semen, calcined), Shanglugen (Phytolaccae Radix, calcined), Haizao (Sargassum, washed to remove salt) and…

Professor Guo Ziguang once treated a patient with encapsulated pleural effusion. The patient first visited Professor Guo on July 20, 1994, two months after surgery at the Chengdu Tuberculosis Hospital for a pulmonary tuberculoma; post-operatively, encapsulated effusion was found in the right lower pleural cavity.

'Sanzhong Kuijian Tang' is from the 'Ulcers and Sores' (Chuangyang Men) section of Li Dongyuan's medical work Lanshi Micang. The original text reads: 'Sanzhong Kuijian Tang: treats maxillary-axillary scrofulous sores, hard as stone, whether located below the ear to the supraclavicular fossa, on the shoulder,…

Liu Bingfan was born in 1910 in Miluo, Hunan Province. He was a researcher of Chinese medicine who practiced for decades and was expert in internal, pediatric and gynecological Chinese medicine. He left a case record of treating a breast-cancer patient named Su. Su, female,…

'Huanglian Zhuru Jupi Banxia Tang' is from Wenre Jingwei. It consists of equal parts Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Zhuru (Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam), Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) and Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma). Decoct in water, strain and take warm, twice daily. This formula clears the stomach and…

'Shangxia Liangji Dan' is from Bingzheng Lu by the Qing-dynasty physician Chen Shiduo. It is composed of Renshen (Ginseng) 15 g, Shudihuang (processed Rehmannia) 30 g, Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) 15 g, Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus) 9 g, Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex) 1.5 g, and Huanglian (Coptidis…

'Baisan Jie San' is from Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang. The formula consists of: Renshen (Ginseng), Fuling (Poria), Zhi Gancao (honey-fried Glycyrrhiza), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Huoxiang (Agastachis Herba), Houpo (Magnoliae Cortex) and Fabanxia (processed Pinelliae Rhizoma), each 30 g. Preparation: process…