Lower Limb Edema ⁽⁴⁾

On February 12, 2023, I published an article on my official account and personal website titled "Madengcao: A Folk Herb for Thromboangiitis Obliterans and Lower-Leg Ulcers." In it I introduced this uncommon folk remedy. In Northeast China and the folk traditions of Henan and Shandong,…

Patient: a woman, surname Zuo, 68 years old. She had previously been treated with radiotherapy for cervical cancer at a hospital in Guangdong province. After radiotherapy she developed a series of radiation sequelae: radiation enteritis causing bloody stools, mild anemia, and edema of the perineum…

Zeng Jinde, a TCM physician from Quanzhou, Fujian, has an empirical formula for treating lower-limb edema, as follows: Sheng Huangqi (raw Astragali Radix) 30 g, Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) 10 g, Yimucao (Leonuri Herba) 30 g. This formula is concise and exquisite. According to traditional medicine,…

Gan Jiang Ling Zhu Tang comes from the *Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet* (Jinkui Yaolue); in the *Thousand Golden Ducat Formulary* (Qianjin Fang) it is also named "Shenzhuo Tang" (Kidney Fixedness Decoction). It is composed of: 30g of licorice (Gancao, 2 liang), 30g of…