Pulmonary Tuberculosis ⁽⁵⁾

Internal TCM recognizes four incurable diseases: wind (stroke), consumption (痨), tympanites (abdominal bloating), and dysphagia. Of these, "consumption"—also called lung consumption, lao zhai, xu lao, xu sun—is what we today call tuberculosis. TB is a contagious, wasting disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; in…

Gao Guilin's Medical Cases, Clinical Discussions and Proven Formulas records several experience formulas of the late Beijing TCM physician Dr. Gao Guilin for treating pulmonary tuberculosis, all with high effective rates. Among them, three formulas use mild herbs with high safety, and are reprinted below:…

Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) and Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) are two very important herbs for harmonizing the Shaoyang. When used appropriately, they can treat many difficult and complicated diseases, with good effects on cancer, asthma, hepatitis B, pulmonary tuberculosis, uterine fibroids, and various chronic inflammations. The Chinese…

Once, I consulted Dr. Li—a Western physician and a lymphoma patient of mine—about the symptoms of a difficult case I was seeing. Dr. Li suspected the patient had contracted tuberculosis complicated by viral encephalitis. He told me that the infectious disease tuberculosis is making a…

I have seen three cancer patients with concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis in clinic; two are patients I am currently treating, and the third was one I observed under the care of a well-known professor. Pulmonary tuberculosis is called feilao (lung consumption) in TCM, one of the…