TCM Internal Medicine ⁽³³⁾

Blood vessels are widely distributed throughout every tissue of the body. The human body depends on vessels to deliver nutrients and oxygen and to expel waste, so as to maintain normal metabolism and life activities. Under physiological conditions, angiogenesis does not occur except in certain…

Bupi Huangqi Wan (Spleen-Tonifying Astragalus Pills) is recorded in the Taiping Shenghui Fang (Imperial Grace Formulas of the Taiping Era); in the Shengji Zonglu it is also called Huangqi Wan. Its composition is: Huangqi (Astragalus Root) 1 liang (filed, 30 g); Shihu (Dendrobium Stem) 1…

The Ming-dynasty physician Qin Changyu (courtesy name Jingming), in his work Bing Yin Mai Zhi (Treatment of Disease According to Cause, Symptom and Pulse; for an introduction to Qin Changyu and his works see my article The Late-Ming TCM Master Qin Jingming and His Work…

The Qing-dynasty famous physician Cheng Guopeng (courtesy name Zhongling), in his work Yixue Xinwu (Medical Mind Awakening), has a chapter titled Shuizhong Xinwu (Mind Awakening on Edema), which specifically discusses the treatment of edema disease and is of considerable reference value.Cheng Guopeng divided edema into…

Recently influenza A has been prevalent, especially in schools and kindergartens; my son also caught it. Because for the previous three years everyone strictly followed epidemic prevention, influenza had not spread so widely in our country for a long time, leading to reduced population immunity…

Nephritis (glomerulonephritis) is the most common kidney disease and can be caused by multiple factors. Its clinical manifestations include hematuria, proteinuria, edema, hypertension and renal dysfunction. In TCM this disease is called lin syndrome (stranguria). TCM holds that nephritis is caused by damp-heat pouring downward,…

In the Yu Yao Yuan Fang (Formulas from the Imperial Pharmacy Office) there is a formula called "Bawei Kuandonghua San" (Eight-Ingredient Coltsfoot Flower Powder). It consists of: Coltsfoot flower (Kuandonghua, washed and dried), Aster rhizome (Ziyurong), Schisandra fruit (Wuweizi), and prepared Licorice (Zhi Gancao), each…

Hyperthyroidism (hyperthyreosis) belongs in TCM to the pattern of yin deficiency with internal heat. This disease is caused by excessive production of thyroid hormone. Hyperthyroid patients have hypermetabolism and increased systemic excitability; clinically they show palpitations, hand tremor, a thickened neck, exophthalmos, irritability, increased eating…

Yesterday, reading a medical book, I came across a case in the Du Wenxiao Yi'an (Medical Cases of Du Wenxiao) in which Dr. Du Wenxiao treated a high-risk hypertension patient. The patient, Yan, 51 years old, had had hypertension for over 10 years. Four days…

Scleroderma is one of the connective tissue diseases with the highest mortality. Its main symptoms are generalized sclerosis of the skin and viscera, with vasculitis and fibrosis occurring throughout the body's organs; it is called scleroderma because of the hard lesions of the skin. The…