Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Tu Si Zi Semen Cuscutae 6 g

Du Zhong Cortex Eucommiae ulmoidis 4 g

Zu Zhen Zi Fructus Ligustri lucidi 4 g

Shou Wu Radix Polygoni multiflori 9 g

Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis 6 g

Bai Xian Pi Cortex Dictami dasycarpi radicis 6 g

Chan Tui Periostracum Cicadae 4 g

Nan Sha Shen Radix Adenophorae 4 g

Huo Ma Ren Semen Cannabis sativae 4 g

Hei Zhi Ma Semen Sesami indici 6 g

Hong Hua Flos Carthami tinctorii 3 g

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhize uralensis 3 g

Explanation Mai Dong and Bai He nourish Lung-Yin and tonify the Lung's
Defensive-Qi system.

Su Zi and Xing Ren restore the descending of Lung-Yin.

Fang Feng expels Wind from the chest.

Tu Si Zi and Du Zhong tonify the Kidney's Defensive-Qi system.

Nu Zhen Zi, Shou Wu and Dang Gui nourish Blood and the skin.

Bai Xian Pi and Chan Tui clear Wind-Heat from the skin.

Nan Sha Shen, Huo Ma Ren and Hei Zhi Ma moisten the skin and

promote the bowel movements.

Hong Hua moves Blood and, being a light petal, it has a floating

movement and therefore carries the other herbs towards the surface, i.e.

the skin.

Gan Cao harmonizes and detoxifies.

This patient is still being treated and the eczema and asthma are

gradually improving.

Case History 5.3

Asthma: Lung and Kidney Defensive-Qi Systems Deficiency-Female, Age

23

A 23-year old woman had been suffering from asthma since she was 4 years old. She used
Ventolin and Becotide. Her asthma attacks were elicited by exposure to dogs, cats and
house-dust mites. She also suffered mildly from eczema only when exposed to inhaled or
ingested allergens. She usually felt tired, her lower back ached and her bowels opened only