Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Jing Jie Herba seu Flos Schizonepetae tenuifoliae 4 g

Fang Feng Radix Ledebouriellae sesloidis 4 g

Tu Si Zi Semen Cuscutae 6 g

Bu Gu Zhi Fructus Psoraleae corylifoliae 4 g

Xing Ren Semen Pruni armeniacae 4 g

Su Zi Fructus Perillae frutescentis 4 g

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis 4 g

Explanation Sheng Di Huang, Dang Gui and Shou Wu nourish Blood. Sheng Di
also cools Blood.

Tian Dong and Mai Dong nourish Yin to help to nourish Blood and

they moisten, Mai Dong also tonifies the Lungs. They also tonify the

Lung's Defensive-Qi system.

Chi Shao, Dan Pi and Zhi Zi clear Heat and cool Blood to help to clear

Heat from the skin.

Jing Jie and Chan Tui clear Wind-Heat from the skin.

Fang Feng expels Wind from the chest.

Tu Si Zi and Bu Gu Zhi tonify the Kidney's Defensive-Qi system.

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

Gan Cao harmonizes and detoxifies.

This patient is slowly improving and the treatment is still in progress.

Case History 5.5

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

28

A 28-year-old woman had been suffering from asthma since she was 7 years old. The attacks
were worse at night and were elicited by exposure to cold, dogs, cats or horses. She had to resort
to using a Ventolin inhaler every day. She also suffered from seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay
fever). She generally felt cold and her hands and feet were cold. Her tongue was slightly Pale
and her pulse was Slow and Weak especially on the right Rear position.

Diagnosis This is yet another case of deficiency of the Lung and Kidney's
Defensive-Qi system on a background of Kidney-Yang deficiency as is
very clear from the general cold feeling, the Pale tongue and the Weak
pulse on the right Rear position.

Treatment principle The principle of treatment was to tonify the Lung and Kidney's