Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

obviously due to the period of great sadness years before.

Treatment principle Tonify Lung-Qi, settle the Corporeal Soul and Ethereal Soul and move
Liver-Qi.

Herbal treatment The prescription used was not a classical one but one I formulated for
this patient:

Bai He Bulbus Lilii 9 g

Mai Men Dong Tuber Ophiopogonis japonici 6 g

Bei Sha Shen Radix Glehniae littoralis 6 g

Huang Qi Radix Astragali membranacei 6 g

Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis pilosulae 9 g

Wu Wei Zi Fructus Schisandrae chinensis 4 g

Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata 9 g

Bai Shao Radix Paeoniae albae 9 g

Yi Mu Cao Herba Leonori heterophylli 4 g

Yu Jin Tuber Curcumae 6 g

Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata 6 g

Explanation Bai He, Mai Men Dong and Bei Sha Shen nourish Lung-Yin.
Although she does not suffer from Lung-Yin deficiency, these herbs are
used to nourish and settle the Corporeal Soul and relieve sadness.

Huang Qi and Dang Shen tonify Lung-and Spleen-Qi. It is necessary to

tonify Spleen-Qi according to the principle of reinforcing Earth to

strengthen Metal.

Wu Wei Zi tonifies Lung-Qi and Lung-Yin and settles the Corporeal

Soul.

Shu Di, Bai Shao and Yi Mu Cao harmonize Liver-Blood. Bai Shao is

sour and absorbing and, in combination with Gan Cao, it stops pain,

calms the Mind and moderates urgency.

Yu Jin moves Liver-Blood, opens the Mind's orifices and lifts

depression.

Zhi Gan Cao, in a larger dose than normal, is combined with Bai Shao

as indicated above.

After taking this prescription for 2 weeks she experienced less

abdominal distension, less belching and no constipation. She felt calmer

in the evening and brighter in herself but also more moody and more up

and down emotionally. I attributed this to Yu Jin Tuber Curcumae

within the prescription: this herb is pungent and hot and powerfully

moves Liver-Qi and Liver-Blood. The second prescription was: