Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

• Fire-Poison: drain Fire, resolve Poison and promote diuresis. Occasionally it is necessary
  to drain Fire-Poison by purgation. The principle of draining Fire-Poison was not used in
  the past for nephritis. It has been developed in modern times with good results in the
  treatment of nephritis.

The patterns discussed are as follows.

Acute Nephritis

Invasion of External Wind-Water

Dampness

Fire-Poison

Invasion of External Wind-Water

Clinical Manifestations

Oedema of face and eyes of sudden onset gradually spreading to limbs, shiny skin, pitting
resolves quickly, aversion to cold, fever, sore throat, body aches, cough, coarse breathing.

Tongue: thin-white coating if Wind-Cold, slightly Red on the sides and/or front if Wind-Heat.

Pulse: Floating-Tight if Wind-Cold, Floating-Rapid if Wind-Heat.

Treatment Principle

Expel Wind-Water, release the Exterior, promote sweating. Although the herbs used promote
sweating, many of them also open the Water passages and therefore also promote diuresis. Thus
the patient may not necessarily be obviously sweating after taking the decoction.

Acupuncture

See under Yang oedema from Wind-Water.

Herbal Treatment

Prescriptions

Ling Gui Fu Ping Tang
(Poria-Cinnamomum-Spirodela Decoction)

Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos 9 g

Gui Zhi Ramulus Cinnamomi cassiae 6 g

Fu Ping Herba Lemnae seu Spirodelae 9 g