Tag: ​Excessive Heat

My nephew Yingchang, who frequently traveled for business and had irregular eating habits, suddenly developed eruptive macules (known as ban zheng in Chinese medicine) in April. When the rashes were still indistinct, we consulted a physician named Dong. Mistaking it for seasonal influenza with indigestion, Dong prescribed Wuji San (Five Accumulations Powder) — a formula containing Cangzhu (Atractylodes rhizome), Jiegeng (Platycodon root), Chenpi (Tangerine peel),…