Tag: Malaria
(chapter53)Cold Type Malaria
Records from a Chinese Medical Text In the Dingwei year (a traditional Chinese calendar designation), I was studying at a rural Buddhist temple. According to Chinese medical cosmology, this year was governed by Taiyin (indicating a year with particularly cold and damp climatic conditions). After May, continuous rains lasted over twenty days. The low-lying village…
(chapter51)Malaria with persistent high fever
Patient Background The patient was the daughter of Grand Preceptor Yu (a high-ranking official), over 80 years old, previously in robust health. During the transition from summer to autumn, she suddenly contracted malaria (a periodic fever-causing infectious disease). Symptoms Observed Eyes as red as rubies Extreme dryness of the mouth with cracked lips Constant requests…
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