Tag: Spleen Deficiency
(chapter106)Qi Stagnation Leading to Spleen Deficiency
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In Du Yi Zong Bi Du (Essential Readings for Medical Practitioners), there is an essay titled On Treating Illness Without Neglecting Human Nature, which demonstrates seasoned wisdom and thoroughly captures the trials and triumphs of medical practice. A younger brother of my townsman, Zhang Jingyi, was always lacking in ability and had been trading in Hunan. After over…
(chapter81)Spleen Deficiency with Food Stagnation Causing Menstrual Disorder
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Several months later, while escorting my nephew to take the prefectural imperial examinations, I met daily with a local official (guanchashi). He described his concubine’s condition: irregular menstruation, frequent lower abdominal pain, lethargy, loss of appetite, and recurrent miscarriages around 3-4 months of pregnancy. Despite numerous treatments in Guo County, including prescriptions from Professor Qi…
(chapter77)Spleen Deficiency with Dampness-Phlegm Disturbing Mind
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Situ Zhilin (a provincial governor) was originally obese. During a period when provinces were raising military funds, officials gathered in the provincial capital. However, due to depleted treasury reserves, Situ grew increasingly anxious. By summer, he developed peculiar symptoms: restlessness, random muttering, full-body itching, and immediate drowsiness upon closing his eyes. His nightmares consistently featured…
(chapter74)Insomnia from Fluid Retention
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Insomnia (Bu Mei) and Its Treatments Insomnia arises from multiple causes, each requiring specific (used in traditional contexts): Food stagnation requires digestive regulation (Xiao Dao) Fluid retention demands water drainage (Zhu Shui) Yin deficiency needs Yin nourishment (An Yin) Spleen weakness calls for spleen tonification (Bu Pi) Yang excess requires yang containment (Lian Yang) Most…
(chapter64)Spleen deficiency causes heavy uterine bleeding
In the autumn of the Wuwu year (an ancient Chinese calendar system), the second wife of my relative Mr. Zhang Qi developed severe metrorrhagia (abnormal uterine bleeding). She was under forty years old and happened to be the mother-in-law of the previously mentioned throat pain patient. Her family was extremely wealthy but lived far from…
(chapter52)Spleen Deficiency with Liver Stagnation
A physician’s sister-in-law developed symptoms of headache, vomiting, and loss of appetite. At the time, an epidemic was prevalent, so her family feared she had contracted the contagious disease. By chance, the physician visited a local schoolhouse, where the patient’s nephew, Lanfen, described her condition and requested (used in traditional contexts). Diagnostic Dialogue Physician: “Are you…
Dizziness from Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Medical Case Record of Qi Shouyang (Former National High-Ranking Official) Translated with Cultural Contextualization During his recuperation in the capital, Mr. Qi Shouyang suffered from chronic dizziness characterized by severe nausea, vomiting, and vertigo-like spatial disorientation. Multiple physicians had diagnosed this as constitutional weakness, prescribing prolonged use of ginseng and astragalus supplements without improvement. Symptoms…
