Understanding the Four Patterns of Cheilitis and Treatment Plans to Prevent Recurrence

Understanding the Four Patterns of Cheilitis and Treatment Plans to Prevent Recurrence

Cheilitis is a chronic, recurrent, superficial inflammatory disease of the lip mucosa. During acute episodes, the main symptoms include redness, swelling, pain, exudation, and erosion, while the chronic phase is characterized by dryness of the lip margins, scabbing, cracking, and recurrent desquamation.This condition falls under the TCM categories of “Chun Feng” (唇风) and “Jin Chun” … Read more

Unique Formula for Constipation – Zengye Decoction

Unique Formula for Constipation - Zengye Decoction

Click the blue text above to follow us Traditional Chinese Medicine Remedies IIntroduction:Zengye Decoction has the effect of increasing fluids and moistening dryness, primarily treating Yangming warm disease and fluid deficiency constipation syndrome, characterized by constipation, thirst, and a dry red tongue. Patients with confirmed fluid deficiency constipation can choose this formula for treatment. (Editor/Zhuo … Read more

Famous Formulas: Main Prescription for Treating Fluid Deficiency and Constipation

Famous Formulas: Main Prescription for Treating Fluid Deficiency and Constipation

IIntroduction: Zengye Decoction (增液汤) has the effect of increasing fluids and moistening dryness, primarily treating Yangming warm disease and fluid deficiency leading to constipation, characterized by hard stools, thirst, and a dry red tongue. Patients with fluid deficiency and constipation can choose this formula for treatment. Zengye Decoction Author: Li Caiyun [Original Text] In Yangming … Read more

The Efficacy and Functions of Huoma Ren: Blood Deficiency and Fluid Deficiency, Dry Intestines and Constipation

The Efficacy and Functions of Huoma Ren: Blood Deficiency and Fluid Deficiency, Dry Intestines and Constipation

Huoma Ren Huoma Ren, the name of a traditional Chinese medicine, refers to the dried mature seeds of the Cannabis sativa plant from the Moraceae family. It is distributed in Northeast, North, East, and Central South China. It has the effect of moistening the intestines and relieving constipation. It is commonly used for blood deficiency … Read more

Dry Eyes, Itchy Eyes, and Blurred Vision: TCM Perspectives

Dry Eyes, Itchy Eyes, and Blurred Vision: TCM Perspectives

Click on 【Herb Query】, then click the upper right corner 【···】 to set as Starred/Top for easy access Currently, many people are affected by blurred vision, dry eyes, and itchy eyes, which are generally thought to be due to excessive eye use. However, from a TCM perspective, this is mainly related to our kidney, liver, … Read more

Lecture 44 on “Shang Han Lun”: Syndrome of Fluid Deficiency and Constipation, Differentiation of Treatment Methods and Contraindications (with Textual Notes)

Lecture 44 on "Shang Han Lun": Syndrome of Fluid Deficiency and Constipation, Differentiation of Treatment Methods and Contraindications (with Textual Notes)

Introduction: Professor Hao Wanshan from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, male, born in November 1944, professor, chief physician, doctoral supervisor in the field of clinical TCM, and a member of the Basic Medical College of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Inheriting TCM culture and spreading health knowledge! Please share to let more TCM learners see. … Read more

Water Retention and Fluid Deficiency Syndrome and Wu Ling San (Part 3)

Water Retention and Fluid Deficiency Syndrome and Wu Ling San (Part 3)

V. The Kang Ping Edition and General Principles of Ancient Texts Here, I would like to briefly discuss the Kang Ping edition. The Kang Ping edition is a version of the “Shang Han Lun” (Treatise on Cold Damage). In the past, when we studied the “Shang Han Lun”, we only regarded it as a medical … Read more

Zhao Bingnan and Zong Xiuying: The Theory of ‘Water Stagnation and Fluid Deficiency’

Zhao Bingnan and Zong Xiuying: The Theory of 'Water Stagnation and Fluid Deficiency'

Mr. Zhao Bingnan (1899—1984) was a master in the fields of modern TCM surgery and dermatology. He served as the deputy director of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, vice president of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and chairman of the Beijing Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Mr. Zong Xiuying was born in 1926 … Read more

A Case Study of Nasal Inflammation Due to Fluid Deficiency

A Case Study of Nasal Inflammation Due to Fluid Deficiency

On August 27, 2020, a case of nasal inflammation was recorded. The patient experiences symptoms every morning upon waking, sometimes lasting the entire morning, with continuous clear nasal discharge, gradually recovering by the afternoon. The patient describes that exposure to sunlight does not cause nasal discharge, but air conditioning or fan breezes do. Bowel movements … Read more

Three External Treatment Methods for Fluid Deficiency Constipation

Three External Treatment Methods for Fluid Deficiency Constipation

Article 233: Yangming disease, with spontaneous sweating and urination, if sweating is induced, this indicates that the body fluids are depleted. Although the stool is hard, it should not be forcibly expelled. One must have the desire to defecate, and honey decoction should be used to facilitate this. Both the root of the earth melon … Read more