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[Patient Xi, male, 50 years old, from Dongshan] Suffers from Blood Bi (bi-syndrome caused by blood stasis) and Qi stagnation, with abdominal discomfort and dry, hard, unmoistened stool. This is due to Blood Bi. In summer, soft and moistening acrid drugs were used. Upon arrival at Frost Descent, when Earth is prosperous, repeated episodes of abdominal pain occurred, and the eyes turned yellow. This is not Jaundice, but rather damp-heat and blood stasis lingering and obstructing.
Prescription: Fried Peach Kernel, Prunus mume seed (Yuli Ren), Chrysanthemum coronarium seed (Chongwei Zi), Malva verticillata seed (Dong Kui Zi), Dried Spinach.
Blood accumulation over time inevitably becomes astringent/stagnant; thus, moving blood stasis is combined with slippery methods to remove astringency. Medications are never randomly administered.
Blood naturally flows; when bi occurs, blood knots and Qi stagnates. Since blood deficiency is not severe, the method of promoting circulation should be used, with refined medication selection.

[Patient Liu, male, 26 years old, from Huai'an] There is tangible food stagnation entering from the stomach to the intestines, lodged below the heart and chest. These are areas where Yang Qi circulates. Because food stagnation persisted for several years initially, it was mistaken for an excess condition, causing Yang Qi to fail to rotate, leading to knotting Bi.
Xie Bai Bai Jiu Tang treats formless Qi obstruction, not tangible food stagnation; therefore, the method of unblocking Yang is employed.

[Patient Jiang, male, 44 years old, from Tongzhou] Suffers from Phlegm-Fluid Asthma, triggered by cold, fatigue, or anger.
Prescription: Xiao Qing Long Tang (Minor Blue Dragon Decoction) without Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang).
Treating asthma begins with opening the Taiyang channel.

[Patient Chen, male, 44 years old, from Lili] Observation of complexion, form, and pulse confirms Yang deficiency. Wine and food gather dampness; dampness descends to the intestines and hemorrhoids causing bleeding. Dampness is Yin turbidity, first damaging Spleen Yang. When Yang is weak and Qi declines, numbness appears at midnight (Hai and Zi hours), which is the time of Qi and Blood transition. This is indeed due to weak Yang failing to sustain itself. There is a risk of Zhong Fei (stroke/apoplexy) in middle age.
Prescription: Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu), Prepared Zingiberis Rhizoma (Pao Jiang), Prepared Licorice Root (Zhi Cao), Stir-fried Black Prepared Aconiti Lateralis Radix (Chao Hei Fuzi).
Yang governs Qiao vessel diseases; Yang decline causes heavy and sluggish body; Yang weakness leads to insufficient vital energy continuation. Fuzi Lizhong Tang warms the Middle and Lower Jiao. The overall aim is to strengthen Yang.

[Patient Zhang, male, 18 years old, from Jiaxing] Yin Fire rises in the late afternoon; groaning during sleep indicates floating Yang cannot return to its repository. Emaciation, poor appetite, and night sweats require consolidation methods.
Prescription: Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) added with Nanzhongbai (Calcined Shell of White Stork Nest) and E-Jiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin).
Children who cry excessively, restlessly wake up, and have restless spirits during sleep typically have Yin deficiency constitutions with weak congenital endowment. Without succumbing to smallpox/variolous diseases early, they will likely develop Lao Zhai (consumptive disease like tuberculosis) around age twenty. This has been repeatedly verified.
During sleep, Yang Qi hides, and Hun Spirit returns to the Liver. If Liver Yin is insufficient, Hun Spirit lacks attachment, causing groaning during sleep. Treatment should focus on nourishing Yin and descending Fire.

[Patient Li, male, 67 years old, from Loumen] Left and right are pathways of Yin and Yang. In old age, frequent mental exertion without profit leads to frustration, causing constrained and disharmonious Qi and Blood in movement. Pain worsens at night due to declining Yang and worsening Yin pathology at night. The Ying-nourishing method is used. Mental exertion without profit causes Heart Ying depression and lack of nourishment. Using Ying-nourishing methods harmonizes Qi and Blood, allowing Liver Wood to flourish without constraint. This is a formless pathogen, avoiding only Tuo Ying Shi Jing (loss of Ying and Essence).

[Patient Zhang, male, 63 years old, from Haiyan] Autumn malaria resulted from external pathogens transforming after months. Autumn malaria arises from Summer Heat-Damp-Heat lurking internally during summer, triggered by new coolness externally. Quack doctors only know Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang or Xiao Chai Hu Tang. They do not know that if Damp-Heat is in the Qi level, disturbing medications affect the Blood level, injuring Blood and spasming tendons/spleen. Hot tendons relax, cold tendons slacken, leading to chronic Wei Bi (flaccidity and bi-syndrome) difficult to treat.
Prescription: Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Taxillus Chinensis Herba (Jisheng), Panther Bone (Hugu), Lycii Fructus (Gouqi), Astragali Complanati Semen (Shayuan), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Fuxiong).
Pathology in the Qi level, wrongly affecting the Blood level, often results in tendon flaccidity and spasms, joint pain, and uncomfortable Wei Bi. For chronic illness, must physicians not be cautious?

[Patient Sun, male, 24 years old, from Nancangqiao] Essence damaged below, Dragon-Lei Fire within Yin burns uncontrollably. After blood loss, anal ulceration with pus leakage is caused by Yin Fire sinking. Panting while walking and overflowing saliva indicate Kidney failing to grasp True Qi; Five Fluids transform into foam surging upward. There is no logic in treating cough with phlegm-resolving herbs. Supporting Stomach Qi and grasping Kidney True Qi is the priority.
Prescription: Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Umbilicus (Kanzi), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian), Fluorite (Zishiying), Poria (Fuling), Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi), Euryales Semen (Qianshi), Dioscoreae Rhizoma (Shanyao).
Fire nature ascends, but Yin Fire sinks through openings. Boiling heat in soles preferring cold places is also Yin Fire sinking. Old Qi is invincible.

[Patient Wu, from Guanshang] Qi leakage requires Yang drugs to consolidate Qi. Quacks treat cough with Yin-nourishing drugs, leading to consumptive disease.
Prescription: Astragali Radix (Huangqi), Jianzhong Tang added with Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen).
Long-term cough causes Lung Qi to rise and leak with each cough. Lung is the Canopy, governing regulation throughout the body. Leakage means insufficient Middle Qi; using Yang drugs to consolidate Qi is knowing the key point.

[Patient Wang, male, 27 years old, from Tongli] Married too early, essence leaked before filling. Last year began with diarrhea (Shaoyin insecurity), followed by phlegm-cough (Five Fluids turning to Phlegm), increased appetite but emaciation (internal burning of Yin Fire), autumn sore throat (Kidney Essence deficiency ascending along Shaoyin channel). Winter hiding fails, Dragon-Lei Fire flickers (against natural laws). No storage function, spring blooms (Yang Qi rising and leaking excessively); this illness will relapse.
Prescription: Ashes of Human Urine (Qiushi) mixed with Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Walnut Seed (Hetaoren), Poria Cum Pinellia (Fushen), Fluorite (Zishiying), Ligustrum Lucidum Fructus (Nvzhenzi), Schisandrae Fructus (Beiwuweizi).
The case history is described in five layers, factually, without speculation.

[Patient Shen, male, 34 years old] Six Fu Organs' Yang Qi does not move; turbidity congeals causing difficult stool; turbidity knots causing pain. Ban Shu Wan is the slipperiest hot drug, entering intestines to drain turbidity. Yin-Chen stagnates in Stomach; Yang has not yet revived. Light flavors are suitable.
Prescription: Stir-fried Raw Prepared Aconiti Lateralis Radix (Chao Sheng Chuanfu), Raw Dried Ginger (Sheng Ganjiang).
Pill coated with Scallion Juice.
Ban Shu Wan is very slippery, acting quickly in intestines without lingering in Stomach; Stomach Yang has not yet revived.

[Patient Lu, male, 18 years old, from Baoshan] Early Spring climate, cold persists. Inhaling cold air first damages Yang of Chest/Diaphragm and Stomach Epigastrium. Belching sour, turbid, stale qi indicates Clear Yang not reaching, rotation failing. Avoid greasy/sticky foods; start with vegetables. Once illness passes, do not disrupt Stomach Qi with random drugs.
Prescription: Piperis Longi Fructus (Bibo), Raw Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (Sheng Yizhiren), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang), Amomi Fructus Pericarpium (Sharen Qiao), Trichosanthes Root (Tugua), Trichosanthis Pericarpium (Loupi).
Upper Jiao governs clarity and Yang. Only if void and spiritual without turbid flavor contamination can Upper Jiao open, fluids descend, and Stomach Qi harmonize.

[Patient Tang, male, 29 years old, from Jiangning] Patient stayed in Baigou River, Zhili last May. North differs from South; rain, heat, dampness steaming, night sitting in cold invasion. Even chills/fever are mild pathogens. Doctor used Gun Tan Wan purgatively, trapping exterior pathogens. Lung萎 (Wei) causes hoarseness, sore throat, difficulty swallowing. Following Xu Zhicai's "Light can remove solidity," use drugs with Qi but no strong flavor (Qi moves Yang, Flavor moves Yin; light and ascending, taking light Qi and thin power).
Prescription: Belamcandae Rhizoma (Shegan), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), Arctii Fructus (Dali), Talcum (Huashi), Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang Miao), Cicadae Periostracum (Chantui), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren).

[Patient Zhang, male, 22 years old, from Wuxi] Hemoptysis recurs in autumn, night fever and sweating, entirely Yin deficiency. Strictly avoid Lung drugs. Manage cough, abstain from sex for 100 days to aid storage; appetite is good. Kidney/Liver Yin drugs must assist grasping.
Prescription: Prepared Rehmanniae Radix (Shudi), Fried Dioscoreae Rhizoma (Shanyao), Euryales Semen (Qianshi), Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi), Nelumbinis Plumula (Hulian), Poria (Fushen).

[Patient Lu, male, 61 years old, from Xihuai] At sixty, Lower Yuan deficits first appear. Alcoholism gathers dampness causing loose stools. Complexion looks robust, Essence brilliance exposed. Adding fatigue/anger triggers internal Wind suddenly, resembling Fei Zhong (stroke). (Exposed Essence brilliance means Lower Yuan further depleted; once Internal Wind moves, there is no root to stand upon, hence Fei Zhong.)
Prescription: Qibao Meiran Dan added with Sesame (Sanjiao Huma).

[Patient Chen, male, 33 years old, from Dongcang] Pulse is small, slow, and choppy. Distension from epigastrium to lower abdomen, stool already loose. Draining Liver with bitter/acrid had slight effect but did not cure.
Young man's form/color declined; method should regulate Yang and promote circulation, fearing edema and abdominal distension.
Prescription: Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Papaya (Mugua), Tangerine Peel (Guapi), Prepared Zingiberis Rhizoma (Pao Jiang), Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (Yizhi), Poria (Fuling).

[Patient Shen, from Huzhou] Farmer with isolated abdominal distension, caused by labor and muscle fullness out of time. Hardest to see results.