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Comparing 苓桂甘枣汤 and 苓桂术甘汤

By mchern • Mar 27th, 2008 • Category: Blood, Heart/Mind, Herbs & Substances

苓桂甘枣汤 :
苓桂甘枣汤 appears in line 65, and is indicated for:
“发汗后,其人脐下悸者,欲作奔豚…”
We can infer that the patient had some kind of immune reaction expressed as an exterior pattern. Somehow after treatment, the patient feels a kind of throbbing below his belly button, and the “running piglet” feeling is about to happen. I believe that 桂枝 and 甘草 […]



When you bleed…

By mchern • Jan 3rd, 2008 • Category: Blood

Most times when there is bleeding, the first thing that comes to mind is to stop the bleeding.
Yes, Chinese medicine has herbs that function to stop bleeding, but it also take certain other factors into consideration. One of the most important questions is “Why is there bleeding?” There are three main reasons:

Blood is hot and […]