January 11, 2005.
The patient, Ms. Cui Guxiou, is
living in Huaihua city, female, 40 years old and she weighs 54
kilograms. In August 2004, suddenly urticaria papules appeared
all over her body. The size of most papules is about 2cm x 2cm x
1cm and many smaller sized papules co-exist as well. The most
severe parts are abdomen, hips, four limbs and back. The papules
even appear on the scalp. The reason is unknown to this
condition. After the intravenous injection of western medicine
for preventing allergy, the papules could disappear. Yet 20
hours later, the same condition re-appears. After disappearance
of the papules, the skin feels numb and burning. The papules
are very itching and burning.
The patient feels slight dizzy.
Sometimes there is tinnitus like thundering in the ears. The
eyesight is dim. Dry mouth, bitter taste in the mouth and numb
feeling of the mouth. The appetite is increasing 30% recently.
The patient does not drink too much every day. Liking
hot drinks. There is slight shortness of breath. There is much
clear saliva in thee mouth. There is a desire to tend to vomit
for a few years. Occasionally, there is needling pains at the
chest front part. The liver area has no pains. The menstruation
is normal. The bowel movement is twice a day. The urine is
yellowish. The night urination is twice each night. Three times
to four times urination in each daytime. The feet are cool and
not burning. There is no hot sense in the soles and palms in the
afternoon. No abnormal sweating. Sometimes there are muscle
spasms of the feet. Much hair loss. The average sleep is 7 hours
a day. Dreaminess.
When the patient meets cold or
heat, the papules may occur. The papules feel like fire burning.
Slight dizziness when in onset, and while the blood pressure is
reduced a little bit. The eyesight is occasionally reduced. The
body is not soft. Using some plant oil on the papules, the
symptoms could be relieved. Bleeding happens when scratching a
lot. The tongue coating is yellowish and greasy. The right wrist
pulse is feeble and thready and the kidney pulse is feeble. The
left wrist pulse is extremely thready and feeble.
Diagnosis:
Urticaria (Western medicine)
Wind papule of wind heat type
(Chinese medicine)
Treatment Strategy: Expelling
external wind evil, clearing heat, quickening blood circulation,
cooling blood, nourishing blood, stopping itching.
schizonepeta root 10g
ledebouriella root 10g cicada molting 15g flavescent sophora
root 10g xanthium seed 12g arctium seed 12g kochia seed 12g
cnidium seed 12g scrophularia root 10g tangkuei root 10g
ligusticum root 10g scutellaria root 12g dandelion 20g gardenia
fruit 12 anemarrhena 12g moutan bark 12g fresh rhemannia root
10g red peony root 10g
Three dosages, to be taken
orally, 200 milliliters in the morning and another 200
milliliters in the afternoon.
Dr. Zhu Ming
January 14, 2005.
The food intake is reduced a
little bit. Blurred vision, dry mouth and bitter taste in the
mouth are relived. The sleep is normal.
schizonepeta root 10g
ledebouriella root 10g cicada molting 15g flavescent sophora
root 10g xanthium seed 12g arctium seed 12g kochia seed 12g
cnidium seed 12g scrophularia root 10g tangkuei root 10g
ligusticum root 10g scutellaria root 12g dandelion 20g gardenia
fruit 12 moutan bark 12g fresh rhemannia root 10g red peony
root 10g phellodandron bark 10g
Dr.
Ming
January 19, 2005
From the day starting to drink
the herbal tea till today, the urticaria only occurred once
yesterday evening. The serious degree of the papules is reduced
50%.The size of the skin of papules also is reduced 50%.The
degree of itching is reduced quite a lot. The tongue coating is
yellowish and greasy.
schizonepeta root 10g
ledebouriella root 10g cicada molting 15g flavescent sophora
root 10g xanthium seed 12g arctium seed 12g kochia seed 12g
cnidium seed 12g scrophularia root 15g tangkuei root 10g
ligusticum root 10g scutellaria root 10g dandelion 15g amommon
12g coix seed 12g gardenia fruit 10g moutan bark 10g fresh
rhemannia root 10g red peony root 10g phellodandron bark 10g
Taking the above formula for
five days.
Dr.
Ming
January 24, 2005.
The spirit is roughly normal.
The appetite is good, the sleep is normal. The papules have been
reduced obviously. The skin feels slightly itching, numb and
hard. The tongue coating is yellowish and greasy.
schizonepeta root 8g
ledebouriella root 8g cicada molting 15g flavescent sophora root
10g xanthium seed 12g arctium seed 12g cnidium seed 12g
scrophularia root 15g tangkuei root 10g ligusticum root 10g
scutellaria root 10g dandelion 15g amommon 12g gardenia fruit
10g coix seed 12g moutan bark 10g fresh rhemannia root 10g red
peony root 10g phellodandron bark 10g kochia seed 12g
Taking the above formula for
three dosages.
Dr. Ming
January 26, 2005.
The spirit, appetite and sleep
are normal. One re-occurrence of urticaria two days ago, yet the
degree is reduced 60%.
schizonepeta root 6g
ledebouriella root 6g cicada molting 15g flavescent sophora root
10g xanthium seed 12g arctium seed 12g cnidium seed 12g
scrophularia root 15g tangkuei root 10g ligusticum root 10g
scutellaria root 10g dandelion 15g amommon 12g gardenia fruit
10g fresh rhemannia root 10g red peony root 10g phellodandron
bark 10g moutan bark 10g coix seed 10g kochia seed 15g black
sesame 10g
Taking the above formula for
another four days.
Dr. Ming
March 10, 2005,
The patient reports that during
the recent 40 days. There is no occurrence. All the symptoms do
not exist. So her urticaria is cured.
