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Successful TCM Treatment Case
Mastitis, Irregular
Menstruation and Urinary Inflammation
May 31,
2005
Ling
Mingjun, female, 50 years old, a resident in our local city, Huaihua. Her
breasts suffer discontinuous pains for 10 years. The aching and swelling occur
three days ahead of her menstruation. Her condition was aggravated since
February this year. She feels prickly pains, and it radiates to the back. The
patient also feels that there is a stone pressing her chest. Shortness of
breath. Chest oppression. Cough with the yellowish phlegm. Once there was
excretion from her breasts, it was yellowish with the peculiar odor. She
couldn¨t touch the upon the breasts, it is painful when pressing it. Dizziness.
Dry eyes. Thirst and like cold drinks. The appetite is fine. Deep black color of
the menstruation. The urine is yellowish and the stool is sloppy. She is
aversion to coldness. The palms and soles run a hot sense in the afternoon.
Night sweating. Poor spirit. Drowsiness. Her check report from the local
hospital on 30th May indicated that there were lower echoes and small
clots in the mammary gland. Feeble pulse. Little tongue coating.
bupleurum root 10g
curcuma tuber 10g
toosendon 10g
cyperus root 10g
bitter orange 10g
sparganum 8g
zedoary 8g
ligusticum root 10g
trichosanthes fruit 15g
lignum 5g
glehnia root 10g
ophiopogon tuber 10g
moutan bark 10g
baiwei 10g
wild chrysanthemum
flower 15g
dandelion 15g
codonopsis root 15g
ovate atractylodes
rhizome 15g
Chinese yam 10g
poria 10g
mulberry seed
15g
Three
dosages are prescribed. 200 milliliters each time, twice a day. To avoid spicy
foods, alcohol and beer.
Dr. Ming
June 2,
2005
Her breasts
have swollen pains and prickly sense, but she feels obvious relief in the
daytime. There are no pains basically. However, in the evening she still has
painful sense, and feels that there is a stone pressing the breasts. Slight
chest oppression. Shortness of breath. Poor spirit. Slight thirst. The urine is
not yellowish. Good improvement of night sweating. The appetite is better.
Dreaminess. There is no excretion from the mammary gland. Slight pains when
pressing the breasts. No radiating pains on the back. Little tongue coating.
Fissured tongue body. Tooth-marks on the edges of the tongue.
bupleurum root 10g
curcuma tuber 10g
toosendon 10g
cyperus root 10g
bitter orange 10g
sparganum 8g
zedoary 8g
ligusticum root 10g
trichosanthes fruit 15g
lignum 5g
glehnia root 10g
ophiopogon tuber 10g
moutan bark 10g
baiwei 10g
wild chrysanthemum
flower 15g
dandelion 15g
codonopsis root 15g
ovate atractylodes
rhizome 15g
Chinese yam 10g
poria 10g
mulberry seed 15g
cuscuta seed 10g
Three
dosages.
Dr. Ming
June 20,
2005.
The pains
of her breasts have disappeared basically. She has itching sense of the breasts
occasionally. There are no obvious swollen pains and excretion. She also feels
slight dull pains after pressing the breasts, but there is no redness and
swelling on the surface of her breasts. Reddish eyes. There are red spots
coming out on her face.
She has
stopped the menstruation for 2 months. Poor spirit. Drowsiness. Thirst and drink
more, no matter the hot drinks or cold drinks are both OK. The stool is normal,
and the urine is not yellowish. Night urine is only once. The palms and soles
run a hot sense.
Her left
pulse is feeble, and the right pulse is normal basically.
Reddish
tongue tips. Deep tooth-marks on the edges of the tongue.
codonopsis root 15g
ovate atractylodes
rhizome 15g
Chinese yam 15g
poria 15g
glehnia root 10g
ophiopogon tuber 10g
tangkuei root 10g
ligusticum root 10g
white poeny root 10g
cooked rehmannia root 15g
lycium root bark 10g
baiwei 10g
mulberry seed 15g
lycium berry 10g
sparganum 8g
zedoary 8g
dandelion 15g
Three
dosages.
Dr. Ming
June 28,
2005.
She
menstruates today. But there is less amount compared to before. Frequency and
urgency of urination. Sore waist. There have been no symptoms of her breasts.
The spirit has been improved 60%. Reddish eyes and night sweat have disappeared.
There is improvement of drowsiness and thirst. The stool is normal. The palms
and soles run a slight hot sense. The appetite is fine. Night urine is only once
and the urine is not yellowish. Slight distention of the lower abdomen.
At present,
her major problems are frequency and urgency of urination, and the obstruction
of menstruation. The right pulse indicates her kidney deficiency. Obvious
tooth-marks on the edge of the tongue. Dry and fissured tongue body.
bupleurum root 12g
plantago seed 10g
alisma tuber 10g
poria 10g
knotgrass 10g
pyriae 10g
codonopsis root 15g
ovate atractylodes
rhizome 15g
Chinese yam 10g
glehnia root 10g
ophiopogon tuber 10g
tangkuei root 10g
ligusticum root 10g
white poeny root 10g
cooked rehmannia root 15g
baiwei 12g
mulberry seed 15g
lycium berry 10g
dandelion 15g
phellodendron bark 10g
Three
dosages prescribed.
Dr. Ming
June 30,
2005.
The patient
reports that she feels unobstructed sense during the menstruation period after
taking the above one dosage of the herbal tea. The whole body and the lower
abdomen improved 60%. The breasts are also relaxed. Frequency and urgency of
urination have been improved 50%. The amount of menstruation also has been
increased. The palms and soles run a slight hot sense. The appetite and sleeping
condition are in a normal state. Slight thirst. The urine is slight yellowish.
There are still slight pains at the two sides of her lower abdomen, but
generally speaking, the pains have been relieved 40%.
bupleurum root 12g
codonopsis root 15g
tangkuei root 10g
mulberry seed 15g
plantago seed 10g
ovate atractylodes
rhizome 15g
ligusticum root 10g
lycium berry 10g
alisma tuber 10g
Chinese yam 10g
white poeny root 10g
dandelion 15g
poria 10g
glehnia root 10g
cooked rehmannia root 15g
phellodendron bark 10g
pyriae 10g
ophiopogon tuber 10g
baiwei 12g
Five
dosages.
Dr. Ming
July 5,
2005.
The patient
told that all of her symptoms have disappeared basically, including frequency
and urgency of urination, distending pins of the breasts and the pains of the
lower abdomen, etc. The menstruation is unobstructed.
She just
feels a little fatigue now. The appetite is better. Slight stomach distention.
The pulse is fine. Thin and yellowish tongue coating. Slightly fissured tongue
body. No thirst. Tooth-marks on the edges of the tongue.
cooked rehmannia
root 15g
tangkuei root 10g
ligusticum root 10g
white poeny root 10g
codonopsis root 15g
ovate atractylodes
rhizome 10g
Chinese yam 10g
poria 10g
phellodendron bark 10g
dandelion 15g
mulberry seed 15g
glehnia root 10g
ophiopogon tuber 10g
Three days
supply.
Dr. Ming
July 7,
2005.
The stomach
is comfortable. There is slight discomfort of her lower abdomen occasionally.
Thin and yellowish tongue coating. Tooth-marks on the edges of the tongue. The
stool is not constipated. The urine is not yellowish. Her fatigue has been
improved 30%.
cooked rehmannia
root 15g
tangkuei root 10g
ligusticum root 10g
white poeny root 10g
codonopsis root 15g
ovate atractylodes
rhizome 15g
Chinese yam 10g
poria 10g
phellodendron bark 10g
dandelion 15g
mulberry seed 15g
glehnia root 10g
ophiopogon tuber 10g
cuscuta seed 10g
cornus fruit 15g
Five days
tea is provided.
Dr. Ming
July 13,
2005.
There is no
distention of her breasts. No discomfort of the lower abdomen and stomach. Some
improvement of the spirit. Slight tooth-marks on the edges of the tongue. Thin
and whitish tongue coating. The urine is not yellowish. So after our treatment
in about 40
days, her major symptoms and sufferings have been resolved.
codonopsis root 15g
ovate atractylodes
rhizome 15g
Chinese yam 10g
poria 10g
bupleurum root 10g
curcuma tuber 10g
cyperus root 10g
toosendon 10g
peach kernel 10g
carthamus flower 10g
phellodendron bark 10g
dandelion 15g
wild chrysanthemum
flower 15g
pueraria root 20g
Three days
tea to consolidate the good treatment result.
Dr. Ming
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