Peng Yuemei, a female, 56 years old, 88 kilograms in weight.

October 13, 2005.  

Severe anemia. Dizziness. Tinnitus of the left ear. No thirst and like warm drinks. Not drink too much. Slight abdominal distention. She has enteritis due to radiation treatment for cancer for one year. The stool is sloppy and the bowel movement is once a day. No abdominal distending pains. Black blood in the stool. The blood test indicates that her white blood cell is a bit high, 7.8g/L hemoglobin. Night urination is twice to three times. She could not take uncooked and cold food, otherwise there would be more blood in the stool.

The urine is sometimes clear and sometimes yellowish. Soft legs. No lumbago and no cold sense on the back. Cold sense in the palms and soles in winter. No tidal fever and no night sweating. Whitish nails and yellowish complexion. No menstruation. The appetite and spirit are both fine. She sleeps for seven hours a day.

The right pulse and the left pulse are thready and rapid. Kidney pulse is feeble. Reddish tongue body. There are spots due to blood stasis on the surface of the tongue tip. The tongue coating is thin and yellowish.

She has been diagnosed with bleeding of the intestines.

codonopsis root 12g,  ovate atractylodes root 12g,   dioscorea root 10g,    poria 8g,   mulberry 8g,     lycium berry 8g,   cuscuta seed  8g,  tangkuei 8g,    white peony root  8g,  cooked rehmannia root 12g,  madder root 8g,  typha pollen 8g,  notoginseng root 3g,  evodia fruit 3g,   baijiang 12g,   wild chrysanthemum flower 12g.

                                                                                       Dr. Ming

October 19, 2005.  

There is 80% improvement of the bleeding in the stool. The bowel movement is once a day and the stool is a bit black. Slight tinnitus. There is relief of sticky fluids in the stool. The urine is sometimes clear and sometimes yellowish. The lower limbs are of edema and the edema will be worse in the afternoon. 

codonopsis root 12g, ovate atractylodes root 12g,      dioscorea root 8g,    poria 8g,   mulberry 8g,     lycium berry 8g,   cuscuta seed 8g,  tangkuei 8g,    white peony root  8g,  cooked rehmannia root 12g,  madder root  8g,  typha pollen 8g,  notoginseng root 3g,  evodia fruit 3g,   baijiang 12g,   wild chrysanthemum flower 12g.

                                                                                       Dr. Ming 

October 24, 2005. 

There is 90% improvement of the bleeding in the stool and it is a bit black. The bowel movement is once a day and the stool is not constipated or sloppy. Obvious reduction of the sticky fluids in the stool. Whitish urine. Good improvement of spirit. Increased food in-take. Normal sleep. Improvement of the bloated lower limbs. Slight thirst. Whitish tongue body. Teeth-marks on the edges of the tongue. The tongue coating is thin and whitish and a bit grayish. 

codonopsis root 15g, ovate atractylodes root 15g,   dioscorea root 10g,    poria 10g,   mulberry 15g,  lycium berry 10g,   cuscuta seed 10g,  tangkuei 8g,    white peony root 15g,  cooked rehmannia root 15g,  madder root 10g,  typha pollen 10g,  notoginseng root 3g,  evodia fruit 3g,   baijiang 12g,   wild chrysanthemum flower12g,  ophiopogon tuber 10g,  dandelion 15g,  semen coix 12g.

                                                                                      Dr. Ming 

October 28, 2005.  

In the recent five days, very little bleeding in the stool just occurred once a day and the stool is in a good shape. There is no sticky fluids basically. Slight improvement of food in-take. No abdominal distention. No nausea. Obvious relief of the edema of the lower limbs. Sleeping and spirit are improved and now she could sleep 8 to 9 hours each day, while in the past her sleeping quality is very bad, just sleep 3 to 4 hours.

The pulse is thready and weak. Whitish tongue body. The tongue coating is thin and yellow and greasy. 

codonopsis root 15g,  ovate atractylodes root 15g,   dioscorea root 10g,    poria 10g,   mulberry 8g,   lycium berry 10g,  cuscuta seed 10g,  tangkuei 10g,    white peony root 10g,  cooked rehmannia root 15g,  madder root 8g,   typha pollen 10g,  notoginseng root 3g,  evodia fruit 3g,   baijiang 12g,   wild chrysanthemum flower12g.

                                                                                       Dr. Ming

November 3, 2005.  

The lower abdomen is comfortable. No blood is found in the stool. Much gas passing. No sticky fluids in the stool. Further improvement of food in-take. The lower limbs have no edema in the afternoon. Fine spirit. She sleeps 5 to 6 hours a day. No thirst. The urine is not yellow. No waist pain. The tongue coating is slightly yellowish. Whitish tongue body.

codonopsis root 15g, ovate atractylodes root 15g,      dioscorea root 10g,    poria 10g,   mulberry 10g,  lycium berry 10g,   cuscuta seed 10g,  tangkuei 10g,    white peony root 10g, cooked rehmannia root 15g,  madder root 10g,  typha pollen 10g,  notoginseng root 3g,  evodia fruit 3g,   baijiang12g,  dandelion 12g.

                                                                                        Dr. Ming