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Dang Gui Root (Radix Angelica Sinensis)
Herbal Origins in the Tradition of the Dao Di Yao Cai from View from the Summit, Volume 1, Number 1 DANG GUI ROOT Radix Angelica sinensis By Emmanuel Segman, MA, Biological Sciences Dang Gui Root (Radix Angelica sinensis) in China is grown first as a seedling on a particular mountain in Gansu Province in the mountain ranges south of the capital city of Lanzhou. It is said that all of the Dang Gui which grows in China derives from this individual mountain harvest of seedlings. (No doubt Dang Gui may... Read more...
Cha Dao — The Way of Tea
Herbal Origins in the Tradition of the Dao Di Yao Cai CHA DAO The Way of Tea Cultivation and Processing By Eric Schanke L.Ac., Brenton Harvey Lic.Ac., C.H., and Hong Ji The origins of tea (camellia sinensis) are shrouded in mythology. The common element in these varied myths is water being boiled under a tea tree and leaves inadvertently falling into the pot. The discoverer of this new wonder is variously described as an emperor, a peasant, or even Shen Nong the patriarch of Chinese herbal medicine. It is now... Read more...
Blood Mansion Formula — Spontaneous Perspiration (Case Study)
BLOOD MANSION FORMULA: Spontaneous Perspiration by Chen Hua-zhang, from “The Treatment of Spontaneous Perspiration Using Methods for Quickening the Blood & Transforming Stasis” Zhong Yi Za Zhi (The Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine), #10, 1993 The author notes that the use of measures for quickening the blood and transforming stasis as a means of treating spontaneous perspira­tion is not often discussed in the medical literature. They then present a representative case employing Decoction for Elimi­nating Stasis from the Blood Mansion (Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang) in the treatment of this... Read more...
Blood Mansion Formula — Frightful Sleep (Case Study)
BLOOD MANSION FORMULA: Frightful Sleep by Hu Ji-ming, from“Experience with Decoction for Eliminating Stasis from the Blood Mansion (Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang) in the Treatment of Frightful Sleep”, The Zhejiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Zhejiang Zhongyi Zazhi), #5, 1993 Frightful sleep is characterized by interruptions in the normal course of sleep. During the first phase of sleep, the patient will wake with a scream, sitting bolt upright or falling out of bed. The author has treated this disorder successfully with Decoction for Eliminating Stasis from the Blood Mansion... Read more...