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This is one of the few cases in Xu’s collection that make the patient’s tongue pertinent to diagnosis. This suggests that during the Song, or at least in Xu’s practice, tongue diagnosis was not common in clinical practice.
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The text reads 陰陽, which does not make sense, but later this manifestation type is called 陽明, which does.
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Visceral Bind (zangjie) results from incorrectly draining a patient with a Greater Yang disorder. The pathogenic qi takes advantage of the incorrect treatment and penetrates further inside the body, creating a disorder that is much more difficult to treat. See Zhongyi da cidian, 2nd ed., p. 1453.
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Cinnabar Field (dantian) refers to a region of the abdomen located 3 cun (inches) below the navel.
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Gardenia Decoction (梔子湯) usually refers to Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction (梔子豉湯) or its variants. For further information see Scheid et al. 2009, pp. 158–161. Gardenia Decoction first appears in the Beiji qianjin yaofang, juan 10, pp. 158–159 and in the Waitai miyao, juan 4, p 141, quoting from the now lost book of [Formulas from] Secret Records for Prolonging Life (Yannian milu 延年秘錄[方]). Its ingredients are quite different from those in the Treatise’s formula.
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Scheid et al. 2009, pp. 104–109.
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Goldschmidt, A. (2019). Case Number 62. In: Medical Practice in Twelfth-century China – A Translation of Xu Shuwei’s Ninety Discussions [Cases] on Cold Damage Disorders. Archimedes, vol 54. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06103-6_63
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