Phlegm-Fire / on mental diseases, for herbal experts

[Guest guest]

Hi, speaking of mental diseases,

 

if someone encounters a case of

 

young female

periodical kuang-'violent behaviour' for some time, like some hours

once or twice a month,

usually several days before the menses,

no therapy helps improving her case,

during the rest of the month/week

she behaves absolutely normal,

 

treat her with strong

blood-stasis eliminating decoction,

(xue fu zhu yu - decoction),

search for bloodstasis symptoms,

as suggested by Wang Qin-ren in 'Correction of Errors among

Physicians'.

 

I am writing this because even in chinese books this case/treatment

style

is hard to find and the it is listed in a single sentence,

and western books

ignore it completely.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, tayfx, for going into one of those Roots that doesn't get

covered in the texts.

 

One of the key indicators that this may be a case of kuang caused not

by Phlegm-Fire Harassing Heart but of severe Blood Stasis is the way

they kuang symptoms are tied so closely to her period. The rest of

the time she is fine.

 

> young female

> periodical kuang-'violent behaviour' for some time, like some hours

> once or twice a month,

> usually several days before the menses,

> no therapy helps improving her case,

> during the rest of the month/week

> she behaves absolutely normal,

>

> treat her with strong

> blood-stasis eliminating decoction,

> (xue fu zhu yu - decoction),

> search for bloodstasis symptoms,

> as suggested by Wang Qin-ren in 'Correction of Errors among

> Physicians'.

 

Can you go into the symptoms and signs of Blood Stasis for the

readers on the list who are new to TCM as well as for students? I've

touched on the subject (use search function in message base and

search for Stasis), but I suspect you have some in-depth knowledge on

Blood Stasis. The type of things that textbooks don't bother to tell

people and is learned only after experience.

 

Thanks,

Victoria