Table of Contents

Jiāo’s Case Studies Translator’s Foreword

Chapter One: Pattern-based treatment requires mastery of the four examinations

Case 1: Concretion and conglomeration mounting pain (twisted ovarian cyst)

Case 2: Cough and panting (chronic geriatric bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, cardiopulmonary disease, and cardiac functional insufficiency [Level II–III])

Case 3: Dizziness and insomnia (low blood pressure)

Case 4: Lesser yáng (shào yáng) heat depression (fever of undetermined cause)

Case 5: Amenorrhea with blood stasis engendering macules (subacute lupus erythematosus)

Chapter One Takeaways

Chapter Two: Chinese medical theory is the foundation of pattern-based treatment

Case 1: Enuresis during sleep

Case 2: Coughing blood (hemoptysis) (bronchiectasis)

Case 3: Inverted menstruation (cerebral arterio-venous deformity)

Case 4: Urinary incontinence and toothache

Case 5: Bladder cough (cough with urinary incontinence)

Chapter Three Takeaways

Chapter Three: Choosing treatment methods according to pattern is key to pattern-based treatment

Case 1: Malaria (fever, etiology unknown)

Case 2: Convulsions (cerebral tumor?)

Case 3: Wind strike (cerebral arterial thrombosis)

Case 4: Severe insomnia

Case 5: Insomnia and seminal emission

Chapter Three Takeaways

Chapter Four: Flexible application of formulas and medicinals in pattern-based treatment

Case 1: Swelling in both rib-sides

Case 2: Liver-kidney qì stagnation, damp amassment in the urinary bladder (urinary calculi)

Case 3: Vomiting and constipation (traumatic bone fracture sequelae)

Case 4: Post-miscarriage placental retention (partial placental retention)

Case 5: Hair loss (alopecia)

Chapter Four Takeaways

Chapter Five: Applying pattern-based treatment to Western medical diseases

Case 1: Hyperactive tongue wind (pediatric chorea, Sydenham chorea)

Case 2: Chest impediment (acute myocarditis)

Case 3: Jaundice (acute infectious hepatitis)

Case 4: Summerheat warmth with dampness (epidemic encephalitis B)

Case 5: Head wind (Sheehan’s syndrome)

Chapter Five Takeaways

Chapter Six: Same treatment for different diseases and different treatment for same diseases

Case 1: Abdominal Pain (Acute Gastritis)

Case 2: Stomach duct pain (acute gastritis)

Case 3: Greater Yáng (tài yáng) and Yáng Brightness (yáng míng) Combination Disease (Salmonella Infection)

Case 4: Wheezing and panting (asthma)

Case 5: Wheezing and panting (asthma)

Chapter Six Takeaways

Chapter Seven: Important issues in pattern-based treatment

Case 1: Joint-deformity impediment (rheumatoid arthritis)

Case 2: Hemilateral headache (angio-neurotic headache)

Case 3: Intestinal welling-abscess (acute appendicitis)

Case 4: Latent damp-heat in the lesser yáng (shào yáng) (fever, etiology unknown)

Case 5: Hemilateral headache (cervical spondylosis)

Chapter Seven Takeaways

Chapter Eight: Pattern-based treatment requires constant improvement and development

Case 1: Stone strangury (urinary calculus)

Case 2: Headache and heart palpitations (Level III atrioventricular block)

Case 3: Suspended rheum (exudative pleurisy)

Case 4: Chest impediment (coronary heart disease, angina pectoris)

Case 5: Dizziness and headache, soft tetany (renal and malignant hypertension)

Chapter Eight Takeaways