Publisher's Synopsis
In general, a patient normally displays a number of symptoms each of which may require a particular formula for treatment. We may take all the formulas required into account, and select one or more formulas which can treat the greatest number of symptoms displalyed by the patient. This is the strategy we use to select the treatment formula. One day a hospital in China received four patients of vertigo. How do we select treatment formulas for each patient? First patient Name: Wang, male, age 40, Symptoms: sudden attack of vertigo and headache, whirling sensations surrounding him, and he couldn't stand up for four days, feeling hasty and jumpy, prone to anger, bitter taste in the mouth, red complexion, red tongue, vibratory tongue, wiry and forceful pulses. Second patient Name: Li, male, age 38. Symptoms: Flying objects in front of the eyes and sore loins and legs for more than half a year, fatigue, heavy sensations in the head with light sensations in the legs, poor memory and thought, ringing in ears, falling of hair on head, loose teeth, looking older than his age, weak pulses. Third patient: Name: Zhao, male, age 45. Symptoms: Vertigo, Headache as if the head were being wrapped up, nausea, and poor appetite, overweight, white and greasy coating on the tongue, slippery pulse, vomiting. Fourth patient: Name: Shi, female, age 32. Symptoms: fatigue, palpitation, overdue menstruation, scanty light menstrual flow, decreased eyesight, pale and white lips and nails, fat tongue, pale tongue, white and moist coating, soft and fine pulses.
