Zhao Xinbo’s Experience in Treating Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Sequelae, March 2, 1995

Zhao Xinbo’s Experience in Treating Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Sequelae, March 2, 1995

Brain injuries range from mild concussions to severe contusions. The former involves only brief loss of consciousness (a few seconds), while the latter involves longer periods of unconsciousness (from a few seconds to several hours or days). The sequelae of the former usually include headache, dizziness, and memory loss, whereas the latter may involve epilepsy, mania, hemiplegia, generalized blood count reduction, and persistent high blood pressure.

For the former, use Xuefu Zhuyu Tang; for the latter, use hook vine, Acorus tatarinowii, safflower, honeysuckle, Forsythia, dandelion, purple flower, cicada slough, silkworm pupa, whole scorpion, Ophiopogon, Tianzhu Huang, stone clam, tortoiseshell, raw gypsum, lotus seed heart, and bear bile powder (0.6 g, taken in two doses).

Mnemonic: Three insects, five flavors, stone flower, vine; winter—Tianzhu, stone clam, lotus seed heart; bear bile—three doses, two times; brain contusion—great effect.