the treatment principle reverted to the original one of tonifying Kidneys
and Liver with You Gui Wan. This time, she felt well on it.This case history is given to illustrate the importance of adopting a
correct principle of treatment: even if the diagnosis is correct, adoption
of the wrong principle of treatment will not yield results. This case also
shows the importance, in mixed Excess and Deficiency conditions, of
eliminating pathogenic factors before tonifying: this approach is
particularly important when herbs are used and not so much if only
acupuncture is used.Stagnation of Cold
Clinical Manifestations
Lower abdominal pain before or after the period, pain more central, pain relieved by the
application of heat, menstrual blood rather scanty and bright-red with dark clots, feeling cold,
sore back.
Tongue: Pale-Bluish or Bluish-Purple.
Pulse: Deep and Choppy or Deep and Wiry.
Treatment Principle
Warm the uterus, expel Cold, move Blood.
Acupuncture
General Prescription
Ren-4 Guanyuan, Ren-6 Qihai, ST-29 Guilai, SP-8 Diji, SP-6 Sanyinjiao, ST-36 Zusanli.
Reducing method except on ST-36 which should be reinforced. Moxa must be used.
Explanation
- Ren-4, with moxa, warms the uterus.
- Ren-6, with moxa, moves Qi and expels Cold from the lower abdomen.
- ST-29 moves Blood.
- SP-8 and SP-6 move Blood and stops pain.