Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis
Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata
Bu Gu Zhi Fructus Psoraleae corylifoliae
Pu Huang Pollen Typhae
Ai Ye Tan Folium Artemisiae carbonisatumExplanation
This moves Qi and Blood, stops pain and arrests bleeding. It is suitable to treat epigastric pain
from Blood stasis with blood in the stools.
The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Reddish-Purple body.
Case History 14.5
Epigastric Pain: Stasis of Blood in the Stomach-Female, Age 45
A 45-year-old woman had been suffering from epigastric pain for 33 years. She had had a
duodenal ulcer when she was 12. The pain was stabbing in character and radiated from the
epigastrium to the right hypochondrial region. It was worse at night, was accompanied by nausea
and was aggravated by emotional stress; she had had a lot of such stress recently, being in the
process of a bitter divorce. Her periods were irregular, painful and the blood was very dark with
clots. She often felt very tired. Her pulse was Wiry and Full and her tongue was Reddish-Purple,
with a Spleen-type of swelling on the sides and a yellow coating.
Diagnosis This is a clear condition of stasis of Blood affecting Liver and Stomach.
This is apparent from the stabbing character of the pain, its aggravation
at night, the painful periods with dark-clotted blood, the Wiry pulse and
the Reddish-Purple tongue. Stasis of Liver-Blood implies stagnation of
Liver-Qi: this was apparent from the nausea and the aggravation of the
pain with emotional stress. Obviously, due to the very long duration of
the problem, there was also some Spleen-Qi deficiency as evidenced by
the swelling on the sides of the tongue and the tiredness.
Treatment principle The treatment principle adopted was to move Liver-Qi and Liver-Blood,
calm the Mind, settle the Ethereal Soul and tonify the Spleen. She was
treated with acupuncture and herbs.
Acupuncture The acupuncture points used were selected from the following:
Ren-12 Zhongwan, ST-36 Zusanli and SP-6 Sanyinjiao, with
reinforcing method, to tonify Spleen-Qi. SP-6 also moves Blood and
calms the Mind.LIV-14 Qimen and G.B.-34 Yanglingquan, with even method, to move