Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Explanation

• L.I.-4, L.I.-11 and T.B.-5 are the three main points to expel Wind-Heat. Other points are
  selected according to symptoms and signs.


• BL-12 releases the Exterior and expels Wind.


• BL-13 stimulates the dispersing and descending of Lung-Qi and stops cough.


• Du-14 is selected if symptoms of Heat are pronounced (e.g. high fever). It should be
  needled obliquely downwards and one should preferably obtain a strong needling
  sensation propagating downwards.


• LU-11, with bleeding method, expels Wind-Heat and soothes the throat and is selected if
  the throat and tonsils are sore, swollen and inflamed.


• G.B.-20 and Du-16 expel Wind and are selected if the headache is severe.

Herbal Treatment

Prescriptions

Yin Qiao San
(Lonicera-Forsythia Powder)

Jin Yin Hua Flos Lonicerae japonicae 9 g

Lian Qiao Fructus Forsythiae suspensae 9 g

Jie Geng Radix Platycodi grandiflori 6 g

Niu Bang Zi Fructus Arctii lappae 9 g

Bo He Herba Menthae 6 g

Jing Jie Herba seu Flos Schizonepetae tenuifoliae 5 g

Zhu Ye Herba Lophatheri gracilis 4 g

Dan Dou Chi Semen Sojae praeparatum 5 g

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis 5 g

Explanation

• Jin Yin Hua and Lian Qiao expel Wind-Heat, release the Exterior and resolve
  Fire-Poison. This last function makes them suitable to treat an inflamed throat and
  tonsils.