Kidney-Yang and moves the stools.Shu Di Huang tonifies the Kidneys and strengthens Will-Power.Huo Ma Ren moves the stools.Hu Tao Rou tonifies Kidney-Yang.Zhi Gan Cao harmonizes.After 18 months of treatment the patient had much more energy and her
bowels became regular.Yin Deficiency
Clinical Manifestations
Dry stools, thirst with desire to sip water, dry mouth and throat especially in the evening, sore
back and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, night-sweating.
Tongue: Red without coating, cracks.
Pulse: Floating-Empty.
This condition is very frequent in elderly people with Kidney-Yin deficiency. The tongue will be
Red: in quite advanced cases it will completely lack coating; in less serious cases it may only
partially lack coating or have a rootless coating; and in still milder cases it may have a normal
colour with a dry rootless coating.
Treatment Principle
Nourish Yin, tonify the Kidneys and moisten the Intestines.
Acupuncture
General Prescription
ST-36 Zusanli, SP-6 Sanyinjiao, Ren-4 Guanyuan, KI-3 Taixi, KI-6 Zhaohai, BL-23 Shenshu,
BL-25 Dachangshu, SP-15 Daheng. Reinforcing method, no moxa.
Explanation
- ST-36 and SP-6 nourish Stomach-Yin. ST-36 also promotes the bowel movement.