Syndromes and Disorders

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Bladder Foot Taiyang Channel

Key Words
Symptoms
Impotence • sole heat • irregular menses • nocturnal emission • frequent urination • enuresis • asthma • edema • dry tongue • hemoptysis • lumbar pain • lumbago • mental restlessness • urine retention • stifling chest sensation • LUO (BL-58): headache • congestion • runny nose • back pain • epistaxis
Tongue
Pulse
Treatment
Acupunct
Herbs

Blood Deficiency

Key Words
Pale, Blurry vision, Insomnia
Symptoms
Sallow complexion, Pale lips, pale gums, Dizziness, Blurry vision, Palpitations, Insomnia, Numbness of hands and feet, Poor circulation, Dark skin, scanty menses or amenorrhea, poor memory, dream-disturbed sleep, pale lips, pale tongue
Tongue
Pale
Pulse
Thready
Treatment
Tonify Blood
Acupunct
ST 36, SP 6, SP 10, RN 12, LI 10, BL 17, BL 20
Herbs
Gou Qi Zi, Shu Di Huang, Dang Gui, Da Zao, E Jiao, Chuan Xiong

Blood Heat

Key Words
Bleeding, Rash, Mental issues
Symptoms
Mental restlessness, Mania if severe, Dry mouth with no desire to drink, Hemorrhage, Excess menstural flow, Rash, Petechia, Epistaxis, Hemoptysis, Hematemesis, Hematuria
Tongue
Crimson
Pulse
Rapid/ Floating
Treatment
Clear blood heat, Nourish blood, Moisten dryness
Acupunct
Jing-Well, Ying-Spring, He-Sea, Ear Apex, DU 14, BL 40
Herbs
Sheng Di Huang, Mu Dan Pi, Chi Shao, Huang Qin, Di Gu Pi, Ou Jie

Blood Stagnation

Key Words
Slow moving blood, Sharp pain
Symptoms
Stabbing /Fixed/Sharp pain, Worse with pressure or at night, hard/fixed rough tumor/mass always present never disappearing, Dark blood with clots, Black/Blue complexion, Varicose veins, Dry Scaly skin, Poor circulation, Cold fingers and toes, Mass / tumor firm and fixed on palpation, Hemorrhage, Clots, Ecchymoses / Petechia
Tongue
Purple spots, Dusky, Cloudy dark red
Pulse
Choppy
Treatment
Move blood
Acupunct
BL 17, SP 10, LI 4, LV 3, RN 17, LU 9
Herbs
Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang

Chong Channel

Key Words
Symptoms
Pain in abdomen • ASTHMA • Infertility • Irregular menses • Qi rebellion • Sea of Blood
Tongue
Pulse
Treatment
Acupunct
Herbs

Dai Channel

Key Words
Symptoms
cold water soaking sensation • uterus prolapse • muscle atrophy • Abdominal distention • weak lumbar • leukorrhea • irregular menses • weak lower limbs
Tongue
Pulse
Treatment
Acupunct
Herbs

Deficiency Cold

Key Words
cold signs, weakness
Symptoms
Chronic disease states • Relatively longer disease duration • Chills, Headache, Body Ache, Sneezes, Cough, Nasal Congestion or Drip • NO Fever • NO Thirst • NO Sweating • Cold Signs • White Coating • Pale Tongue • Slow Pulse
Tongue
Blue, Pale, Dusky
Pulse
Slow, Weak
Treatment
Warm Cold, Tonify Qi
Acupunct
BL 23, DU 4, KD 3
Herbs
Shen Qi Wan

Deficiency Heat

Key Words
Heat and Weakness
Symptoms
Fever • Thirst • Sweating • NO Cold Signs • Yellow Coating • Red Tip • Rapid Pulse, Weakness
Tongue
Any
Pulse
Thin, Rapid
Treatment
Tonify Yin
Acupunct
BL 52, KD 3, KD 6
Herbs
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan // Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan

DU Channel

Key Words
Symptoms
opisthotonos • headache • epilepsy • spinal column issues • LUO (DU-01): head tremors • spinal column disorder • heavy head • LUO: (DU-01) spinal column stiffness, heavy head, head tremors • Sea of Yang
Tongue
Pulse
Treatment
Acupunct
Herbs

Excess Cold

Key Words
cold signs, pale, cold
Symptoms
Chronic disease states, Relatively longer disease duration, Chills, Headache, Body Ache, Sneezes, Cough, Nasal Congestion or Drip, NO Fever, NO Thirst, NO Sweating, Cold Signs, White Coating, Pale Tongue, Slow Pulse, bluish purple lips
Tongue
Blue, Pale, Dusky
Pulse
Slow, Tight, Short
Treatment
Warm Cold
Acupunct
RN 4, RN 6, PC 6, ST 36, Moxa
Herbs
Liang Fu Wan

Excess Heat

Key Words
Heat signs
Symptoms
Fever Thirsty, Sweating, NO Cold Signs, Yellow Coating, Red Tip, Rapid Pulse, red swollen sore throat
Tongue
Red, Big, Swollen, Thick, Yellow
Pulse
Big, Rapid, Surging
Treatment
Clear heat
Acupunct
DU 14, LI 4, LI 11, ST 44
Herbs
Bai Hu Tang

Exterior Deficiency Cold (Wind attack)

Key Words
Chills and Fever • Mild Sweating
Symptoms
• Sudden onset of symptomology • Relatively short disease duration • Chills and Fever, Headache, Body Ache, Sneezes, Cough, Nasal Congestion or Drip
Tongue
Normal, Thin white coat
Pulse
Floating/ Superficial/ Weak
Treatment
Release Exterior, Stop sweating
Acupunct
LI11, LI4, DU14, Cupping
Herbs
Jin Yin Hua, Bo He, Gui Zhi, Xi Xin, Sang Ye

Exterior Excess Cold (Cold Attack)

Key Words
Chills and Fever • NO Sweating
Symptoms
• Sudden onset of symptomology • Relatively short disease duration • Chills and Fever, Headache, Body Ache, Sneezes, Cough, Nasal Congestion or Drip
Tongue
Thin white coat
Pulse
Floating/ Superficial/ Tight
Treatment
Release exterior, Warm cold, Boost yang, Promote sweating
Acupunct
LI 4, LU 7, GB 20
Herbs
Ma Huang Tang

Exterior Heat

Key Words
Chills and Fever • Heat • Sore throat
Symptoms
• Sudden onset of symptomology • Relatively short disease duration • Chills and Fever, Headache, Body Ache, Sneezes, Cough, Nasal Congestion or Drip
Tongue
Thin white coat
Pulse
Floating, Full, Replete, Surging, Superficial, Big
Treatment
Clear heat, Release exterior
Acupunct
LI 4, LI 11, DU 14, LU 7, GB 20, LU 11
Herbs
Yin Qiao San, Gan Mao Ling

Food Stagnation

Key Words
distending pain, foul stool
Symptoms
Rotted smell in the mouth, aversion to food, distension / distending pain in stomach, foul smelling stool, indigestion, shortness of breath, chapped lips, belching, thick yellow coating
Tongue
Greasy coat
Pulse
Slippery pulse
Treatment
Move Qi
Acupunct
RN 12, PC 6, ST 36, Inner Neiting (under ST 44)
Herbs
Bao He Wan

Gallbladder Foot Shaoyang Channel

Key Words
Symptoms
pain in outer cantus • bitter taste • headaches • blurred vision • pain in axilla, jaw, lateral chest, supraclavicular fossa, hypochondrium, thigh, and lower limbs • LUO (GB-37): foot coldness • lower limb paralysis • inability to stand
Tongue
Pulse
Treatment
Acupunct
Herbs

Gallbladder Phlegm Heat Stagnation

Key Words
bitter taste, hypochondriac pain, dream-disturbed sleep, sighing, insomnia
Symptoms
Blurred vision, Hypochondriac distention, Insomnia, Irritability, Palpitations, Dream disturbed sleep, Sighing, bitter Taste, Nausea, SOB, Chest oppression
Tongue
Red, Yellow Greasy Coat
Pulse
Slippery, Rapid
Treatment
Drain phlegm
Acupunct
4 gates, ST40, GB24, GB34, SP9, LI4, LI11, LV3, ST19
Herbs
Wen Dan Tang

Half Exterior and Half Interior

Key Words
alternating chills and fever
Symptoms
Chronic disease states • Relatively longer disease duration • Chills OR Fever, Headache, Body Ache, Sneezes, Cough, Nasal Congestion or Drip
Tongue
Half thick coat, half normal
Pulse
Wiry, Normal
Treatment
Harmonize Shao Yang
Acupunct
GB 41, SJ 5, LV 14, LI 4, LV 3
Herbs
Xiao Chai Hu Tang

Heart and Kidney Yang Deficiency

Key Words
weak, cold, palpitations, edema, cold hands
Symptoms
"Water overflowing to Heart": Edema in legs and ankles, cold limbs, cold back, abdominal distension, abdominal fullness, lower back pain, scanty urination, dislike cold, palpitations, breathlessness, cold hands, yin edema (below the waist), sexual problems
Tongue
Pale, slippery white coat
Pulse
Deep, Weak, Slow
Treatment
Tonify and warm Heart and Kidney yang
Acupunct
PC 6, DU 4, KD 3, BL 15, BL 23, RN 4, RN 6, RN 9, RN 14, SP 9
Herbs
Shen Qi Wan, Zhen Wu Tang

Heart and Kidney Yin Deficiency

Key Words
4 smalls, palpitation, sore/weak lower back, tinnitus, poor memory, spermatorrhea
Symptoms
"With heart empty heat": Night sweating, Palpitations, Insomnia, 5 Sole heat, Weakness, Soreness of low back & knees, Sexual problems, Malar flush, Little thirst, Tinnitus, Easily startled, Anxiety, Vertigo, Anxiety, Dream disturbed sleep, Poor memory, Nocturnal emissions, Evening heat, Dry throat at night, Thirst with desire to drink in small amounts, Steaming bone, Scanty dark urine, Dry stool
Tongue
Red, no coat, mid-line heart crack
Pulse
Thready, Rapid
Treatment
Harmonize HT and KD, Clear empty heat, Calm Shen, Moisten dryness
Acupunct
BL 15, BL 23, BL 52, KD 3, KD 6, SP 6, AnMian, HT 7, PC 6, RN 14
Herbs
Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan, Zhu Sha An Shen Wan
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