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Your patient complains of dizziness that is worse with anger. They are also irritable with a red face and red eyes. The pulse is wiry and rapid. Which point prescription is best?
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Your patient complains of abdominal pain that usually starts before the period. The period is scanty, dark purple, and has clots. Pain is relieved after passing clots. Patient also has breast distention, purplish tongue, and wiry pulse.
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Which point prescription is best of urticaria or rash due to wind-heat?
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Which point calms the corporeal soul (Po), treating sadness, somnolence, and weeping?
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Which point combination treats night sweats due to yin deficiency?
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Which point prescription is best for occipital headache due to wind invasion?
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Wei Syndrome (or atrophy) is characterized by flaccidity or atrophy of the limbs with motor impairment. This can be caused by heat drying up the body fluids, which then fail to nourish the tendons. Or it can be caused by Liver and Kidney yin deficiency failing to nourish the tendons (LV) and bones(KI). Or it can be caused by trauma.
For treatment, points on the Yangming channel of the affected limb are chosen (chapter 44 of the Su Wen actually says, "Only points along the Yangming channels are selected in treating Wei syndromes."). This is because the Yangming channel is "full of qi and blood," so needling these points will promote the circulation of qi and blood into the limbs and nourish the tendons.
It is also common to choose points along the major joints (e.g. hip, knee, and ankle for the lower limb; shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand for the upper limb). This is also known as the Chain and Lock method.
So for the upper limb, one might choose:
- LI-15, LI-11, LI-4, SJ-5
For the lower limb, one might choose:
- ST-31, GB-30, SP-10, ST-34, ST-36, GB-34, ST-41, GB-39
Here, besides points on the hip/knee/ankle, GB-34 and GB-39 are added because they are the Hui-Meeting points of tendon and marrow respectively (and marrow fills the bones).
If the atrophy is due to heat, a draining method is used. If the atrophy is due to deficiency, a tonifying method is used. If the atrophy is due to trauma, needle the affected side with an even technique.
Source: Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Revised Edition), by Chen Xinnong et al., Foreign Languages Press, 1999, pp. 477-480
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Which point is the Lower He-Sea point of the Large Intestine, making it especially useful for treating constipation and diarrhea?
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