Acu 3 Lung exhaustion, sunstroke, vomiting, hiccup Flashcards
Lung exhaustion is also called what in western science
Tuberculosis
Etiology of lung exhaustion
Contagious pestilence
Deficiency of healthy qi
Signs and symptoms: dry cough, scanty sticky and white phlegm, or with silky blood, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with thin coating, fine and rapid pulse
Lung yin deprivation
Lung yin deprivation principles of treatment
water yin and lubricate the lungs, destroy parasites and stop cough
Lung yin deprivation meridians
LU ST KD
Lung yin deprivation prescription of points
LU 1, UB 13, UB 43: back shu and front mu combination for deficiency
LU 9: water yin and lubricate the lungs
SP 6, ST 36: strengthen and mobilize the middle region, support body energy, expel pathogens
KD 3: tone up kidney yin and increase water to lubricate the lungs
LU 5 is also good for
cough with abundant phlegm
LU 6 is also good for
cough with blood
Lung yin deprivation techniques of treatment
tonification acupuncture
moxibustion but not too much because it is yin xu
Signs and symptoms: cough with acute breath, as if chocking, discharge of blood from the mouth, scanty sticky and white or yellow phlegm, dry mouth and throat, red cheeks in the afternoon, steaming heat with tidal fever, night sweats, red or deep red tongue, thin yellowish or stripped and falling coating, wiry and fine or rapid pulse (dry and unproductive cough)
yin deficiency with vigorous fire (lung exhaustion)
yin deficiency with vigorous fire principles of treatment
water yin and bring down fire, reduce fever and constrict perspiration
yin deficiency with vigorous fire meridians
LU KD
yin deficiency with vigorous fire points
LU 10: clear deficient heat to treat steaming bone
LU 6: clear heat, cool blood to treat discharge of blood from the mouth
HT 6: benefit yin and constrict perspiration
LU 1, UB 13: benefit Lung
KD 3: nourish yin
SJ 6 and KD 6 is also good for
dry stools
yin deficiency with vigorous fire techniques of treatment
tonification acupuncture
Signs and symptoms: cough with shortness of breath, discharge of clear and thin phlegm, sometimes with discharge of blood from the mouth, fatigue and weakness, excessive perspiration and night sweats, or poor appetite with abdominal swelling, water stools, red and tender tongue, thin coating, weak and rapid pulse
Simultaneous deficiency of qi and yin (lung exhaustion)
Simultaneous deficiency of qi and yin (lung exhaustion) principle of treatment
benefit qi and nourish yin, strengthen the spleen and harmonize the middle region
Simultaneous deficiency of qi and yin (lung exhaustion) meridians
LU SP
Simultaneous deficiency of qi and yin (lung exhaustion) points
LU 9: nourish lung yin
UB 13, UB 43: tonification, benefit lung
Sp 6: tonify spleen and kidney qi, nourish liver blood
ST 36: tonification
Ren 17: regulates and tonifies lung qi (local coughing point)
UB 21 and UB 20 also treat
poor appetite
Simultaneous deficiency of qi and yin (lung exhaustion) techniques of treatment
tonification acupuncture
moxibustion
Signs and symptoms: cough with panting, phlegm like bubbles or with blood, cold body with perspiration, hoarseness, skinniness, or accompanied by puffy swelling, diarrhea, pale tongue with scanty fluids, shiny and coated tongue with a stripped appearance, feeble and rapid or deficient big and weak pulse
Simultaneous deficiency of yin and yang (lung exhaustion)
Simultaneous deficiency of yin and yang (lung exhaustion) principle of treatment
water yin and tone up yang, develop earth and solidify the root
Simultaneous deficiency of yin and yang (lung exhaustion) meridians
LU ST
Simultaneous deficiency of yin and yang (lung exhaustion) points
LU 9, UB 13, UB 43, ST 36: tonify
KD 3: nourish yin
Ren 4: nourish yang (and yin), with UB 23 reinforce the power of developing vital energy and toning up the kidneys, support body energy and solidify the root
Ren 17 also treats
panting
Simultaneous deficiency of yin and yang (lung exhaustion)
tonification acupuncture
some moxibustion
Sunstroke causes
over accumulation of heat in the body
manifesting as: dizziness, headache, fever, thirst, nausea, suffocating sensation in the chest, palpitation, lassitude, pale face, vomiting, lowering of blood pressure, coma and convulsion
caused by an attack of turbid qi of summer heat or summer damp heat leading to over accumulation of pathogenic heat that obstructs the clear orifice
Yang sunstroke
dizziness, headache, mental irritable and discomfort, thirst and drink a lot, fatigue all over the body, perspiration with hto sensation in the body, red complexion, red tongue and yellowish coating, superficial and rapid pulse
Yin sunstroke
fatigued limbs, discomfort with restricted sensation, profuse perspiration with cold limbs, slight aversion to chills, nausea and vomiting, soft and fine pulse
yin or yang sunstroke diagnosis
light case of sunstroke
light case of sunstroke treatment principle
relax the superficial region and clear summer heat, harmonize the middle region and transform dampness
light case of sunstroke meridians
DU LI ST
light case of sunstroke points
Du 14: meeting point of various yang meridians, connects to yang and sedates heat
LI 4, ST 43 (or ST 44), Du 14: disperse and sedate yang ming to achieve the purpose of relieving summer heat and clearing heat
PC 6: yin linking point, clears heat from the heart and relives irritability, harmonizes the stomach and stops vomit
ST 36: harmonizes the middle and transforms dampness, tones up deficiency qi, strengthens healthy qi and disperses pathogens
yang sunstroke technique of treatment
sedation acupuncture
yin sunstroke technique of treatment
neutral acupuncture
Signs and symptoms: high fever with no perspiration (no fluids left), burning sensations int he skin, red complexion and pink eyes, dried mouth and lips, thirst and drinking a lot, unclear consciousness, jumpy and insecure feeling, spasm of hands and feet or twitching, red tongue with no fluids, yellowish coating, forceful and rapid pulse, hidden pulse about to exhaust
Severe case of sunstroke
Severe case of sunstroke principle of treatment
clear and sedate summer heat, secure the heart and open the cavities
Severe case of sunstroke meridians
Du LI
Severe case of sunstroke points
Du 20, DU 26, shi xuan: clear heat and open up cavities, wake up the spirit
LI 4, LI 11: reduce fever and stop spasm
PC 3, UB 40: sedate summer heat at the nutritive level
Si shen cong is also good for
irritable and restlessness
Vomiting cause
failure of stomach qi to descend, or other disorders affecting the stomach
- retention of food
- cold attack stomach
- dampness and phlegm accumulate inside the stomach
- deficient cold of spleen and stomach
- yin deficiency of stomach
Signs and symptoms: vomiting of residue in large quantities as from spewing, full and discomfort of stomach, aversion to chills and fever, headache and body ache, white and greasy coating, superficial and slippery/tight pulse
Cold pathogen offending the stomach (vomiting disease)
Cold pathogen offending the stomach (vomiting disease) principle of treatment
relax the superficial region and expel cold, harmonize the stomach and stop vomiting