Hypochondriac Pain / Low Back Pain

Question 1

Distending pain in the costal & hypochondrial region, stifling sensation in the chest, sighing, poor appetite, bitter taste in the mouth worse with emotions

T: Thin, White coat

P: String-taut

Answer 1

Hypochondriac pain ~ Excess ~ Qi Stagnation

LV ₁₄ / SJ ₆ / GB ₃₄

LV ₃ / GB ₄₀

Question 2

Fixed stabbing pain in the hypochondriac region, intensified by pressure and at night

T: Dark purplish tongue proper

P: Deep, hesitant

Answer 2

Hypochondriac pain ~ Excess~ Xue Stagnation

LV ₁₄ / SJ ₆ / GB ₃₄

UB _{17 / 18}

Question 3

Dull pain lingering in the costal and hypochondriac region, dryness of the mouth, irritablity, dizziness, blurring of vision

T: Red with little coat

P: Weak or reapid, thready

Answer 3

Hypochondriac pain Deficiency

LV _{14 / 3} / UB _{18 / 23} / ST ₃₆ / SP ₆

Question 4

Low back pain usually after exposure to cold & damp, aggravated on rainy days, heavy sensation and stiffness of the muscles in the dorsolumbar region, limitationg of extension & flexion of the back, pain radiating downward to the buttocks & lower limbs, cold feeling of the affected area

T: White, sticky coat

P Deep, weak or deep, slow

Answer 4

Low back pain (Cold Damp)

UB _{23 / 40} / DU ₃

UB _{25 / 26}

Question 5

Insidious onset of protracted pain & soreness accompanied by lassitude and weakness of the loins and knees, aggravated by fatigue and alleviated by bed rest, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth and throat, flushed back, feverish sensation in the chest, palms and soles

T: Reddened with scanty coat

P: thready, weak or thready, rapid

Answer 5

Low back pain Kd Yin Xu

UB _{23 / 40} / DU ₃

UB ₅₂ / KD ₃

Question 6

Insidious onset of protracted pain and sorenss accompanied by lassitude and weakness of the loins and knees, aggrabated by fatigue and alleviated by bed rest, Cramp-like sensation in the lower abdomen, pallor, normal taste in the mouth, cold limbs

T: Pale

P: Deep, thready or deep, slow

Answer 6

Low Back Pain Kd Yang Xu

UB _{23 / 40} / DU ₃

DU ₄ / Yaoyan

Question 7

History of sprain of the lumbar region, rigidity and pain of the lower back which is aggrabated by pressure and by turning the body, generally fixed pain

T: Pink or dark purplish

P: Hesitant, string-taut

Answer 7

Low back pain Trauma

UB _{23 / 40} / DU ₃

DU ₂₆ / Yaotongxue / Ashi points