NEURALGIA

Clinical Manifestations
  • Pain in the distribution of a nerve or nerves.
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Aversion to Wind
  • Mild, or severe chills
  • Fever which may be persistent
  • Uneasiness from fever
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Headache
  • Nausea
  • Nasal irritation
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Tendency to snore
  • Itchy throat
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Superficial and slow or Moderate and maybe weak
Treatment Principle
  • Create sweat to relieve the Exterior and expel Wind
  • Harmonize Ying and Wei to protect digestion and nourish Wei Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chills and fever
  • Anhidrosis
  • Stiff and rigid neck, shoulders and upper back
  • Intolerance of Wind
  • Dislike of Cold
  • Inflammation
  • Diarrhea
  • Muscle spasms
  • Mucosal swelling
  • Nasal congestion
  • Sensitivity to dust
  • Headache
  • Wind-Cold Bi (few joints affected, inflammation intense but short lived, changes over days or weeks)
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Floating and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Release Wind-Cold in the Exterior and muscle layer
  • Generate Fluids
  • Relieve muscle-ache of the neck
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Acute lower abdominal pain
  • Incontinence of urine
  • Night fevers
  • Delirious speech
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Thirst
  • May be mania (severe)
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Amenorrhea
  • Hard stool
  • Dark red complexion
  • Headache
  • Vertigo
  • Tinnitus
  • Insomnia
  • Palpitations
  • Constipation
  • Frequent urination
  • Emotional instability
  • Chills in the waist and feet
  • Afternoon fever
  • Tremors
  • Excruciating abdominal pain with cold
  • Black stool
  • May be chills and fever
  • Hemoptysis
  • Hematuria
  • Red eyes
  • Pain and distention of the head
  • Toothache
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Lochioschesis
  • Severe wheezing
  • Distention of the chest
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Deep and forceful or Choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Activate the Blood
  • Break up Blood Stasis
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Generalized pains
  • Convulsions
  • Edema
  • Flaccid hemiplegia
  • The patient is unable to recognize friends or identify the source of pain
  • Stiffness with inability to rotate the trunk
  • Confusion
  • Muscular numbness and pain
  • Cough
  • Flushed face
  • Fever
  • Aphasia
  • Dry stools
  • Low-grade fever
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and yellow or Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Support the Normal Qi
  • Clear Heat
  • Relax muscle tension
  • Nourish Blood
  • Disperse Wind
  • Dispel Wind-Damp
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever and chills without sweat
  • Headache
  • Body aches
  • Stiff neck and back
  • Abdominal pain and Cold
  • Diarrhea with borborygmus
  • A sensation of fullness in the chest and abdomen
  • May be Cold in the lower body with Heat in the upper body
  • Aching at the waist
  • Anhidrosis
  • Loose stools
  • Nausea
  • Abdominal distention
  • Borborygmus
  • An aversion to food
  • Vomiting
  • Women:
    Cold-type epigastric and abdominal pain
  • Menstrual irregularity
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • T: Normal
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Deep and wiry or Superficial and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior
  • Warm the Interior
  • Smooth the flow of Qi
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Activate the Blood
  • Reduce Accumulations
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal pain
  • Cold extremities
  • Numb hands and feet
  • Generalized body aches
  • Paralysis of the extremities
  • Induration and swelling of the scrotum
  • Hypersalivation
  • Limited movement of the joints
  • Abdominal pain referring to the testis
  • Aversion to Cold
  • A preference for Warmth
  • Loose stools
  • Chills and fever
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Tense and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Interior
  • Reinforce Yang
  • Release the Exterior
  • Regulate the Ying and Wei
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chills
  • Mild fever
  • Aversion to Wind
  • Continuous perspiration (like leaking water)
  • Difficult urination
  • Muscle spasms
  • Difficulty with flexing and extending the legs
  • Cold limbs
  • Chest pain referring to the back
  • A feeling of oppression over the chest
  • Stiff extremities
  • Painful urination
  • Generalized aches and pains
  • Difficulty rotating the trunk
  • Headache
  • Fatigue
  • Somnolence
  • T: Normal
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Superficial, big and forceless or Superficial, rough and Deficient or Deep and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Expel Wind-Cold
  • Restore Yang
  • Disperse Cold
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Joint pain with a crackling sensation
  • Epigastric pain
  • Fatigue
  • Gastrointestinal weakness
  • Headache
  • Heaviness in the head
  • Fever
  • Moderately severe chills
  • Distension beneath the Heart
  • Periumbilical or lower abdominal pain
  • Tenseness around the pubic bone
  • Subcostal pain
  • Epigastric fullness
  • Nausea
  • Mild vomiting
  • Mild thoraco-costal discomfort
  • Costal distress
  • Tension in the rectus abdominus
  • Chest distension
  • Abdominal pain
  • Abdominal distension
  • Constipation
  • Irritability
  • Insomnia
  • Repeated loss of spinal alignment due to muscular tension
  • P: Floating and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior and muscle layer
  • Harmonize and releases the Shao-Yang
  • Harmonize the Liver, Spleen and Intestines
  • Dispel Water Accumulation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Anorexia
  • Sometimes fatigue
  • Nausea
  • Occasional vomiting
  • Headaches (side of head)
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Rib pain
  • Achiness
  • Ear infection
  • Hearing difficulty
  • Red eyes
  • Stiff shoulders
  • Throat pain
  • Hip pain
  • T: Normal with bumps or dots on side
  • C: Thin white
  • P: Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Liver and Gall Bladder
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating chills and fever (not so likely)
  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Continuous vomiting
  • Headache (side of head)
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Epigastric pain
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Digestive disruption
  • Anorexia
  • Nausea
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Burning diarrhea or
  • Constipation
  • Menstrual problems
  • Dry throat
  • Heart pain with vomiting
  • Throat pain
  • Hip pain
  • T: Red
  • C: Thin yellow
  • P: Wiry, forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Liver and Gall Bladder
  • Purge Internal Heat
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal pain
  • Constipation
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Chills
  • Low-grade fever
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Pain in the armpits
  • Unilateral pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium
  • Stiffness and spasms beside and below the umbilicus
  • Pain in the waist and legs
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy and white
  • P: Deep, tight and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Interior
  • Disperse Cold
  • Unblock the bowels
  • Alleviate pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chills and fever (more chills than fever)
  • Anhidrosis
  • Headache
  • Stiff neck
  • Generalized aches and pains
  • Slight thirst
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • T: Normal
  • C: White
  • P: Floating
Treatment Principle
  • Induce sweating
  • Expel Wind-Cold
  • Dispel Dampness
  • Drain Interior Heat
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Wandering joint pain, especially the wrists, elbows, knees and ankles
  • Chills and fever
  • Atrophy above and below the knees
  • Limited movement
  • Paralysis of knees
  • One or both knees swollen, enlarged and painful
  • Stiffness of knees
  • Legs so weak and sore after dysentery that it is difficult to walk
  • Generalized pain and numbness in the legs
  • Hemiplegia
  • Dizziness
  • Neuralgia
  • Paralysis, stiffness, swelling and pain of feet
  • Atrophy of the leg muscles
  • Chest oppression
  • Lumbago
  • Tinnitus
  • T: Pink or Pale and swollen or Red
  • C: Thin white or Greasy white
  • P: Superficial and tense or tight or Deep and thin or Deep and weak or Deep, slow and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Wind
  • Activate Qi and Blood
  • Tonify Qi and Blood
  • Eliminate Cold-Dampness
  • Tonify Yang
  • Strengthen the muscles, tendons and bones
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Numbness and heaviness of the extremities
  • Soreness and fixed pain of joints
  • Stiffness or numbness of the muscles or skin
  • Pain worse on cloudy or rainy days
  • Maybe peripheral or systemic edema
  • Pain is alleviated by pressure and warmth
  • Pain lingers and is recalcitrant to treatment
  • Worse during cloudy or wet weather
  • Limited movement
  • Edema
  • Maybe stifling sensation in chest
  • Maybe anorexia or indigestion
  • Maybe abdominal distention
  • Maybe loose or semi-liquid stools
  • T: Pink or Pale
  • C: Greasy and white
  • P: Slow, moderate and soft
Treatment Principle
  • Expel Damp
  • Clear the channels
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Muscle aches
  • Joint pain
  • Radiating pain in the legs
  • Low back pain
  • Edema
  • Numbness in the lower extremities
  • Pain in the trunk and extremities
  • Abdominal pain
  • Sciatica
  • Aversion to Wind and Cold
  • Knee pain
  • T: Pale or Pink with purple spots
  • C: Normal
  • P: Choppy or Taut
Treatment Principle
  • Unblock and relax the channels
  • Activate the Blood
  • Break up Blood Stasis
  • Dispel Wind-Dampness
  • Strengthen the tendons
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Generalized body aches and pains
  • Irritability
  • Heavy sensation in the shoulder and back
  • Discomfort or a constricted sensation in the area of the chest and diaphragm
  • Multiple sores, carbuncles furuncles or abscesses
  • Redness
  • Itching
  • Persistent swelling
  • Chest pain
  • Fever
  • Thirst
  • Aching and painful extremities
  • Aching and painful joints
  • Unbearable swelling and pain of the lower extremities
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy and slightly yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Soft and moderate or Soft, superficial and slow or Slippery and rapid or Deep and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Resolve Dampness
  • Clear Heat
  • Disperse Wind
  • Stop pain
  • Activate the Blood
  • Tonify Qi and Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Asymmetry of the face
  • Slow and slurred speech
  • Fever and chills
  • Semi-consciousness
  • Convulsions
  • Neck rigidity
  • Limited movement of the joints
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Muscle spasms
  • Low back pain
  • Numbness of the muscles and skin
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Floating and Deficient or Tense or Wiry and tense
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the channels
  • Unblock Yang
  • Dispel Wind
  • Support the Normal Qi
  • Relax spasms
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Rapid breathing with a harsh voice
  • Cough with expectoration of copious thick, purulent, yellow-green sputum or blood-flecked, foul-smelling pus
  • The sputum is difficult to expectorate
  • Maybe chills and fever
  • Dyspnea
  • Fullness and distention in the chest and diaphragm
  • Nausea
  • Fever
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Asthma
  • Chest pain
  • Pain in the ribs
  • Dry mouth
  • Constipation
  • Scanty, dark urine
  • Difficulty rotating the trunk due to chest pain
  • Maybe delirious speech
  • T: Scarlet
  • C: Yellow or Yellow and greasy or Yellow and smooth
  • P: Rapid and smooth or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Counteract Toxin
  • Transform Stasis
  • Drain Pus
  • Resolve Phlegm
  • (The use of Clear Heat / Counteract Toxin herbs and the principle of "Draining Pus" are only relevant when foul-smelling pus is being expectorated such as in pulmonary abscess)
  • Soothe asthma in case of asthma
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Distention and fullness of epigastrium and abdomen
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Anorexia
  • Loose stools
  • Diarrhea
  • Reduced sensation of taste
  • No thirst or preference for hot drinks
  • Sticky sensation in mouth
  • Borborygmus
  • Lassitude
  • Yin jaundice
  • Heavy head
  • Maybe edema
  • Maybe copious white vaginal discharge
  • Maybe cold limbs, fear of Cold or feeling chilled
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thick, white and greasy or sticky
  • P: Deep and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm Cold
  • Transform Dampness
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Strengthen the Spleen
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Epigastric fullness, distention and pain with dislike of pressure
  • Belching with rotten food smell
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Detests food or
  • Vomits after eating
  • Distention is reduced after vomiting
  • Unformed stools or
  • Knotted constipation
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thick and greasy
  • P: Slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Food
  • Conduct Stagnation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic stabbing pain in the chest
  • Pain in the hypochondrium
  • Chronic, stubborn headache with a fixed, piercing quality
  • Palpitations
  • Chronic incessant hiccups
  • Five Sole Heat
  • Choking sensation when drinking
  • Dry heaves
  • Depression or low spirits with a sensation of warmth in the chest
  • Chest distention
  • Dry, scaly skin
  • Dark rings under the eyes
  • Spider naevi on the cheeks, nose, trunk, inner knee and ankle
  • Dizziness
  • Chronic tinnitus
  • Chronic gum disease with dark, purplish, patchy or dark, red atrophic gums
  • Loose teeth
  • Painful receding gums
  • Frequently bleeding gums
  • Vomiting after intake of water
  • Palpitations
  • Persistent daytime drowsiness
  • Insomnia (persistent with much dreaming)
  • Restless sleep
  • Forgetfulness
  • Irritability
  • Fidgeting
  • A bad temper
  • Extreme mood swings
  • Evening tidal fever
  • Dark or purplish lips, conjunctiva or nail beds
  • Dark complexion
  • Dark sclera
  • Hair loss on the head and body
  • T: Dark-red with purple spots on the edges
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and tight or Wiry and choppy or thready or Deep and choppy or Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Yang
  • Activate the Blood
  • Transform Stagnation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cold fingers and toes with Heat in the Interior
  • Irregular fever
  • Hypochondriac fullness and distention
  • Distention, pain or a stuck feeling in the Stomach, lower abdomen or intercostal regions
  • Abdominal pain
  • Severe diarrhea
  • Dysentery
  • Costal pain
  • Menstrual complaints
  • Depression
  • Cough
  • A slight sensation of warmth in the body
  • Body hot and feverish due to lack of harmony of the Liver Qi
  • Thirst
  • Mild constipation
  • A sense of irritability and fullness in the chest and epigastrium
  • Mild obstruction and hardening beneath the Heart
  • A visible white line running from the navel to the tip of the breastbone
  • Mild abdominal distention
  • Abdominal spasms
  • Dry, swollen eyes
  • Tenesmus
  • Dysuria
  • Diarrhea
  • Dark yellow urine
  • T: Red or pale
  • C: Thin yellow or white or Greasy yellow or white
  • P: Wiry or Wiry and tight or Wiry and slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior
  • Regulate Liver and Spleen
  • Relieve Stagnation
  • Spread Liver Qi
  • Eliminate Heat in the Interior
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Epigastric pain (worse when emotionally upset)
  • Belching with acid regurgitation
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Anorexia
  • Epigastric distention
  • Distention and pain in the sides or flanks
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Tendency to sigh
  • Melancholy
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Inappropriate anger
  • Irregular menses
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Breast distention and pain before and during menses
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Soothe the Liver
  • Harmonize the Stomach
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Severe, splitting headaches with dizziness
  • Sudden tinnitus or
  • Sudden deafness
  • Flushed face
  • Red, swollen, painful eyes
  • Irascibility with violent angry outbursts
  • Dry mouth
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Thirst
  • Vomiting sour or bitter liquid
  • Insomnia
  • Restlessness
  • Constipation or dry stools
  • Maybe rib pain
  • In severe cases:
    Mania
    Hemoptysis
    Hematemesis
    Epistaxis
  • Liver Fire Attacks the Lungs:
    Hemoptysis
    Rib pain which is severe when coughing
  • Liver Fire Attacks the Stomach:
    Hematemesis
  • T: Red tip and edges
  • C: Thick, yellow, dry and rough
  • P: Wiry, Excess and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear the Liver
  • Purge Fire
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Yang jaundice (sclera and skin bright yellow)
  • Pain and fullness in ribs on both sides
  • Maybe pain in the right hypochondrium
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting sour and bitter fluids
  • Anorexia
  • Maybe alternating chills and fever
  • Concentrated, dark urine
  • Abdominal distention
  • Women:
    Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell
    Pruritis vulvae
  • Men:
    Pain, swelling and burning sensations of testicles
  • T: Pink
  • C: Yellow and greasy or sticky
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Dampness
  • Purge Heat from Liver and Gall Bladder
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hypochondriac and chest pain
  • Dry, parched mouth and throat
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Dizziness
  • Epigastric and abdominal distention
  • Maybe constipation
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and weak or Wiry and deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Enrich Kidney and Liver Yin
  • Spread Liver Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Lumbago: low back feels cold, weak and aching
  • Feeling chilled
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • General debility
  • Pale face
  • Urinary frequency with abundant, clear urine or
  • Oliguria with edema
  • Maybe nocturia
  • Lassitude
  • Withdrawn, subdued behavior
  • Knees feel cold and aching
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Impotence
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Low libido
  • Female infertility ("uterus cold and infertile")
  • Maybe anorexia
  • Maybe loose stools
  • Maybe chronic diarrhea or "cock crow" diarrhea
  • T: Pale and swollen
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Deep and thready - maybe slow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and Reinforce Kidney Yang
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Lower abdominal pain and Cold
  • Abdomen feels chilled
  • Aching bones and joints
  • Muscle ache
  • Whole body pain
  • Aversion to Cold, especially at the back
  • Cold limbs
  • No Thirst
  • Lower abdominal pain and Cold
  • Abdomen feels chilled
  • Maybe fever
  • No thirst
  • T: Normal
  • C: White and slippery
  • P: Deep and faint or Forceless or Choppy and slow or Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Cold
  • Warm the channels
  • Assist Yang
  • Dispel Dampness
  • Relieve pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Pain beneath the left side of the rib cage
  • Rib pain from trauma
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Hypochondriac fullness and pain
  • P: Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Dredge the Liver
  • Regulate the Qi
  • Dispel Stasis
  • Open the channels and collaterals
  • Relieve pain
  • Activate the Blood
  • Clear Heat
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Paralysis
  • Atrophy of the lower limbs
  • Facial paralysis
  • Slurred speech
  • Drooling
  • Dry stools
  • Frequent urination
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Deviation of the eyes and mouth
  • Excess salivation
  • Cold extremities
  • Asthenia
  • T: Normal
  • C: White
  • P: Moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Activate the Blood
  • Unblock the channels
  • Promote movement in the limbs
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fatigue
  • Anorexia
  • Dizziness
  • Pale face
  • Weak voice
  • Reluctance to speak
  • Sweating with little or no exertion
  • Dizziness
  • Palpitations
  • Insomnia
  • Dry skin
  • Dry hair
  • Poor memory
  • Paleness
  • Scanty periods
  • Chills
  • Cold limbs
  • Inability to get warm
  • Loose stools
  • Profuse clear urine
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • Lassitude
  • T: Pale
  • C: White or Thin, white and dry
  • P: Slow, deep and weak or Empty or Thready and rapid or Weak
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi and Blood
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Tonify Yang
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Pain that is fixed, stabbing and /or severe
  • Pan is worse with pressure
  • Dark complexion
  • Fixed, palpable masses
  • Bleeding with clots
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Dry skin
  • Blue, dark or purplish discoloration of skin in small or large areas
  • Varicose and spider veins
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Tendency to hemorrhage dark blood or clots
  • T: Purple, possible purple or red spots
    Red purple if there is Heat
    Blue purple if there is Cold
  • C: White
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Activate the Blood
  • Break up Stagnation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chest pain
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • Constipation
  • Cold feet
  • An aversion to Cold
  • Pale face
  • Fatigue
  • Headaches with heavy headedness
  • Abdominal weakness
  • Anorexia
  • T: Pale
  • C: Greasy, white
  • P: Weak or Weak and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Break up Stagnant Qi
  • Descend Qi
  • Warm the Middle Jiao
  • Disperse Cold
  • Transform Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness
  • Stiff tongue
  • Deviation of the eyes and mouth
  • Hemiplegia
  • Fullness of the chest or
  • Masses or
  • Distended abdomen
  • Heavy limbs
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • T: Pink
  • C: Sticky and yellow
  • P: Slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Eliminate Phlegm
  • Remove Stasis
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Mild, persistent uterine bleeding of purple and black blood during pregnancy
  • Abdominal pain that is worse with pressure
  • Abdominal spasms and tension
  • Immobile masses in the lower abdomen with pain and tenderness
  • Amenorrhea with distention and pain
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Headache
  • Sinus congestion
  • Constipation
  • Excess weight in the pelvis
  • Lower back ache
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Nervousness
  • Fatigue
  • Fetal instability
  • Skin eruptions
  • Scanty menstrual flow
  • Scaly, dry skin
  • Retention of lochia
  • Headache
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • Vertigo
  • Cold low body and feet
  • Flushed face
  • Protruding abdomen
  • T: Dark purple or with echymoses or petechiae or pale with purplish spots
  • C: White
  • P: Choppy or Tense, deep and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Activate the Blood
  • Transform Blood Stasis
  • Soften lumps
  • Reduce fixed abdominal pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Focal distention in the chest and epigastrium with or without nodules which is painful when pressed
  • Coughing up yellow, viscous sputum
  • Constipation
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • T: Normal
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and floating or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Expand the chest
  • Dissipate Stagnation
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Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Anorexia
  • Edema
  • Abdominal distention
  • Chest and hypochondriac distention
  • Dizziness
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Vertigo
  • Thirst with no desire to drink
  • Maybe no thirst
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of Breath
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thick and slippery
  • P: Slippery, full and maybe wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and dissolve Phlegm-Damp
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Pain in the upper arm
  • Aches and pains in the wrist, forearm and elbow
  • T: Pink
  • C: Slippery
  • P: Slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Dry Dampness
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Dispel Wind
  • Dredge the Channels
  • Relieve pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Syphilitic sores
  • Chancre
  • Inguinal bubo
  • Syphilitic eruptions
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Relieve toxicity
  • Eliminate Dampness
  • Activate the Blood
  • Dispel Blood Stasis
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