A method of treatment used to address blood stasis arising from external injury. The method of dispelling stasis and dispersing swelling can be used for painful swollen bruises due to knocks and falls, or for internal injury with qì and blood stagnation and pain.
Medicinal therapy: A representative stasis-dispelling swelling-dispersing formula is Seven Pinches Powder (七厘散qī lí sǎn).
Acumoxatherapy: Select local points and points at the ends of the channels and needle with drainage, or prick to bleed with a three-edged needle.
Point selection according to location: Shoulder: LI-15 (Shoulder Bone, 肩髃 jiān yú) and TB-14 (Shoulder Bone-Hole, 肩髎 jiān liáo), and SI-9 (True Shoulder, 肩贞 jiān zhēn). Elbow: LI-11 (Pool at the Bend, 曲池 qū chí), SI-8 (Small Sea, 小海 xiǎo hǎi), and TB-10 (Celestial Well, 天井 tiān jǐng). Wrist: TB-4 (Yáng Pool, 阳池 yáng chí), LI-5 (Yáng Ravine, 阳溪 yáng xī), and SI-5 (Yáng Valley, 阳谷 yáng gǔ). Lumbus: BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), GV-3 (Lumbar Yáng Pass, 腰阳关 yāo yáng guān), and BL-40 (Bend Center, 委中 wěi zhōng). Thigh and buttock: GB-30 (Jumping Round, 环跳 huán tiào), BL-54 (Sequential Limit, 秩边 zhì biān), and BL-36 (Support, 承扶 chéng fú). Knee: Eye of the Knee (膝眼xī yǎn)ST-34 (Beam Hill, 梁丘 liáng qiū), and GB-33 (Knee Yáng Joint, 膝阳关 xī yáng guān). Ankle: ST-41 (Ravine Divide, 解溪 jiě xī), BL-60 (Kunlun Mountains, 昆仑 kūn lún), and GB-40 (Hill Ruins, 丘墟 qiū xū). See dispelling stasis and quickening the blood; sprain.