Dispelling wind and transforming phlegm

A method of treatment used to address deviated eyes and mouth, stiff tongue and impeded speech as in wind stroke, and child fright wind, using wind-dispelling and phlegm-forming medicinals such as typhonium (Typhonii Rhizoma, 白附子 bái fù zǐ), silkworm (Bombyx Batryticatus, 白僵蚕 bái jiāng cán), bamboo sugar (Bambusae Concretio Silicea, 天竹黄 tiān zhú huáng), and bile arisaema (Arisaema cum Bile, 胆星 dǎn xīng), which are often combined with wind-extinguishing medicinals such as scorpion (Scorpio, 全蝎 quán xiē), and centipede (Scolopendra, 蜈蚣 wú gōng), and, if necessary, with heat-clearing orifice-opening medicinals.

A representative formula is Pull Aright Powder (牵正散 qiān zhèng sǎn).

Acumoxatherapy: For wind stroke with wind-phlegm obstructing the network vessels, base treatment mainly on LI and ST, supported by TB, GB, and BL. Select GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng), TB-17 (Wind Screen, 翳风 yì fēng), ST-4 (Earth Granary, 地仓 dì cāng), ST-6 (Cheek Carriage, 颊车 jiá chē), GB-14 (Yáng White, 阳白 yáng bái), BL-2 (Bamboo Gathering, 攒竹 zǎn zhú), ST-2 (Four Whites, 四白 sì bái), CV-23 (Ridge Spring, 廉泉 lián quán), and HT-5 (Connecting Lǐ, 通里 tōng lǐ). In the initial stage, use transverse needling and point joining; for advanced stages, use shallow needling with supplementation. For child fright wind, see acute fright wind; chronic fright wind.