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Also promoting menstruation. A method of treatment used to restore normal menstruation in the treatment of amenorrhea. Distinction is made between vacuity and repletion forms of amenorrhea.

Patterns

Qì-blood vacuity (气血虚 qì xuè xū) patterns are marked by amenorrhea, dizzy head and flowery vision, tinnitus, heart palpitation, shortness of breath and lack of strength, pale tongue without fur, and a fine sunken pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Use Chinese angelica (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 当归 dāng guī), white peony (Paeoniae Radix Alba, 白芍药 bái sháo yào), chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 川芎 chuān xiōng), codonopsis (Codonopsis Radix, 党参 dǎng shēn), white atractylodes (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 白朮 bái zhú), licorice (Glycyrrhizae Radix, 甘草 gān cǎo), and salvia (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix, 丹参 dān shēn) to supplement qì and nourish the blood.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on CV and back transport points. Select CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and the Four Flowers (四花 sì huā). Needle with supplementation and add moxa.

Qì stagnation and blood stasis (气滞血瘀 qì zhì xuè yū) patterns are marked by amenorrhea with mental depression, impatience, agitation, and irascibility, oppression in the chest and rib-side pain, distending pain in the smaller abdomen, dark purple tongue margins possibly with purple speckles, and a stringlike or rough pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Use medicinals such as Chinese angelica (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 当归 dāng guī), chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 川芎 chuān xiōng), red peony (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 赤芍药 chì sháo yào), peach kernel (Persicae Semen, 桃仁 táo rén), carthamus (Carthami Flos, 红花 hóng huā), cyperus (Cyperi Rhizoma, 香附子 xiāng fù zǐ), and corydalis (Corydalis Rhizoma, 延胡索 yán hú suǒ) to move qì and quicken the blood.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on CV, SP and LR, selecting CV-3 (Central Pole, 中极 zhōng jí), SP-8 (Earth’s Crux, 地机 dì jī), Lǐ Inner Court (里内庭 lǐ nèi tíng), SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo); needle with even supplementation and drainage, and add moxa.

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