Gallbladder jaundice

Jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes) that arises when gallbladder qì is damaged by great fright or fear or through injury from fighting. Gallbladder jaundice is characterized by a greenish-yellow coloring of the skin and is accompanied by qì fullness or hardness in the chest, no thought of food or drink, and clouded head and fatigue.

Medicinal therapy: Treat by supplementing qì with warm sweet medicinals, stemming desertion with sour constraining medicinals, assisted by quieting the spirit with heavy settlers.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on back transport points, ST, SP, and HT. Select BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), BL-19 (Gallbladder Transport, 胆俞 dǎn shù), BL-15 (Heart Transport, 心俞 xīn shù), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), HT-7 (Spirit Gate, 神门 shén mén), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), and GB-34 (Yáng Mound Spring, 阳陵泉 yáng líng quán); needle with supplementation and, if appropriate, add moxa.

Point selection according to signs: For qì fullness and hardness in the chest, add CV-17 (Chest Center, 膻中 shān zhōng), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), and CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi). For no thought of food and drink, add CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn) and ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū).

See yīn jaundice.