Harmonizing the blood and extinguishing wind

A method of treatment used to treat liver wind stirring internally in patients with blood vacuity from damage to yīn-blood in febrile disease characterized by parched lips and dry tongue, hypertonicity of the sinews, wriggling of the extremities, dizziness, and a rapid fine pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Commonly used blood-harmonizing wind-extinguishing medicinals include ass hide glue (Asini Corii Colla, 阿胶 ē jiāo), dried/fresh rehmannia (Rehmanniae Radix, 生地黄 shēng dì huáng), raw white peony (Paeoniae Radix Alba Cruda, 生白芍药 shēng bái sháo yào), egg yolk (Galli Vitellus, 鸡子黄 jī zǐ huáng), crude oyster shell (Ostreae Concha Cruda, 生牡蛎 shēng mǔ lì), mix-fried licorice (Glycyrrhizae Radix, 甘草 gān cǎo), root poria (Poria cum Pini Radice, 茯神 fú shén), and star jasmine stem (Trachelospermi Caulis, 络石藤 luò shí téng)..

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on back transport points, and points of the three yīn channels of the foot and GB. Needle with supplementation at BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi), and LR-8 (Spring at the Bend, 曲泉 qū quán), and with drainage at GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), and KI-1 (Gushing Spring, 湧泉 yǒng quán).

See extinguishing wind.