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An accumulation of static blood due to qì counterflow and blood depression or due to injury from knocks and falls. Blood accumulation is accompanied by a withered-yellow facial complexion with crab claw markings, a lump in the abdomen of rib-side that does not move and frequently causes pain, and constipation or black stool.

Medicinal therapy: Quicken the blood and transform stasis with formulas like Dead-On Pill (抵当丸 dǐ dàng wán), Peach Kernel and Carthamus Four Agents Decoction (桃红四物汤 táo hóng sì wù tāng), Peach Kernel Qì-Coordinating Decoction (桃核承气汤 táo hé chéng qì tāng), or Rhubarb and Ground Beetle Pill (大黄蟅虫丸 dà huáng zhè chóng wán).

Acumoxatherapy: Main points are blood-quickening stasis-dispelling points such as BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and Glomus Root (痞根 pǐ gēn); needle with even supplementation and drainage or bleed with a three-edged needle. For qì counterflow and blood depression, add CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), and BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù).

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