Dizziness due to insufficiency of kidney essence depriving the brain marrow of nourishment. Kidney vacuity dizziness is dizzy head with tinnitus, lassitude of the spirit, forgetfulness, and aching lumbus and weak legs. If the condition is one of kidney yáng vacuity, signs include cold limbs and fear of cold, pale tongue, and a weak fine pulseand is treated by supplementing the kidney and warming yáng with Right-Restoring [Life Gate] Pill (右归丸yòu guī wán) or Golden Cabinet Kidney Qì Pill (金匮肾气丸jīn guì shèn qì wán). If kidney yīn vacuity is prominent, signs include heart vexation, red tongue, and rapid fine pulseand is treated by enriching yīn and supplementing the kidney using Left-Restoring [Kidney Yin] Pill (左归丸zuǒ guī wán) or Anemarrhena and Phellodendron Eight-Ingredient Pill (知柏八味丸zhī bǎi bā wèi wán).
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on KI, GV, and back transport points. Select GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GV-16 (Wind Mansion, 风府 fēng fǔ), BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), GB-39 (Suspended Bell, 悬钟 xuán zhōng), and KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī). If yīn vacuity is prominent, add KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi), KI-1 (Gushing Spring, 湧泉 yǒng quán), and HT-7 (Spirit Gate, 神门 shén mén); if yáng vacuity is prominent, add GV-4 (Life Gate, 命门 mìng mén) and CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), needling with supplementation and adding moxa.