Liver depression advanced menstruation

Advanced menstruation (i.e., premature arrival of periods) arising when anger damages the liver, causing liver depression, which transforms into heat, which in turn harasses the thoroughfare (chōng) and controlling (rèn) vessels, causing frenetic flow of blood. Advanced menstruation due to liver depression is associated with varying quantity of menstrual flow that is either red or purple and sometimes clotted, distension of the breasts, distending pain in the smaller abdomen, vexation and agitation, and irascibility.

Medicinal therapy: Course the liver, resolve depression, and clear heat. Use Moutan and Gardenia Free Wanderer Powder (丹栀逍遥散 dān zhī xiāo yáo sǎn).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on the CV and three yīn channels of the foot. Select CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), LR-2 (Moving Between, 行间 xíng jiān), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and SP-8 (Earth’s Crux, 地机 dì jī); needle with drainage.