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Liver depression delayed menstruation

肝郁经行后期 〔肝鬱經行後期〕 gān yù jīng xíng hòu qī

Delayed menstruation due to liver depression. Menstrual flow is scant and darkand is accompanied by smaller abdominal distension, fullness, and pain, mental depression, glomus in the chest relieved slightly by belching, distension and fullness in the chest, rib-side, and breasts, white tongue fur, and stringlike pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Use Liver-Coursing Depression-Resolving Decoction (疏肝解郁汤 shū gān jiě yù tāng)

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV and the three yīn channels of the foot. Select CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), KI-13 (Qì Point, 气穴 qì xué), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), and LR-5 (Woodworm Canal, 蠡沟 lǐ gōu); needle with drainage.

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