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Liver depression infertility

肝郁不孕 〔肝鬱不孕〕gān yù bù yùn

Infertility attributed to liver qì depression. Liver depression infertility is associated with painful distension of the breasts during menstruation, irregular cycle, clots in the menstrual flow, affect-mind depression or impatience, agitation, and irascibility, distension and fullness in the chest and rib-side, a dark red tongue, and a stringlike pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Use Depression-Opening Jade-Planting Decoction (开郁种玉汤 kāi yù zhòng yù tāng) or Liver-Coursing Depression-Resolving Decoction (疏肝解郁汤 shū gān jiě yù tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on back transport points, LR, CV, and SP. Select BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), Qì Gate (气门 qì mén) LR-2 (Moving Between, 行间 xíng jiān), CV-3 (Central Pole, 中极 zhōng jí), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), SP-4 (Yellow Emperor, 公孙 gōng sūn), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo); needle with drainage. Qi Gate (气门 qì mén) is three cùn below the umbilicus and three cùn to the side. It is noted for its ability to treat infertility.

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