Dizziness due to depletion of kidney water and upward flaming of liver-gallbladder ministerial fire, and associated with headache, upbearing fire flush, bitter taste in the mouth, red eyes, red tongue, and rapid stringlike pulse.
Medicinal therapy: When effulgent fire is prominent, it is treated by clearing the liver and draining fire with Gentian Liver-Draining Decoction (龙胆泻肝汤lóng dǎn xiè gān tāng); when yīn vacuity is prominent, it is treated by enriching yīn and downbearing fire with Anemarrhena and Phellodendron Eight-Ingredient Pill (知柏八味丸zhī bǎi bā wèi wán).
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on LR, GB, and KI. Main points: GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), GB-43 (Pinched Ravine, 侠溪 xiá xī), KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo); needle with even supplementation and drainage. For effulgent fire, add GB-34 (Yang Mound Spring, 阳陵泉 yáng líng quán) and LR-2 (Moving Between, 行间 xíng jiān), needling with drainage. For yīn vacuity, add KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi), BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), and BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), needling with supplementation. See dizziness.