Blood stasis wilting

Wilting (wěi, severe weakness of the sinews that hampers normal movement) due to blood stasis resulting from injuries due to knocks and falls or arising after childbirth when static blood flows into the lumbus and knees before the lochia has been fully eliminated. Blood stasis wilting is characterized by wilting, limpness, and pain in the limbs preventing normal movement and a rough pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Quicken blood and move stasis using Peach Kernel and Carthamus Four Agents Decoction (桃红四物汤 táo hóng sì wù tāng) and variations.

Acumoxatherapy: Use the basic treatments given under wilting with points that dispel stasis such as BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and BL-40 (Bend Center, 委中 wěi zhōng); needle with even supplementation and drainage or prick to bleed with a three-edged needle. If blood stasis is due to incomplete elimination of the lochia, see persistent flow of lochia.