Liver yáng dizziness

Dizziness attributable to ascendant liver yáng, which generally stems from constrained affect-mind, and gradual wearing of liver yīn. The dizziness is intermittent and is accompanied by unquiet sleep, irascibility, and a stringlike pulse.

Biomedical correspondence: hypertension; cerebral atherosclerosis.

Medicinal therapy: Calm the liver and subdue yáng with variations of Gastrodia and Uncaria Beverage (天麻钩藤饮 tiān má gōu téng yǐn). Predominance of liver yīn, characterized by heart vexation, reduced sleep, and red tongue with scant fur is treated by enriching liver-kidney yīn with formulas such as Double Supreme Pill (二至丸 èr zhì wán) or Lycium Berry, Chrysanthemum, and Rehmannia Pill (杞菊地黄丸 qǐ jú dì huáng wán). Liver yáng dizziness with effulgent fire is treated as liver fire dizziness.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on LR, GB, and KI. Needle with drainage at GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), and GB-43 (Pinched Ravine, 侠溪 xiá xī), and a supplementing needle stimulus at BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo). For vexation and insomnia, add HT-7 (Spirit Gate, 神门 shén mén) and Alert Spirit Quartet (四神聪 sì shén cōng).