Blood vacuity dizziness

Dizziness attributable to yīn-blood depletion, which may stem from blood loss, from damage to provisioning-blood in febrile disease, from intense vacuity fire, or from heart-spleen qì vacuity. Blood vacuity dizziness is accompanied by vexing heat in the five hearts, insomnia, emaciation, a red tongue, and a fine pulse, which indicate yīn vacuity. Signs such as bright-white facial complexion, lassitude of spirit and lack of strength, heart palpitation, and reduced food intake indicate dual vacuity of the heart and spleen.

Medicinal therapy: Enrich yīn and nourish the blood or boosting qì and engendering blood. Use Chinese Angelica Blood-Supplementing Decoction (当归补血汤 dāng guī bǔ xuè tāng), Anemarrhena and Phellodendron Four Agents Decoction (知柏四物汤 zhī bǎi sì wù tāng), or Spleen-Returning Decoction (归脾汤 guī pí tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on SP, ST, and back transport points. Select GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), BL-15 (Heart Transport, 心俞 xīn shù), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), and BL-21 (Stomach Transport, 胃俞 wèi shù); needle with supplementation and add moxa.

See dizziness.