Menstrual mania

Mania during menstruation characterized by deranged spirit-mind, hallucination, manic or delirious raving, and in severe cases, loss of consciousness. Menstrual mania attributed to vexation and anger causing counterflow and derangement of liver qì that carries the blood upward to attack the heart.

Medicinal therapy: Soothe the liver and quiet the heart with musk (Moschus, 麝香 shè xiāng), cinnabar (Cinnabaris, 朱砂 zhū shā), licorice (Glycyrrhizae Radix, 甘草 gān cǎo), costusroot (Aucklandiae Radix, 木香 mù xiāng), ginseng (Ginseng Radix, 人参 rén shēn), root poria (Poria cum Pini Radice, 茯神 fú shén), platycodon (Platycodonis Radix, 桔梗 jié gěng), bupleurum (Bupleuri Radix, 柴胡 chái hú), and polygala (Polygalae Radix, 远志 yuǎn zhì).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on PC, LR, SP, and HT. Select BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), BL-15 (Heart Transport, 心俞 xīn shù), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), HT-7 (Spirit Gate, 神门 shén mén), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), GV-26 (Water Trough, 水沟 shuǐ gōu), PC-8 (Palace of Toil, 劳宫 láo gōng), HT-8 (Lesser Mansion, 少府 shào fǔ), and LR-2 (Moving Between, 行间 xíng jiān); needle with drainage.