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Postpartum hypertonicity
产后拘挛 〔產後拘攣〕 chǎn hòu jū luán
Hypertonicity of the sinews that arises either when wind-cold exploits sudden vacuity of qì and blood, and enters the channels and network vessels or when damage to qì and blood through childbirth leads to insufficiency of liver blood depriving the sinews of nourishment.
Patterns
Wind-cold (风寒 fēng hán) hypertonicity is attended by aversion to cold, heat effusion, and sweating or absence of sweating.
Medicinal therapy: Nourish the blood and dispel wind with
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on GB, LI, LU, and three yīn channels of the foot. Needle with drainage and moxa at GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), TB-5 (Outer Pass, 外关 wài guān), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), LU-7 (Broken Sequence, 列缺 liè quē), and GB-34 (Yáng Mound Spring, 阳陵泉 yáng líng quán), and with supplementation and moxa at BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi).
Insufficiency of liver blood (肝血不足 gān xuè bù zú) is accompanied by clouded head and dizzy vision, no desire to see people, and dryness of the eyes.
Medicinal therapy: Nourish the blood and emolliate the liver with
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on GB, PC, and the three yīn channels of the foot. Needle with drainage and moxa 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), GB-34 (Yáng Mound Spring, 阳陵泉 yáng líng quán), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), and PC-8 (Palace of Toil, 劳宫 láo gōng), and with supplementation and moxa at BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), KI-1 (Gushing Spring, 湧泉 yǒng quán), and LR-8 (Spring at the Bend, 曲泉 qū quán).
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