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Postpartum wind-like stroke

产后类中风 〔產後類中風〕chǎn hòu lèi zhòng fēng

Wind-like stroke occurring after childbirth. Postpartum wind-like stroke is attributed to fulminant vacuity of qì and blood and characterized by clenched jaw and rigid neck, and hypertonicity of the sinews.

Medicinal therapy: Use Provisioning-Enriching Network-Quickening Decoction (滋荣活络汤 zī róng huó luò tāng) or variations of Engendering Transformation Decoction (生化汤 shēng huà tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on GB, LR, SP, and ST. Select GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), BL-57 (Mountain Support, 承山 chéng shān), GB-34 (Yáng Mound Spring, 阳陵泉 yáng líng quán), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo); needle with supplementation and add moxa.

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