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Diarrhea attributed to qì depression, usually arising when depression and anger cause depressed liver qì to invade the spleen. Qì diarrhea is attended by glomus and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, rumbling intestines, and abdominal pain relieved temporarily by defecation and exacerbated by annoyance and anger.

Medicinal therapy: Course the liver and rectify qì; harmonize the liver and spleen. Use Major Seven Qì Decoction (大七气汤 dà qī qì tāng) or Pain and Diarrhea Formula (痛泻要方 tòng xiè yào fāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on PC, LR, CV, ST, and SP. Select 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), BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), LR-14 (Cycle Gate, 期门 qī mén), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), LR-13 (Camphorwood Gate, 章门 zhāng mén), ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), and ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ); needle with even supplementation and drainage.

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