Qì vacuity and blood stasis

A disease pattern that arises when insufficiency of qì in which qì fails to propel the blood adequately, giving rise to blood stasis. The resulting pattern is a case of root vacuity and tip repletion. In clinical practice, the heart and liver are most commonly affected. Lassitude of spirit and lack of strength; scantness of breath and laziness to speak; spontaneous sweating; stabbing pain in the chest or rib-side that is of fixed location and refuses pressure; in some cases, glomus lump under the ribs; in some cases, numbness and tingling of the limbs or paralysis. The tongue is pale purple or bearing stasis speckles. The pulse is fine and rough.

Medicinal therapy: Supplement qì and quicken the blood using Yáng-Supplementing Five-Returning Decoction (补阳还五汤 bǔ yáng huán wǔ tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: GV‑20 (bǎi huì), ST‑36 (zú sān lǐ), LI‑4 (hé gǔ), CV‑6 (qì hǎi), SP‑10 (xuè hǎi).