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Red vaginal discharge
赤带 〔赤帶〕 chì dài
The continuous dribbling discharge of a sticky mucus from the vagina that is red like blood, but not completely composed of blood. Red vaginal discharge arises when thought and anxiet damage the spleen, disturbing movement and transformation. It also arises when depression and anger damage the liver and liver depression transforms into fire, and blood thus fails to be stored and flows with damp-heat down to the girdling dài vessel. In modern clinical practice, red vaginal discharge is taken as a prompt for cancer tests.
Medicinal therapy: Clear the liver and support the spleen. Use variations of
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on CV, GIV, SP, and LR. Select GB-26 (Girdling Vessel, 带脉 dài mài), BL-30 (White Ring Transport, 白环俞 bái huán shù), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), CV-3 (Central Pole, 中极 zhōng jí), SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), LR-2 (Moving Between, 行间 xíng jiān), and PC-5 (Intermediary Courier, 间使 jiān shǐ); needle with drainage.
See liver channel damp-heat vaginal discharge; damp toxin vaginal discharge.
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