Calming the liver and extinguishing wind

Also settling the liver and extinguishing wind; subduing yáng and extinguishing wind. A method of treatment used to address ascendant liver yáng stirring internal wind with pulling pain in the head, dizziness, deviated eyes and mouth, numbness or tremor of the limbs, stiffening of the tongue, deviated trembling tongue, unclear speech, red tongue with thin fur, a stringlike pulse, and, in severe cases, clouding collapse, hypertonicity or convulsions of the limbs.

Medicinal therapy: Medicinals used include uncaria (Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis, 钩藤 gōu téng), gastrodia (Gastrodiae Rhizoma, 天麻 tiān má), tribulus (Tribuli Fructus, 刺蒺藜 cì jí lí), chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemi Flos, 菊花 jú huā), earthworm (Pheretima, 地龙 dì lóng), mother-of-pearl (Concha Margaritifera, 珍珠母 zhēn zhū mǔ), oyster shell (Ostreae Concha, 牡蛎 mǔ lì), and abalone shell (Haliotidis Concha, 石决明 shí jué míng). Formulas include Liver-Settling Wind-Extinguishing Decoction (镇肝熄风汤 zhèn gān xī fēng tāng), Antelope Horn and Uncaria Decoction (羚角钩藤汤 líng jiǎo gōu téng tāng), and Sweeping Down Decoction (建瓴汤 jiàn líng tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on GV, GB, and LR. Needle with drainage at GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), and LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), and with supplementation at BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and KI-1 (Gushing Spring, 湧泉 yǒng quán).

See also extinguishing wind.