Static blood abdominal pain

Also blood stagnation abdominal pain. Abdominal pain due to static blood that arises when persistent qì stagnation affects the network vessels. Static blood abdominal pain is a pain of fixed location that refuses pressure. The tongue is purple and dark, and the pulse is rough.

Medicinal therapy: Treat by quickening the blood and eliminating stasis with formulas such as Stasis-Dispersing Beverage (消瘀饮 xiāo yū yǐn), Blood-Quickening Decoction (活血汤 huó xuè tāng), or Infradiaphragmatic Stasis-Expelling Decoction (膈下逐瘀汤 gé xià zhú yū tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on SP and LR. Select SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), LR-2 (Moving Between, 行间 xíng jiān), BL-25 (Large Intestine Transport, 大肠俞 dà cháng shù), and ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū); needle with drainage.