Subduing yáng

Also calming the liver and subduing yáng. A method of treatment used to address ascendant liver yáng marked by headache and dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, and numbness or tremor of the limbs. Subduing yáng uses heavy settling medicinals such as oyster shell (Ostreae Concha, 牡蛎 mǔ lì), crude dragon bone (Mastodi Ossis Fossilia Cruda, 生龙骨 shēng lóng gǔ), crude abalone shell (Haliotidis Concha Cruda, 生石决明 shēng shí jué míng), mother-of-pearl (Concha Margaritifera, 珍珠母 zhēn zhū mǔ), loadstone (Magnetitum, 磁石 cí shí), and hematite (Haematitum, 代赭石 dài zhě shí). Since ascendant liver yáng is at root a problem of yīn vacuity, yáng subduing medicinals are often combined with yīn-enriching and liver-calming medicinals.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on GV, GB, LR, and KI. Drain GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), and GB-43 (Pinched Ravine, 侠溪 xiá xī), and supplement KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo).

Etymology

Chinese: 潜 qián, submerge, dive, latent; 阳 yáng, yáng, the complement of yīn.