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Supplementing qì and stanching bleeding
补气止血 〔補氣止血〕bǔ qì zhǐ xuè
Also supplementing qì and containing the blood. A method of treatment used to address prolonged bleeding due to qì vacuity. This method is used, for example to treat flooding and spotting with thin pale blood. When such bleeding persists for a long time and signs such as somber-white complexion, flusteredness and shortness of breath, cold limbs, pale tongue with white fur, and soft fine pulse appear, it can be treated with medicinals such as codonopsis (Codonopsis Radix, 党参 dǎng shēn), astragalus (Astragali Radix, 黄芪 huáng qí), white atractylodes (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 白朮 bái zhú), mix-fried licorice (Glycyrrhizae Radix, 甘草 gān cǎo), Chinese angelica (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 当归 dāng guī), and cooked rehmannia (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, 熟地黄 shú dì huáng).
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on SP, ST, CV, and GV. Select SP-1 (Hidden White, 隐白 yǐn bái), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), GV-14 (Great Hammer, 大椎 dà zhuī), and GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì); needle with supplementation and add moxa. For qì vacuity flooding and spotting, add BL-43 (Gāo-Huāng Transport, 膏肓俞 gāo huāng shù), BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo).
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