Supplementing the blood

Also nourishing the blood. A method of treatment used to address conditions of blood vacuity characterized by a drawn, withered-yellow or pale-white complexion, dizzy head, tinnitus, heart palpitation, pale scant menstrual flow, fine pulse, and pale tongue.

Medicinal therapy: Blood-supplementing medicinals include dried/fresh rehmannia (Rehmanniae Radix, 生地黄 shēng dì huáng), Chinese angelica (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 当归 dāng guī), flowery knotweed (Polygoni Multiflori Radix, 何首乌 hé shǒu wū), lycium berry (Lycii Fructus, 枸杞子 gǒu qǐ zǐ), ass hide glue (Asini Corii Colla, 阿胶 ē jiāo), and longan flesh (Longan Arillus, 龙眼肉 lóng yǎn ròu). These can be combined with qì-supplementing medicinals and, depending on the condition of the patient, with blood-quickening, blood-stanching medicinals, and spirit-quieting medicinals. Among the formulas commonly used, Four Agents Decoction (四物汤 sì wù tāng) is a basic formula for supplementing the blood, regulating menstruation and quickening the blood, Eight-Gem Decoction (八珍汤 bā zhēn tāng) treats dual vacuity of qì and blood, whereas Spleen-Returning Decoction (归脾汤 guī pí tāng) treats heart-spleen blood vacuity marked by heart palpitation, heart vexation, insomnia, and profuse dreaming.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on back transport points, SP, LR, and ST. To boost qì and nourish blood, select from the following points: LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), LR-13 (Camphorwood Gate, 章门 zhāng mén), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), and BL-21 (Stomach Transport, 胃俞 wèi shù); needling with supplementation.

See supplementation.