Ununited skull

Also ununited fontanels; retarded closure of the fontanel gates; nonclosure of the fontanels. The failure of the bones of the head to join together in infants. The bones of the skull harden at around the age of sixth months, and the anterior fontanel closes between the age of 12–18 months, whereas the posterior fontanel closes between the age of 1-3 months. Ununited skull is attributable to congenital insufficiency and depletion of kidney qì due to insufficiency of essence-blood in the parents. The signs are a taut shiny scalp with green-blue veins, bright-white facial complexion, downward turned eyes, and poor mental development.

Medicinal therapy: Oral: Origin-Supporting Powder (扶元散 fú yuán sǎn). Topical: Fontanel-Sealing Powder (封囟散 fēng xìn sǎn), which comprises arborvitae seed (Platycladi Semen, 柏子仁 bǎi zǐ rén), arisaema (Arisaematis Rhizoma, 天南星 tiān nán xīng), and saposhnikovia (Saposhnikoviae Radix, 防风 fáng fēng) in equal proportions, can be mixed with pig’s bile and applied on gauze.

Acumoxatherapy: Select BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), BL-11 (Great Shuttle, 大杼 dà zhù), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), KI-7 (Recover Flow, 复溜 fù liū), and ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ).