Vacuity-taxation lumbar pain

Lumbar pain arising when taxation damage causes insufficiency of kidney qì and disturbs qì transformation. The pain spreads into the lesser abdomen and is accompanied by inhibited urination, and a sunken pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Use Cinnamon Bark and Aconite Eight-Ingredient Pill (桂附八味丸 guì fù bā wèi wán) combined with Astragalus Center-Fortifying Decoction (黄芪建中汤 huáng qí jiàn zhōng tāng) and Major Yīn Supplementation Pill (大补阴丸 dà bǔ yīn wán).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on BL, GV, CV, and KI. Select BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), GV-4 (Life Gate, 命门 mìng mén), KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), GV-3 (Lumbar Yáng Pass, 腰阳关 yāo yáng guān), BL-40 (Bend Center, 委中 wěi zhōng), ouch points (阿是穴 ā shì xué), and CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán); needle with supplementation and add moxa.