Water chest bind

Also water qì chest bind; water-heat chest bind. A condition attributed to water-rheum binding in the chest and rib-side, and characterized by pain and oppression in the chest and rib-side, a gurgling sound in the chest in response to pressing, fearful throbbing below the heart, and sweating from the head.

Medicinal therapy: Transform water-damp and quiet the heart spirit using formulas such as Minor Pinellia Decoction Plus Poria (小半夏加茯苓汤 xiǎo bàn xià jiā fú líng tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV, PC, LR, SP, and HT. Needle with drainage at PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), CV-17 (Chest Center, 膻中 shān zhōng), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-9 (Yīn Mound Spring, 阴陵泉 yīn líng quán), BL-15 (Heart Transport, 心俞 xīn shù) and HT-7 (Spirit Gate, 神门 shén mén). If rheum and heat bind to form a major chest bind, treat by opening bind and expelling water.

See major chest bind; chest bind.