White flood

Profuse white vaginal discharge of sudden onset. White flood is attributed to heart-spleen taxation damage from excessive worry and thought or to extreme vacuity cold taxation damaging the network vessels of the uterus.

Patterns

Heart-spleen taxation damage (劳伤心脾 láo shāng xīn pí) gives rise to white flood with heart palpitation, shortness of breath, insomnia, and low food intake.

Medicinal therapy: Nourish the heart and quiet the spirit; fortify the spleen. Use Neutral Supplementing Heart-Settling Elixir (平补镇心丹 píng bǔ zhèn xīn dān).

Extreme vacuity cold taxation (虚冷劳极 xū lěng láo jí) gives rise to white flood with fatigue and lack of strength, physical cold and fear of cold, and cold in the smaller abdomen.

Medicinal therapy: Warm the channels and supplement vacuity. Combine sumac gallnut (Galla Chinensis, 五倍子 wǔ bèi zǐ), psoralea (Psoraleae Fructus, 补骨脂 bǔ gǔ zhī), cistanche (Cistanches Herba, 肉苁蓉 ròu cōng róng), morinda (Morindae Officinalis Radix, 巴戟天 bā jǐ tiān), fenugreek (Trigonellae Semen, 胡芦巴 hú lú bā), poria (Poria, 茯苓 fú líng), calcined dragon bone (Mastodi Ossis Fossilia Calcinata, 煅龙骨 duàn lóng gǔ), and cinnabar (Cinnabaris, 朱砂 zhū shā), and make into pills with rice paste made by boiling rice in wine. Take 10g at a time with warm wine or brine.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on the GIV, CV, back transport points, and SP. Main points: GB-26 (Girdling Vessel, 带脉 dài mài), BL-30 (White Ring Transport, 白环俞 bái huán shù), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo).

• For heart-spleen taxation damage, add BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù) BL-15 (Heart Transport, 心俞 xīn shù), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-9 (Yīn Mound Spring, 阴陵泉 yīn líng quán), and HT-7 (Spirit Gate, 神门 shén mén), needling with supplementation and adding moxa, and adding PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān) and PC-4 (Cleft Gate, 郄门 xī mén) for heart palpitation.
• For extreme vacuity cold taxation add BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), CV-3 (Central Pole, 中极 zhōng jí), and BL-32 (Second Bone-Hole, 次髎 cì liáo), needling with supplementation and large amounts of moxa.