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Wind convulsions
风搐 〔風搐〕 fēng chù
1. Shaking of the extremities attributable to exuberant heat and effulgent liver with stirring wind and phlegm congestion. The tremor prevents the holding of objects and impedes normal walkingand is attended by open eyes and mouth that continuously twitch, night heat effusion, generalized dryness and itching, and in some cases dizzy vision or arched-back rigidity.
Medicinal therapy: Calm the liver and extinguish wind. Use
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on GV, LR, and GB. Select GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GV-16 (Wind Mansion, 风府 fēng fǔ), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), GV-14 (Great Hammer, 大椎 dà zhuī), LI-11 (Pool at the Bend, 曲池 qū chí), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), KI-1 (Gushing Spring, 湧泉 yǒng quán), and ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng); needle with drainage.
Point selection according to signs: For generalized dryness and itching, add SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi). For dizzy vision, add HT-5 (Connecting Lǐ, 通里 tōng lǐ) and ST-41 (Ravine Divide, 解溪 jiě xī). For arched-back rigidity, add GV-12 (Body Pillar, 身柱 shēn zhù) and SI-3 (Back Ravine, 后溪 hòu xī).
2. Umbilical wind.
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