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Wind-cold rib-side pain

风寒胁痛 〔風寒脅痛〕fēng hán xié tòng

Rib-side pain attributed to wind-cold evils lodged under the rib-side, and accompanied by heat effusion and aversion to cold, bitter taste in the mouth, dry retching, and a stringlike pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Treat by coursing and harmonizing with variations of Minor Bupleurum Decoction (小柴胡汤 xiǎo chái hú tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LU, LI, LR, and GB. Select GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), BL-12 (Wind Gate, 风门 fēng mén), LU-7 (Broken Sequence, 列缺 liè quē), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), TB-5 (Outer Pass, 外关 wài guān), LR-14 (Cycle Gate, 期门 qī mén), TB-6 (Branch Ditch, 支沟 zhī gōu), and GB-34 (Yáng Mound Spring, 阳陵泉 yáng líng quán); needle with drainage and add moxa. See rib-side pain.

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