Worms accumulating in the intestinal tract

Also worm accumulation, which is a traditional disease name (worms accumulating in the intestinal tract is a modern disease pattern name).

A disease pattern chiefly characterized by abdominal pain; yellow facial complexion; emaciation; passing of roundworm in the stool.

Description: Clamoring stomach; periodic abdominal pain; in some cases, increased eating or predilection for strange foods; passing of worms in the stool; in some cases sudden abdominal pain (which may be acute), with a palpable ropelike mass (accumulation lump); in some cases, vomiting of roundworm; yellow face; emaciation; grinding of teeth in sleep; itchy nose; in some cases, white macules on the face (worm macules) or white speckles like millet seeds on the inside of the lips; in some cases, bluing of the whites of the eyes.

Diseases: Worm accumulation; clamoring stomach; abdominal pain; concretions, conglomerations, accumulations, and gatherings.

Pathogenesis: Roundworm (ascaris) in the intestinal tract obstructing the qì dynamic and depriving the body of nourishment. This results from eating of unclean gourds, fruits, and vegetables contaminated with roundworm eggs, which then multiply in the intestines.

Analysis of signs

• Roundworms in the intestinal tract absorbing the essence of grain and water: Clamoring stomach, increased eating, predilection for strange foods, and over time yellow facial complexion and emaciation.
• Roundworm activity: Periodic abdominal pain, which stops when they become quiet. Sometimes, worms are expelled with the stool.
• Roundworms gathering into a mass in the intestines, causing obstruction: Abdominal pain and presence of a palpable ropelike mass (accumulation lump).
• Roundworms scurrying upward, disturbing the qì dynamic: Pain in the stomach duct and abdomen that comes in attacks; vomiting of roundworms.
• Damp-heat brewing and steaming up in the yáng brightness (yáng míng) (yáng míng) large intestine channel: Itchy nose, grinding of teeth during sleep, white worm macules on the face, and white speckles like millet seeds on inside of the lips.
• Intestinal roundworm affecting the lung attributable to the exterior-interior relationship: Blue macules on the whites of the eyes (the part of the eye associated with the lung).

Treatment

Medicinal therapy: Expel worms and disperse accumulation using Worm-Transforming Pill (化虫丸 huà chóng wán) or Mume Pill (乌梅丸 wū méi wán).

Acumoxatherapy: Apply a strong stimulus and moxa to BL‑20 (pí shù), BL‑25 (dà cháng shù), ST‑36 (zú sān lǐ), Hundred Worm Nest (bǎi chóng wō), and CV‑6 (qì hǎi). For a palpable accumulation lump, needle at the head, middle, and tail of the lump, and then burn 12 cones of moxa at the same three points; then moxa pǐ gēn (Glomus Root).