Lumbar pain attributable to lifting heavy weights or to twisting or falling. Wrenched lumbus pain is characterized by the inability to bend and stretch or difficulty in turning, with any movement exacerbating pain.
Medicinal therapy: Quicken the blood and soothe the sinews. Use Four Agents Decoction (四物汤sì wù tāng) plus peach kernel (Persicae Semen, 桃仁táo rén), carthamus (Carthami Flos, 红花hóng huā), cyathula (Cyathulae Radix, 川牛膝chuān niú xī), cinnamon bark (Cinnamomi Cortex, 肉桂ròu guì), corydalis (Corydalis Rhizoma, 延胡索yán hú suǒ), frankincense (Olibanum, 乳香rǔ xiāng), and myrrh (Myrrha, 没药mò yào).
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on BL, GV, SP, and ouch points (阿是穴ā shì xué). Select GV-26 (Human Center, 人中 rén zhōng), GV-3 (Lumbar Yáng Pass, 腰阳关 yāo yáng guān), BL-40 (Bend Center, 委中 wěi zhōng), BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), BL-32 (Second Bone-Hole, 次髎 cì liáo), and ouch points (阿是穴ā shì xué); needle with even supplementation and drainage.