Yáng collapse

Also yáng desertion. A disease pattern of critical debilitation of yáng qì marked by sweating, cold skin, and reversal cold of the limbs. The patient is apathetic or (rarely) agitated, and, in severe cases, his spirit is clouded. Either there is no thirst or there is a desire for warm fluids. The pulse is either hidden, sunken, fine and faint, or agitated and racing. The tongue is pale.

Medicinal therapy: Use large doses of Ginseng and Aconite Decoction (参附汤 shēn fù tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV and GV. Select GV-26 (Water Trough, 水沟 shuǐ gōu), GV-25 (White Bone-Hole, 素髎 sù liáo), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ) and KI-1 (Gushing Spring, 湧泉 yǒng quán); needle with supplementation or direct moxa. Apply moxa on salt or ginger at CV-8 (Spirit Gate Tower, 神阙 shén què).