Yáng vacuity dizziness

Dizziness attributable to insufficiency of yáng qì preventing clear yáng from reaching the head. Vacuity dizziness may be accompanied by headache, aversion to cold, tinnitus, and deafness. In some cases, dizziness threatens loss of balance and is accompanied by shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, cold extremities, and a fine sunken pulse. In some cases, there is dizziness on arising in the morning that quickly abates.

Medicinal therapy: Warm and supplement yáng qì with Ginseng and Aconite Decoction (参附汤 shēn fù tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on GV and CV. Select GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), GV-24 (Spirit Court, 神庭 shén tíng), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), and GV-4 (Life Gate, 命门 mìng mén); needle with supplementation and large amounts of moxa.

Point selection according to signs: For shortness of breath, add BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù), BL-43 (Gāo-Huāng Transport, 膏肓俞 gāo huāng shù), and LU-9 (Great Abyss, 太渊 tài yuān). For spontaneous sweating, add LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), and SI-3 (Back Ravine, 后溪 hòu xī).