Cold qì abdominal pain

Also cold abdominal pain. Abdominal pain due to spleen-stomach vacuity cold or to external cold evil contraction, and characterized by continual pain exacerbated by exposure to cold, relieved slightly by warmth, and accompanied by a slow sunken pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Warm the center and disperse cold; rectify qì and relieve pain. Use Officinal Magnolia Bark Center-Warming Decoction (厚朴温中汤 hòu pò wēn zhōng tāng) or Center-Rectifying Decoction (理中汤 lǐ zhōng tāng). Compare the more severe cold accumulation abdominal pain.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV, SP, and ST. Select CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), SP-15 (Great Horizontal, 大横 dà hèng), SP-4 (Yellow Emperor, 公孙 gōng sūn), and LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ); needle with drainage and add moxa.