Damp phlegm lumbar pain

Lumbar pain attributable to damp phlegm pouring into the kidney channel, and characterized by cold heavy painful lumbus stretching into the back and rib-side and exacerbated by yīn-type (dull wet) weather, and associated with diarrhea and a slippery pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Use Tortoise Shell and Ailanthus Bark Pill (龟樗丸 guī shū wán) or Two Matured Ingredients Decoction (二陈汤 èr chén tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on BL, CV, and ST. Select BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), BL-40 (Bend Center, 委中 wěi zhōng), GV-3 (Lumbar Yáng Pass, 腰阳关 yāo yáng guān), ouch points (阿是穴 ā shì xué), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), and ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng). Needle with drainage and add moxa.