A wilting (wěi) pattern usually affecting overweight people, attributed to damp phlegm lodged in the channel, and characterized by wilting and weakness of the limbs, numbness of the lumbus and knee, and pulse that is sunken and slippery.
Medicinal therapy: Use Two Matured Ingredients Decoction (二陈汤èr chén tāng) with judicious addition of atractylodes (Atractylodis Rhizoma, 苍朮cāng zhú), white atractylodes (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 白朮bái zhú), scutellaria (Scutellariae Radix, 黄芩huáng qín), phellodendron (Phellodendri Cortex, 黄柏huáng bǎi), bamboo sap (Bambusae Succus, 竹沥zhú lì), and ginger juice (Zingiberis Rhizomatis Succus, 姜汁jiāng zhī).
Acumoxatherapy: Use the general points given under wilting, and add ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), SP-9 (Yīn Mound Spring, 阴陵泉 yīn líng quán), and ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng), needling with drainage.