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Chest
Bi
Heart/Lung pain.
Western medicine – coronary heart disease, chronic
bronchitis, etc.
TCM - Pathogen in chest Luo
causing tight pain that may radiate to the back and be accompanied by dyspnea.
Blood Stasis in Heart
intermittent
stabbing fixed pain, worse at night, dark purple sublingual veins,
P- uneven deep or irregular
P/T – promote
circulation, remove Blood Stasis
Acupuncture – hand
jueyin and shaoyin, Ren
14, BL 15, PC 4 & HT 6 (xi-cleft pain), Ren 17 & BL 17
(Qi and blood) herbal treatment
- Stasis – LU 11, HT 9
Cold stagnation
severe pain, cold weather triggers
this pain, cold symptoms/body, dyspnea, T- white
slippery, P- wiry tense or deep thin (yang deficiency)
P/T
– warm Yang Qi, expel Cold, promote Qi circulation
Acupuncture
– sedate, moxa, hand jueyin
and shaoyin, Ren, BL 14, 15 (HT PC), PC 6 &
HT 5
(Luo
stagnation), Ren 4 & 6 (invigorate Yang Qi)
- coldness – moxa BL
12, 13
Heart Qi deficiency
dull
pain, shortness of breath, comes and goes, palpitations, fatigue, pale
face, T- pale, P- irregular
P/T
– nourish Heart Qi
Acupuncture
– Ren 17, 14, HT 6 (pain), Ren 6, ST 36 (Yuan and Spleen Qi)
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Yang deficient Cold – Ren 4, 8, Du 4, moxa
Heart Yin deficiency
dull
pain that comes and goes, Yin deficiency symptoms, T- red with scanty coat,
P- thin rapid
P/T
– nourish Heart Yin
Acupuncture
– tonify, hand and foot shaoyin, BL 15, 23, KI 3,
6, PC 6, SP 6
Turbid Phlegm stagnation
pain with feeling of
pressure from the inside (oppression), difficult to breathe, heavy limbs
and body, fullness, sticky mouth, nausea, T- swollen with turbid greasy
coat, P- slippery
P/T
– invigorate Yang Qi, eliminate Phlegm, remove stagnation
Acupuncture
– sedate hand jueyin, foot yangming,
Ren 14, 17, PC 4 (xi-cleft), ST 40 & LU 9 (phlegm)
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digestive fullness – ST 36, Ren 12
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Heat with Phlegm – ST 44, LI 4, SP 9
Alternative treatment
methods
auricular – HT, SI,
sympathetic, subcortex, yuan
zhong, LU LR, chest, occiput,
blood pressure groove, strong stimulation
electro – between Hua Tou Jia
Ji and first Bladder line on the back, puncture
30 degrees oblique
1-1.5 cun
deep from T1-T4, PC 6, strong stimulation for 20 minutes with continuous
frequency.
Herbal points applications
– Dan Shen, San Qi, Ru Xiang, Mo Yao, Bing Pian, mix into powder with cream and apply to Ren 14,
17, BL 14, 15, PC 6 everyday at night
emergency
acupressure – PC 6, BL 15, HT 4, 5, start gently then increase pressure
over a few minutes until applying very strong stimulation, 5-10 minutes.
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