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Eclampsia
High blood pressure
during mid to late pregnancy. These
women are quite often overweight, short in height, and may be anemic. Liver Kidney Yin deficiency, Yin is
unable to anchor Yang, therefore Yang or Fire rise causing hypertension
which could lead to Wind. The risk
is higher in women that are diabetic, or have kidney problems
(western). Cold weather may
aggravate.
Early
signs (pre-eclampsia):
lower limb edema, dizziness, headache, blurred vision.
Emergency:
when severe, woman can have spasming, lose consciousness, and go
into convulsions.
Pre-attack
Yin deficiency with Yang rising
Liver Kidney deficiency
allows Yang to rise causing dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, headache, muscle twitching
P/T – nourish Liver
Kidney, soothe Liver Qi
Acupuncture – neutral,
foot Shaoyin & Jueyin,
Shu, BL 18, 23, Du 20, LR 2, KI 6 (Yinqiao)
- insomnia-
HT 7
Heart Liver Fire
dizziness, blurred vision,
throbbing/distended headache, loud tinnitus, irritable, anger, red face, lips, tongue, shaking limbs
P/T – purge Heart
Liver Fire
Acupuncture –
neutral, hand and foot Shaoyin and Jueyin, KI 3, BL 23, HT 7, PC 6, LR 3, BL 18
- irritable-
PC 7
- sore eyes,
headache, dizziness- Si Shen
Cong
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constipation- SJ 6, ST 37
Spleen deficiency with hyperactive Liver
fluid retention, edema, lack
of blood for Liver which causes Wind
P/T – strength
Spleen, eliminate Phlegm-Damp
Acupuncture –
neutral, foot taiyin & Jueyin,
BL 20, ST 36, LR 2, PC 6, Ren 17
- Phlegm- ST
40
- dry mouth,
irritable- HT 7, LR 3
During attack
Woman can faint, lose
consciousness, clenched fists and jaws, spasm, convulsions, frothy saliva, phlegm in the throat,
attacks may recur simultaneously, may not wake. This condition can also happen after
delivery, which would be treated the same.
P/T – extinguish
Wind, relieve convulsions & Phlegm, revive
consciousness.
Acupuncture –
Du 26, Si Shen Cong, PC
8, ST 40
- during the
day- BL 62
- at night-
KI 6
- closed
(lock jaw)- ST 7
- Phlegm in
throat- Ren 22
Alternative Treatment Methods
auricular-
ST, subcortex, Shenmen, HT, occipital, Yuan Zhong, LR, KI, *bleed retroauricular
vein in blood pressure groove and/or apex of ear.
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