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External Pathogenic Invasion
Western
medicine - common cold or flu due to external pathogen/ acute viral, bacterial
infection.
TCM - invasion blocking
LU Qi, superficial syndrome
Wind/Cold
P/T - Expel Wind cold, disperse, promote LUQI, relieve superficial area.
Acupuncture Rx - Hand Yang Ming, Hand Taiyin,
LU 7 + LI 20 ( nose disorders, cough), LI 4
(reinforce LU’s function to expel cold),
BL 12, SI 7 ( relieve aversion to cold + headache), GB 20, Yang Wei (Pond of wind)
- Headache – Yin Tang
& Tai Yang
- Wind Cold -
complicated damp, heavy body, nausea = SP 10, LU 5,
- Qi Stagnation - SJ 6, GB 34
- Wind Cold + Qi
def - ST 36, BL 11, BL 43, BL 13
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Body ache - Cupping. From BL 11 ~ BL 13 ~ Lumber region. Then stop at BL 13
for 15min.
Wind/Heat
P/T- Expel wind heat, descend, clear Lung QI.
Acupuncture Rx - Hand TaiYin, Hand Yang Ming, DU/ sedate, LU 10, LU 5 (clear,
descend, soar throat, fever, cough, phlegm), LI 11, ST 44 (Ying-spring,
clear heat, relieve thirst, fever, dry), DU 14, SJ 5 (reduce fever,
superficial area), LU 11, LI 11( bleed), ST 9, Xi Chuan ( high fever), Ren
22
(cough)
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Complicated blood def – SP 10, SP 6, BL 13
- Yin def – KD 6, KD 7
Summer
Heat and Dampness
P/T. Clear summer heat, transform dampness, relieve
superficial area,
Acupuncture Rx - Hand Taiyin,
Foot Yangming, with neutral stimulation, LU 6, LI
4 (promote LI function, clear summer
heat, transform damp), ST 36, Ren 12
(middle jiao dampness), SJ 6 (regulate 3 jiao, transform dampness, expel summer heat)
- High fever - Du 14
- more damp - SP 9
- Irregular bowl, soft,
or sticky BM - ST 25
- Qi + Yang def - ST 36, BL 43
- Yin or blood def
- BL 13, SP 10, KD 7
Alternative treatment methods
auricular – LU, trachea, nose, throat, SJ,
ear apex, *strong stimulation
cupping & 7 star needle – BL meridian
self massage – LI 4, 20
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