![]() | Amenorrhea |
Tongue: Red with little coat.
Pulse: Deep and thready
Deficiency of Qi and Blood Gradual delay of menstruation with very little blood which is thin and reddish, ultimately leading to amenorrhea accompanied by dizziness, blurred vision, palpitations, shortness of breath or lusterless hair, emaciation with sallow complexion.
Blood: Scanty, thin and reddish
Tongue: Pale with thin white coat
Pulse: Deep and weak and sometimes languid.
Qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Amenorrhea for several months, accompanied with restlessness and a tendency toward being easily angered, feelings of fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, distending pain in the lower abdomen.
Tongue: Purple spots generally on the edges of the tongue.
Pulse: Deep and choppy
For deficiency of Qi and Blood:
Tonify the Qi and nourish the blood to regulate menstruation.
For Qi stagnation and blood stasis:
Regulate the Qi and activate the blood to induce menstruation.
UB 18 Liver shu, tonifies LiverFor deficiency of Qi and Blood:
UB 23 Kidney shu, tonifies Kidney
Ren 4 Tonifies KidneyUB 20 Spleen Shu
St 36 He sea point of Stomach channel
Sp 6 Three Leg Yin crossing point.
Spleen and Stomach are the source for producing Qi and Blood. UB 20, St 36 and Sp 6 all strengthen the function of the Spleen and Stomach which provides the material basis for the acquired constitution. Postnatal Qi and Blood assists the prenatal in the Kidneys.St 29 for the return of the menstrual cycle.
UB 17 The Influential point of BloodFor Qi stagnation and blood stasis:
Ren 6 The "Sea of Qi" for tonifying Qi.UB 20 Spleen Shu
St 36 He sea point of Stomach channel
Sp 6 Three Leg Yin crossing point.
Spleen/Stomach are the source of producing the Qi and Blood, strengthen the Qi and Blood.St 29 for the return of the menstrual cycle.
Ren 3 Regulates the Chong and Ren channels which induce menstruation.
St 29 for the return of the menstrual cycle.
Sp 8 Xi cleft point for removing blood and Qi stagnation. The Qi and Blood are very deep at the Xi cleft points. It is easy for the Qi and blood to become stagnant here, so we choose this point to break up Blood and Qi stagnation
Sp 10 "Sea of Blood", activates blood to induce menstruation.
Sp 6 activates bloodL.I. 4 Yuan source point of L.I. channel regulates Qi
Liv 3 Yuan source point of Liver channel regulates Liver Qi and activates the blood.
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