Tonifying Deficiency - Dispersing Excess

Tonify – strengthen whole body Qi, Zheng Qi, Yin or Yang, Qi and/or blood.

Disperse – eliminate pathogenic factors, restore homeostasis.

*Both invigorate the body’s function.

Tonifying methods

Tips:

Use Moxibustion and proper tonifying needling techniques.
warm the mid Jiao, particularly for sinking syndromes, or not holding blood.
deep weak pulse shows Yang Qi deficiency.

Syndromes:

Kidney Qi – BL23, DU4, RN4, KI3
Mid Jiao – BL20, BL21, RN12, RN6, ST36
Lung Qi – LU9, BL13, ST36, SP3
Heart & Spleen Qi – BL15, BL20, HT7, SP6
Kidney Yin – BL23, RN4, KI6, LU5
Raise Yang Qi – Bai Hui, RN6, RN12, ST36

Dispersing methods

Tips:

Use dispersion needle techniques, and/or bleed 93 edge or 7 star).
stagnation in the Jing Luo must be moved
if pathogen is excess sedate, if it is full purge.

Syndromes

Wind/Heat – GB20, LI4, LU7
Yangming excess heat – ST25, ST37, LI11 (all help induce bowel movements)
Excess Phlegm – RN22, ST40, LI4
Blood Stasis – MH3, BL40, BL17, Jing-well

*When the condition is neither excess or deficiency:

treat the meridian
use element points
use Yuan-source with Shu-stream
use neutral stimulation

*Can sedate and tonify at the same time, or one after the other.