External Pathogenic
Invasion
Western medicine
Common cold or flu due to
external pathogen/ acute viral, bacterial infection.
TCM
Invasion blocking LU Qi,
superficial syndrome
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
- Body ache - Cupping. From BL 11 ~ BL
13 ~ Lumber region. Then stop at BL 13 for 15min.
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)
- Complicated blood def – SP 10, SP 6,
BL 13
- Yin def – KD 6, KD 7
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 - DU14
- more damp - SP9
- Irregular bowl, soft, or sticky BM -
ST25
- Qi + Yang def - ST36, BL43
- Yin or blood def - BL13, SP10, KI7
- auricular – LU, trachea, nose, throat,
SJ, ear apex, *strong stimulation
- cupping & 7 star needle – BL meridian
- self massage – LI 4, 20
