Diarrhea
Western medicine – Crohn’s, IBS, GI inflammation
Spleen Damp/Cold
external pathogenic invasion impairs large intestine function, stool too wet watery and frequent with pain and borborygmi, poor appetite, aversion to cold, T- white slippery coat, P- soft or tense
P/T – expel cold, transform Damp, harmonize mid Jiao
Acupunctre – neutral, moxa, hand and foot yangming, LI 4, Ren 12, ST 25, 37 (LI low he-sea)
- more pain – moxa Ren 8
Food stagnation
undigested odour in the stool, T- thick dirty coat, P- slippery
P/T – promote digestion
Acupuncture – Shu, Mu, Ren 12, LR 13, BL 20, 21, ST 36, Ren 10, Ren 21 & Li Nei Ting (under ST 44)
Liver Qi stagnation
IBS, emotions induce diarrhea, pain, borborygmi, T- red, thin coat, P- wiry
P/T – soothe Liver
Acupuncture – foot jueyin, yangming, BL 18, LR 14, 3, GB 34 (pain), BL 20, Ren 12, ST 25, 36
Large Intestine Damp/Heat
acute cramping then must get to toilet immediately, yellow smelly stool, burning anus, may have fever, T- red, yellow greasy coat, P- soft or slippery and rapid
P/T – clear Heat, eliminate Damp, regulate Large Intestine
Acupuncture – hand and foot yangming, LI 4 & ST 44 (clear Heat), Ren 12, ST 25, 36, 37
- burning anus – bleed BL 40
- fever – LI 11 & Du 14
- Heat – Jin Jin & Yu Yue
Spleen Qi deficiency
chronic soft stools, sensitive digestive system, fatigue, pale face, T- pale, teeth-marks, greasy coat,
P- thin
P/T – strengthen SP Qi, transform Damp
Acupuncture – tonify, moxa, Ren foot taiyin, Shu, Ren 12, ST 25, BL 21, 25, Ren 9 & SP 6 (damp)
Kidney Yang deficiency
5am diarrhea, undigested food in stool, relief after bowel movements, cold pain around the umbilicus, like warmth and pressure, T- pale, swollen, teeth-marks, white coat, P- deep thin weak
P/T – astringe and warm intestines
Acupuncture – tonify, moxa, BL 23 & Ren 4, BL 20, LR 13, ST 36, Ren 12 & ST 25 (regulate intestines), Du 4 & Ren 8 (needle and moxa)
Alternative treatment methods
auricular – SI, LI, ST, SP, LR, KI, sympathetic, shenmen, rectum
acute – strong stimulation, chronic – mild stimulation
7 star – T8-lower sacrum area, On lower abdomen on the SP, ST and Ren meridians
injection – B1 & B12 combo, ST 25, 36, 37, BL 25
Rabu, 20 April 2011
Acupuncture Treatment for Diarrhea, IBS, Crohn's
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