Irregular menstruation
a. Antedated menstruation |
-Heat in blood |
-short cycle
-dark, red and thick blood flow
-heavy amount
-restlessness
-fullness in chest
-brown urine |
-red tongue with yellow coat
-rapid, forceful pulse |
LI 11
Ren 3
SP 10
KD 5 |
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-Qi deficiency |
-profuse, thin, light, red menses
-short cycle
-lassitude, palpitation
-shortness of breath
-subjective empty and heavy sensation in lower abdomen |
-pale tongue with thin coat
-weak pulse |
Ren 6, 12
SP 6
St 36 |
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b. postdated menstruation |
-Blood deficiency |
-scanty, light, red menses
-delayed cycle
-empty and painful feeling in lower abdomen
-emaciation, sallow complexion
-lusterless skin, dizziness
-blurred vision
-palpitation and insomnia |
-pink tongue with little coat
-weak and thready pulse |
Ren 4, 6
SP 6
*palpitation, insomnia: HT 7
*dizziness, blurred vision: Du 20 |
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-dysmenorrhea |
-Cold in the blood |
-scanty, dark menses
-delayed cycle
-colic pain in lower abdomen
-slightly alleviated by warmth
-cold limbs |
-thin, white tongue
-deep, slow pulse |
Ren 4, 6
SP 6 |
-Wen Jing Tang |
-amenorrhea |
-Qi stagnation |
-scanty, dark, red menses
-delayed cycle
-distending pain in lower abdomen
-mental depression
-stuffy chest alleviated by belching
-distension in hypochondria and breast region |
-thin, white tongue
-string-taut pulse |
St 8,25
KD 13
LV 3 |
-Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang |
Irregular menstrual cycles |
-Qi stagnation in the liver |
-alternation of menstrual cycle and quantity of blood flow
-thick, sticky, purple menses
-difficult flow
-distending pain in lower abdomen
-mental depression
-frequent sighing |
-thin, white pulse
-string-taut pulse |
Ren 6
KD 14
PC 5
LV 5 |
-Xiao Yao San |
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-Kidney deficiency |
-scanty, light, red blood flow
-altering cycles
-dizziness and tinnitus
-weak and aching lower back and knees
-frequent night urination
-loose stool |
-pale tongue with thin coat
-deep, weak coat |
Ren 4
UB 23
KD 8 |
-Gu Yin Jian |
Dysmenorrhea |
-Excess syndrome (Liver Qi and Blood stagnation) |
-pain in lower abdomen pre-menstration
-retarded and scanty, dark, purple menses with clots
-distending pain in lower abdomen
-pain alleviated by passing clots
-distention in hypochondriac region and breast
-pain alleviated by warmth |
-purplish tongue with purple tongue or sticky, white tongue
-string-taut pulse or deep, string-taut pulse |
Ren 3
UB 32
LI 3, 4
SP 8, 10
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-Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang |
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-Deficiency Syndrome (internal cold) |
-dull pain at end or after menstruation cycle
-pain alleviated by warmth and pressure
-pink, scanty, thin menses
-aversion to cold
-cold extremities, pale complexion
-palpitation, dizziness |
-thready, weak pulse |
Ren 4
UB 20, 23
St 36
SP 6 |
-Wen Jing Tang |
Amenorrhea:
-endocrinal and neuropsychiatrical factors |
-Blood stagnation |
-absence of menses for months
-lower abdominal distending pain
-pain aggravated by pressure
-hard mass in lower abdomen
-distension and fullness in chest and hypochondriac region |
-dark, purple tongue with puplish spots on border
-deep, sting-taut pulse |
Ren 3
St 29
SP 6, 10
LV 3
LI 4 |
-Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang |
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-Blood deficiency |
-delayed menstrual cycle
-gradual decrease of menses and amenorrhea
-sallow complexion (prolonged cases)
-lassitude, vertigo and dizziness
-poor appetite, loose stool
-dry skin, 5 palm heat
-sore and weak low back and knees |
-pale tongue with little coat
-string-taut and thready pulse |
Ren 4
UB 18, 20, 23
St 26
SP 6 |
-Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang |
Morbid leukorrhea:
-vaginitis
-cervicitis
-endometritis
-annexitis, and other various infections of reproductive organs |
-Spleen yang deficiency |
-profuse, thick white or yellow vaginal discharge
-pale or sallow complexion
-lassitude
-poor appetite and loose stool
-edema in lower limbs |
-pale tongue with white sticky coat
-slow, weak pulse |
UB 26, 30
Ren 6
SP 9
St 36 |
-Wan Dai Tang |
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-Kidney yang deficiency |
-profuse, continuous discharge
-thin ,transparent white discharge
-severe soreness of low back
-cold sensation in lower abdomen
-frequent and excessive urine |
-pale tongue with thin coat
-deep pulse |
UB 23, 26
Ren 4
KD 7, 12
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-Nei Bu Wan |
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-Damp heat |
-sticky, viscous and stinking yellow discharge
-large amount of discharge
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