Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Abdominal Cold

General

Herb Formulas
Points

Tai Yang Shang Han With Spleen And Stomach Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever and chills
  • Headache
  • Chest and gastric fullness and oppression
  • Pain in the epigastrium and abdomen
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Borborygmus
  • Diarrhea
  • Loss of taste
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Abdominal Cold
  • Cough
  • Indigestion
  • No perspiration
  • Chest discomfort
  • Sore throat
  • Disorientation
  • Madness
  • General lassitude
  • Anorexia
  • Delirious speech
  • Maybe loss of voice
  • Intermittent chills and fever
  • Afternoon fever and tight
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Malarial disorders
  • Loose stools
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy and white
  • P: Moderate and soggy or floating and forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior
  • Transform Dampness
  • Regulate Qi
  • Harmonize the Middle Jiao
Herb Formulas
Points

Tai Yang - Tai Yin

Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever
  • Chills
  • Headache
  • Joint pains
  • Severe diarrhea
  • Epigastric distention
  • Perspiration
  • Cold body and extremities
  • Weakness of the extremities
  • Upper abdominal palpitations
  • Cold feet
  • Dysuria
  • T: Pale or pink
  • C: White
  • P: Slow and tight or Soft
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior
  • Warm the Interior
  • Tonify Qi
  • Relieves distention
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points

Extrteme Yang Deficiency In The Tai Yin, Shao Yin And Jue Yin

Clinical Manifestations
  • Severe aversion to Cold
  • Body curled up
  • Icy cold extremities
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Absence of thirst
  • Abdominal pain
  • Lack of energy
  • A constant desire to sleep
  • Shivering
  • Foaming at the mouth
  • Lips and nails purplish
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and thready or Impalpable
Treatment Principle
  • Rescue Yang (emergency)
  • Strengthen Qi
  • Generate the pulse
Herb Formulas
Points

Shao Yin Cold

Clinical Manifestations
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • Faint, weak respiration
  • Drenched with perspiration
  • Dizziness
  • Above symptoms worse on exertion or when tired
  • Four limbs cold
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Cold abdominal pain
  • An extremely pale face
  • Cyanosis of mouth and lips
  • Upset stomach
  • Loose stools
  • T: Pale
  • P: Minute (on the point of collapse)
Treatment Principle
  • Return Yang
  • Consolidate Exhaustion
Herb Formulas
Points

Jue Yin Cold

Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal Cold
  • Vomits clear fluid
  • Vertex headache
  • Body cold
  • Diarrhea
  • Complete exhaustion of Yang
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Weak.
Treatment Principle
  • Warm Yang especially in the Liver and Stomach
  • Descend turbidity
Herb Formulas
Points

Large Intestine Cold

Clinical Manifestations
  • Constipation
  • Difficulty in passing stools
  • Dull pains and cold sensations in abdomen
  • Preference for warmth; dislike of Cold
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Abundant clear urine
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thick, white and moist
  • P: Deep and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Cold
  • Relieve constipation
Herb Formulas
Points

Spleen Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • A feeling of Cold in the stomach and abdomen
  • Maybe pain in the stomach and abdomen
  • Sallow complexion
  • Aversion to Cold with a preference for warmth
  • Anorexia (maybe with vomiting)
  • Four limbs feel tired and heavy
  • Cold extremities
  • Abdominal and epigastric distention after eating
  • Maybe acid regurgitation or vomiting of clear watery fluid
  • Loose stools or watery stools containing undigested food
  • Maybe occasional constipation
  • Shortness of breath
  • Pain in the epigastrium with cold sensations (pain is relieved by warmth)
  • Cold limbs
  • Feeling chilled
  • Mental fatigue
  • Tired extremities
  • Copious, clear urine
  • Maybe scanty urine with edema (Spleen Deficiency Edema)
  • Maybe clear, watery vaginal discharge
  • T: Pale or Pale and swollen
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Deep and weak or Deep, slow and thready
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Center
  • Dispel Cold
Herb Formulas
Points

Spleen And Stomach Deficiency Cold

Clinical Manifestations
  • Mild constant epigastric pain; relieved by warmth and pressure
                                                         Or
  • Chronic , intermittent, spasmodic, dull abdominal pain, relieved by warmth and pressure
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Anorexia
  • Easily satiated
  • Abdominal pain and fullness after meals
  • Nausea / vomiting
  • Loose, unformed stools
  • Excessive salivation
  • Cold limbs
  • Lassitude
  • Fatigue
  • Depression
  • Shortness of breath
  • Weakness
  • Sallow or pale, dull complexion
  • Maybe edema
  • Maybe scanty urination
  • Maybe clear, watery, copious vaginal discharge
  • T: Pale, maybe swollen
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Deep, thready and forceless
Treatment Principle
  • Warm Yang
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Warm the Center
  • Dispel Cold
  • Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points

Spleen And Stomach Deficiency Cold With Kidney Yang Deficiency And Edema

Clinical Manifestations
  •   Abdominal pain that is worse with Cold
  •   Dizziness
  •   Scanty urination
  •   Edema of the lower limbs
  •   Watery cough
  •   Heaviness and aching of the head and limbs
  •   Palpitations
  •   P: Deep and weal or Imperceptible
  • Extreme cases:
       Abdominal ascites
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Yang
  • Promote urination
Herb Formulas
Points

Spleen And Stomach Deficiency Cold With Blood Deficiency, Internal Cold And Blood Stagnation In The Channels

Clinical Manifestations
  • Cold-type abdominal pain
  • Icy cold hands and feet that are bluish or purplish and difficult to warm up
  • P: Thready or Imperceptible
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the channels
  • Disperse Cold
  • Nourish the channels
  • Unblock the vessels
Herb Formulas
Points

Spleen And Stomach Deficiency Cold With Cold Accumulation In The Uterus

Clinical Manifestations
  • Lower abdominal pain alleviated by warmth and pressure
  • Irregular and/or painful menstruation
  • Infertility or pain during the second or third trimester od pregnancy
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the uterus
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Calm the fetus
Herb Formulas
Points

Spleen And Stomach Deficiency Cold With Postpartum Cold And Blood Stagnation

Clinical Manifestations
  • Fixed lower abdominal pain and Coldness in a postpartum woman
  • Incomplete expulsion of the placenta
  • Continual discharge of purple clotted lochia
  • T: Pale, purple
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the uterus
  • Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points

Spleen And Stomach Qi And Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Intermittent abdominal and gastric fullness and distention after eating
  • Vomiting of partially undigested food about 12 hours after eating which relieves the discomfort
  • The vomitus is relatively inoffensivewith clearly identifiable food and possibly watery mucus-like material
  • Waxy, pale complexion
  • Anorexia
  • Weight loss
  • Emaciation
  • Loose stools or
  • Diarrhea
  • Fatigue
  • Weakness
  • Listlessness
  • Increased desire to sleep
  • Cold abdomen
  • Cold extremities
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • T: Pale and swollen
  • C: White
  • P: Thready, deep and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and strengthen the Spleen and Stomach
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Descend Qi
Herb Formulas
  • Ding Kou Li Zhong Wan modified
  • With Qi Stagnation: Ding Xiang Tou Ge San
  • With Kidney Yang Deficiency: Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan  modified
  • For severe, resistant or unresponsive cases with Phlegm Accumulation: Xuan Fu Dai Zhe Tang
  • Chinese Patent Medicines:
    For Spleen Yang Deficiency with Cold: Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
    For Spleen Yang Deficiency: Li Zhong Wan
    For Spleen Qi Deficiency: Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Wan
    For Kidney Yang Deficiency: Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan combined with one of the above formulas
Points

Spleen And Kidney Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Cold body
  • Limbs icy
  • Complexion white and shiny
  • Low back, knees and abdomen feel cold and painful
  • Lower abdomen feels cold and painful
  • Loose stools containing undigested food
  • “Cock-crow” diarrhea (occurs at about 5 am)
  • Edema of face and limbs
  • Dysuria
  • T: Pale, moist and swollen
  • C: Thin and white or White and greasy
  • P: Deep, thready, weak and maybe slow
  • Extreme cases:
    Abdominal ascites
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and Reinforce the Spleen and Kidney
Herb Formulas
Points

Invasion Of The Stomach By Exogenous Cold

Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden onset of Cold-type abdominal pain
  • The pain typically focuses around or lateral to the umbilical region or lower abdomen
  • Epigastrium cold with pain
  • Cramping
  • The pain is alleviated by warmth and aggravated by pressure
  • Chilliness
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold extremities
  • Lack of thirst
  • Clear urine
  • Normal or soft stools
  • Mild cases:
      Constant pain
  • Severe cases:
      Sudden bouts of sharp pain
      Pain is aggravated by Cold and
      Relieved by warmth and hot   drinks
      Cold hands and feet  
  • T: Normal
  • C: White and sticky
  • P: Deep, wiry and slow
  • Cold Penetrates the Stomach and Intestines:
      Pain is sudden and sharp
      Pain relieved by warmth
      Nausea
      Vomiting
      Diarrhea, loose stools
      May be constipation
      T: Pink
      C: White
      P: Deep and tight
  • Retention of Fluid in the Stomach due to Cold:
      Pain is dull
      Pain relieved by warmth
      Succussion sound in epigastrium   on palpation
      Vomiting of clear, watery fluid
      T: Pink
      C: White and sticky
      P: Thready or Thready and slow
  • Stomach Deficiency with Stagnation of Cold:
      Pain is dull
      Pain is relieved by warmth and pressure
      Vomiting clear, watery fluid
      T: Pale
      C: Thin and white
      P: Deep and slow or Deep and       thready
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Interior
  • Dispel the Cold
  • Support the Yang
    Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points

Invasion Of The Stomach By Cold-Dampness

Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden onset of Cold-type abdominal pain
  • The pain typically focuses around or lateral to the umbilical region or lower abdomen
  • Epigastrium cold with pain
  • Cramping
  • The pain is alleviated by warmth and aggravated by pressure
  • Chilliness
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold extremities
  • Lack of thirst
  • Clear urine
  • Normal or soft stools
  • Mild cases:
      Constant pain
  • Severe cases:
      Sudden bouts of sharp   pain
      Pain is aggravated by Cold   and relieved by warmth
      And hot drinks
      Cold hands and feet  
  • T: Normal
  • C: White and sticky
  • P: Deep, wiry and slow
  • Cold Penetrates the Stomach and Intestines:
      Pain is sudden and sharp
      Pain relieved by warmth
      Nausea
      Vomiting
      Diarrhea, loose stools
      May be constipation
      T: Pink
      C: White
      P: Deep and tight
  • Retention of Fluid in the Stomach due to Cold:
      Pain is dull
      Pain relieved by warmth
      Succussion sound in the   epigastrium on palpation
      Vomiting of clear, watery
      Fluid
      T: Pink
      C: White and sticky
      P: Thready or Thready and
          Slow
  • Stomach Deficiency with Stagnation of Cold:
      Pain is dull
      Pain is relieved by warmth
      And pressure
      Vomiting clear, watery fluid
      T: Pale
      C: Thin and white
      P: Deep and slow or Deep
          And thready
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Interior
  • Dispel the Cold
  • Support the Yang
  • Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points

Phlegm Obstructs The Heart Orifice: Yin Obstruction

Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden collapse with loss of consciousness
  • Lockjaw (trismus)
  • Eyes open
  • Both fists clenched
  • Cold extremities
  • Retention of urine
  • Constipation or diarrhea
  • Fullness, pain, and a cold sensation in the chest and abdomen
  • Abdominal pain with chest distention
  • Vomiting
  • An urge to vomit and defecate without doing either
  • Excessive mucus and saliva
  • Stiffness and spasm of limbs
  • Pale face with bluish or purple lips
  • Breath cold
  • Limbs cold, pale and still
  • Lying peacefully
  • Coma
  • Maybe hemiplegia
  • Maybe aphasia
  • Maybe facial paralysis
  • T: Pale or Pink
  • C: White and slippery or greasy
  • P: Deep, slippery and even or Deep, Excess and slow or Wiry, tight and Excess
Treatment Principle
  • Open the Heart Orifice with Pungent Warming Herbs
  • Eliminate Phlegm
  • Subdue Wind
Herb Formulas
Points

Heart Yang Deficiency Exhaustion: Collapse Of Yang

Clinical Manifestations
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • Faint, weak respiration
  • Drenched with perspiration
  • Dizziness
  • Above symptoms worse on exertion or when tired
  • Four limbs cold
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Cold abdominal pain
  • An extremely pale face
  • Cyanosis of mouth and lips
  • Upset stomach
  • Loose stools
  • T: Pale
  • P: Minute (on the point of collapse)
Treatment Principle
  • Return Yang
  • Consolidate Exhaustion
Herb Formulas
Points

Heart Yang Deficiency: Water Qi Insults The Heart With Kidney Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Palpitations
  • Dysuria
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dyspnea
  • Dizziness
  • Muscular twitching
  • Whole body edema
  • Cold body
  • Icy limbs
  • Cold abdomen with watery stools (Kidney and Spleen Yang Deficiency
  • Edema of limbs
  • Cough
  • Pale complexion
  • Lips and nails cyanosed
  • Soreness and aching of the shoulders and back
  • Abdominal pain
  • Diarrhea
  • T: Pale or Purple (Lavender)
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Deep or Deep and minute
Treatment Principle
  • Support Yang
  • Expel Cold
  • Promote Diuresis
Herb Formulas
Points

Heart Yang Not Vigorous: Water Qi Insults The Heart With Kidney And Spleen Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Palpitations
  • Dysuria
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dyspnea
  • Dizziness
  • Muscular twitching
  • Whole body edema
  • Cold body
  • Icy limbs
  • Cold abdomen with watery stools
  • Edema of limbs
  • Cough
  • Pale complexion
  • Lips and nails cyanosed
  • Soreness and aching of the shoulders and back
  • Abdominal pain
  • Diarrhea
  • T: Pale or Purple (Lavender)
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Deep or Deep and minute
Treatment Principle
  • Support Yang
  • Expel Cold
  • Promote Diuresis
Herb Formulas
Points

Cold Stagnation In The Liver Channel

Clinical Manifestations
  • Lower abdominal coldness and pain
  • Lower abdominal spasms
  • Swelling and pain in scrotum as if testicles were being pulled downward
                                                        Or
  • Contractions and cold sensations of scrotum which are alleviated by warmth
  • Penile retraction with a cold scrotum
  • Pain, distention, fullness and cold sensation in lower abdomen
  • Cold limbs
  • Dislike of cold and preference for warmth
  • Menstrual pain and hardness
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Flank pain
  • A bright white complexion
  • T: Pale
  • C: White, greasy or glossy
  • P: Deep and wiry or Slow or Deep and Excess or Wiry and tight or Deep and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Liver channel
  • Dispel Cold
  • Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points

Kidney Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Cold abdomen
  • Lumbago: low back feels cold, weak and aching
  • Feeling chilled
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • Fatigue
  • General debility
  • Pale or bright white face
  • Urinary frequency with abundant, clear urine or
  • Oliguria with edema
  • Maybe nocturia
  • Maybe dribbling urination
  • Lassitude
  • Withdrawn, subdued behavior
  • Knees feel cold and aching
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation
  • Low libido
  • Female infertility ("uterus cold and infertile")
  • Maybe anorexia
  • Maybe loose stools
  • Maybe chronic diarrhea or daybreak diarrhea
  • T: Pale and swollen
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Deep and thready - maybe slow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and Reinforce Kidney Yang
  • Scatter Cold
Herb Formulas
Points

Jing And Blood Deficiency Due To Heart, Spleen And Kidney Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Cold abdomen
  • Fatigue
  • Heavy and painful lower back
  • Dream-disturbed sleep
  • General weakness
  • Lack of interest in food or drink
  • Fever
  • Night sweats
  • Seminal emission
  • Forgetfulness
  • Toothache
  • Dizziness
  • Gum swelling
  • General pitted edema which is worse in the lower body
  • Vaginal discharge
  • Discharge of rice-water like urination without dysuria
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Impotence
  • Decreased libido
  • Emaciation
  • Loose teeth
  • Signs of premature aging
  • Easily frightened
  • T: Pale or Pale and thick
  • C: Smooth and white
  • P: Moderate and weak or Deep and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify the Spleen and Kidneys
  • Nourish the Heart
  • Enrich Yin
  • Nourish the Blood and Yang
  • Augment Qi
  • Supplement Jing
Herb Formulas
Points

Deficiency Cold Of The Chong And Ren Channels

Clinical Manifestations
  • Lower abdominal Cold, distention and pain
  • Sporadic abdominal pain which is better with warmth pressure
  • Irregular menstruation (usually long and heavy or scant with clots)
  • Delayed menstruation with a small amount of pale Blood
  • Mild, persistent uterine bleeding
  • Lumbar and sacral pain which are worse following menstruation or when tired
  • Profuse, clear, watery leukorrhea
  • Maybe infertility
  • Maybe dark rings around the eyes
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • Faint, weak respiration
  • Drenched with perspiration
  • Dizziness
  • Above symptoms worse on exertion or when tired
  • Four limbs cold
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Cold abdominal pain
  • An extremely pale face
  • Cyanosis of mouth and lips
  • Reduced appetite
  • Fatigue
  • Upset stomach
  • Loose stools
  • T: Pale and thick with teeth marks
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Minute (on the point of collapse) or Deep and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Return Yang
  • Scatter Cold
  • Consolidate Exhaustion
Herb Formulas
Points

Blood Stagnation In The Lower Jiao Due To Cold

Clinical Manifestations
  • Cold abdomen and testicles
  • Bloody semen
  • Cold limbs
  • A pale face
  • P: Slow
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Promote the movement of Qi
  • Dispel Blood Stasis
  • Warm and regulate menstruation
  • Unblock the collaterals
  • Unblock painful obstruction
  • Alleviate pain
Herb Formulas
Points

Deficiency Cold In The Uterus

Clinical Manifestations
Treatment Principle
  • Reinforces the Kidney and Liver
  • Supports Yang
  • Eliminates Cold
  • Warms the uterus to help conception
  • Regulates menstruation
  • Nourishes the Blood
  • Activates the Blood
  • Thin and profuse leukorrhea
  • Sallow complexion or
  • Dark and gloomy complexion
  • Pain of lower limbs
  • Lassitude
  • Lack of vitality
  • Weakness
  • Irregular circulation of channels
  • Failure to conceive for a long time
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • Soreness of waist
  • Pain in the lower back
  • Long-term or heavy menstrual bleeding
  • Painful menstruation which gets increasing worse
  • Pelvic pain during intercourse
  • Fullness and stuffiness in the hypochondriac region
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Shortness of breath
  • Difficult speech
  • Delayed menstrual cycle
  • Abdominal pain during menstruation
  • Abdominal Cold pain which can be relieved by warmth
  • Scanty menstruation
  • Dark in color
  • Blood masses or
  • Amenorrhea
  • Distending pain in the lower abdomen prior to or during menstruation which can be relieved by warmth
  • T: Pale
  • C: White or White and greasy fur
  • P: Weak or Deep and tense pulse or Thready and weak or Deep and slow
Herb Formulas
Points

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.