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.)

Gastric Hyperacidity

General

Clinical Manifestations
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
Points

Shao Yang Jing

Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Anorexia
  • Sometimes fatigue
  • Nausea
  • Occasional vomiting
  • Headaches (side of head)
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Rib pain
  • Achiness
  • Ear infection
  • Hearing difficulty
  • Red eyes
  • Stiff shoulders
  • Throat pain
  • Hip pain
  • T: Normal with bumps or dots on side
  • C: Thin white
  • P: Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Liver and Gall Bladder
Herb Formulas
Points

Shao Yang Fu

Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating chills and fever (not so likely)
  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Continuous vomiting
  • Headache (side of head)
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Epigastric pain
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Digestive disruption
  • Anorexia
  • Nausea
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Burning diarrhea or
  • Constipation
  • Menstrual problems
  • Dry throat
  • Heart pain with vomiting
  • Throat pain
  • Hip pain
  • T: Red
  • C: Thin yellow
  • P: Wiry, forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Liver and Gall Bladder
  • Purge Internal Heat
Herb Formulas
Points

Stomach Qi Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Epigastric fullness and distention
  • No desire for food and drink
  • Frequent belching
  • Borborygmus
  • Loss of sensation of taste
  • Stools not solid
  • Urine clear and abundant
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Weak and Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen Qi
  • Invigorate the Spleen and Stomach
Herb Formulas
Points

Liver Qi Stagnation Invading The Spleen

Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • Gas
  • Borborygmus
  • Diarrhea
  • Distention and pain in the sides or flanks
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Tendency to sigh
  • Melancholy
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Inappropriate anger
  • Women:
    Irregular menses
    Dysmenorrhea
    Breast distention and pain before and during menses
  • T: Pink
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Slippery and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Soothe the Liver
  • Invigorate the Spleen
Herb Formulas
Points

Internal Cold

Clinical Manifestations
  • Chest pain
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • Constipation
  • Cold feet
  • An aversion to Cold
  • Pale face
  • Fatigue
  • Headaches with heavy headedness
  • Abdominal weakness
  • Anorexia
  • T: Pale
  • C: Greasy, white
  • P: Weak or Weak and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Break up Stagnant Qi
  • Reduce accumulation
  • Descend Qi
  • Warm the Middle Jiao
  • Disperse Cold
  • Transform Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points

Fluid And Heat Stagnation

Clinical Manifestations
  • Food Stagnation
  • Firm epigastric focal distention
  • Dry heaves with a foul odor
  • The sound of Fluids in the hypochondria
  • Diarrhea
  • Very loud borborygmus
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Foul breath
  • Fullness and oppression in the chest and abdomen
  • Heartburn
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Ascites
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin, yellow and greasy
  • P: Wiry, taut and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Reduce focal distention
  • Disperse clumping
  • Expel water
  • Descend Qi
Herb Formulas
Points

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