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.)

Hematuria, Bloody Urination

General

Clinical Manifestations
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
Points

Shao Yin Heat

Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry throat and/or mouth
  • Chronic sore throat (not acute)
  • Restlessness
  • Malar flush
  • Insomnia
  • Disturbed speech
  • Low grade fever, worse in afternoon
  • Yellow urine
  • Irritability with a sensation of Heat in the chest
  • Palpitations with anxiety
  • Sores in the mouth or on the tongue
  • More Heat than in Yin Deficiency (chronic low grade fever)
  • T: Red, deep red
  • C: None
  • P: Deep, thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Reduce Heat
Herb Formulas
Points

Wei Stage: Summerheat Damages The Qi And Fluids

Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever and chills or
  • Tidal fever
  • Abdominal distention
  • Thirst with a desire to drink
  • Sweat
  • Stifling sensation in the chest
  • Restlessness
  • Vexation
  • Agitation
  • Headache
  • Scanty, red urine
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid and surging
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Summerheat
  • Drain Heat
  • Tonify Qi
  • Generate Fluids
Herb Formulas
Points

Wen Bing - Xue Stage Excess Heat Causes Bleeding

Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever
  • Confusion of mind
  • Delirium (mania)
  • Dark yellow urine
  • Excessive skin rashes all over body
  • Hemorrhage
    Hematemesis
    Hemoptysis
    Epistaxis
    Hemafecia
    Hematuria
  • T: Deep red, dry or Purple red
    C: None
    P: Rapid or Thready and rapid or Thready and feeble
Treatment Principle
  • Cool the Blood
  • Dispel Heat and Toxins from the Xue Stage
  • Promote Blood Circulation
Herb Formulas
Points

Damp-Heat In The Large Intestine

Clinical Manifestations
  • Diarrhea with tenesmus which intensifies after defecation
  • Frequent stools which are small in quantity
  • Stools are yellow or brown, thin, watery, with foul smell or sticky and pasty like jam or sticky fluid or containing pus and Blood
  • Burning hot sensation in anus
  • Abdominal pain
  • Urine short and red
  • Sustained fever despite profuse perspiration or
  • Raging fever in the afternoon
  • Severe cases: High fever and coma
  • Mouth dry but no desire to drink
  • Body heavy
  • Limbs tired
  • Fullness in chest
  • Lump in epigastrium
  • Anorexia
  • Vomiting
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Transform Dampness
  • Stop dysentery
Herb Formulas
Points

Spleen Not Governing The Blood

Clinical Manifestations
  • Repetitive voiding of urine with pale, red Blood
  • Sallow or pale complexion
  • Anorexia
  • Fatigue
  • Four limbs feel tired and heavy
  • Physical and mental exhaustion
  • Lack of strength
  • Abdominal and epigastric distention after eating
  • Maybe acid regurgitation or vomiting
  • Loose or unformed stools
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dizziness
  • Palpitations
  • Functional Uterine Bleeding
  • Purpura
  • Epistaxis
  • Hemafecia
  • Menorrhagia
  • Metrorrhagia
  • T: Pale and flabby - may have teethmarks
  • C: White
  • P: Thready and weak or Moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify the Spleen
  • Benefit Qi
  • Conserve Blood
Herb Formulas
Points

Spleen And Kidney Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Frequent pale, red Blood in the urine
  • Body cold
  • Limbs icy
  • Fatigue
  • Lassitude
  • Lack of strength
  • White and shiny or sallow, yellow facial complexion
  • Low back, knees and abdomen feel cold and painful
  • Lower abdomen feels cold and painful
  • Abdominal distention
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Anorexia
  • Loose stools containing undigested food or
  • “Cock-crow” diarrhea (occurs at about 5 am)
  • Edema of face and limbs
  • Dysuria
  • Bruises easily
  • Bleeding hemorrhoids
  • Melaena
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Severe:
    Abdominal ascites
  • T: Pale, moist and swollen
  • C: Thin and white or White and greasy
  • P: Deep, thready, weak and maybe slow or Soft and moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Warm and Reinforce the Spleen and Kidneys
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

Stomach Fire

Clinical Manifestations
  • Burning Heat and pain in the epigastrium
  • Irritating thirst: drinks copious fluids and prefers cold drinks
  • Excessive appetite: hungry again quickly after eating (as if food vanishes)
  • Swelling, pain, ulceration and bleeding of gums
  • Foul breath
  • Toothache
  • Maybe vomiting right after eating
  • Vomiting acid or undigested food
  • Constipation
  • Maybe scanty, red urine
  • T: Red
  • C: Thick, yellow and dry
  • P: Slippery, big, Excess and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear and Purge Stomach Fire
Herb Formulas
Points

Heart Fire Transmits To The Small Intestine

Clinical Manifestations
  • Ulceration, erosion, and pain of mouth and tongue
  • A dry throat
  • Thirst with a desire for cold drinks
  • Irritability
  • Irascibility
  • Feeling of Heat and disturbance in the Heart
  • Insomnia or restless sleep
  • Flushed face
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • With Heat transmitting to the Small Intestine:
    Dark, concentrated urination
    Stabbing or burning pain on urination
    Hematuria with dark red Blood
  • T: Red tip with ulcers especially on the tip
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Excess and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Purge Fire
  • Disinhibit urination
  • Stop the bleeding
  • Calm the Shen
Herb Formulas
Points

Small Intestine Excess Heat

Clinical Manifestations
  • Irritability
  • Ulceration and erosion of the mouth and tongue
  • Sore throat
  • Dry mouth
  • Thirst
  • Desire for cold drinks
  • Maybe deafness
  • Urination short, dark, difficult and painful or
  • Hematuria or
  • Pain in the urethra
  • Fullness and distention of lower abdomen
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Excess Heat
  • Promote diuresis
Herb Formulas
Points

Liver Fire

Clinical Manifestations
  • Scant, dark ,burning urination with fresh Blood
  • Severe, splitting headaches with dizziness
  • Temporal headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Sudden tinnitus or
  • Sudden deafness
  • Flushed face
  • Red, swollen, painful eyes
  • Irascibility with violent angry outbursts
  • Dry mouth
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Thirst
  • Hypochondriac tightness or pain
  • Sore, bloodshot eyes
  • Vomiting sour or bitter liquid
  • Insomnia
  • Restlessness
  • Constipation or dry stools
  • Maybe ulcerations on the genitals
  • Maybe a tendency toward herpes genitalia
  • Maybe eczema or rashes in the groin
  • In severe cases:
    Mania
    Hemoptysis
    Hematemesis
    Epistaxis
  • Liver Fire Attacks the Lungs:
    Hemoptysis
    Rib pain which is severe when coughing
  • Liver Fire Attacks the Stomach:
    Hematemesis
  • T: Red with red tip and edges
  • C: Thick, yellow, dry and rough
  • P: Wiry, Excess and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear the Liver
  • Purge Fire
Herb Formulas
  • Long Dan Xie Gan Tang modified
  • Chinese Patent Medicines:
    Long Dan Xie Gan Wan
    Yun Nan Bai Yao
    (take along with the above formula)
Points

Damp-Heat In The Liver And Gall Bladder

Clinical Manifestations
  • Short, dark, urination with fresh Blood or purplish-red Blood
  • Maybe painful urination
  • Yang jaundice (sclera and skin bright yellow)
  • Pain and fullness in ribs on both sides
  • Maybe pain in the right hypochondrium
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • A dry throat
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting sour and bitter fluids
  • Anorexia
  • Maybe alternating chills and fever
  • Abdominal distention
  • Thirst with no desire to drink
  • Headache
  • Red eyes
  • Women:
    Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell
    Pruritis vulvae
  • Men:
    Pain, swelling and burning sensations of testicles
  • T: Pink wit red edges
  • C: Yellow and greasy or sticky
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Dampness
  • Purge Heat from Liver and Gall Bladder
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

Liver And Kidney Yin Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Facial complexion pale and sallow
  • Both cheeks slightly red
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Dry, rough eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Spots before the eyes
  • Numbness of limbs
  • Flaccid paralysis (Wei syndrome),
  • Weakness
  • Fatigue
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Forgetfulness
  • Low back and knees sore, weak and painful
  • Throat dry and painful
  • Five-sole Heat
  • Low-grade fever
  • Night sweats
  • Dry skin
  • Dry throat
  • Thirst with a desire for cold drinks
  • An odor or urine in the mouth
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Irritability
  • Agitation
  • Insomnia
  • Profuse dreams
  • Stools difficult to pass
  • Constipation
  • Dry, bound stools
  • Scanty, reddish urine
  • Men:
    Spermatorrhea
  • Women:
    Irregular menses or
    Scanty menses or
    Amenorrhea
    Vaginal discharge
  • T: Red
  • C: None
  • P: Thready and rapid or Thready, wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish and Reinforce the Liver and Kidneys
Herb Formulas
Points

Kidney Qi Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Enduring hematuria which is worse with overwork
  • Pale red Blood
  • Frequent urination
  • Copious amounts of clear urine
  • Incontinence of urine
  • Dribbling urination
  • Enuresis
  • Nocturia
  • Either a tendency towards being too hot of too cold
  • A bright white facial complexion
  • Dizziness
  • Shortness of breath
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Asthma
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • Edema in the lower limbs
  • Lassitude
  • Lower back, spine and knees weak and painful
  • Lingering tinnitus or deafness
  • Seminal emission
  • Impotence
  • Sterility
  • Fatigue
  • Lack of strength
  • Maybe lower abdominal pain which is better with warmth
  • Maybe anorexia
  • Maybe loose stools
  • Maybe aversion to Cold
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep, weak and possibly tight or Thready and weak or Deep, weak and slow or Deep, thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Kidney Qi
  • Warm Kidney Yang
  • Nourish Jing and Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

Kidney Yin Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Poor memory
  • Aching, soreness or weakness of the low back
  • Spermatorrhea or
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Aching in the bones
  • Aching in the leg and heel
  • Dry mouth
  • Thirst
  • Night sweats
  • Five sole Heat
  • Malar flush
  • Low grade fever in the afternoon
  • Dry throat, maybe recurrent sore throat
  • Dry stools and/or
  • Constipation
  • Urine short and red
  • Heightened libido
  • If Heart Fire also Flares:
    Insomnia
    Frequent dreams
    Palpitations
  • If Liver Yang also Rises:
    Dizziness
    Blurred vision
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Subdue Fire
Herb Formulas
Points

Kidney Yin Deficiency With Empty Fire Rising

Clinical Manifestations
  • Episodic hematuria with fresh red Blood
  • The urine may be concentrated
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Poor memory
  • Aching, soreness or weakness of the low back
  • Heel pain
  • Spermatorrhea or
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Aching in the bones
  • Aching in the leg and heel
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Thirst
  • Nightsweats
  • Five sole Heat
  • Malar flush
  • Facial flushing
  • Low grade fever in the afternoon
  • Dry throat, maybe recurrent sore throat
  • Bone steaming fever
  • Dry stools and/or
  • Constipation
  • Heightened libido
  • If Heart Fire also Flares:
    Insomnia
    Frequent dreams
    Palpitations
  • If Liver Yang also Rises:
    Dizziness
    Blurred vision
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Kidney Yin
  • Subdue Fire
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
  • Zhi Bai Di Huang Wanmodified
  • Da Bu Yin Wanmodified
  • Chinese patent medicines:
    Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan
    Da Bu yin Wan
    Yun Nan Bai Yao
    (take this formula along with either of the above formulas)
Points

Kidney Yin And Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
  • Extreme lack of strength
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • Five-sole Heat
  • A dry mouth with a desire to drink
  • Does not drink a lot
  • A taste of urine in the mouth
  • Low back and knee soreness and pain
  • Anorexia
  • A tendency to loose stools with reddish yellow urine or
  • Dry, bound stools with frequent, clear urine
  • T: Pale and fat with teethmarks
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Deep and thready or Deep and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen Yin and Yang
Herb Formulas
Points
  • KI-3, KI-7, SP-6, UB-23
    For marked Kidney Yang Deficiency: + moxa or moxa needle DU-4
    For a dry mouth and parched throat or an enduring sore throat with a low-grade fever: + KI-6, HT-6
    For anorexia and abdominal fullness, especially after eating: + PC-6, SP-4
    For constipation: + SJ-6

Qi Rebellion Damaging The Channels

Clinical Manifestations
  • Bleeding gums
  • Spasmatic cough
  • Radiating chest and lateral-costal pain
  • Red tinged Phlegm
  • A dry mouth
  • Irritating Heat
  • Epistaxis
  • Abdominal glomus and pain
  • Black colored stools
  • Dizziness
  • Tidal fever
  • Short, red urination
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Calm the Shen
  • Open the Channels
  • Descend Qi
  • Transform Stasis
  • Clear Heat
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

Damp-Heat In The Urinary Bladder (Blood Lin )

Clinical Manifestations
  • Scanty, concentrated, strong-smelling urine with fresh or darkish purple Blood
  • Mild burning when urinating
  • A feeling of incomplete Bladder emptying
  • Clots in the urine
  • If the clots are massed, the Blood comes from the Bladder
  • If the clots are thready, the Blood comes from the Kidney
  • Lower abdominal fullness distention and pain
  • Urinary frequency
  • Urinary urgency
  • Painful urination
  • Suprapubic fullness and discomfort
  • Lumbo-sacral pain
  • Fullness or discomfort in the chest and epigastrium
  • Heart vexation
  • Parched mouth
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Thirst with little desire to drink
  • Anorexia
  • Nausea
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • A tendency toward constipation or
  • Alternating loose and sluggish stools
  • Maybe afternoon fever or
  • Alternating fever and chills
  • T: Red
  • C: Sticky and yellow or Thin and yellow
  • P: Rapid or Deep and rough or Slippery and rapid or Soft and rapid or Rapid and forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve Dampness
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

Blood Stagnation

Clinical Manifestations
  • Intermittent hematuria with dark or brownish red Blood
  • Maybe bleeding with clots
  • Maybe difficult urination or
  • Maybe periodic obstruction to the passage of urine
  • Maybe painful genitals or scrotum
  • Lower back pain
  • Suprapubic tension and pain which is worse at night
  • Pain that is fixed, stabbing and /or severe
  • Pan is worse with pressure
  • Dark complexion
  • Dark rings under the eyes
  • Fixed, palpable abdominal masses
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Dry skin
  • Blue, dark or purplish discoloration of skin in small or large areas,
  • Varicose and spider veins on the inner ankle and knee
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Tendency to hemorrhage dark blood or clots
  • T: Purple, possible purple or red spots
    Red purple if there is Heat
    Blue purple if there is Cold
  • C: White
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and choppy or Tight and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Break up Stagnation
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

Blood Heat

Clinical Manifestations
  • High fever
  • Vexation
  • Agitation
  • Confusion of mind
  • Insomnia
  • Delirium (mania)
  • Dark yellow urine
  • Excessive skin rashes all over body
  • Hemorrhage
    Hematemesis
    Hemoptysis
    Epistaxis
    Hemafecia
    Hematuria
  • T: Deep red, dry or Purple red
    C: None
    P: Rapid or Thready and rapid or Thready and feeble
Treatment Principle
  • Cool the Blood
  • Dispel Heat and Toxins from the Xue Stage
  • Promote Blood Circulation
Herb Formulas
Points

San Jiao Damp-Heat

Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Anxiety
  • Flushed face
  • Constipation
  • Abdominal distention
  • Delirious speech
  • Epigastric distention
  • Jaundice
  • Gastric distention
  • Dysenteric disorders
  • Hematemesis
  • Epistaxis
  • Red, swollen, painful eyes
  • Chest oppression
  • Red, swollen ears
  • Restlessness
  • Insomnia
  • Thirst
  • Dark, concentrated urine
  • Tinnitus
  • Hemoptysis
  • Vomiting
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • Bleeding
  • Diarrhea
  • Suppurative skin infection
  • Tongue and mouth ulcerations
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Drain Fire
  • Relieve toxicity
  • Drain Dampness
Herb Formulas
Points

San Jiao Toxic Heat

Clinical Manifestations
  • Hematuria
  • Fresh red Blood initially
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Fever moving to high fever
  • Maybe epistaxis
  • Maybe hematochezia
  • Maybe purplish maculae on the skin
  • Headache
  • Vexation
  • Agitation
  • Dry mouth and lips
  • Sore throat
  • Maybe painful joints
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid and forceful
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Drain Fire from the San Jiao
  • Cool the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

Lower Jiao Deficiency Cold

Clinical Manifestations
  • Hematochezia
  • Hematemesis
  • Hemoptysis
  • Epistaxis
  • Metrorrhagia
  • Cold extremities
  • A wan or sallow complexion
  • Dark red or pale Blood
  • General fatigue
  • Hematuria
  • A lack of taste
  • No thirst
  • Pale face
  • T: Pale or Dull red
  • C: White
  • P: Deep, thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Warm Yang
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Stops bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

Insufficiency Of The Chong And Ren Channels

Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal pain
  • Uterine bleeding (metrorrhagia)
  • Excessive menstruation
  • Menstruation with constant spotting
  • Postpartum bleeding
  • Bleeding during pregnancy
  • The Blood is pale and thin without clots
  • Weakness
  • Dizziness
  • Sore lower back
  • Post abortion bleeding
  • Dull complexion
  • Weakness and pain of the legs
  • Light red, unelevated and indistinct eruptions
  • Hematuria
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white or Whitish and moist
  • P: Thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish and warm the Blood
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points

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