Abdominal Masses
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- Actual abdominal masses that are fixed and immovable. "Blood Masses"
- Ji
- Abdminal masses that come and go, do not have a fixed location, & are moveable. "Qi Masses".
- Ju
- Zheng Jia
- same as Ji Ju
- Treating beginning stages of Ji Ju
- Move Qi & Blood & Resolve Phlegm
- Treating Middle stages of Ji Ju.
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Resolve pathogenic factor
Tonify Body's Qi - Treating later stage Ji Ju.
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Tonify Body's Qi
Resolve pathogenic factor -
Clinical Manifestations:
Movable abdominal masses which come & go, abdominal distention & pain which comes & goes with masses, discomfort in the hypochondria, depression, moodiness, irritability, alternating constipation & diar -
Liver Qi Stagnation
Soothe Liver, Eliminate Stagnation,
Move Qi, & Dissolve Masses -
Acupuncture:
GB-34, CV-6: move Lv qi in abdomen
LV-3: move Liver Qi
PC-6: indirectly move Lv Qi, calm shen
TB-6: move Lv Qi
SP-6: move Qi, soothes Lv
LU-7, KI-6: women, open Du mai, move Qi in lower abdomen
Herbal -
Treatment for
Abdominal Masses
from
Liver Qi Stagnation -
Clinical Manifestations:
Soft abdominal masses, which may be strip-like in shape, abdominal distention, constipation or diarrhea, poor appetite, nausea & a feeling of fulness.
TB: Swollen
TC: sticky, thicker on root
Pulse: S -
Retention of Food & Phlegm
Resolve food stagnation,
regulate bowels, move Qi,
& resolve phlegm -
Acupuncture:
CV-12, BL-20: tonify Sp to resolve phlegm & promote food transformation
CV-10: promote descending of St Qi
CV-6: move Qi in lower abdomen
ST-40: resolve Phlegm & descend St Qi
ST-36: descend St Qi, relieve co -
Treatment for
Abdominal Masses
from
Retention of Food
& Phlegm -
Clinical Manifestations:
Hard & immovable abdominal masses, abdominal distention & pain
TB: Purple
Pulse: Wiry -
Stagnation of Qi & Blood
| Move Qi& Blood, remove obstruction |
| from the Connecting channels & |
| Dissolve Masses | -
Acupuncture:
GB-34, CV-6: move Lv qi in abdomen
LV-3: move Liver Qi
PC-6: indirectly move Lv Qi, calm shen
TB-6: move Lv Qi
SP-6: move Qi, soothes Lv
LU-7, KI-6: women, open Du mai, move Qi in lower abdomen
SP-10, BL-17 -
Treatment for
Abdominal Masses
from
Stagnation of Qi & Blood -
Clinical Manifestations:
Hard, immovable & painful masses in the abdomen, dark & withered complexion, cold, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea
TB: purple
Pulse: Choppy -
Stasis of Blood Knotted
in the Interior
Break blood, eliminate stasis,
soften harness, dissolve masses,
regulate Spleen & Stomach -
Acupuncture:
GB-34, CV-6: move qi & blood in abdomen
SP-4 + PC-6: Yin Wei & Chong Mai regulate all blood connecting channels
SP-10, BL-17: move blood
ST-29: move qi in lower abdomen (thus blood)
LV-3, SP-6: move Lv blood -
Treatment for
Abdominal Masses
from
Stasis of Blood
Knotted in the Interior -
Clinical Manifestations:
Hard & Painful masses, sallow complexion, loss of weight, loss of appetite, exhaustion
TB: purple
Pulse: fine & choppy -
Deficiency of Upright Qi
& Stasis of Blood
Strongly tonify Qi & Blood,
Move Blood & Eliminate Stasis -
Acupuncture:
CV-4: nourish Blood & Yin, tonify Yuan Qi
CV-6: tonify Qi
CV-8: tonify Yuan Qi & Essence
CV-4,6,8: MOXA
BL-23, BL-20, ST-36, SP-6, KI-3: tonify Sp & Ki
LU-7, KI-6: open Du Mai, move qi in abdomen, di -
Treatment for
Abdominal Masses
from
Deficiency of Upright Qi
& Stasis of Blood