Diarrhea
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- Aetiology & Pathology of Diarrhea
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| External: |
| Cold, Dampness, Summer Heat |
| Diet: |
| Acute: too hot, too cold, |
| spoiled foods |
| Chronic: over-eating, |
| cold, greasy food, sweet |
| foods |
| Emotional Stress: Worry, |
| Pensiveness, brooding, |
| Excessive Mental Work |
| Overwork, Chronic Illness |
| Overwork, Excess Sex | - Acute diarrhea with exterior symptoms.
- Invasion of Damp-Cold or Damp-Heat
- Foul smelling diarrhea with abdominal pain and borborygmi.
- Retention of Food
- Chronic diarrhea with abdominal distention, belching, flatulence, fluctuating with the emotional state.
- Liver Qi invading the Spleen
- Diarrhea with frequent bowel movement & stools sometimes like water.
- long-term Stomach & Spleen Xu
- Early-morning diarrhea with abdominal pain & borborygmi during the bowel movement with a feeling of cold.
- Kidney Yang Xu
- Pale-yellow stools
- Liver & Gall-Bladder Damp-Heat
- Very dark stools, foul-smelling, burning sensation in the anus during bowel movement all indicate?
- Heat
- Very watery stools & absence of smell (may also indicate normal) both indicate?
- Cold
- Abdominal pain which becomes worse after diarrhea indicates?
- Xu Condition
- Abdominal pain which lessens after diarrhea indicates?
- Shi Condition
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MEL M. DWARF
Moderate with sweet herbs: acute diarrhea with increased frequency & abdominal pain
Expelling Cold: : acute diarrhea from Cold
Lightly Draining Dampness: invasion of external dampness in the beginning sta -
The 9 methods for treating
Diarrhea -
Clinical Manifestations:
Diarrhea ~like water, abdominal pain, borborygmi, oppression in chest, no appetite, ~fever, ~aversion to cold, ~nasal obstruction, ~headache, ~heaviness
TC: Thick, sticky, white
Pulse: Slippery-Slow -
Diarrhea from
Retention of Cold-Dampness
Scatter Cold,
Fragrantly resolve Dampness -
Acupuncture:
CV-12: tonify spleen to resolve damp
BL-22, SP-9, SP-6: resolve damp in Lower Burner
CV-6: moxa on gan jiang expels Cold from the Intestines
ST-25: LI front mu - stops diarrhea (reduce)
Herbal:
Huo Xiang Z -
Treatment for
Retention of Cold-Damp -
Clinical Manifestations:
Foul-smelling yellowish loose stools, abdominal pain, increased frequency of BM, burning sensation in anus, feel heat, thirst, scanty-dark urine, ~pus or blood in stool
TC: thick, sticky, yellow
Pulse: Slippery, Ra -
Retention of Damp-Heat
Clear Heat, Resolve Dampness -
Acupuncture:
CV-12: tonify spleen to resolve damp
BL-22, SP-9, SP-6: resolve damp in Lower Burner
ST-25: LI front mu - stops diarrhea (reduce)
LI-11: resolve Damp-heat & stop diarrhea from heat. Sea point treats Yang organs and di -
Treatment for
Retention of Damp-Heat -
Clinical Manifestations:
Rotten-smelling loose stools, abdominal pain relieved by bowel movement, borborygmi, bad digestion, fullness, belching, sour regurgitation, foul breath, no appetite
TC: thick coating
Pulse: Slippery -
Diarrhea from
Retention of Food
Dissolve food,
Eliminate Stagnation -
Acupuncture:
CV-10: descend St Qi
ST-21: resolve food retention
ST-44: retention of food with heat
ST-25: stop diarrhea
SP-4: resolve food retention
CV-12: tonify Sp to resolve food retention
Herbal:
Bao He -
Treatment for
Retention of Food -
Clinical Manifestations:
Diarrhea often alternating with constipation, abdominal distention, belching, poor appetite, mental depression, moodiness, nervous tension, irritability, pain is reduced after BM but not completely gone
TB: ~sides red -
Diarrhea from
Liver-Qi Stagnation
Pacify the Liver, Move Qi,
Strengthen the Spleen -
Acupuncture:
CV-12, BL-20, ST-36: tonify Sp
LV-13: harmonize Lv & Sp
GB-34: move qi & pacify Lv
SP-6: tonify Sp & relieve lower abdominal pain
ST-39: stops abdominal pain (SI lower He)
Herbal:
Tong Xie -
Treatment for
Diarrhea from
Liver Qi Stagnation -
Clinical Manifestations:
Loose stools ~like water, thin stools ~with mucus, increased frequency of BM, poor appetite, slight abdominal distention, oppression in chest, sallow complexion, tiredness.
TB: pale, teeth marks
Pulse: Weak -
Diarrhea from
Chronic Sp & St Xu
Strengthen Sp & benefit St -
Acupuncture:
CV-12, BL-20, BL-21, ST-36, SP-6: tonify St & Sp
CV-6: tonify qi. Moxa on ginger
ST-25 & ST-37: stops diarrhea
GV-20: raise Spleen Qi, help stop diarrhea
Herbal:
Shen Ling Bai Zhu San
Shen Lin -
Treatment for
Diarrhea from
Chronic Sp & St Xu -
Clinical Manifestations:
Early-morning diarrhea, abdominal pain, borborygmi (stops after BM), weak back & knees
TB: Pale, teeth marks
Pulse: Weak & Deep -
Diarrhea from
Kidney-Yang Xu
Warm the Kidneys,
Strengthen Spleen,
Stop diarrhea, &
fill-up emptiness -
Acupuncture:
CV-12, BL-20, ST-36, SP-6: tonify Sp
BL-23: tonify Kidney Yang
BL-25, ST-25: LI shu/mu chronic diarrhea
ST-37: LI lower he, chronic diarrhea
CV-6: moxa + ginger, tonify qi & stop diarrhea
Du-20: raises sinki -
Treatment for
Diarrhea from
Kidney-Yang Xu