Traditional Oriental Medicine

1) Lumbago Due to Kidney Deficiency 腎虛腰痛 2) Lumbago Due to Phlegm 痰飮腰痛 3) Lumbago Due to food accumulation 食積腰痛 4) Lumbago Due to Strain and Contusion 挫閃腰痛 5) Lumbago Due to Blood Stagnation 瘀血腰痛 6) Lumbago Due to Wind 風腰痛 7) Lumbago Due to Cold 寒腰痛 8) Lumbago Due to Damp 濕腰痛 9) Lumbago Due to Damp-Heat 濕熱腰痛 10) Lumbago Due to Qi 氣腰痛    (3) Lumbago Due to Food accumulation. 食積腰痛   因醉飽入房 , 濕熱乘虛入腎腰痛 , 難以俛仰 , 四物湯 方見血門 , 合二陳湯 方見痰飮 , 加麥芽ㆍ神麴ㆍ葛花ㆍ縮砂ㆍ杜冲ㆍ黃柏ㆍ官桂ㆍ枳殼ㆍ桔梗 , 煎服 . 痛甚者 , 宜速效散 . 《入門》   Owing to sexual intercourse after drinking or eating fully, damp-heat enters the kidney exploiting deficiency, this causes lumbago with difficulty in bending and stretching.  Si Wu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) with Mai Ya ( 麥芽 ), Shen Qu ( 神麯 ), Ge Hua ( 葛花 ), Sha Ren ( 砂仁 ), Du Chong ( 杜冲 ), Huang Bai ( 黃柏 ), Rou Gui ( 肉桂 ), Zhi Ke ( 枳殼 ) and Jie Geng ( 桔梗 ) are used. When the pain i...

  腰痛有十   Ten Kinds of Lumbago 1) Lumbago Due to Kidney Deficiency 腎虛腰痛 2) Lumbago Due to Phlegm 痰飮腰痛 3) Lumbago Due to food accumulation 食積腰痛 4) Lumbago Due to Strain and Contusion 挫閃腰痛 5) Lumbago Due to Blood Stagnation 瘀血腰痛 6) Lumbago Due to Wind 風腰痛 7) Lumbago Due to Cold 寒腰痛 8) Lumbago Due to Damp 濕腰痛 9) Lumbago Due to Damp-Heat 濕熱腰痛 10) Lumbago Due to Qi 氣腰痛 (2) Lumbago due to Phlegm 痰飮腰痛 脈滑者伏者 , 是痰飮痛也 . 《丹心》   When the pulse is slippery or hidden, the pain is due to phlegm.   retention. B073   痰飮流注經絡 , 腰背疼痛 , 二陳湯 , 或芎夏湯 幷見痰飮 , 加南星ㆍ蒼朮ㆍ黃柏 , 或用控涎丹 方見痰飮 .   When phlegm moves around the channels and networks, causing pain in the waist and back, use Er Chen Tang (Two-Cured Decoction) or Xiong Xia (Chuanxiong and Pinellia Decoction) with Nan ( 南星 ), Cang Zhu ( 蒼朮 ) and Huang Bai , or Kong Xian Dan (Control Mucus Special Pill).   痰飮腰痛 , 宜南星ㆍ半夏 , 加快氣藥佐之 . 《...

  腰痛有十   Ten Kinds of Lumbago 1) Lumbago Due to Kidney Deficiency 腎虛腰痛 2) Lumbago Due to Phlegm 痰飮腰痛 3) Lumbago Due to food accumulation 食積腰痛 4) Lumbago Due to Strain and Contusion 挫閃腰痛 5) Lumbago Due to Blood Stagnation 瘀血腰痛 6) Lumbago Due to Wind 風腰痛 7) Lumbago Due to Cold 寒腰痛 8) Lumbago Due to Damp 濕腰痛 9) Lumbago Due to Damp-Heat 濕熱腰痛 10) Lumbago Due to Qi 氣腰痛   (1). Lumbago Due to Kidney Deficiency 腎虛腰痛   脈大者 , 腎虛腰痛也 . 《丹心》 A large pulse indicates lumbago due to a kidney deficiency.   腎虛者 , 疼之不已者 , 是也 . 《丹心》 A kidney deficiency is characterized by incessant pain.   房慾傷腎 , 精血不足養筋 , 陰虛悠悠痛 , 不能擧者 , 六味地黃元 , 或八味元 方幷見虛勞 , 加鹿茸ㆍ當歸ㆍ木瓜ㆍ續斷 . 《東垣》   When the kidneys are damaged by sexual life, sinews cannot be nourished due to deficient essence blood, and the pain is characterized by incessant one and the person cannot move properly due to due ...

Summary of pattern identification. 辨證要略 (2/3)   20. dribbling or blocked urination with thirst is related with heat, and without thirst is related with vacuous pattern. 21. if there is defecation with blood and haemorrhoids at ordinary times, the person tends to have ministerial fire in the lower burner, do not dry true yin and damage organs with dry herbs. 22. in case of sore, herbs which promote sweating, are contraindicated, this should be treated with herbs which clear heat and nourish blood, and eliminate wind. 23. if a person has sleepwalking and strangury disease, the person is related with essence deficiency, herbs which promote sweating or precipitate cannot be used. 24. sudden numbness of knees means leg qi ( 脚氣 ) and this can be cuased by stomach weakness. But prolonged and graduall pain indicates kidney deficiency. 25. swelling pain of leg tends to be wind-damp, thin and pain of leg indicate invading of damp-heat due to blood defi...