LOCHIOSCHESIS - RETENTION OF LOCHIA

Clinical Manifestations
  • No lochial discharge after childbirth or
  • Only slight lochial discharge after childbirth
  • Abdominal pain
  • T: Purple
  • C: Normal
  • P: Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Move Qi
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Warm the uterus
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • No lochial discharge after childbirth or
  • Only slight lochial discharge after childbirth
  • Prolonged lochia
  • Excessive postpartum bleeding
  • Profuse bleeding
  • Puerperal fever
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • Dry mouth
  • Heart irritability
  • Light headedness
  • Delirium
  • Irritability
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Nervousness
  • Anorexia
  • Abdominal pain
  • Flank distention and fullness
  • Dizziness
  • Blurred vision
  • Tinnitus
  • Excessive loss of Blood
  • Emotional instability
  • Fullness and distention of the hypochondrium
  • Epigastric pain
  • Aversion to Cold
  • T: Pale
  • C: Slippery
  • P: Weak and Deep
Treatment Principle
  • Move Qi
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Warm the uterus
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness
  • Palpitations
  • Insomnia
  • Dry skin
  • Dry hair
  • Poor memory
  • Paleness
  • Fatigue
  • Scanty periods
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin, white and dry
  • P: Thready and rapid or Weak
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Blood
  • Tonify the Spleen
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Threatened miscarriage early in pregnancy
  • Mild menorrhagia that suddenly transforms into copious menorrhagia
  • Clear, light red, and thick blood or
  • The blood is bright red,
  • A general feeling of heat
  • Thirst
  • Evening fever
  • Hot palms and soles
  • Restlessness
  • Insomnia
  • Dark yellow urine
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid and overflowing or Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Cool the Blood
  • Clear Heat
  • Astringe Yin
  • Nourish Yin
  • Strengthen the Kidneys
  • Regulate menstruation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Firmness and distention in the lower abdomen which is painful and gives resistance on pressure
  • Cold pain in the lower abdomen
  • Smooth urination
  • Manic behavior
  • Forgetfulness
  • Black stools that are easy to expel
  • Lumps in the lower abdomen which refuse pressure
  • Cold appearance
  • Vomiting
  • Dyspepsia
  • Delayed menstruation
  • Amenorrhea
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Coagulated Blood
  • Thirst
  • Dry mouth
  • Polyuria
  • Liver spots indicating stagnant blood found on the face, lips, tongue, limbs and finger nails
  • T: Purplish
  • C: Normal
  • P: Deep, slow and irregular
Treatment Principle
  • Break up and dispel Blood Stasis
Herb Formulas
Points
  • LIV-3, REN-4, SP-6, SP-10, ST-28, UB-34
Clinical Manifestations
  • Absent or scanty dark lochial discharge
  • Small stringy clots
  • Abdominal pain
  • Pain alleviated by warmth and aggravated by Cold
  • Generalized cold limbs
  • T: Bluish purple
  • C: White
  • P: Deep, tight and slow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the uterus
  • Expel Cold
  • Invigorate the Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Acute lower abdominal pain, which is worse with pressure
  • Fever which is worse art night
  • Constipation or
  • Black, tarry stools
  • Manic behavior in severe cases
  • Delirium in severe cases
  • T: Deep red with purple spots
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Deep and full
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Break up Blood Stagnation
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Acute lower abdominal pain
  • Incontinence of urine
  • Night fevers
  • Delirious speech
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Thirst
  • May be mania (severe)
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Amenorrhea
  • Hard stool
  • Dark red complexion
  • Headache
  • Vertigo
  • Tinnitus
  • Insomnia
  • Palpitations
  • Constipation
  • Frequent urination
  • Emotional instability
  • Chills in the waist and feet
  • Tremors
  • Excruciating abdominal pain with cold
  • Black stool
  • May be chills and fever
  • Hemoptysis
  • Hematuria
  • Red eyes
  • Pain and distention of the head
  • Toothache
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Lochioschesis
  • Severe wheezing
  • Distention of the chest
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Deep and forceful or Choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Drain Heat
  • Break up Blood Stasis
Herb Formulas
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