POST-STROKE PARALYSIS, HEMIPLEGIA

Clinical Manifestations
  • Atrophy
  • Paralysis of the limbs
  • Paralysis of the bladder and rectum
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorate Qi and Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Asymmetry of the face
  • Paralysis of the face
  • Slow and slurred speech
  • Aphasia
  • Fever and chills
  • Semi-consciousness
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Convulsions
  • Neck rigidity
  • Limited movement of the joints
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Muscle spasms
  • Low back pain
  • Numbness of the muscles and skin
  • Hemiplegia
  • Urticaria
  • T: ; Pale
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Floating and Empty or Tense or Wiry and tense
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the channels
  • Disperse Wind
  • Releases Yang
  • Supports the Qi 
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fullness and distention in the chest
  • Irritability
  • Occasional fright palpitations
  • Urinary difficulty
  • Constipation
  • Delirious speech
  • Insomnia
  • Subcardiac distention
  • Palpitations at the abdomen
  • Melancholia
  • Fear
  • Agitation
  • Unsteadiness
  • Tends toward mania and convulsions
  • Tends toward fatigue and clumsiness of limbs
  • Dysuria
  • Excitability
  • Dizziness
  • Anxiety
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Profuse expectoration of Phlegm
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Palpitations
  • Pale face
  • Oliguria
  • A sensation of extreme heaviness of the body
  • Fatigue
  • Inability to rotate the trunk
  • Difficulty moving the body
  • T: Red
  • C: Slippery
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Liver and Gall Bladder
  • Harmonize the Shao Yang
  • Unblock the three Yang Stages
  • Sedate and calms the Spirit
  • Relieve the chest and subcardiac regions
  • Alleviate spasms
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Wandering joint pain, especially the wrists, elbows, knees and ankles
  • Chills and fever
  • Atrophy above and below the knees
  • Limited movement
  • Paralysis of knees
  • One or both knees swollen, enlarged and painful
  • Stiffness of knees
  • Legs so weak and sore after dysentery that it is difficult to walk
  • Generalized pain and numbness in the legs
  • Hemiplegia
  • Dizziness
  • Neuralgia
  • Paralysis, stiffness, swelling and pain of feet
  • Atrophy of the leg muscles
  • Chest oppression
  • Lumbago
  • Tinnitus
  • T: Pink or Pale and swollen or Red
  • C: Thin white or Greasy white
  • P: Superficial and tense or tight or Deep and thin or Deep and weak or Deep, slow and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Wind
  • Activate Qi and Blood
  • TonifY Qi and Blood
  • Eliminate Cold-Dampness
  • TonifY Yang
  • Strengthen the muscles, tendons and bones
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Muscle aches
  • Joint pain
  • Radiating pain in the legs
  • Low back pain
  • Edema
  • Numbness in the lower extremities
  • Pain in the trunk and extremities
  • Abdominal pain
  • Sciatica
  • Aversion to Wind and Cold
  • Knee pain
  • T: Pale or Pink with purple spots
  • C: Normal
  • P: Choppy or Taut
Treatment Principle
  • Unblock and relax the channels
  • Activate the Blood
  • Break up Blood Stasis
  • Dispel Wind-Dampness
  • Strengthen the tendons
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Sciatica pain
  • The pain is intense and moves around
  • Swollen painful joints (especially lower limbs)
  • Joints are warm to the touch (may be burning and swollen)
  • The pain is worse at night
  • Reduced range of motion
  • Joint degeneration or deformity in the lumbar region
  • Chills
  • Anhidrosis
  • Weight loss
  • Shortness of breath
  • Muscular atrophy
  • Difficulty walking and moving
  • Thirst
  • Hemiplegia
  • Rigidity of the limbs
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Vertigo
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Edema
  • Emaciation
  • Swollen feet
  • Numbness of the extremities
  • Paralysis
  • Fatigue
  • T: Normal
  • C: White and greasy or Thin, yellow and greasy
  • P: Wiry and slippery or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Unblock Yang Qi
  • Promote the movement of Qi
  • Dispel Wind
  • Eliminate Dampness
  • Clear Heat
  • Unblock the channels and collaterals
  • Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Migrating pain in the joints especially the :
    Shoulders
    Elbows
    Knees
    Wrists
    Fingers
    Upper back and neck
  • Multiple joints
  • Pain quality changes
  • May move from soreness to numbness to aching
  • Sensitivity varies
  • Pain often appears abruptly, acutely or paroxysmal and then disappears
  • Limited range of motion
  • Chills and fever
  • Aversion to Wind
  • Symptoms are worse in windy weather
  • Sore throat
  • General body aches
  • Maybe perspiration
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thin and white or Sticky and yellow
  • P: Superficial and moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Eliminate Wind
  • Warm Cold
  • Expel Damp
  • Clear the Channels
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic pain, weakness and numbness (especially in the lower extremities) due to Windstroke
  • Muscle spasms
  • Cramps
  • Heaviness and pain in the lower back and legs
  • Fixed or migrating pain in the bones in the bones and joints with reduced range of motion
  • Long-term numbness or paralysis in the hands and feet
  • T: Normal
  • C: White and moist
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Wind
  • Eliminate Dampness
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Unblock the collaterals
  • Alleviate pain
  • Warm the channels and collaterals
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Wandering joint pain, especially the wrists, elbows, knees and ankles
  • Chills and fever
  • Atrophy above and below the knees
  • Limited movement
  • Paralysis of knees
  • One or both knees swollen, enlarged and painful
  • Stiffness of knees
  • Legs so weak and sore after dysentery that it is difficult to walk
  • Generalized pain and numbness in the legs
  • Hemiplegia
  • Dizziness
  • Neuralgia
  • Paralysis, stiffness, swelling and pain of feet
  • Atrophy of the leg muscles
  • Chest oppression
  • Lumbago
  • Tinnitus
  • T: Pink or Pale and swollen or Red
  • C: Thin white or Greasy white
  • P: Superficial and tense or tight or Deep and thin or Deep and weak or Deep, slow and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Wind
  • Activate Qi and Blood
  • Tonify Qi and Blood
  • Eliminate Cold-Dampness
  • Tonify Yang
  • Strengthen the muscles, tendons and bones
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Whole body numbness
  • Deviation of mouth and eyes
  • Numbness of skin
  • Dysphagia due to stiffness of the tongue
  • Facial paralysis
  • Hemiplegia
  • Rigidity of the extremities
  • Spasms of the extremities
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Fever
  • Chills
  • Aching joints
  • Tingling of the skin
  • Paralysis of the extremities
  • Numbness and lack of sensation in the hands and feet
  • Common cold (with above symptoms)
  • Inability to walk
  • Wandering joints pain
  • T: Pink or Red
  • C: White or Thin yellow
  • P: Superficial or Superficial and wiry or superficial and tight or Wiry and thin
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Wind
  • Clear Heat
  • Circulate Qi
  • Dredge the channels
  • Nourish and invigorate the Blood
  • Harmonize the Ying and Wei
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Asymmetry of the face
  • Paralysis of the face
  • Slow and slurred speech
  • Aphasia
  • Fever and chills
  • Semi-consciousness
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Convulsions
  • Neck rigidity
  • Limited movement of the joints
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Muscle spasms
  • Low back pain
  • Numbness of the muscles and skin
  • Urticaria
  • T: ; Pale
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Floating and Empty or Tense or Wiry and tense
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the channels
  • Disperse Wind
  • Releases Yang
  • Supports the Qi 
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Mania (Kuang)-Withdrawal (Dian)
  • Palpitations
  • Anxiety
  • Maybe severe continuous palpitations leading to coma
  • Insomnia
  • Coughing and wheezing
  • Thick, viscous, yellow sputum
  • Distention of chest and epigastrium
  • Stifling sensation of chest and epigastrium
  • Dizziness
  • Vertigo
  • Tinnitus
  • Facial tics
  • Sudden, deep joint pain that is difficult to describe
  • Peristalsis-like movements of the eyes and mouth
  • Constipation
  • Severe, stabbing pain in the joints
  • Very strange dreams
  • Impaired consciousness
  • Nodules in the neck
  • Choking sensation
  • Restlessness
  • Agitation
  • Continuous shouting or singing
  • Maybe violent behavior
  • Dull complexion
  • Incoherent speech
  • Disinterest in food
  • Fright
  • Blank stare
  • Insanity
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Thick, yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery, Excess and rapid or Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Drain Fire
  • Drive out Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden collapse with loss of consciousness
  • Lockjaw (trismus)
  • Eyes open
  • Both fists clenched
  • Retention of urine
  • Constipation
  • Stiffness and spasm of limbs
  • Red face
  • Body feels hot
  • Coarse breathing
  • Bad breath
  • Restlessness
  • Involuntary movements
  • Usual sequelae of C.V.A. such as:
    Hemiplegia
    Aphasia
    Facial paralysis
  • T: Pink
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery, wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Phlegm
  • Open the Orifices
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden collapse with loss of consciousness
  • Lockjaw (trismus)
  • Eyes open
  • Both fists clenched
  • Retention of urine
  • Constipation
  • Stiffness and spasm of limbs
  • Pale face with bluish lips
  • Limbs cold, pale and still
  • Lying peacefully
  • Usual sequelae of C.V.A. such as:
    Hemiplegia
    Aphasia
    Facial paralysis
  • T: Pink
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Deep, slippery and even
Treatment Principle
  • Open the Heart Orifices with Pungent Warming Herbs
  • Eliminate Phlegm
  • Subdue Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden collapse with loss of consciousness
  • Mouth open and hands relaxed
  • Eyes closed
  • Limbs cold
  • Snoring
  • Faint breathing
  • Perspiration ("flows like oil")
  • Incontinence of urine and feces
  • T: Atonic
  • P: Minute and thready - about to collapse or
  • P: Superficial and big but with no root (with red face)
Treatment Principle
  • Support Zheng Qi
  • Consolidate Exhaustion
  • Strengthen Qi
  • Return Yang
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Irritability
  • Short temper
  • Restlessness
  • Fever or tidal fever
  • Red eyes
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Palpitations
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Difficult urination
  • Painful urination
  • Increased menstrual flow
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Early menstruation
  • Aching in limbs
  • Dizziness
  • Mental instability
  • Red face
  • Thirst
  • Turbid urine
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Red cheeks
  • Wheezing
  • Nervousness
  • Headache
  • Red eyes
  • Dry mouth
  • Anorexia
  • Infertility
  • Abdominal pain
  • Spontaneous sweating or night sweats with fever
  • Anxiety
  • Dry eyes
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Somnolence
  • Insomnia
  • Aching shoulders
  • Five Sole Heat
  • Earache
  • Premenstrual tension
  • Hot flashes
  • Fatigue
  • Lassitude
  • Depression
  • Restlessness
  • Constipation with flushing up
  • Pale complexion
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Vertigo
  • Abdominal distention near the umbilicus
  • Epistaxis
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Heaviness in the lower abdomen
  • T:Red or Red edges
  • C: Thin and yellow
  • P: Thready, rapid and wiry or Wiry and tight and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Pacify the Liver
  • Spread Liver Qi
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Nourish the Blood and Yin
  • Regulate menstruation
  • Sedate the Heart
  • Clear Heat
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • The affected limbs are rigid and contracted
  • Dizziness
  • Impaired vision
  • Night blindness
  • Tinnitus
  • Irascibility
  • Throbbing headache with distended feeling
  • Flushed face
  • Agitation
  • Blurred vision
  • Red, dry eyes with feeling of grit in eye
  • Dry mouth and throat with bitter taste in mouth
  • Palpitations
  • Headache
  • Nervousness
  • Insomnia with much dreaming
  • Dry throat
  • Thirst
  • Five Sole Heat (palms, soles and center of chest)
  • Night sweats
  • Light or late menses or
  • Amenorrhea
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None or Yellow
  • P: Thready and wiry or Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Pacify the Liver
  • Subdue Yang
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness and vertigo to the point of falling over
  • Headache with a drawing sensation
  • Numbness and tremor of limbs
  • Twitching and involuntary writhing of hands and feet
  • Dysphasia
  • Unsteady gait
  • Paraplegia
  • With Wind-Stroke:
    Sudden loss of consciousness
    Tongue stiffness with aphasia
    Facial paralysis
    Hemiplegia
  • Maybe coma
  • Sometimes death
  • T: Red
  • P: Thready and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Pacify the Liver
  • Subdue Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness and vertigo to the point of falling over
  • Headache with a drawing sensation
  • Tinnitus
  • Blurred vision
  • A distended feeling in the eyes
  • A red face and ears
  • Numbness and tremor of limbs
  • Twitching and involuntary writhing of hands and feet
  • Dysphasia
  • Unsteady gait
  • Heart vexation
  • Irascibility
  • With Wind-Stroke:
    Tongue stiffness with aphasia
    Facial paralysis
    Suddeen onset of hemiplegia often after an outburst of violent anger and often preceding
    Sudden loss of consciousness
    Deviated mpouth and eyes
  • Clouded Spirit
  • Maybe coma
  • Sometimes death
  • T: Red
  • C: Slimy
  • P: Thready and wiry or Wiry and slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Pacify the Liver
  • Subdue Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness and vertigo to the point of falling over
  • Headache with a drawing sensation
  • Numbness and tremor of limbs
  • Twitching and involuntary writhing of hands and feet
  • Dysphagia
  • Unsteady gait
  • With Wind-Stroke:
    Sudden loss of consciousness
    Tongue stiffness with aphasia
    Facial paralysis
    Hemiplegia
  • Maybe coma
  • Sometimes death
  • T: Red
  • P: Thready and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Pacify the Liver
  • Subdue Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fatigue
  • Muscle spasms with alternating flexion and extension of the extremities
  • Prostration
  • Clonic convulsions
  • Dizziness - worse with stress or anger
  • Tinnitus
  • Aphonia
  • Insomnia
  • Dream-disturbed sleep
  • Sore low back and knees
  • Nocturnal emissions
  • Often the patient is on the verge of shock
  • Hemiatrophy of the muscles
  • Hemiplegia
  • Hemianasthesia
  • Flaccidity of the legs
  • T: Deep red maybe flaccid
  • C: Thin or Peeled
  • P: Weak and faint
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin of the Liver and Kidneys
  • Extinguish Endogenous Wind
  • Nourish the muscles
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Gradual development of hemiplegia
  • Usually seen in elderly patients
  • Low back and knee pain and weakness
  • Loose teeth
  • Hair loss
  • Tinnitus
  • Vertigo
  • Impaired memory
  • Blurred vision
  • Inhibited speech
  • Feeble-mindedness
  • A somber, ehite facial complexion
  • T: Normal
  • C: White
  • P: Deep, thready and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Enrich and suppplemet the Liver and Kidneys
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dysphasia
  • Slurred speech
  • Stiffness or deviation of the tongue
  • Weakness, numbness or paralysis of the lower limbs
  • Weak, sore lower back and knees
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • T: Pale or Red
  • C: White or None
  • P: Thready and weak or Deep, slow and thready
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish and tonify Kidney Yin and Yang
  • Open the orifices
  • Transform Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Mild generalized body aches
  • Slight aversion to Wind
  • Chronic respiratory complaints
  • Fever that worsens in the afternoon
  • Dry skin
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior
  • Dispel Wind-Dampness
  • Resolve Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Paralysis
  • Numbness
  • Slurred speech
  • Deviated eyes
  • Deviated mouth (wry mouth)
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Sputum in the throat
  • Chest fullness and distention
  • Epigastric fullness and distention
  • Hypertension
  • Stroke
  • Severe: loss of consciousness
  • T: Deviated and trembling
  • C: Thick, white and greasy
  • P: Slippery and maybe wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Resolve Phlegm
  • Subdue Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Pains that move around
  • Distention
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Pain is worse with pressure
  • Dark complexion
  • Fixed, palpable masses
  • Bleeding with clots
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Dry skin
  • Blue, dark or purplish discoloration of skin in small or large areas,
  • Varicose and spider veins
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Tendency to hemorrhage dark blood or clots
  • T: Purple, possible purple or red spots
  • C: White
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Move Qi
  • Invigorate the Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Heaviness of the limbs
  • Numbness of the limbs
  • Pain that is fixed, stabbing and /or severe or
  • Pains that move around
  • Distention
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Pan is worse with pressure
  • Dark complexion
  • Fixed, palpable masses
  • Bleeding with clots
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Dry skin
  • Blue, dark or purplish discoloration of skin in small or large areas,
  • Varicose and spider veins
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Tendency to hemorrhage dark blood or clots
  • T: Purple, possible purple or red spots
  • C: White or Thick and greasy
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and choppy or Slippery and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Move Qi
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Softens hardness
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Paralysis
  • Atrophy of the lower limbs
  • Facial paralysis
  • Slurred speech
  • Drooling
  • Dry stools
  • Frequent urination
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Deviation of the eyes and mouth
  • Excess salivation
  • Cold extremities
  • Asthenia
  • T: Purple and dark
  • C: White and slimy
  • P: Slippery, slightly slow and forceless
Treatment Principle
  • TonifY Qi
  • Activate the Blood
  • Unblock the channels
  • Promote movement in the limbs
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Weakness of the limbs
  • Low back and knee weakness and pain
  • Retention of Urine or
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Fecal incontinence
  • Fatigue
  • Loose stools
  • Anorexia
  • Dizziness
  • Pale face
  • Weak voice
  • Reluctance to speak
  • Sweating with little or no exertion
  • Chills
  • Cold limbs
  • Inability to get warm
  • Profuse clear urine
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • Lassitude
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Slow, deep and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Tonify the Kidneys
  • Strengthen and Warm Yang
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Paralysis
  • Atrophy of the lower limbs
  • Facial paralysis
  • Slurred speech
  • Drooling
  • Dry stools
  • Frequent urination
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Deviation of the eyes and mouth
  • Excess salivation
  • Cold extremities
  • Asthenia
  • T: Normal
  • C: White
  • P: Moderate
Treatment Principle
  • TonifY Qi
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Unblock the channels
  • Promote movement in the limbs
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Weak limbs
  • Lack of strength
  • Fatigue
  • Loose stools
  • Anorexia
  • Dizziness
  • Pale face
  • Weak voice
  • Reluctance to speak
  • Sweating with little or no exertion
  • Pain that is fixed, stabbing and /or severe
  • Pan is worse with pressure
  • Dark complexion
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Dry skin
  • Blue, dark or purplish discoloration of skin in small or large areas
  • Varicose and spider veins
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Tendency to hemorrhage dark blood or clots
  • T:Pale purple or Purple spots
  • C: White
  • P: Choppy and thin or Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Break up Stasis
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic stabbing pain in the chest
  • Pain in the hypochondrium
  • Chronic, stubborn headache with a fixed, piercing quality
  • Palpitations
  • Chronic incessant hiccups
  • Five sole Heat
  • Choking sensation when drinking
  • Dry heaves
  • Depression or low spirits with a sensation of warmth in the chest
  • Chest distention
  • Dry, scaly skin
  • Dark rings under the eyes
  • Spider naevi on the cheeks, nose, trunk, inner knee and ankle
  • Dizziness
  • Chronic tinnitus
  • Chronic gum disease with dark, purplish, patchy or dark, red atrophic gums
  • Loose teeth
  • Painful receding gums
  • Frequently bleeding gums
  • Vomiting after intake of water
  • Palpitations
  • Persistent daytime drowsiness
  • Insomnia (persistent with much dreaming)
  • Restless sleep
  • Forgetfulness
  • Irritability
  • Fidgeting
  • A bad temper
  • Extreme mood swings
  • Evening tidal fever
  • Dark or purplish lips, conjunctiva or nail beds
  • Dark complexion
  • Dark sclera
  • Hair loss on the head and body
  • T: Dark-red with purple spots on the edges
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and tight or Wiry and choppy or thready or Deep and choppy or Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Dispel Blood Stasis
  • Unblock the channels
  • Stop pain
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Sluggish speech
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Atrophy of the extremities
  • Deviated mouth and eyes
  • Salivation
  • Frequent urination
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Invigorate the Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cerebrovascular accident
  • Facial asymmetry
  • Hemiplegia
  • Paraplegia
  • Altered consciousness
  • Constipation
  • Loss of consciousness
  • T: Scarlet
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Calm Wind
  • Clear Heat
  • Purge
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Heaviness of the limbs
  • Numbness of the limbs
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thick and greasy
  • P: Slippery and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Transform Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden clouding collapse
  • Clouded Spirit
  • Hemiplegia
  • Deviated mouth and eyes
  • Closed hands
  • A red face
  • Red eyes
  • Course breathing
  • Phlegm rales in the throat
  • Panting
  • Agitation
  • T: Red
  • C: Slimy and yellow
  • P: ry, slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Expel Phlegm
  • Open the orifices
  • Clear the Liver
  • Extinguish Wind
Herb Formulas
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden heaviness
  • Numbness or paralysis of the extremities on one side of the body
  • Facial paralysis
  • Dysphagia
  • Disordered consciousness
  • Dry stools
  • Constipation
  • Dizziness
  • Copious Phlegm
  • Drooling
  • T: Stiff and quivering or Deviated
  • C: Greasy and yellow
  • P: Wiry and slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Expel Phlegm-Heat through the bowels
Herb Formulas
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Hemiplegia
  • Numbness
  • Mild generalized body aches
  • Slight aversion to Wind
  • Chronic respiratory complaints
  • Fever that worsens in the afternoon
  • Dry skin
  • Loss of consciousness
  • The body and limbs are paralyzed and weak
  • T: Dark and purple
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Slippery, relaxed and forceless
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior
  • Dispel Wind-Dampness
  • Resolve Phlegm
  • Tonify Qi
Herb Formulas
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Sudden collapse
  • Pale face
  • Purple lips
  • hemiplegia
  • Somnolence or
  • Clouded sleep
  • Clouded Spirit
  • Closed hands
  • Phlegm-drool
  • An empty, puffy face
  • Clenched jaws
  • Stillness
  • Cold limbs
  • Anorexia
  • Edema
  • Abdominal distention
  • Chest and hypochondriac distention
  • Dizziness
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Vertigo
  • Thirst with no desire to drink
  • Maybe no thirst
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of Breath
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thick and slippery or Glossy, slimy and white
  • P: Slippery, full and maybe wiry or Deep and slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Open the Orifices
  • Eliminate Phlegm
  • Extinguish Wind
Herb Formulas
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Chronic Bi with many recurrences
  • Joints are stiff and deformed
  • Areas surrounding the joints are slightly purple
  • Pain is excruciating
  • Fixed location
  • Maybe painful numbness
  • Joint may be red, swollen and painful or
  • Icy cold and worse in cold weather and better with warmth
  • Maybe fever
  • T: Purple spots
  • C: White
  • P: Thin and choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Break up Blood Stasis
  • Resolve Phlegm
  • Break up hardness
  • Clear Damp-Heat or
  • Expel Wind-Cold and Damp
Herb Formulas
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Slow and gradual onset
  • Weak and flaccid lower limbs
  • Muscle twitching
  • Soreness and weakness of the lower back and spine
  • Inability to stand for a long time
  • Total loss of mobility and severe loss of muscle mass can result with exacerbation
  • Dizziness
  • Vertigo
  • Hair loss
  • Dry throat
  • Tinnitus
  • Fatigue
  • Nocturnal emissions
  • Enuresis
  • Fecal and urinary incontinence
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify the Liver and Kidneys
  • Nourish Yin
  • Clear Heat
Herb Formulas
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