Abdominal Pain

Question 1

What are the six patterns of abdominal pain?

Answer 1

Invading of cold, food retention in the abdomen, LV-qi stagnation, SP and KI yang deficiency, retention of damp-heat, blood stasis.

Question 2

Which pattern includes acute and severe abdominal pain can be relieved by warmth, aggravated by cold, no thirst, clear urine, normal stools or loose stools, white and greasy coating, and deep and tight pulse. If it is an external cold, external syndromes can be seen like chills and a little bit of fever?

Answer 2

Invading of cold.

Question 3

What is the tx principle for invading of cold?

Answer 3

Disperse cold and warm the interior, regulate qi and stop pain.

Question 4

What is the herbal prescription for invading of cold?

Answer 4

Liang fu wan and zheng qi tian xiang san.

Question 5

What are some points for invading of cold?

Answer 5

REN12, 8, ST36, SP4.

Question 6

Which pattern includes fullness and distension in the abdomen, severe pain which refuses to be pressed, aversion to food, belching and acid regurgitation with food smell, or severe abdominal pain with acute diarrhea, after diarrhea the pain is relieved, greasy coating, slippery pulse. If the food retention turns into heat, there is damp heat in the stomach intestines, diarrhea or difficult bowel movement, thirst, yellow greasy coating, and slippery and rapid pulse can be felt?

Answer 6

Food retention in the abdomen.

Question 7

What is the tx principle for food retention in the abdomen?

Answer 7

Eliminate food retention and relieve pain.

Question 8

What is the herbal prescription for food retention in the abdomen?

Answer 8

Zhi shi dao chi wan.

Question 9

What are some points for food retention in the abdomen?

Answer 9

REN12, 6, ST36, 25, ST44.

Question 10

Which pattern includes abdominal pain radiates to the hypochondriac region, the pain is moving, and frequent belching, the pain is related to emotion, thin coating, and wiry pulse?

Answer 10

LV qi stagnation.

Question 11

What is the tx principle for LV qi stagnation?

Answer 11

Sooth LV qi and relieve the stagnation.

Question 12

What is the herbal prescription for LV qi stagnation?

Answer 12

Chai hu shu gan san.

Question 13

Which pattern includes dull pain in the abdomen comes and goes, likes to be pressed and warm, pale complexion, fatigue, pale tongue, white coating, deep, thready pulse?

Answer 13

SP and KI yang deficiency.

Question 14

What are the signs of SP def.?

Answer 14

Poor appetite and loose stools.

Question 15

What are the signs of KI def.?

Answer 15

Soreness and weakness in the lower back, morning diarrhea (cock’s crow diarrhea).

Question 16

What is the tx principle for SP and KI yang def.?

Answer 16

Warm the middle jiao and stop the pain.

Question 17

What is the herbal prescription for SP and KI yang def.?

Answer 17

Xiao jian zhong tang.

Question 18

What are some points for SP and KI yang def.?

Answer 18

REN12, 6, UB20, 21, 23, LV13.

Question 19

Which pattern includes burning pain in the abdomen, fullness, refuses to be pressed, chest stuffiness, irritability, thirst, a want for cold drinks, constipation, or loose stools with difficulty in discharging, fever, sweating, dark and scanty urine, yellow dry or greasy coating, slippery and rapid pulse?

Answer 19

Retention of damp-heat.

Question 20

What is the tx principle for retention of damp-heat?

Answer 20

Clear heat and eliminate dampness as well as to regulate fu.

Question 21

What is the herbal prescription for retention of damp-heat?

Answer 21

Da cheng qi tang.

Question 22

Which pattern includes stabbing pain in the lower abdomen, the pain is very severe and fixed, and even with clots in the urine, dark purple tongue, thready and uneven pulse?

Answer 22

Blood stasis.

Question 23

What is the tx principle for blood stasis?

Answer 23

Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Question 24

What is the herbal prescription for blood stasis?

Answer 24

Shao fu zhu yu tang.