Moxibustion is the principal method. Apply cones or mild-warm moxibustion at BL13, CV17, CV22, GV14, ST36 and KI3, 15 to 20 minutes per point, in courses of ten sessions. In the acute phase the emphasis shifts to needling with reducing method.
Asthma: Cold Type, in Remission
Warm the lung, scatter cold, strengthen the kidney and settle the breath. For the remission phase, with cold intolerance and white sputum.
POINT SELECTION
RATIONALE
BL13 and CV17 regulate the chest and the lung; CV22 descends qi; GV14 warms the yang of the whole body; ST36 tonifies qi and blood; KI3 addresses the root in the kidney, since asthma of long standing is held to involve failure of the kidney to grasp qi. Treating in remission is the classical strategy of strengthening what is deficient between attacks.
SOURCE
After the mustard-seed paste method in Zhang’s Medical Intercourse and modern sanfu moxibustion
NOTE
These are general formulas recorded in the literature; in clinical use they must be modified according to the individual, the season and the setting. Acupuncture and moxibustion should be performed by a licensed practitioner.
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