Needle BL23, BL40, GV4 and SI3 with tonifying method, and moxibustion at BL23 and GV4 for 15 to 20 minutes.
Low Back Pain: Kidney Deficiency with Cold-Damp
Warm and tonify kidney yang, scatter cold and free the channels. For cold, aching lumbar pain with weakness, worse on exertion and in cold weather.
POINT SELECTION
RATIONALE
BL23 and GV4 tonify the kidney and warm the lower back; BL40 is the command point for the lumbar region; SI3 opens the Governing Vessel, which runs through the spine. The prescription combines the local treatment of pain with the treatment of the deficiency that produces it.
SOURCE
After the song of the four command points in the Great Compendium and “Channels” in the Lingshu
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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