Full-Cold pattern; Spleen-Yang (center) becomes blocked and cannot achieve transformation: Cold damages Yang-Qi.

Symptoms

• Stomach pain
• Loss of appetite
• Sensation of fullness in the epigastrium or abdomen
• Sensation of heaviness of the body and head
• Pasty mouth (sweet taste) and bland
• Pasty and diarrheal stools
• No thirst
• Tiredness, lassitude
• Edema
• White leukorrhea
• Pale face
• Pale swollen tongue with white and seborrheic coating
• Slippery or soft and slow pulse

Causes

1. Exterior attack of Wind-Cold-Dampness, for example rain
2. Ingestion of cold raw foods
3. Medicines of cold nature

Treatment

Expel Cold and Dampness. Move Spleen-Qi:

• Moxa CV-12 (Front-Mu of ST, meeting of Fu, releases center restores Middle Burner Qi)+ ST-25 (Front-Mu of LI); ST-36; SP-3; LR-13
• Eliminate Dampness: SP-9; SP-6; CV-9; ST-28; CV-9 + CV-10 (moxa)
• ST-8 pain and oppression in the head