Wind attack to the channels. Produces paralysis, hemiplegia, weakness, loss of strength, difficulty speaking, swallowing, facial paralysis...
Causes
- Wind and Phlegm
- Ascending of Liver-Yang that produces Liver internal wind
- Phlegm and Heat
- Qi deficiency and Blood stasis
- Internal wind of Liver with Kidney-Yin deficiency
Wind and Phlegm
- Tingling (Ma Mu)
- Stiff limbs and with a feeling of being asleep
- Muscle spasticity
- Tremor of the limbs
- Dizziness
- Blurred vision
- Tense and slippery pulse
- Pink tongue, thick coating. Trembles and/or may be deviated.
Treatment
Eliminate phlegm and wind. Drain the channels.
Ascending of Liver-Yang – internal wind
See also: wind from ascending of Liver-Yang
- Red, dry face and eyes
- Dizziness, vertigo, headache
- Dry and bitter mouth
- Nervousness, agitation, irritability
- Dry stools, constipation
- Scant and dark urine
- Tense and rapid pulse
- Red tongue, yellow and dry coating
Treatment
Descend Yang and eliminate wind. Drain the channels.
Phlegm and Heat
May come from Stomach-Fire.
- Heat
- Thick phlegm
- Great appetite
- Abdominal distension
- Constipation
- Scant and dark urine
- Tense, rapid and slippery pulse
- Red tongue, thick yellow coating
Treatment
Eliminate Heat and Phlegm. Drain the channels.
Qi deficiency and Blood stasis
If deficient Qi does not move the Blood, it stagnates in the channels.
- Loss of strength in the limbs (on the affected side)
- Loss of muscle, atrophy
- Paresthesia (from decreased blood supply)
- Swollen hands and feet
- Qi deficiency symptoms: tiredness, asthenia, palpitations, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating
- Blood stasis symptoms: stabbing, fixed pain. Bruises
- Fine, weak and rough pulse
- Pale or purple tongue, thin normal coating
Treatment
Tonify Qi and Blood, eliminate stasis. Drain the channels.
Internal wind and Kidney-Yin deficiency
- Tingling and trembling
- Dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia
- Weakness of lower back and knees
- Nervousness, agitation, irritability
- Night sweating
- Fine, weak and rapid pulse
- Red tongue, little or no coating, cracks. May tremble and deviate.
Treatment
Tonify Yin and eliminate internal wind. Drain the channels.
Local treatment
See also: Wei Syndrome
Points from Yang Ming are mainly used because they carry abundant energy and blood.
Facial paralysis
GB-14, LI-4, LR-3, ST-2, ST-4, ST-7, ST-6, ST-8
Arm paralysis
Leg paralysis
Very recommended: Scalp acupuncture and Electro-stimulation. Massages, physiotherapy.