Mumps
Mumps
Epidemic toxic heat invasion blocking the Shao Yang meridian causing high fever, irritability, headache, mandible swelling with swollen glands accompanied by pain, most common in winter and spring. Fever will last for 2 days before swelling pain starts, usually lasting 1-2 weeks
Chinese Medicine Differentiation and Treatment
Wind Heat - first stage - swelling mandible region
Principle of Treatment – expel Wind-Heat, dissolve hardness
Acupuncture points – hand Shaoyang, foot Yangming, SJ 17, ST 6, SJ 5, LI 4 - Heat- Du 14, LI 11, Lu 11, LI 1)
Herbal Formula: Chai Hu Ge Gen Tang
Toxic Heat Stagnation - second stage - high fever with local area hard, swollen and painful
Principle of Treatment – clear Heat, detox, soften hardness
Acupuncture points – Du 14, LI 11, SJ 3, LI 4, SJ 17, ST 6, GB 4 - headache- ST 8, taiyang - sore throat- Lu 11 and LI 1 (bleed)
Herbal Formula: Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin
Toxic Heat Invading External Genitals - abdominal/testicular pain
Principle of Treatment – purge Liver Gallbladder Heat, promote blood circulation
Acupuncture points – foot Jueyin and Shaoyang, LR 1, GB 41 and LR 8 (jueyin Heat), ST 29, 30 - fever- LI 11, Du 14, PC 9 Herbal Formula: Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Toxic Heat invades the Heart and Liver possible convulsions
Acupuncture points – Du 26, Jing-well (bleed), PC 8, 9, KI
External application
- Qing Dai Powder + Vinegar + H2O = Thin paste applied to local area
Prevention - Ban Lan Gen, Da Qing Ye
Alternative Treatment Methods
auricular- face, cheek, subcortex, apex, bleed painful points Deng Xin Cao- direct Moxa technique on SJ 20
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