Sunstroke
Sunstroke
General Symptoms of Sunstroke:
Mild sweat, feel hot, red complexion, dizziness, irritability, injures body fluids, T- red with yellow coat, P- floating rapid
Principle of Treatment – clear summer heat, regulate mid Jiao to relieve superficial
Acupuncture points - Du, hand yangming, Du 14, LI 4 and ST 43 (purge heat), PC 6 (regulate Stomach Qi), ST 36 - headache – ST 8 - nausea – Ren 12
Severe heat invades the Pericardium and injures Qi and Yin high fever, no sweat, burning hot skin with red complexion and eyes, dry mouth and lips, thirst, very irritable, spasm/convulsions, collapse, lose consciousness, T- red with yellow coat, P- strong surging or weak hidden
Principle of Treatment – purge summer heat, open orifices
Acupuncture points - Du 20, 26, Shi xuan, LI 4, 11, bleed PC 3 and BL 40 (purge Ying and Xue heat)
Alternative Treatment Methods
auricular – bleed apex, shenmen, adrenal, HT, occiput, strong stimulation for over 20 minutes)
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