Invasion of Toxic Heat

Symptoms and signs Symptoms and signs are acute severe throat pain with a burning feeling, a high fever, obvious swelling and redness with formation of pus in the throat, difficulty in swallowing, accompanied by severe headache, a heavy cough, sweating, extensive thirst, constipation, restlessness, generalised body pain, a thick and yellow tongue coating and a superficial and rapid pulse. Principle of treatment Clear the Heat, eliminate the Toxin, reduce the swelling and relieve the pain. Case history A 41-year-old woman had been suffering from throat pain for a month. She had complained of throat pain with a dry sensation when she caught a cold one month previously. She had suffered from chronic bronchitis 1 year before this and was treated with antibiotics. She generally catches colds very easily. Also, she had a low-grade fever, dizziness, a dry cough with itching in her throat, a dry mouth, dry stools, tiredness and a pale complexion. Her tongue was red with a dry yellow coating. Her pulse was superficial and weak at Lung position. Diagnosis Deficiency of Qi and Yin with invasion of WindHeat-Dryness. Principle of treatment

Nourish the Qi and Yin, clear Heat, moisten Dryness and relieve the pain. Acupuncture treatment KI-6, SP-6, GB-20, LU-7, LI-4 and CV-23. Even method was used for these points. Treatment was given every other day for a week. Explanations KI-6, the Confluence point of the Yin Heel Vessel, and LU-7, the Connecting point of the Lung channel and the Confluence point of the Directing Vessel, are used to promote the Qi circulation in the Lung, nourish the Qi and Yin, benefit the throat and relieve the throat pain SP-6, the crossing point of the three Yin channels of the foot, nourishes the Yin and benefits the throat GB-20 is a patent point to dispel Wind, Heat and Dryness and relieve the throat pain LI-4, the Source point of the Large Intestine channel, is used to relieve the throat pain CV-23 is the patent point to regulate the Qi circulation in the throat and relieve the throat pain. After 3 weeks of treatment, her throat pain was relieved. One year later when she returned to the clinic she stated that she had suffered no more throat pain since the last treatment. throat pain 125