Diagnostic Information and Acupuncture and Herbal Treatment of Bladder Damp Heat

• Clearing damp heat in the lower warmer, particularly with underlying blood deficiency - vaginal disharge, vaginal itching, vaginal inflammation along with constipation, possibly anemia, low back pain, and/or abdominal pain.  Leukorrhea may be yellow, white or red.
• Gonorrhea, syphilis.

• Painful urination when it arises from damp heat syndrome - urinary tract infections, leukorrhea, cystitis.
• Prostatitis when from damp heat.

• Generally not for long-term use as it can lead to deficiency.
• Avoid during pregnancy.

• Painful/burning or diffulty urination possibly with increased urgency due to damp heat accumulation.
• Dark or scanty urine.
• Urinary stones.
• Urinary tract infection.

• Contraindicated during pregnancy.
• Not suitable for long term use.

• Damp-Heat Bi-Syndromes in Chinese Medicine terms - arthritis with hot swollen joints. With the right underlying diagnosis both osteo-arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis would respond.
• Gout.
• Weakness and/or atrophy in the lower body with swelling.
• Leukorrhea and other heat related discharge.

• Avoid in pregnancy.
• Avoid in deficiency cases.
• Generally not suitable for arthritis with cold/deficient signs.

Signs of damp-heat with interior clumping which may settle into the abdominal region and/or rise upward to the head.  Fever, irritability, red eyes, constipation, dark urine, flushed face - middle warmer issues - jaundice, dysentery, tongue/mouth ulcers.

Pulse will be be wiry and rapid and the Tongue will be red, swollen with a yellow greasy tongue coating.

• Abnormal vaginal discharge - yellow or green colour, cottage-cheese like texture and foul smelling.
• Painful urination, burning, increased urgency/frequency. 
• Yeast infection.