Diagnostic Information and Acupuncture and Herbal Treatment of Phlegm Stagnation

Phlegm Stagnation - Basics

Heaviness of the head/body, dizziness, poor appetite, stuffy chest, excessive mucus, poor health, pain that is fixed, stabbing a/or severe, dark complexion, fixed masses, bleeding w/clots, purple lips/nails.

• Tongue Diagnosis - Theory

Purple, sticky coat.

• Pulse Diagnosis - Theory

Slippery, choppy.

Phlegm Stagnation - Related Acupuncture Points

The following (1) acupuncture point may be useful for phlegm stagnation. A subset of these could potentially be useful with acupressure stimulation and/or tongren therapy methods as well.

Generally treatment would be based on the TCM patterns listed above instead of selecting points by function alone, (see general points selection rules.)

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Phlegm Stagnation - Formulas From Our Store

The following herbal formulas are potentially useful in the process of treating phlegm stagnation. For a complete list from our store with more details see our phlegm stagnation formula section.

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• Nei Xiao Luo Li Wan

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Phlegm Stagnation - Conditions and Possibilities

The Chinese Medicine treatment of phlegm stagnation generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).

The following 21 conditions may arise from phlegm stagnation . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.