Jaundice

"Jaundice" Issue / Symptom Connections

Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for jaundice.

Content Related to Jaundice

It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "jaundice" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "jaundice" - i.e. the "cause(s)".

For non-practitioners, we recommend reading treating the "cause" and not the "symptoms" for more on the overall approach and the importance of the TCM diagnostic system in formulating treatment approaches.

Within TCM, "jaundice" is potentially related to one or more of the following diagnostic patterns: spleen and stomach damp heat, spleen invasion - cold damp, spleen qi deficiency, spleen yang deficiency, stomach cold, stomach dampness, and/or stomach qi deficiency.

The above patterns are common examples. In clinical situations, however, there are any number of other possibilities. Many times there will be a layered combination of patterns in an interwoven blend with their symptoms - some being the cause of an issue and the result of another issue. While initially complex, this is illustrative of the the web of relationships that Chinese Medicine is designed to approach.

• View SI 4 (Wrist Bone)
  
      On the ulnar side of the palm in a depression between the base of the 5th metacarpal joint and the hamate bone.
  
      Local point for shoulder, arm, hand and wrist problems particularly along the course of the meridian. Useful point to treat problems with all fingers - contracture, pain, swelling, stiffness. Headache, neck pain. Jaundice.  
• View SP 9 (Yin Mound Spring)
  
      On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia in the depression posterior and inferior to the medial condyle o…
  
      He Sea point - drains dampness (generally through urination), LV 8 will drain damp from the genital region and SP 9 will drain damp from the lower warmer. Chronic yeast infections, candida. Damp Bi, Medial Knee Pain. Issues involving da…
• View UB 18 (Liver Shu)
  
      1.5 cun lateral to GV 8, level with T9.
  
      Main point for all Liver related conditions in TCM terms - physical and psycho-emotional. Physical liver issues such as - hepatitis, jaundice, cirrhosis.  Generalized blood stagnation, qi stagnation, etc. Brightens the eyes - important p…
• View UB 19 (Gallbladder Shu)
  
      1.5 cun lateral to GV 7, level with T10.
  
      Shao Yang level diseases, alternating fever and chills. Main point for damp heat in the Liver and Gall Bladder: hepatitis, cholecystitis, jaundice, vomiting, flank pain and distension, bitter taste in the mouth. Often combined with the LV…
• View UB 22 (Triple Burner Shu)
  
      1.5 cun lateral to GV 5, level with L1.
  
      As Triple Heater Shu this point effects conditions related to imbalances between the upper and lower parts of the body especially those related to water: edema, bloating, ascites, borborygmus, difficult or painful urination, urinary retent…