Heat In The Blood

Heat In The Blood TCM Pattern Connections

Below you will find various relationships to the concept of and potential approaches for heat in the blood.

Content Related to Heat In The Blood

Heat In The Blood is one of many possible underlying factors from a TCM perspective for health issues such as acne, aplastic anemia, dermatitis, eczema, furuncles (boils), hemorrhoids, liver cancer - hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc), psoriasis, and/or toothache.

The above issues are common examples. In clinical situations, however, there are any number of other possibilities. Many times there will be a layered combination of issues intermixed from a variety of causal patterns in TCM terms. While initially complex, this is illustrative of the the web of relationships that Chinese Medicine is designed to approach.

Treatment approaches are often akin to unravelling an onion, with the goal of resolving the root factor involved in the constellation of resulting issues. The current and historical array of issues and signs must be taken into consideration as well as the timing of the onset of each individual aspect.

Related Acupuncture Protocols

When developing an acupuncture protocol a practitioner is very often focusing on the causal diagnoses in Chinese Medicine terms, not on the condition itself. To guide you towards treatment potentials, heat in the blood is referenced in the following acupuncture protocol sections:

• View UB 17 (Diaphragm Shu)
  
      1.5 cun lateral to GV 9, level with T7.
  
      Hui-meeting Point of the Blood, useful for all Blood related conditions. Classically combined with UB 19 to create the "Four Flowers" which is used to nourish the Blood, although in clinical practice UB 18 & UB 19 may used equally as o…