Running Piglet Disorder

"Running Piglet Disorder" Issue / Symptom Connections

Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for running piglet disorder.

It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "running piglet disorder" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "running piglet disorder" - 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.

• View SP 18 (Celestial Ravine)
  
      6 cun lateral to the anterior midline in the 4th inter-costal space.
  
      Descends qi - chest oppression, shortness of breath, cough, hiccup, running piglet disorder. Opens the chest and circulation in the breasts - breast pain, insufficient lactation.
• View ST 29 (Return)
  
      2 cun lateral to the AML level with CV 3.
  
      Excess or Cold/Deficient disorders of the Lower Warmer - amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, qi stagnation/masses, leukorrhea. Uterine prolapse, hernia. Infertility, genital pain and/or swelling, impotence, seminal emission…
• View ST 30 (Surging Qi)
  
      2 cun lateral to the AML level with CV 2.
  
      Upper Sea of Water & Grain Point - excess or deficient conditions of the Stomach - hypogastric pain, bloating, abdominal pain. Regulates the Intestines - borborygmus, hernia - rectal, inguinal. Regulates genitalia - swelling and pain…