Wei Zheng (flaccidity syndrome)

Western medicine - any disorder of the PNS that may cause weakness &/or numbness, MS, spinal & muscular disorders.

TCM - flaccidity, paralysis, hemiplagia, muscular atrophy of the limbs

*Treat Yangming primarily (sea of food and water, contains the most Qi and blood)

Lung Heat damages fluids

epidemic febrile disease leads to weak limbs (meningitis, Guillian-Barre syndrome)

Acupuncture - hand Taiyin , Yangming , Hua Tou Jia Ji according to spinal nerves, or do whole spinal column, LU 9, LI 11, ST 37

- Lung dryness- LU 7, KI 6

Damp/Heat invasion

lower limbs get gradually weaker and weaker, numbness, heavy limbs, low Jiao Damp/Heat

Acupuncture - foot Taiyin , Yangming , Hua Tou Jia Ji (for lower limbs of nerve branches and low Jiao organs), SP 9 & Ren 3 (damp), Pai Ci (along ST meridian on the lower limbs- needle every cun ),

LI 4, 11 (heat)

- digestion- Ren 12, Nei Ting

Spleen Stomach deficiency

muscle atrophy

Acupuncture - foot Yangming , Pai Ci , Hua Tou Jia Ji , Ren 6, SP 6, 9

Liver Kidney deficiency

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Acupuncture - foot Shaoyin , Yangming , Hua Tou Jia Ji , Pai Ci (upper and lower limbs), Wei Ci (around troubled area), Ren 4, SP 6, KI 3, BL 23

Blood Stasis

neuropathy (Heart attack recovery)

Acupuncture - Hua Tou Jia Ji , local points, Ren 6, SP 6, 10, BL 40

Alternative Treatment Methods

electrical - intermittent or alternating frequency, must see muscle twitch

7 star - BL meridian

injections - B1, B12