Low back pain — TCM
Belongs to: tcmB — moderate
- Purpose
- Tonify the Kidneys, activate the Bladder channel, relieve pain.
- Diagnosis
- Kidney deficiency, qi and blood stagnation, wind-cold-damp.
- Symptoms
- Chronic or acute low back pain.
- Treatment order
- Acute: GV26 or BL40 first while moving the back; chronic: BL23 with moxibustion.
- Technique
- Needling, moxibustion, cupping on the lumbar region, EA.
- Frequency
- Twice a week, 8–12 sessions.