Wind-Cold-Damp Bi

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风寒湿痹 (Fēng Hán Shī Bì)

Channel / Bi / Wei

Tongue

Pale, white coat

Pulse

Tight, soggy, or wiry

Key Symptoms

Joint or muscle pain worse with cold and dampLimited rangeWind-Bi: pain that movesCold-Bi: severe fixed pain better with heatDamp-Bi: heavy, swollen, fixed

Overview

Painful obstruction from Wind, Cold, and Damp. Subtype by which factor dominates.

Differentiate from

  • Heat Bi (red hot swollen joints)

Treatment Principle

Expel Wind; scatter Cold; resolve Damp; unblock the channels.

Representative formulas. Juan Bi Tang; Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang when Kidney and Blood are also weak; Xiao Huo Luo Dan for stubborn cold-phlegm in the channels.

Representative points. Local points plus LI-4, SJ-5, GB-31, SP-9, BL-12; moxa for Cold-Bi.

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