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