Table of Contents 1 Pinyin 2 English Reference 3 Annotation 4 References Attachment: 1 Acupuncture points for numbness of the hands and feet 2 Formulas for numbness of the hands and feet 3 Proprietary Chinese medicines for numbness of the hands and feet 4 Medicines for numbness of the hands and feet 5 Ancient books for numbness of the hands and feet 1 Pinyin

shǒu zú má mù

2 English Reference

deadlimb [Langdao Chinese-English Dictionary]

chiral and pedal numbness [Xiangya Medical Dictionary]

3 Notes

Numbness of the hands and feet is the name of the symptom[1]. Numbness of the limbs is an alternative name [1]. Danxi Xinfa, Volume 4: "Those with numbness of the hands and feet are characterized by qi deficiency; those with numbness of the hands and feet are characterized by damp phlegm and dead blood."

See numbness of the limbs: numbness of the limbs is the name of the symptom [2]. It refers to the self-conscious numbness and discomfort in the hands and feet [2]. See Shou Shi Bao Yuan (寿世保元) Volume V. Also known as numbness of the hands and feet [2]. Mostly due to the four end of the qi and blood is not full, Rongwei can not be blocked, or both cold and damp, phlegm and blood stagnation meridian caused [2]. Ancient and modern medical cases according to the numbness ":" numbness lies in the hands and feet, to the four end of the road far gas discouragement, the Wei line is slow and difficult to also, so hemp is not wood, must belong to the gas is weak, or else wind and phlegm. Where the pulse is floating and soft or large and weak, gas deficiency; floating and slippery pulse, press the non-decaying, wind and phlegm. If numbness, there is cold and dampness, accumulated phlegm, dead blood of the difference, the pulse has sunken late slippery solid and sunken and hollow points carry on." Treatment is based on tonifying qi and blood. For those with wind-cold, first use gui fu; for those with phlegm-dampness, add qiangwu, duhuo, gui zhi, etc., as appropriate; for those with blood stasis, add peach kernel, licorice, safflower, etc., as appropriate; for those with dampness-phlegm, blood stasis, it is appropriate to use double-healing soup; for those with stagnation of qi and collaterals, it is appropriate to use open-junction-tendon soup; for those with cold-wind palsy and inability to extend the foot, add duhuo parasitical soup; for those with numbness of the legs and feet, as if they were hot and hot, use sanmiao pills; for those whose numbness of the arm is a result of qi deficiency, add tonifying zhongzhong If the numbness of the arm belongs to qi deficiency, tonify the middle, add sangzhi, turmeric, etc. [2]. Literature has in the hand more with wind-dampness, in the foot more with cold-dampness said [2].

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