Hives
Hives, also known as Urticaria in Western medicine. In Traditional Chinese medicine it is called "rubella" and "hidden rash", commonly known as "ghost rice pimple" or "rubella". Urticaria, caused by various reasons, is a kind of skin mucous membrane reactive disease, and is characterized by the hidden, edged, clear, red or white pruritus wheals. Its clinical symptoms are often first itchy skin, then the wheals, showing bright red, pale and skin color. A few cases are only edematous erythema. The attack time of wheals with different sizes and forms are irregular. The wheal is gradually spreads and mixes together. Because of dermal papillary edema, the epidermal follicle is hollow. The wheal lasts for several minutes to several hours, and can fade away within a few days without leaving a trace. It can happen repeatedly or in batches, more often at nightfall. The causes of urticaria are complex, with about three-quarters of patients unable to find a cause, especially chronic urticarial (CU).
Bl 15 Xin Shu
(Heart Shu)
Location
at the level of the depression inferior to the spinous process Th5, 1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline
Bl 19 Dan Shu
(Gall Bladder Shu)
Location
at the level of the depression inferior to the spinous process Th10, 1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline
Bl 23 Shen Shu
(Kidney Shu)
Location
at the level of the depression inferior to the spinous process L2, 1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline
GB 20 Feng Chi
(Wind Pool)
Location
below the occipital bone at the level of Du 16, in the depression between the start of the sternocleido- mastoid process and the trapezius muscle
LI 11 Qu Chi
(Pool at the Crook)
Location
with elbow bent to 90 degrees, between the lateral end of the cubital crease and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus
Sp 10 Xue Hai
(Sea of Blood)
Location
with the patient's knee flexed, 2 cun proximal to the medial superior border of the patella on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle
Sp 6 San Yin Jiao
(Three Yin Intersection)
Location
3 cun proximal to the prominence of the medial malleolus, dorsal to the medial crest of the tibia
St 36 Zu San Li
(Leg Three Miles)
Location
3 cun inferior to St 35, one middle fingerbreadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia, at the level of the distal edge of the tuberosity of the tibia
LI 4 He Gu
(Joining Valley)
Location
on the dorsum of the hand, to the side of the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone, in the adductor pollicis muscle
