Wei Zheng (flaccidity syndrome)

Western medicine Flaccidity Syndrome 

– any disorder of the PNS that may cause weakness and/or numbness, MS, spinal and muscular disorders.

Traditional Chinese Medicine 

– flaccidity, paralysis, hemiplagia, muscular atrophy of the limbs *Treat Yangming primarily (sea of food and water, contains the most Qi and blood)

Chinese Medicine Differentiation and Treatment of Flaccidity Syndrome: 

Lung Heat damages fluids

epidemic febrile disease leads to weak limbs (meningitis, Guillian-Barre syndrome)

Acupuncture points – hand Taiyin, Yangming, Hua Tou Jia Ji according to spinal nerves, or do whole spinal column, Lung 9, Large Intestine 11, Stomach 37 - Lung dryness- Lung 7, Kidney 6

Damp/Heat invasion lower limbs get gradually weaker and weaker, numbness, heavy limbs, low Jiao Damp/Heat

Acupuncture points – foot Taiyin, Yangming, Hua Tou Jia Ji (for lower limbs of nerve branches and low Jiao organs), Spleen 9 and Ren 3 (damp), Pai Ci (along Stomach meridian on the lower limbs- needle every cun), Large Intestine 4, 11 (heat) - digestion- Ren 12, Nei Ting

Spleen Stomach deficiency muscle atrophy

Acupuncture points – foot Yangming, Pai Ci, Hua Tou Jia Ji, Ren 6, Spleen 6, 9Liver

Kidney deficiency Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Acupuncture points – foot Shaoyin, Yangming, Hua Tou Jia Ji, Pai Ci (upper and lower limbs), Wei Ci (around troubled area), Ren 4, Spleen 6, Kidney 3, Bladder 23

Blood Stasis neuropathy (Heart attack recovery)

Acupuncture points – Hua Tou Jia Ji, local points, Ren 6, Spleen 6, 10, Bladder 40

Alternative Treatment Methods for Flaccidity Syndrome:

electrical stimulation- intermittent or alternating frequency, must see muscle twitch

7 star Needling- Bladder meridian

injection therapy- B1, B12