Mumps and Chinese Medicine

Epidemic toxic heat invasion blocking the Shao Yang meridian causing high fever, irritability, headache, mandible swelling with swollen glands accompanied by pain, most common in winter and spring.

Fever will last for 2 days before swelling pain starts, usually lasting 1-2 weeks

Chinese Medicine Differentiation and Treatment of Mumps 

Wind Heat - first stage - swelling mandible region

Principle of Treatment – expel Wind-Heat, dissolve hardness

Acupuncture points – hand Shaoyang, foot Yangming, SJ 17, Stomach 6, SJ 5, Large Intestine 4 - Heat- Du 14, Large Intestine 11, Lung 11, Large Intestine 1)

Herbal Formula: Chai Hu Ge Gen Tang

Toxic Heat Stagnation - second stage - high fever with local area hard, swollen and painful  

Principle of Treatment – clear Heat, detox, soften hardness

Acupuncture points – Du 14, Large Intestine 11, SJ 3, Large Intestine 4, SJ 17, Stomach 6, Gall bladder 4 - headache- Stomach 8, taiyang - sore throat- Lung 11 and Large Intestine 1 (bleed)

Herbal Formula: Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin T

oxic Heat Invading External Genitals - abdominal/testicular pain

Principle of Treatment – purge Liver Gallbladder Heat, promote blood circulation

Acupuncture points – foot Jueyin and Shaoyang, Liver 1, Gall bladder 41 and Liver 8 (jueyin Heat), Stomach 29, 30 - fever- Large Intestine 11, Du 14, Pericardium 9

Herbal Formula: Long Dan Xie Gan Tang

Toxic Heat invades the Heart and Liver possible convulsions

Acupuncture points – Du 26, Jing-well (bleed), Pericardium 8, 9, Kidney

External application for Mumps - Qing Dai Powder + Vinegar + H2O = Thin paste applied to local area  

Prevention of Mumps - Ban Lan Gen, Da Qing Ye

Alternative Treatment Methods for Mumps 

Ear Acupuncture- face, cheek, subcortex, apex, bleed painful points Deng Xin Cao- direct  

Moxa technique on SJ 20