🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Low back pain is a common clinical symptom caused by injuries to the bones and soft tissues of the waist due to various reasons, primarily characterized by waist pain and restricted movement.
Main Points: Ah-Shi Points
1. Cold-Damp Low Back Pain
【Diagnostic Criteria】Heavy, persistent waist pain radiating to the buttocks, limited mobility, worsening during damp or rainy weather; white greasy tongue coating, deep slow pulse.
【Prescription】Mingmen (GV4), Dachangshu (BL25), Yinlingquan (SP9), Weizhong (BL40)
2. Damp-Heat Low Back Pain
【Diagnostic Criteria】Waist pain with a burning sensation, worse in hot or rainy weather, relieved by activity; short, red urine; yellow greasy tongue coating, slippery rapid or taut rapid pulse.
【Prescription】Yinlingquan (SP9), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Weizhong (BL40)
3. Blood Stasis Low Back Pain
【Diagnostic Criteria】History of waist trauma, sharp stabbing pain localized and tender to touch, worse at night, limited turning and twisting; dark purple tongue or ecchymosis, deep sluggish pulse.
【Prescription】Mingmen (GV4), Weizhong (BL40), Geshu (BL17), Xuehai (SP10)
4. Kidney Deficiency Low Back Pain
【Diagnostic Criteria】Aching low back pain, prefers rubbing and pressing, recurrent episodes worsened by fatigue; weak knees, cold hands and feet if yang deficiency, cold pain in waist, back, and lower abdomen, fatigue and shortness of breath if yang deficiency; five palms heat, dry mouth and throat, insomnia, forgetfulness, tinnitus if yin deficiency; pale tongue, fine deep pulse if yang deficiency; tender red tongue, fine wiry rapid pulse if yin deficiency.
【Prescription】Shenshu (BL23), Taixi (KI3), Yaoyangguan (GV3), Weizhong (BL40)
Kidney Yang Deficiency: Guanyuan (CV4), Qihai (CV6)
Kidney Yin Deficiency: Juegu (GB39), Zhaohai (KI6)
Other Therapies:
Auricular Acupressure: Lumbar Vertebrae, Sacral Vertebrae, Kidney, Shenmen
Head Acupuncture: Points: Lower Limb Sensory Area, Foot Motor Area. Method: Insert 1.5-inch filiform needle subcutaneously, rotate for 1–2 minutes, then apply electroacupuncture. During treatment, instruct patient to move the waist.