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Bleeding Gums (Ulcerative Gingivitis)
Heat & Fire in Stomach/Large Intestine (excess condition, acute)
Clinical Manifestations
- Swollen, red aching bleeding gums
- Fresh, bright red blood
- Bad breath, prefers cold drinks, constipation
- T: Red body, thick yellow coat
- P: Forceful and rapid
Formula
- Qing Wei San + Yu Niu Jiao + herbs to cool and activate Blood
Stomach Yin Deficiency (deficiency condition, chronic)
Clinical Manifestations
- Swollen gums with pale blood, gums not bright red, sometimes painful, sometimes not.
- T: Red with scanty coat
- P: Slippery, rapid, thready
Formula
- Yu Niu Jiao + herbs to cool and activate Blood
Kidney Yin Deficiency with Excess
Heat (associated with old age, a chronic
condition)
Clinical Manifestations
- Slight sore gums combined with loose teeth.
- Dizziness, tinnitus
- Sore back and weak knees
- T: Red body with scanty coat
- P: Thready and rapid
Formulas
- (with heat) Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan+ Gu Sui Bu and/or Xu Duan
- (without heat) You Gui Yin or Zuo Gui Yin + Gu Sui Bu and/or Xu Duan
Spleen Qi Deficiency (Spleen unable to govern blood, chronic condition)
Clinical Manifestations
- Pale gums, lips, and nails due to Blood deficiency
- Easily bruised
- T: Pale with white coat
- P: Soft, weak
Formula:
- Gui Pi Tang (#1 formula for purpura-bruising)
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