The genital area is the anterior Yin part. The anus remains part Yin but is in the posterior part. It has a relationship with Kidney (controls sphincters), Bladder (channel outlines the anus) and with Large Intestine (its posterior opening), Governing Vessel.

Prolapse ani

Tired person, with diarrhea. Does not feel relief after expelling stools. Has dizziness. It is a picture of Spleen-Qi sinking with Yang deficiency in general. The channels of Kidney, Liver and Spleen cannot ascend Qi. Sometimes occurs in elderly, people with weak constitution, women after childbirth, people with chronic diarrhea or dysentery.

Treatment

• GV-20 ascends Yang, GV-1, SP-6, CV-4, GV-4, GV-6, CV-8 moxa if has diarrhea, BL-57.

Haemorrhoids

It is damp-heat. The main problem is pain, cannot sit. People who sit for long periods and eat spicy, hot, smoked food. Stools are dry, sometimes bleeds, there may be fistula (heat, dampness with wind and dryness), infection.

Treatment

• BL-57, BL-58 luo if chronic
• BL-60 jing-river, fire, drains heat
• GV-1, LR-3, KI-7 tonifies Kidney
• Auricular therapy gives even better results than acupuncture.

Bloody stools

• If the blood is black, the hemorrhage is in the upper pathways of the digestive system (Stomach, esophagus).
• Red blood: hemorrhage in the intestine. Heat in Large Intestine. Usually due to heat in blood due to inadequate diet.

Ling Shu: Yang blood vessels affected, blood exits externally. Yin blood vessels (luo) affected, blood exits internally.

• If when going to the bathroom blood comes out first and then stools: the blood is more externalized, close to the rectum. Possibly haemorrhoids
• If stools come out first and then blood: the bleeding is more interior (for example colon cancer, ulcerative colitis...)

Treatment

BL-57, GV-1 local point, BL-25 shu of Large Intestine, BL-17 blood, LR-3, KI-7, SP-3 treats SP/ST conflicts