Logout 📊 Admin
🏠 Home

← All Conditions

Excessive Vaginal Discharge

How Chinese medicine differentiates excessive vaginal discharge into the four patterns you'll actually meet in practice, and the points for each. Distinct from this site's Leukorrhea, Abnormal Vaginal Discharge and Yellow Vaginal Discharge pages. Acupuncture only — no herbs.

This page is educational, for practitioners and students — it is not a diagnostic tool and does not replace a proper in-person assessment. Discharge that is foul-smelling, green, blood-tinged or accompanied by pelvic pain, fever or itching needs a medical check for infection first. Post-menopausal bleeding always needs investigation.
General Acupuncture Points

Acupuncture points traditionally used for excessive vaginal discharge — 3 key points, used across the patterns below rather than tied to just one.

PointKey action
SP-6Strengthens the Spleen. Resolves Dampness. Promotes the function of the Liver and the smooth flow of Liver-Qi.
REN-3Resolves Dampness from the Lower Burner. Promotes the Bladder function of Qi transformation. Benefits the Uterus and regulates menstruation.
G.B.-26Resolves Dampness in the Lower Burner. Regulates the Girdle Vessel and the Uterus.
The Four Patterns

↑ reinforcing   ↓ reducing   ⊥ even method.

1. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness

Clinical manifestations: Profuse, thin, white or pale-yellow, mucus-like discharge; fatigue; poor appetite; loose stools; bloating after eating; sallow complexion.
Tongue: Pale, swollen, tooth-marked, white greasy coat. Pulse: Soggy and slow, weak at the right middle position.
Treatment principle: Strengthens Spleen Qi, drains Dampness and lifts Yang to prevent downward sinking.
G.B.-26 ⊥ BL-20 ↑ ST-36 ↑ SP-6 ↑
Note: moxa is appropriate. Mixed Deficiency/Excess. No deck slide combines Spleen deficiency with Dampness — no pattern link is given here.

2. Kidney Yang Deficiency View full pattern →

Clinical manifestations: Profuse, clear, watery, odourless discharge; lower-back and knee soreness; coldness throughout the body; frequent night-time urination; pale or dark complexion.
Tongue: Pale, puffy, tooth-marked, wet white coat. Pulse: Deep, slow and weak, especially at the rear position.
Treatment principle: Warms and tonifies Kidney Yang, restores fluid transformation and consolidates the Ren and Dai vessels.
BL-23 ↑ DU-4 ↑ REN-4 ↑ G.B.-26 ⊥
Note: moxa is strongly indicated.

3. Damp-Heat in the Lower Burner View full pattern →

Clinical manifestations: Thick yellow or greenish discharge with a foul odour; burning vaginal or urinary sensation; dark scanty urine; lower abdominal heaviness.
Tongue: Red, thick yellow greasy coat, thickest at the root. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat, drains Dampness and secures the Ren and Dai vessels.
REN-3 ↓ BL-32 ↓ LIV-2 ↓ SP-9 ↓
Note: no moxa. Routed to this site's Damp-Heat-in-the-Liver slide, per the genital Damp-Heat convention.

4. Toxic-Heat Stagnation

Clinical manifestations: Greenish-yellow, pus-like discharge with a foul fishy or rotten odour; lower abdominal pain; fever; bitter taste; restlessness and irritability.
Tongue: Deep red or crimson, thick dry yellow coat. Pulse: Rapid and forceful, often slippery.
Treatment principle: Clears Heat toxin, resolves inflammation, cools the Blood and drains Dampness from the Lower Burner.
REN-3 ↓ BL-32 ↓ LIV-2 ↓ L.I.-11 ↓
Note: Needs medical review (possible pelvic infection). no moxa. This site's decks have no standalone Toxic-Heat slide, confirmed absent many times — no pattern link is given here.
Related conditions
Leukorrhea Abnormal Vaginal Discharge Yellow Vaginal Discharge

Spot an error, or have more to add? Send it to admin on WhatsApp and it'll be corrected/added here.

Acupuncture-only reference — structure adapted (not text) from how other condition-lookup sites organize this kind of content. Let us know what to add or change.