Treating different conditions simultaneously

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Hi folks,

I have a patient who is coming in for neck pain, which I have

diagnosed as Wind Cold Damp Bi. She also exhibits signs of Damp

Heat in the Lower Jiao - recurring itching of the labia (always in

the same spot, and continuous thick, creamy-colored vaginal

discharge.

My qustion is can these be treated simultaneously herbally? Will

the Wind Cold Damp Bi herbs (if I guide them to the Du channel

using, say, gao ben) go to the neck, and the clear Damp Heat herbs

go to the Lower Jiao (if I guide them using, say, huang bai)? Or

will the different temperatures of the herbs just cancel each other

out, and I'd be better off treating the pain solely with acu and

moxa, and the itching with herbs?

Tongue is dusky pink and slightly toothmarked, dirty yellow coat at

the root (patient also brushes tongue). Pulse is thin and slighly

wiry, 70BPM.

 

Also, another case - is it possible to drain and astringe at the

same time? For instance using the draining herbs from jin gui shen

qi wan and adding wu wei zi and jin ying zi to astringe Lu Qi and

address chronic post nasal drip?

Thanks,

Elijah