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Qing Feng Gan Ke effective for cough
A Chinese herbal formula called Qing Feng Gan Ke granule has been shown to be effective in treating post-infectious cough ...
Treatment of Meniere's disease
Author
Heiko Lade
Patient
Female aged 55
Symptoms
This particular patient was referred by another acupuncturist who didn't use herbs and had not obtained any results using acupuncture alone. Technically she did not have Meniere's syndrome but certainly wind phlegm was active.
She presented to me with the biomedical diagnosis of stibulitis (inner ear infection ) .There was a history of dizziness ...
Menopause syndrome case history
Author
Jean Song
Patient
Female, age 55
Symptoms
Ten months since her last period, feeling disorientation, vexation, agitation and irascibility. Overwhelmed with melancholy and unease in the chest. Suffering from hot flushes, insomnia and often alarmed by nightmares; difficult defecation.
Diagnosis
Weak and slightly iregular pulse; white tongue fur, slimy at the root and red in colour.
Pattern Id ...
Acupuncture treatment of chronic idiopathic pelvic pain
Author
Jennie Longbottom BSc. MCSP, SRP
Background
AS is a 40-year-old woman, with an extensive history of chronic, idiopathic, pelvic pain, severe around ovulation and subsiding to a lesser degree some ten days after. She has been investigated by a number of gynaecologists, undergone several exploratory laparotomies, all results being inconclusive as to diagnosis and prognosis. She was recently ...
Treatment of twin complicated foetal malpresentation
Author
Reuven Barak
Introduction
A 35 old multipara contacted me asking if i could help her with the malpresentation of the twins she was carrying in her belly.Sha was in the 36th week of her pregnancy, carrying twins in separate amniotic sacks.Twin no. 1, the female, was well sited in breech position. Twin no. 2, the male was high in head position. The situation is known as "locked twins" making ...
A case of severe depression and agarophobia treated by acupuncture
Author
Carmen Ciarcia-Catalano
Case history
L.K. is a 65 yr old divorced female who lives with her 30 yr old son. She complains of depression and emotional issues since 2005. She is presently being treated by a medical doctor for a thyroid condition. She is a nonsmoker and denies alcohol consumption, but admits to wanting a drink to help her get through her day. She uses marijuana to aid her depre ...
One case of fallopian tube obstruction
Patient
Female: 31 years
Introduction
Hysterosalpingography showed both fallopian tubes blocked at both ends with signs of hydrosalpinx. No prospect of successful surgery was ofered. No sign of current infection. Had prolonged pelvic inflammatory disease in 1991 with long-term pain following. Generally few current symptoms. Some signs of mild Liver fire (red tongue sides and premenstrual irritabil ...
Acupuncture improves sleep for psychiatric patients
A small study from Hong Kong has found that acupuncture may improve sleep quality in elderly patients with dementia.
A serendipitous treatment of cerebral palsy with TCM
Joseph Balensi
In the initial phase of a NIH funded study (Grant #P50 AT00008-03) at the University of Arizona Pediatrics Department acupuncture was used on several children with cerebral palsy. The hypothesis of the study was that acupuncture would reduce muscle hypertonicity in children with cerebral palsy. In the course of administering acupuncture the writer was reminded that needles are only ...
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