The Acupuncture Treatment of Poor Vision
Chief Complaint: poor vision
Medical History: Patient was losing vision that could not be corrected with eye glasses. He was finally diagnosed after 3 years by a specialist at the Casey Eye Institute at the Univ. of Oregon Health Sciences Center. This disease is extremely rare and involves a type of hardening and twisting of the the eye. There is no treatment in Western medicine for this disease.
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Tags: Acupuncture, vision · Posted in: EENT
The Chinese Medicine Treatment of Epigastric Pain
Chief complaint Epigastric pain for a few months. John, 28-year old, male.
Medical History The patient has had for more than one year. Two months ago, the patient had severe epiagstric pain and visited his regular doctor and had his liver checked. The result showed that the functions of the liver were normal, but HBsAg was ++. He has had eaten some Chinese herbs for regulation of the spleen and stomach functions and got better, but he still has epigastric pain when ever he stops taking the herbs.
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Tags: Acupuncture, Chinese, epigastric pain · Posted in: Digestive
The Chinese Medicine Treatment of Dizziness
Chief complaint Dizziness for one week.
Medical History Emily, 36-year old, female. The patient has had edema which is more severe in the lower legs for one year. Three months ago, the patient visited her regular doctor and did a few refine checkup. She has glomerulonephritis and the urinary protein: +++, urinary red blood cell: 150. She has taken wilfordine for more than one month and gotten much better. The urinary protein: +, urinary red blood cell account: 50.
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Tags: Acupuncture, Chinese, dizziness · Posted in: EENT, Metabolic, Neurological
The Acupuncture Treatment of Stiff, Sore Neck, Whiplash
Chief Complaint: stiff, sore neck
Western Diagnosis: whiplash injury
Medical History: health, exercise, diet excellent
Questioning exam: pain front and back of neck, some aching down into shoulders,
Pulse exam: pulse wiry, shoulders and neck muscles in spasm
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Tags: Acupuncture, Channel, whiplash · Posted in: Musculo-Skeletal
The Acupuncture Treatment of Panic Attacks
Chief complaint Panic Attacks
Relevant Medical History This is a generally healthy 32 year old female recently moved here from Italy. She ate a well balanced diet, was not overweight, excersized, and had a normal blood pressure. Over the past three months before she came in she had been experiencing panic attacks that mimicked a heart attack. They would come on suddenly at night, waking her from her sleep. She would wake with a pounding heart, and pain in her chest radiating down her left arm. She had rushed to the emergency room a few times, each time they found no physical abnormality, and no risk to her heart. The frequency of attacks was increasing, from one or two a month to almost every night the week before she came to see me.
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Tags: Acupuncture, panic attacks · Posted in: Well-Being
The Treatment of Senile Tremors with Tradititional East Asian Medicine
Chief Complaint: Senile Tremor
by Fei Xiao, TCMD, L.Ac.
Amy, 74 year-old, paid her first visit on March 20, 2000, complained of shaking of both arms and hands.
She noticed shaking of hands one year ago, which has been progressing slowly. Her head started shaking six months ago. The shaking is usually aggravated by stress and emotional disturbance. She also has frequent urination, particularly at night. In average, she got up 3-4 times a night. She is slightly constipated. Other symptoms include lower back pain and fatigue.
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Tags: Acupuncture, tremors · Posted in: Neurological
The Treatment of Bi Syndrome “Knee Arthritis” with Acupuncture
Chief Complaint: Bi Syndrome “Knee Arthritis”
A female patient age 60 yr old with chief complaint of right knee pain deteriorating over a period of 2 years ,the pain is localized in the right knee accompanied by heaviness sensation, worse with cold and partially alleviated by warm compresses.
Over the period of two years and after seeking medical advice the patient had several modalities of treatment none of them could stop the progress of the pain. The x-ray film revealed osteo arthritic changes of the knee joint together with marked osteoporosis,so the treatment was composed of different forms of non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs “NSAID” together with Vit B 12 injection ,calcium supplement tablets and local anti inflammatory creams, gels, with nutritional advice because of her overweight.
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Tags: Acupuncture, arthritis, Channel · Posted in: Musculo-Skeletal
The Treatment of Facial Muscle Spasms with Acupuncture
Chief Complaint: Facial Muscle Spasms
Age: 51
Sex: F
98/09/15
Symptoms The patient has had face muscle spasm and ticks for one year; It gets worse in the Summer; She feels numbness on the face; Has dream-disturbed sleep and if she doesn急 sleep well thick is worse; Has loose stools (once a day); After defecation feels anus prolapse; Poor appetite; Quick temper, has high blood pressure for ten years. Tongue: purplish, white coating.
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Tags: Acupuncture, facial paralysis · Posted in: Neurological
The Treatment of Cholecystitis
Chief Complaint: Cholecystitis
Age: 50
Sex: F
98/09/23
Symptoms Seventeen years ago, the patient had a surgery and removed the gallbladder; Every year she has 2-3 attacks in the hypochondrium region (upper); She has had a dull pain for one week radiating to the back, without nausea and vomiting; The urine is yellow; Yesterday she had fever; She has a gall stone in the duct, which has 0.9 cm; Normal appetite, digestion and bowels. Tongue: purple, red sides, thick yellow coating.
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Tags: Acupuncture, Cholecystitis · Posted in: Hepatic
The Treatment of Facial Paralysis with Acupuncture
Chief Complaint: Facial Paralysis
Age: 47
Sex: F
98/09/04
SymptomsTick and deviation of the mouth after a quarrel with her mother-in-law, a week ago; A little high blood pressure, on the first consultation; Dizziness and headache; Pain on the healthy side (usually pain and contraction on the sick side, near the ear); Peripheral facial paralysis (she can’t close the right eye); Normal appetite, digestion, urine and bowels. Tongue: purple with purple spots, normal coating.
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Tags: Acupuncture, facial paralysis · Posted in: Neurological
