Everything is excess, loud, anger, violent, laughing – phlegm fire blocking the heart cavities Phlegm Fire attacking Mind Doesn’t eat, doesn’t sleep, violent, red complexion T red, yellow greasy coat, P wiry, slippery, big P T purge liver fire, eliminate phlegm and calm heart Acupuncture- DU meridian, foot jue yin meridian, Du 26, PC 8, […]
Acupuncture
Hypochondriac pain
One or both sides of the torso have pain. Western medicine – hepatitis, Gallbladder pleura infections, intercostals neuralgia (more common in women) TCM – controlled by Liver (Qi stagnation, emotions), may also be caused by injury or Blood Stasis, Damp/Heat i.e. jaundice, poor diet, or Liver Yin deficiency. Excess Liver Qi stagnation, Blood Stasis, Damp/Heat P/T – […]
Acupuncture for headaches during pregnancy
It is fairly common during pregnancy to experience headaches. This is true regardless of whether or not you were prone to headaches before you fell pregnant. Your hormone levels are flooding, your blood flow is being shunted from its regular course to the developing contents of your uterus, and your overall blood volume is increasing. […]
Facial Paralysis
Mostly affects young adults, acute, usually one side of the face is effected, can’t close eye, or mouth, causes tearing and drooling. May be accompanied by pain before attack (around GB 12 SJ 17 +/-), front 2/3 of tongue loses taste sensation, hearing may become sensitive. Wind/Cold or Wind/Heat When body is weak the meridians are empty, […]
Gallbladder pain
Western medicine – gallstones, parasites blocking bile duct, inflammation (cholecystitis), bile duct tumors TCM – emotional stresses cause Liver Gallbladder Qi stagnation, stones are caused by Damp/Heat or Phlegm. Caused by western diet, anger attacks, extreme hunger causes parasites to move and cause pain, drastic weather changes can also induce pain. The upper right quadrant of the abdomen becomes […]
Headache – Tou Feng
Certain area or whole head pain that can correspond to many characteristics, lasting minutes to months. Caused by both internal and external pathogenic factors. Western Medicine- neurovascular, high blood pressure External Pathogenic invasion P/T – treat the same as common cold except factor in location differences. Acupuncture – vertex: Du 20, LR 2, BL 7, frontal: Du 23, ST 8, 43, occipital: […]