Friday, June 11, 2010

sciatica for 2 yrs (hernicated disc at L5 S1 level)

40 yr old female cc low back pain for 2 yrs

ss: auto accident yrs ago, upon palpation du and hou tou point at L5 and S1 are painful. radiation across low back, painful hip both sides upon pressure, worse pain after sitting for a while, pain gets worse with standing and sitting for a long period of time other ss are negative.

tx: zou gu and gb 30 opposite side

after tx, no more radiating pain and walking is fine.

SPASMS IN CALF FOR YRS

40 yr old female cc pain and muscle spasms in calf for yrs (right calf)

ss: heavy body type, warm hands and feet, palpatations, anxiety, nausea and stomach acid, no other indigestion problems, urination and defication are fine, insomnia

tx gb 43 + li 1-

herbs wen dan tang

James Jung L Ac
http://www.medicalholistics.com/

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

frequent gas for 6 yrs

30 yr old female cc frequent gas and low abdomen distention for yrs

ss: thin body type, no cold or warm signs, no thirst, frequent gas for yrs smelly at times, low abdomen distention, slight indigestion at time (upon palpation, ren 14 12 6 4 areas are tender esp, ren 4 6) insomnia, pain in ren 14 12 area with indigestion, no st acid, no palpitation, sl itchy ears, so anxiety or stress, no red eyes, dizzy (when stand up )at times, no bruise easily, skin problems eczema, good or perhaps excessive appetite (she never gets full)

tx: li 1 st 45 -

ren 12 14 area get 100 % better ren 4 6 area about 30 % better

herbs ping wei san

excessive sweating for yrs

29 yr old female cc excessive sweating for yrs.

anxiety stress (student) fatigue better with exercise, palpitation, constipation with stress, sweaty hands and feet and arm pit with anxiety, thiry for cold drinks, body always hot, likes cold temp, red eyes, going to gym 4 x wk

she wants to fix her sweating problem

tx ht 7 sp 3- ht 8 + (all right side)

after 15 min sweating is less on left side

herbs: modified dao chi san

ht excess heat

Reynaud's disease/fibromyalgia for yrs

40 yr old female. cc. pain in upper back and Reynaud's disease for yrs

s/s: cold hands and feet, insomnia, palpitation, sweaty (slight) hands and feet with anxiety, frequent passing gas, frequent urination, neck pain and upper back pain and spasms at times, anxiety and stress, thin body type and skin looks like it doesnt have moisture or oil... looks very dry, anxiety and nervous look.

indigestion problems cold hands and feet bloating after meal, no st distention, low appetite, ren 14 and ren 12 ren 4 6 pain when pressed, itchy ears and skin, borborygmus, loose stool, viginal discharge think sl yellow, slightly dark circles around eyes

tx lv 1 sp 1- ht 8 and sp2 + (ub 66-)

herbs modified er chen tang

after 2 wks of herbs and 3 treatments of acupunture

patient states her sleep and palpition digestion raynoids and pain and itchiness borborygmus along with vaginal discharge improved significantly.

strange knee pain for 6 months

67 yr old female cc. right knee pain for 6 months.

s/s: knee pain worse with cold damp weather. palpitation, heavy body type, no cold hands or feet. upon palpation, liver channel is painful from lv 8 and along right thigh liver channel. slight sleeping issues. slight dizziness (sit to stand) no digestion problems slight frequent urination

first kd 10 - (to tonify ht) no change.

then LV2 + to dry damp no change

asked "did you have a lot of stress for the last 6 months or 6 months ago when you started having this knee pain?"
patient says yes.

LV 2 -

60 % of pain is gone. then when she stood up she said pain is a lot less.

palpation !!!