what is stomach excess

40 yr old female (healthy looking) patient came in because of her stomach issues. she says for a couple of yrs she suffers from indigestion. often she experiences acid and belching abdominal distention after meals. her appetite is good. ("too good" she says)

other s/s: fatigue, palpitation, numbness in left hand (CTS), slightly constipated, insomnia

to sedate ST, acupuncture points are

LI1 ST 45 - GB 41 ST 43 +

Formula: Ping Wei San

food stagnation for 4 wks

30 yr old male patient came due to indigestion since he had 3 slices of greasy pizza 4 wk ago.

s/s: stomache distention, nausea, no appetite, passing gas, belching, loose stool, abdominal pain when st is bloated. tenderness around ren 14 and 12. slightly worse with stress

Herbs: banxia 8 g, fu ling 4 g, chen pi 6g, ginger. gan cao 3 g (er chen tang) + chuan xiong 6 g, cang zhu 4 g, mai ya 2 g, shen qu 2 g, shan zha 3 g, bai zhu 4 g

patient says he feels hungry after 3 doses.

(i was going to needle SP 4 but patient was afraid of needles. )

tingling sensation in left hand (fingers)

70 yr old patient came due to tingling sensation in left fingers (all but thumb) for months.
I did exams for neck issues all came out negative.
she has incontinence for yrs and her eyes tears excessively when she is exposed to wind.
(these are kidney signs--BINGO)

tx: Shin Guan (master tong) numbness--about 60% better after one tx.
(perhaps I should also try to tonify KD)

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

chronic pain and stiffness in neck

neck pain is very common. most people have pain or stiffness in their neck... due to work over use of computer etc.

40 yr old patient came a few weeks ago complaining of chronic neck pain and stiffness. she says
she uses computer all day and her pain is worse towards the end of her work day.

s/s: anxiety, palpitation, history of depression, positive tenderness in gb 21 and si 11, ASCENDING COLD SENSATION AT NIGHT FROM AROUND T12 TO HEAD ALONG UB CHANNEL B/L, indigestion (distension after meal)

tx: SI3 GB 41 + for 3 wks without any success

then focusing on the ascending coldness, did UB 60 + 2 wks

she experineces no pain after 2 sessions.

(Yu YIN) lots problems stem out from Phlegm damp issues

Seasonal Allergy

it is the season. Lots of patients are calling and coming to get some relief from this yrs seasonal allergy sypmtoms. most of them have sneezing itchiness in eyes and throat, sinus congestion runny nose and so on.

some patients' symptoms get worse with cold air from air conditioners.
(Si ma points are effectieve or Treat it like cold in Lung)
Herbs: xiao qing long tang is good

if symptoms are triggered by pollen and dust
Modified Bu zhong yi qi tang seems to help along with acupuncture tx.

some of our patients received about 6 sessions (2x wk for 3 wks) prior to this allergy season
with si ma points. they just experience moderate symptoms such as slight congestion even when the pollen level is really high like this week.