discoid LUPUS

45 yr old female patient came to my clinic due to discoid lupus for yrs.

She says she is under a lot of stress and it (scarring on her face) worsens before menstruation. Her face is red and about 60% of her face is affected by lupus. Patient also has ingestion-gas and bloating in her stomach without constipation.

other signs and symptoms: good appetite, slightly heavy, swollen eye lids (lower is worse)
occasional SOB and asthma like chest congestion.

tx: acupuncture and massage therapy using Liver and lung meridian (LV 1 and LU 8)

after 2 treatments there was a noticable change (about 10% improvement)

since the progress was relatively slow, yi bae acupuncture point was added bilaterally. (normally this point is bled. only 2-3 drops of blood)

then the following week there was about 30% improvement.

James Jung L Ac
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Breast Cancer

30 yr old female patient came in for moderate pain in right chest rib flank area after the removal of her right breast due to cancer 1 yr ago.

patient is thin and under lots of anxiety and stress. she suffers from fatigue and severe insomnia. at times she experiences left side hypochondriac pain. though she says her digestion is normal, she had pain and tenderness along Ren from 15 down to 3. (all located in the abdomen)

other signs and symptoms: palpitation, occasional vivid dreams, frequent urination-once every 1-2 hours, she gets up to urinate at lease once every night.

treatment: GB 41 + (right side) then SJ 5 (left side)

after 30 min of treatment, she felt no pain in her abdomen upon palpation. all pain was gone and she could breath deeper.

James Jung L Ac
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spasm in calf muscle for a few days

30 yr old female came to the office seeking a treatment for pain and spasms in her calves. she states that she had too much exercises over the weekend and after that this pain/spasms in calves started.

she received massage on both legs with aroma oil then got acupuncture on Dan points.

pain/spasms were gone when this treatment was done.

James Jung L Ac
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Tendonitis in elbow

25 yr old female patient with acute elbow pain came to my office. She does massage for a living and there is sharp pain and clicking in right elbow which is worse after work.

pain is located along SJ SI LI channels. according to master Tung, Lung 5 can be used for tendonitis. SI 6 through SJ 5 can also be used but based on my experience it does not work well for elbows compared to other points.

1st point, LU 5

patient tells me her elbow feels lighter (about 20%)

2nd point, CeSanli then patient feels about 50% more better

then LI 11 on the opposite side for pain around LI 11.

Tendonitis is not easy to treat. Compared to other modalities, acupuncture works well to reduce inflammation. In acute cases patients need to come in 1-4 treatments.

James Jung L Ac
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Pain in neck for 6 months

50 yr old female patient came to my office due to severe pain in neck for 6 months. According to her pain started after a series of dentist visits.

She has lots of stress at work and chronic indigestion problems (gas and bloating in the stomach)
Her body is thin. She suffers from chronic fatigue along with cold hands and feet. Due to her neck pain she has difficulty rotating her neck side to side and up and down.

Other signs/symptoms are dry lips, whole body ache with cold weather, frequent urination during the day.

Diagnosis: Spleen SI deficiency

Treatment: Liver 1 Spleen 1 reducing tech.

Pain disappeared completely after 1 treatment.

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