arthritis in knee for yrs

40 yr old female came to my office due to chronic left knee pain due to osteo-arthritis for years. Her knee feels hot to touch and swollen all the time. she experiences the worst pain when she is walking up and down the stairs.

other signs and symptoms
palpitation upon stress, insomina, abdomenial distention, gas and bloating in stomach, anxiety and stress, stomach acid, psoriasis in right knee and leg, good appetite

tx: tong shin tong tian acupuncture points (along St line)

after 30 min patient states she has less pain and she can flex her knee about 30% more.

often knee pain is due to anxiety and stress. in her case Heart Meridian is affected.

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

mortons neuroma II

50 yr old female came due to pain in her left foot for 1 year. she says this pain comes and goes but recently it got worse. no other s/s but she is a ST/SP deficient type patient.

upon palpation pain is located on the plantar side of her left foot (at the level of UB 65) between the little and #4 toe.

after needling Wu Hu # 3 pain is still the same. upon palpation tenderness was found around Ren 12 area.

then St 41 + and GB 41 - stomach pain (Rent 12) was gone along with her foot pain.

it seems Wu Hu #3 didn't work because there was stagnation in the stamach (ren 12 area)
this is why (i think) classic text books like the Treasure of Eastern Medicine advises to treat the food stagnation first if it is present. this case is interesting because I have treated a numerous foot pain cases due to morton's neuroma using Wu Hu #3 alone.


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

Arthritis in toes for 1 year

50 yr old male came to my office due to moderate pain in right toes for about 1 year. he says this pain started after wearing a tight shoes about 1 yr ago. since then pain never went away.

pain is 3 out of 10 (where 10 is the worst pain) and pain is located # 2 3 4 toes in his right foot and is worse when he is walking.

treatment: local jing well points (bled) then needled opposite side Wuhu # 3 4 for 40 min. pain went down significantly.

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

SCM pain for a few weeks

(SCM is Sternocleidomastoid muscle as shown in the picture.)

30 year old female patient came to my office due to pain in her neck for a few weeks. she works as a therapist and uses her upper limbs a lot at work. pain is sharp and constant and worse after work.

Pain is located on the left side of her neck near GB 20 (that is located at the base of the skull or posterior hair line) and pain radiates down to her left SCM. upon palpation, the whole left side of her neck was painful.

she also suffers from joint pain (shoulder and elbows) insomnia (waking up frequently at night) anxiety palpitation but no urination or defication problems. she is slightly over-weight. digestion is fine except for nausea at times.

treatment GB 43 with tonification method (left side) Pain in the neck including SCM disappeared after 15 minutes.

i told her Gall Bladder meridian has problems due to her anxiety and she agreed she has lots of anxiety issues.

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

Severe Headache for 2 days (behind eyes)

"Can you help me?" was the first thing she told me. She suffers from an acute headache for two days along with nausea. Pain is sharp and is located right behind her right eye. She tells me she never had this type of headache before and adds she has been under so much stress for the last few days.

When her stomach is pressed she felt pain around Ren 14 and 12 (abdomen). she also has some insomnia (difficult to fall asleep) palpitation, itchiness around right eye, dry mouth and recently redness in both eyes.

In addition she suffers from chronic constipation (going only 2-3x a week.) her energy is low and so as her voice tone.

Treatment:

first SP 3 with reducing method (left side) --> nausea is gone. then LV 1 with reducing method --> headache slightly improves finally LV 2 with reducing method along with KD 10 with tonificaion method (Kd 10 added because she later adds she has some dizziness when she quickly gets up from sitting position and night blindness) headache totally GONE!!!


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