A woman in her 60s complained of pain in the left chest and headaches. Also, she had a valvular disease of the heart - one valve was depressed for very many years. I thought the depressed valve raised the chest pain and headache. So, the Tonifying Status of the Heart Channel was used on the …
A migraine
A 47 year-old barber had migraine and it broke out around three o'clock in the afternoon every day. He took medication prescribed by the doctor but it was not helpful, and so he had to go home every day around two o'clock because he was not able to work once the migraine came. The Tonifying …
Principles Behind the Acupuncture Treatment of Neuropathy
Neuropathy is experienced as impaired sensation, movement, gland, or organ function due to nerve damage. These symptoms may be chronic or acute in nature and can examined in three categories. Motor neuropathy can caused impaired balance or coordination due to muscle weakness. Sensory neuropathy may cause numbness to touch, vibration, temperature change, and pain. Automatic neuropathy …
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Principles Behind the Acupuncture Treatment of Amyloidosis
Primary Amyloidosis is the condition where amyloids are built up in the organs and tissues. However, from the viewpoint of Asian medicine, I concluded amyloidosis to be a hardening of the organs and tissues. Hardening is caused by the action of Metal (Yangming) energy (Qi) in the human body–in the same way that all things …
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