March 27, 2012
I met Mrs Howard when I was working in a GP's surgery in Carlisle in 2002. This 67-year-old lady had had trigeminal neuralgia for 3 months and been seeing her doctor at the surgery. She was having a sharp pain in her right jaw and it was so bad that any touch to the inside or outside of her mouth could trigger it. Eating, drinking, brushing teeth and washing face were all agony even cold wind could make it worse. As the strong pain killers prescribed by the doctor weren't helping much, she decided to give acupuncture a try. I chose two points in her face and one in her right hand and applied electro-acupuncture. I was told the following week that after the first session the pain was dramatically reduced more than 50%. Then every follow-up session gave her further relief. After four weekly sessions of acupuncture, Mrs Howard's facial pain had gone completely. Two years later when a journalist was writing an article for the local paper about me and Chinese medicine, I contacted Mrs Howard and asked if she was happy to be interviewed as one of my patients, she consented immediately and told me she had been fine since the treatment.
Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Nervous system
January 6, 2012
Angela started having a bad cough one and a half years ago. She also had breathlessness and often brought up phlegm. The symptoms were worse when she went upstairs or rushed around. These made 35 year-old her feel like an old lady. X-ray and blood tests didn't show anything positive so the doctor couldn’t make a diagnosis. She had been given antibiotics and several other medications, which didn’t help. Recently she had been trying homeopathic remedy and it didn’t seem to be helpful eith...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Respiratory system
December 6, 2011
79 year-old Jean got out of bed one morning with a terrible pain from the right hip down to her right knee and shin. It came without any reason and was so intense that she could hardly move. She went to see the doctor and was asked to take 16 tablets each day. Unfortunately she felt sick, dizzy and sleepy after taking them, and the pain didn't get any better. She had been in agony for 3 weeks before coming to my clinic. It was her daughter who benefitted from my treatment in the past persuade...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Nervous system
November 29, 2011
UK media Daily Mail published an article today titled as "Chinese medicine
could double the chances of childless couples conceiving".
Please click the link to read the article online:
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Herbal medicine
November 24, 2011
52-year-old secretary Melanie came to see me in 2004 with a pain in her left achilles tendon (achillodynia). She got it without known reason, and it had lasted for 10 months. The pain was constant and even bothering her at night. She was going on holiday soon and desperate to get some relief. I inserted 4 needles in her calf and ankle, and also used moxabustion. After the first treatment, she felt a relief instantly and had 4 good days before the pain came back again but a lot less. After the...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Muscular-skeletal system
November 23, 2011
Ian, a 39 year-old ecologist, had recurrent joint pain without any reason for half a year. The pain moved round and could be in any joints such as hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, hips and knees, sometimes accompanied with swelling. The bottom of his feet also hurt, and his body felt cold easily. He had been to see specialists and was diagnosed with "palindromic rheumatism" - a form of an autoimmune disorder with unknown cause. Ian became very depressed when he found out this was a tricky co...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Immune system
