November 22, 2011
44 year-old Annette is a cleaner. She had pain all over her body for 10 years. None of the various medications she'd tried could give her any relief. Two months ago she went to see a consultant and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. The new medication she had been taking since then made her put 2 stones of weight on, which really upset her. She still had pain in the back, hips, arms and feet. She felt tired and cold, and had bad sleep. For over a year, her periods had been very irregular and very heavy, accompanied with abdominal pain. Her tongue had a white greasy coating and teeth marks on the edge. Her pulse felt deep and weak at the chi position. Her back was very sensitive to touch. I believed the nature of her condition was Kidney yang deficiency and congested blood circulation. Annette didn't have a positive attitude about her problem and wasn't keen on trying any alternative treatment. It was her boyfriend who pushed her to see me. I applied acupuncture on her back and legs. To her surprise, the pain was already easier when she got off the couch. When came back the following week, she hardly had any pain in the back, though her arms and left foot were still achy. I was also told she just had a period, which was exactly a month after the last one, and without any pain in the tummy. Obviously the acupuncture worked much better than any medications she had taken. But unexpectedly, before the third session of acupuncture, Annette's daughter phoned me to cancel the appointment for her, briefly saying that her mum felt under the weather because of problems in her life. Annette never turned up again since then.
Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Nervous system
November 16, 2011
35-year-old Lisa had endometriosis since she was 20. She
received two operations and hormone treatment in the past but none of them helped much. Her periods were always delayed and very heavy, and the blood
was dark and clotty. The pain in her lower abdomen and back would start from
the middle of the menstrual cycle and get worse two days before the period. The
pain was so intense and pain killers didn't work. She always felt
headachy, sick and lethargic, and also had bloating stomach, cons...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Reproductive system
November 14, 2011
Valery is a 58-year-old housewife. She had a sciatic pain on and off for about 12 years, and x-ray showed a slipped disc in her lower spine. A few months ago she had a fall, which made the pain a lot worse, even walking became a problem. The pain was from the lower back through the left thigh all the way down to her left foot. When she first came to my clinic, climbing up the stairs was a real struggle. After the first session of acupuncture, she could already walk better and climb up the sta...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Nervous system
November 9, 2011
22 year-old Holly had a rash on her face for a month. It all started when she was having holiday in Canada. In the past she had occasionally had some itchy patches on her elbows and left leg, but never on her face. Now her cheeks and forehead were covered with some pinkish rash, and the skin looked flaky. Her face felt hot and itchy. She didn't know whether it was the food or something in the air in Canada caused it. She'd been to see doctors both in Canada and back in England and tried diffe...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Dermatology
November 8, 2011
80-year-old Mrs Young had painful knees for about 10 years. X-ray showed both her knees had osteoarthritis. She'd tried different medications, but the pain gradually got worse, even spread to her calves and shins. She'd become so annoyed because she started to have difficulty with walking properly. Due to degeneration, both her knee joints looked bulging. At first she was very reluctant to come for acupuncture because she couldn't understand how it works. It was her husband who benefited from...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Muscular-skeletal system
November 3, 2011
Karen, a 38 year-old estate agent, had intermittent palpitations for a number of years. Though sometimes she could feel the fast and irregular heartbeat herself, no obvious heart problems had been caught by the Electrocardiograph examination. The palpitations often came when she felt tired and stressed, and was accompanied with short breath, hot flushes and lethargy. She had a lot of night sweats which could be so bad that she had to change her pajamas and bed sheets. The left side of her bac...
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Posted by Peng Zhang. Posted In : Circulatory system
