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Urinary incontinence is the inability to control the release of urine from the bladder. It can happen to anyone, but is most common in senior people. Most bladder control problems happen when the muscles that keep the bladder closed are weak. According to the Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, the urinary incontinence is generally caused by the “Qi deficiency”. 53 year …
Migraine headache is recurrent throbbing moderate to severe pain that typically affects one side of the head. The headache is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and disturbed vision and worsen by physical activities, light, sounds, or smells. Acupuncture generally is an effective for treatment of migraine. M, Y46. Migraine since very early age. One or two times per week. Felt …
Trigeminal neuralgia is a neuropathic disorder that causes intense stabbing or electric-shock-like pain in parts of the face. The pain is caused by malfunction of the crania nerve V (trigeminal nerve), which carries sensory information from the face, to the brain and controls the muscles involved in chewing. The trigeminal nerve has three major branches: the ophthalmic nerve (V1), the …
Glaucoma refers to a group of eye conditions that lead to damage to the optic nerve. In most cases, damage is associated with increased eye pressure that might lead to progressive, irreversible loss of vision. 57 year old, female. Was diagnosed with Glaucoma in both of her eyes. It became worse in recent several months. With eye drops, the pressure …
Hiccups occur when there are spasms of the diaphragm followed by quick, noisy closings of the glottis. For persistent hiccups, treatment is needed, particularly when the cause cannot easily be identified and corrected. Male, Y55, had hiccups for more than 4 years. Hiccups occurred after breakfast until bed time. There were no hiccups during night time, including the time when …
Female, Y30, business manager. Lost baby during delivery 5 months ago. Stress and depression. Irregular menstruation (41 days). Estrogen level low. No ovulating. After 4 sessions of acupuncture treatment: Relaxed, happier, Estrogen level higher, ovulation observed. After a total of 14 sessions of acupuncture treatments in 3.5 months: No stress. No depression. Menstruation became regular. Pregnant. It was a girl! …
Case1: Female, 62 Years old. More than 3 months after L. Knee surgery. The knee was in severe pain, swollen and had a high temperature on the skin. Immediately after her first acupuncture treatment, she felt better. After just 4 treatments, the swelling was gone and she felt no pain. Additional 2 treatments were done to strengthen the results. E00366, August 14, …
A heel bone spur is actually an extra bone growth that develops on the outside of the bone at the hell. The heel spur, because it is part of the bone, typically do not cause pain. Generally, the pain generated from the heel spur is due to the soft tissue around the heel spur that gets irritated, inflamed and/or bruised. …
Female, Y60, Physical therapist. Neck pain for 30 years, worse in the last 3 years. Associated with L shoulder pain and numbness on L arm; MRI showed pathogenic changes in C5. Epidural Steroid injection reduced pain, but injections were stopped because of eye complications. 8 treatments in 2 months: Significant improvement. 30 acupuncture treatments in 6 months: Pain disappeared. 2 …
Male, Y66. Diagnosed with myeloma in Feb 2006. 2x Chemotherapy, 2x Stem cell transplant. Treatments are effective in reducing, but not eliminating cancer cells. Came to our office in Jan 2007 for treatment of neuropathy in feet and hands caused by cancer therapy. Up to now, he has had acupuncture treatment 1-2x per week, for more than 4 years. During …