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What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treats each person as a whole. TCM recognizes the connection between body and mind and how the body and the mind affect and ultimately, transform each other. TCM can help conquer almost any illness or disease. The TCM diagnosis identifies the specific “pattern of disharmony” in the patient, which is often the root or cause of the problem. Every person has a distinct pattern. If several patients have the same illness, i.e. migraine headaches, the reasons behind the headaches are unique to each patient. TCM and Western medicine can work cooperatively as TCM creates an environment for quicker and accelerated healing. In China, it is common to seek TCM care after a major trauma (such as an automobile accident) to restore the body’s balance and rejuvenate the mind. A core component of TCM is called vital energy (Qi). This energy flows through the body via meridians much like the way water flows through pipes. And when energy gets blocked, it can cause illness. So TCM practitioners work to unblock this energy and restore the body’s natural ability to overcome illness. TCM restores the balance by reactivating body’s own healing mechanisms. …….read more…...
Health Issues Commonly Treated by TCM
Stress Reduction: including whole body healing and increased vitality. TCM can also help you restore balance lost by emotional stress. Aesthetic care: including, Natural Face Lift, Treatment of Athletic Neck, and Cellulite Reduction. The connection between health and physical appearance is well established in TCM. Patients discover that as their health improves, they often have smoother skin, fewer wrinkles, or thicker hair. Chronic Medical Problems: including migraine headaches, neck, shoulder, and back pain, sciatica, TMJ disorder, fibromyalgia, arthritis, neuropathy, insomnia, women’s health issues, sinus problems, and asthma. Everyday health problems: low energy, heartburn, acid reflux, allergies, flu or common colds. It may also prevent more serious diseases from developing. Special treatments: can aid quitting smoking, losing weight and wrinkle removal or reduction.
Other Natural Modalities That May Be Used Electro-Acupuncture: Small electric pulses sent through the needle Cupping: Glass jars used to release toxins from the muscle and enhance circulation...read more... Moxibustion: Where “moxa” herb is placed on the end of a needle and burned to release the essential oil for certain therapeutic purposes….read more... Ear candling: Ear candling is used primarily for cleaning the ears and to promote a healthy atmosphere in the ears, sinus cavities and throat. The process can regulate pressure, assist with post nasal drip, sinusitis, catarrh, migraines, some forms of hearing loss, and restoration of equilibrium. Scraping Therapy (Gua Sha): Gua Sha is a healing techniques used in traditional medicine. It involves palpation and cutaneous stimulation in which the skin is pressed with a piece of jade, that results in the appearance of small red patches …...read more……. |
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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Women’s Health
Infertility Infertility can be treated by Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture, herbs and more) if patient has no serious physical defects and keep persistency with the treatment plan, usually, 3+ months. Form TCM prospective, there are five different types of infertilities and the TCM practitioners treat each type with a particular method and personalized herb formula. Common acupuncture points used for different types of infertilities: Infertility is diagnosed into two syndromes such as deficiency and excess: Those with kidney deficiency are treated by CV(Ren Mai) and GB(Zu Shao Yin) Meridian points to increase energy. Those with nourishing blood deficiency are treated by Back(Back Shu) and SP(Zu Tai Yin) Meridian points to increase energy. Those with liver vessel blockage are treated by LR(Zu Jue Yin) Meridian as main acupuncture point to adjust the period. Those with phlegm dampness are treated by SP(Zu Tai Yin), ST(Yang Ming) and CV(Ren Mai) Meridian points to smooth qi and adjust the period. Those with blood stasis and stagnation are treated by GB(Zu Shao Yin) and BL(Tai Yang) Meridian points to clean the stagnation.
Main Acupuncture points: CV3(Zhong Ji), SP6(San Yin Jiao), KJ(Da Chi) and SP(Di Ji) Sub-acupuncture points: BL53(Shen Shu), KI13(Qi Xue) and KI16(Zhao Hai) are For kidney deficiency BL17(Ge Shu), SP10(Xue Hai) and ST36(Zu San Li) are for blood deficiency LR3(Tai Chong), LR11(Yin Lian) and SP12(Qi Men) are for liver vessel blockage KI(Si Man), ST40(Feng Long) and SP9(Yin Ling Quan) are for phlegm dampness KI11(Qi Chong), BL53(Pao Men) and BL32(Ci Liao) are for blood stasis and stagnation Electro-acupuncture method: 1. Common acupuncture points: SP6(SaYin Jiao)RN3(, Zheng Ji), TF5(Zi Gong) and RN4(Guan Yuan) Sub-acupuncture points: SP10(Xue Hai), SP(Di Ji), ST36(Zusanli) and KI13(Sui Dao) Ear acupuncture points: CO18(Neifenmi), CA1(Luanchao), T3,2,4(YuanCao), and CO17(Sanjiao). 2. Method: Every time take 2 to 3 common acupuncture points and 1 to 2 sub-acupuncture points. After put the needles into twist the needle for half minute then connect electro-acupuncture device for 5 to 20 minutes. 2 to 3 times/week for five weeks and then 1 time/week for 7 weeks. Generally three month is a treatment circle, depending on each patient’s health condition. Chinese Herbs for different types of infertilities Kidney-Yang deficiency: No pregnancy for more than two years, blood color is light at the end of period or do not have period every month, no period, looking gloomy, backache and weak leg, sexual apathy, urine clear and long, stool is not solid, pale tongue with white fur, pulse deep and fine or deep and delay. Treatment Strategy: Warm Kidney, nourish qi, regulate and fortify Chongren meridian points. Chinese Herbs: Ginseng, Atractylodes, Peony root, Cnidium, Sunbum licorice, Angelica, Rehmannia, Eucommia, Antler Powder, Placenta, Red sage root and Cyperus.
Kidney-Ying deficiency: No pregnancy for more than two years, period is earlier and less, blood color is red but no blood clots, or period is still normal but weight loss, back pain and legs weak, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, dry mouth, upset and hot, afternoon low heat, reddish tongue, less moss and pulse breakdown. Treatment Strategy: Nourish yin, regulate blood and circulate Chongmai meridian. Chinese Herbs: Angelicae Radix, Peony root, Shude, Mountain pods meet, Ligustrum lucidum and Eclipta prostrata.
Liver Stagnation: No pregnancy for more than two years, period is uncertain and abdominal pain, period is bound and poor, period is less and color dark, small blood clots, premenstrual breast tenderness, depression, irritability, tongue is normal, or dark red and pulse week. Treatment Strategy: Smooth and expel the blockage in liver, regulate blood, balance the Shugan Jieyu, and nourishing spleen. Chinese Herbs: Angelicae Radix, Atractylodes, Peony Root, Hoelen, Moutan Radicis Cortex, Cyperus and pollen.
Phlegm: No pregnancy for more than two years, body fat builds-up, delayed period, or even amenorrhea, vaginal discharge and quality thick, face looking pale, dizziness, heart palpitation, chest tightness and pulse slippery. Treatment Strategy: Expelling phlegm dampness, smoothing qi and regulating menstruation. Chinese Herbs: Pinellia, Hoelen, Atractylodes, Cyperus, Leaven, Dried Tangerine Peel, Cnidium, and Grasleaved Sweetflag Rhizome.
Blood Stasis: No pregnancy for more than two years, menstruation post-less, period color purple dark, blood clots, or dysmenorrheal, usually lumbar pain, do not like to press when in pain, dark purple tongue with purple spots on the side of tongue, pulse fine and floating. Treatment Strategy: Circulate blood, clean blockages and adjust period. Chinese Herbs: Fennel Seed and Corydalis Combination. Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine can adjust the conditions of internal organs, improve ovarian function, promote blood circulation, adjust mood and enhance immunity, thereby the pregnancy rate can be increased. Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in the treatment of women’s infertility has significant advantages to be vigorously promoted and widely adopted.
Other Conditions May be Treated by TCM 1. Endometriosis
The symptoms of Endometriosis are similar to dysmenorrheal based on traditional Chinese medicine. Due to ectopic endometrium in action of female hormones cycle, it locally produces the hemorrhage and necrosis. In TCM, it is called “upon the blood off line and the blood coke built in lower part of the body (Xia Jiao)”. Therefore, promoting blood circulation and cleaning blockage only treat the symptoms, while nourishing liver, kidney and adjusting Chongren meridian will treat the root problems. Based on our long-term practice, by using “different pain relief drink fluids”, we focus on the blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis and smoothing qi to stop the pain. This not only can eliminate dysmenorrheal caused by endometriosis, also can treat the formation of mass produced by tissue fibrosis. By using “Assisted Reproductive Ling Tong drink liquid”, we have a very good effect in cueing infertility caused by endometriosis. By using “eliminate tumor drink” to strongly dissipate a mass and promote blood circulation, we have achieved remarkable results in treatment of adenomyosis and chocolate cyst embolism. Treatment with Acupuncture Body acupuncture: Needle CV4(Guan Yuan), CV3(Zheng Ji), LI4(Hegu), and SP6(Sanyinjiao) acupuncture points 1 time per day for 7 days, each time leaves the needles on for 20 minutes before or during menstruation. Ear press seeds: Using magnetic particles or Vaccaria Sticking on CO17(Zigong), CO18(Neifenmi) and CO12(liver) Meridian points, press multiples times daily to stimulate for the treatment of dysmenorrheal.
2. Irregular Menstruation Treatment of Irregular Menstruation is the champion of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The treatment should be focus on the patient with menstrual periods, colors, period volume, texture and the whole body’s symptoms. It can really get good therapeutic effects on the treatment of four areas such as the cold, hot, deficiency and excess. Moreover, to a lot of gynecological diseases, traditional Chinese medicine will be starting from the condition of period. Once the menstruation is reconciled, the various illnesses will be gone.
3. Habitual Miscarriage Traditional Chinese medicine refers the habitual abortion as “skid aversion”. It is caused by kidney deficiency and irregular sexual intercourse. The treatment result is remarkable by using traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture. For kidney deficiency and blood heat type, expel kidney qi, release inside heat and cool down the blood to prevent miscarriage. For spleen and kidney deficiency type, expel spleen and tonify kidney to prevent miscarriage. Clinical criteria: during miscarriage treatment, full-month recovery is required. The shortest treatment is half to one month and the longest treatment is two to three months. If the treatment is failure, the abortion is occurred.
4. Metrorrhagia Metrorrhagia is known as “uterine bleeding” in Chinese medicine, because of the kidney efficiency, blood heat, qi stagnation and blood stasis. To treat this disease, use Shihuisan, flavored Xiaoyao pills, Guipi pills, Shiquandapu pills, Jingquishenqi pills and Yougui pills. The result is unique and excellent.
5. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease If contracting this disease, the effectiveness is often poor with general anti-inflammatory pain medicine. The symptom of the disease is mainly for long-term pain of lower abdomen and waist. The pain is even worse during the menstrual period accompanied by the increase in the period volume and period extension. If use traditional Chinese medicine to smooth Qi, circulate blood, and clear away heat and toxic materials, a good effect will be granted within a short time.
6. Menopausal syndrome Many women under or over their 50th often occurs menstruation disorders, symptoms including night sweats, hot flashes, irritability, dizziness and palpitations. The modern medicine refers to as “menopausal syndrome”. While traditional Chinese medicine is based on the different symptom of patients, such as hyperactive liver-yang ascending abnormal (Gan Yang Shang Kang), flaming up of fire due to Yin deficiency and disharmony between the heart and kidney, it will receive satisfactory results by prescribing the right medicine and using the method of increasing Yang by nourishing Yin.
The treatment of menopausal syndrome by TCM mainly uses syndrome differentiation approach, depending on the symptoms to prescript medicine. The example below is for women with the three different types of syndromes.
Kidney Yin deficiency: clinical symptom shows menstrual disorders, menstrual cycle shorter or less quantity, or collapse or leakage, dizziness, ringing in the ears, sweating, waist and knee pain, heel pain, or dry skin, dry mouth, dry stool, urine less with color yellow, tongue red with less moss, pulse breakdown. Generally use Zhuo Gui pills and Re Zhi pills. If it is dry eyes use Ji Ju Di Huang pills. If it is upset, restlessness, insomnia and dreaminess, use lilies and Di Huang soup or Gan Mai and Da Zao soup and Lian Huang and Er Jiao soup. Kidney Yang deficiency: Clinical symptom shows more menstrual flow, apathetic, looking gloomy, back and waist pain, urine clear and long with many times at night, or face floating and limb swelling, thin white tongue fur, pulse deep and fine. Use You Gui pills for the treatment. Kidney Yin and Yang serious deficiency: clinical symptom shows menstrual disorders, dizziness, tinnitus, forgetfulness, lower back cold and pain, tongue pale with thin moss and pulse deep and weak. Prescription is Er Xian soup and Er Zhi pills, according to the patient ill symptom to add or subtract the commonly used medicine. If it is serious kidney deficiency, use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Qi Ju Di Huang Wan, Zhibai Di Huang Wan or Ba Wai Di Huang Wan for the treatment. If it is insomnia and irritability, use Zhu Sha An Shen Wan, Bo Zi Yang Xin Wan, Tian Wang Bu Xin Wan, An Shen An Zhi Wan. If it is depression, use Jia Wei Xiao Yao San of the proprietary Chinese medicines.
7. Acupuncture Treatment of Menopausal syndrome
Mainly take KI(Zu Shao Yin) Kidney meridian and LR(Zu Jue Yin) Liver meridian points. Main points: BL23(Shen Shu), SP6(San Yin Jiao), KI6(Tai Xi), LR3(Tai Chong), DU20(Buai Hui), RI1(Yong Quan) and KI14(Si Hai) meridian points. Acupuncture 3 to 4 points each time to reinforce and increase the energy. According to Yin and Yang affect, add or subtract the acupuncture points.
There are many acupuncture points that can be used to treat Menopausal syndrome. The commonly used ones are DU20(Bai Hui), HN3(Yen Tang), HT5(Tong Li), HT7(Shen Men), KI14(Qi Hai), RN4(Guan Yuan), SP6(San Yin Jiao), KI16(Tai Xi) and etc.
Modern clinical and experimental studies have show that acupuncture can regulate the body environment and the autonomic nervous system to produce therapeutic effects. The pathways for regulation are involved in nervous, endocrine, immune and other multi-system and multi-target. The biggest advantage by acupuncture for the treatment of climacteric syndrome can focus on each person’s different physical condition to needle on the meridian points. For example, during menopause some women with Yin deficiency will have the symptom of hyperactive liver-yang ascending abnormal and deficiency of cardiac blood. In addition to menstrual disorder, some women often accompany with dizziness, upset irritability, hot flushes, night sweats, insomnia and dreaminess, etc; while some women with ferrite Yang and kidney Yang deficiency are often caused by lack of spleen-yang and sputum qi stagnation, and accompany with abdominal distension, no appetizing, thin stool and tired. So the treatment method will be different by using the eight meridian points and needling according to the true different syndromes.
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