Trigger thumb

[Guest guest]

dianne,

 

acupuncture is effective, however you need lots of treatment. i was treated for

this condition last year.

 

maria kuriloff

long island acupuncture center

new york

usa

 

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" Dianne Darcy, LAc. " <aromaticacupuncture

Friday, December 17, 2004 7:46 pm

Trigger thumb

 

>

>

> Have a client with a " trigger " thumb: numbness and iintermittent

> lack of

> ability to flex thumb's most distal joint. Is acu effective for

> this?????

>

>

> THANKS!

>

>

>

> Dianne Darcy

[Guest guest]

I had a patient with this on his right thumb. He has already had the

other thumb and a finger on the other hand operated on. He is a

diabetic. Anyway, I was trained in treating on constitutional type, 5E

training and was rather new out of school. So I did just that - I

cleared " Demons treatment " , Aggressive Energy , checked akabanes, and

then treated on his consitutional factor which I saw as the " Metal

element " . So I was treating him on the LU and LI meridans, command

points and body points. His trigger finger cleared up right away. Now

this is a 5E protocol and I also landed on the LU LI merdians -so that

is where I would focus to get to that trigger thumb. Dr. Tan also

recommends PC 3 on same side as pain (never used this). You could also

put a needle in the web of the thumb, gently of course.

 

Anne

 

 

Dianne Darcy, LAc. wrote:

 

>

> Have a client with a " trigger " thumb: numbness and iintermittent lack of

> ability to flex thumb's most distal joint. Is acu effective for

> this?????

>

>

>

> THANKS!

>

>

>

> Dianne Darcy

[Guest guest]

Darcy:

Have a client with a " trigger " thumb

>

Think Metal

 

numbness

>

Cold, Damp, both

 

intermittent lack of ability to flex thumb's most distal joint

>

LV oppressing Wood

 

intermittent

>

basic situation is in a flux, good sign

 

Interim pattern:

Constrained Metal oppressing Wood on seasonal or cyclical basis

or qwhen Emotions cause qi to wax and wane

 

To refine:

Mother SP is not very mother-like

Or HT is doing an Aggressor.

 

More the latter.

 

Suggest:

Don't be in a hurry to resolve thumb condition, it's a valuable marker to a

deeper

illness. If you fix it, one may never know what was wrong in the first

place.

 

Thumb fine, baby out with the bathwater.

 

I am betting on HT doing a number on LU. One may find a gratifying mitral

stenosis at birth, or an occasiona murmur, or marks on tongue and ear.

 

Nan Ching makes HT in this case the Destroyer Evil.

Makes sense.

 

If you do find an underlying Fire problem, then treat only that, preferably

with

horary windows.

 

Best to use a bi-elemental approach,

a. tone HT with a Mother point to Fire which is " open "

b. reduce LI [not LU] with a Son point to Metal which is " open "

 

The thumb will straighten out in the first session.

 

Moral of the story: allay symptoms without ever directly treating these.

 

Regards

Dr. Holmes Keikobad

MB BS DPH Ret. DIP AC NCCAOM LIC AC CO & AZ

www.acu-free.com - 15 CEUS by video.

NCCAOM reviewed. Approved in CA & most states.

[Guest guest]

Hmmmmm....

Yin Qiao? KD 6 Lu 7?

 

It has been known before to be related to thumb pain, perhaps more so if

bilaterally involved.

Best wishes,

 

 

homi kaikobad [aryaone]

Sunday, 19 December 2004 1:11 AM

Chinese Medicine

Re: Trigger thumb

 

 

 

Darcy:

Have a client with a " trigger " thumb

>

Think Metal

 

numbness

>

Cold, Damp, both

 

intermittent lack of ability to flex thumb's most distal joint

>

LV oppressing Wood

 

intermittent

>

basic situation is in a flux, good sign

 

Interim pattern:

Constrained Metal oppressing Wood on seasonal or cyclical basis

or qwhen Emotions cause qi to wax and wane

 

To refine:

Mother SP is not very mother-like

Or HT is doing an Aggressor.

 

More the latter.

 

Suggest:

Don't be in a hurry to resolve thumb condition, it's a valuable marker to

a

deeper

illness. If you fix it, one may never know what was wrong in the first

place.

 

Thumb fine, baby out with the bathwater.

 

I am betting on HT doing a number on LU. One may find a gratifying mitral

stenosis at birth, or an occasiona murmur, or marks on tongue and ear.

 

Nan Ching makes HT in this case the Destroyer Evil.

Makes sense.

 

If you do find an underlying Fire problem, then treat only that,

preferably

with

horary windows.

 

Best to use a bi-elemental approach,

a. tone HT with a Mother point to Fire which is " open "

b. reduce LI [not LU] with a Son point to Metal which is " open "

 

The thumb will straighten out in the first session.

 

Moral of the story: allay symptoms without ever directly treating these.

 

Regards

Dr. Holmes Keikobad

MB BS DPH Ret. DIP AC NCCAOM LIC AC CO & AZ

www.acu-free.com - 15 CEUS by video.

NCCAOM reviewed. Approved in CA & most states.

[Guest guest]

Someone emailed me personally and asked me how I was coming along with

healing of my trigger thumb, so I will post. I originally posted what I was

using

for it, etc.

 

Swelling is completely down. I have use of thumb now. I am desparately trying

to stop thumb from locking up, where I have to push back into place. This is

intermittent, and the thumb does not stay locked at all times.

 

I am more determined not to have mega doses of cortisone as was suggested and

possible surgery. I was an OR nurse and know the surgery is uneventful, but I

also know people that have had the surgery that have nerve damage and no use

of their hand, and I had visitors during the past holiday, where he had the

surgery and 1 year later the finger that was operated on locks more than before

as does the finger next to it, which he never had a problem with.

 

Soooooo, I am still giving it my best. I have copied all emails where people

were so kind to give me suggestions and I am open to any at this point .

 

Diane M