Guest guest Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 HI folks. I got this case in my hands and thought to benefit from your experience, if you would be so kind as to advise me. Patient is male, 27. He has, basically, red, very itchy rashes all over his body. The worst areas are the arms where, at the elbows, there are larger red scabby areas that constantly drips clear, non-odorous liquid. Patient states that he's been " immune to cold " since he was a kid. Had a bad attack of the same pattern about 3 years ago, controlled with homeopathy+allopathic treatment. Both crisis coincided with periods of great anxiety and changes in his life. Eating mostly hot (red meat, bread, french fries etc) food. LI working only every 2-3 days. Pulses all fast, Stomach and GB tense and thin, Heart showing yin deficiency. I advised him to change his diet at once and referred him to a specialist in TCM dietetics, of wich I know only the basics. After eight sessions of acupuncture and dietary change the vivid red colour had subdued, becoming more rosy/purplish on the one hand, but the spots seemed to spread to the chest area. The dripping on the right arm ceased, but on the left remained unchanged. The itching diminished at first, then came back. It's important to notice that at about the time we begun treatment, weather has suddenly become unseasonably cold in Rio. We haven't had any winter temps below 20 Celsius (lol!) for the past three years and now it's 13 Celsius. The weekend this cold front came in, the patiend had an intense attack of fever with diarrhoea, wich subsided with antibiotics (prescribed in a hurry by his uncle, MD) after 2 days (of course he stuck to the full 7 -day treatment). He right now has a more normal body temperature, and is feeing some cold, much to the amazement of his familiars, the itching has somewhat subsided but on cold weather his skin usually itches, even outside the rash areas. I tought to cool blood and expel wind, using such points as fengmen, fengchi, shenmai, siguan (hegu/taichong) weizhong (bleeding) and quchi for wind and xuehai, sanyinjiao, geshu, xinshu, jueyin shu and ying-spring points to nourish and cool blood and treat heat in the whole body. Also fenglong, qiuxu and jianshi to resolve damp. I'd much appreciate your comments. Thank ya all. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 hi daniel, i will pass on what i have found to be useful & my experience. see if it helps. firstly i believe this person has heat - false heat. which is why he is displaying qualities of false heat. i expect he will have some or all the following - frequency of urination, not drinking enough water, feeling cold, likes hot showers, is eating hot food. if he ate salads he would start feeling cold. try some of these things for starters. 1. let him drink water every morning at elast 1-1.5 litres all at once. as much as he can tolerate. this will create some chilly feeling, lots of urination, & a good flush of his colon.this must be done for at elast 2 weeks. by the time the bowel movts become regular after a few days, he will start to show changes in his skin. beside i think he must be drinking very little water during the day. give some moxa on CV8, & St.36.needle & moxa. see if that changes his cold status & also the weeping. as he gets better, he will start to enjoy the general food & not need his hot food that he is presently enjoying. he should get on to a vegetarian diet without meat, eggs, chicken. lets see how he progresses. good luck & keep us posted. you may wish to contact me on my private line anand --- Daniel Luz <danielluzacupuntura wrote: > HI folks. I got this case in my hands and thought to > benefit from your > experience, if you would be so kind as to advise me. > Patient is male, 27. He > has, basically, red, very itchy rashes all over his > body. The worst areas > are the arms where, at the elbows, there are larger > red scabby areas that > constantly drips clear, non-odorous liquid. Patient > states that he's been > " immune to cold " since he was a kid. Had a bad > attack of the same pattern > about 3 years ago, controlled with > homeopathy+allopathic treatment. Both > crisis coincided with periods of great anxiety and > changes in his life. > Eating mostly hot (red meat, bread, french fries > etc) food. LI working only > every 2-3 days. Pulses all fast, Stomach and GB > tense and thin, Heart > showing yin deficiency. > > I advised him to change his diet at once and > referred him to a specialist > in TCM dietetics, of wich I know only the basics. > After eight sessions of acupuncture and dietary > change the vivid red colour > had subdued, becoming more rosy/purplish on the one > hand, but the spots > seemed to spread to the chest area. The dripping on > the right arm ceased, > but on the left remained unchanged. The itching > diminished at first, then > came back. It's important to notice that at about > the time we begun > treatment, weather has suddenly become unseasonably > cold in Rio. We haven't > had any winter temps below 20 Celsius (lol!) for the > past three years and > now it's 13 Celsius. The weekend this cold front > came in, the patiend had an > intense attack of fever with diarrhoea, wich > subsided with antibiotics > (prescribed in a hurry by his uncle, MD) after 2 > days (of course he stuck to > the full 7 -day treatment). He right now has a more > normal body temperature, > and is feeing some cold, much to the amazement of > his familiars, the itching > has somewhat subsided but on cold weather his skin > usually itches, even > outside the rash areas. > > I tought to cool blood and expel wind, using such > points as fengmen, > fengchi, shenmai, siguan (hegu/taichong) weizhong > (bleeding) and quchi for > wind and xuehai, sanyinjiao, geshu, xinshu, jueyin > shu and ying-spring > points to nourish and cool blood and treat heat in > the whole body. Also > fenglong, qiuxu and jianshi to resolve damp. I'd > much appreciate your > comments. > > Thank ya all. > Daniel > > > > > > ===== Anand Bapat Pain Management Specialist Sports Injury Specialist Blacktown, Parramatta, Punchbowl, & Hammondville 0402 472 897 ______________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Messenger http://uk.messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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