Case histories - Precedence

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In a case history, does one look for:

 

1. A collection of symptoms which tend belatedly to a diagnostic pattern?

2. Or a pattern which early on begins to diagnose itself?

 

Example, a case of acute Migraine:

 

Does one collate the findings,

a. Inside, Hot, Yang, Shi

b. GB channel points tender

c. Tongue red, yellow coat

d. Pulse obligingly wiry and Fast

e. Visible signs of LV Fire etc

.... and then decide Migraine and treat it as such?

 

Or,

a. Problem on Wood

b. Reports chronic Metal problems since childhood, asthma, allergies

c. Tongue and signs apart from above also confirms an older Metal problem.

d. LV Fire is the result of a Metal Offending Wood design.

.... and then treat the emergent Migraine, but also attend to the Metal root?

 

Dr. Holmes Keikobad

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

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