Guest guest Posted May 9, 2005 Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 I please need some help. I am a TCM student and I have the following case: 31 years old male. When he was 11 he had his spleen removed because of blood problems. About 7 years ago he started having the following symptoms: extreme fatigue, always tired, no energy. Constant sleep, even if he sleeps 8, 9 or ten hours a day he is still sleepy. Cronic astma. Legs feel very heavy, About once a month he has the following symptoms, as if has caught a cold.: back pain, feels like his body temperature rises, but without any fever, His nose is also blocked… He has being going for a month to a doctor, about 12 sessions. He was diagnosed with spleen which led to kidney deficiency. They are treating the following points: ST36, ST40, RM12, RM17, K3 , L9. Sometimes they do Moxa on ST36 and Su point (23) of Kidney on the back. He is also taking jin kui shen qi pian Formula. For now is is not feeling any better. Is this normal? Is this a good treatment? Many thanks! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 --- there would be a few things i would add 1. Firstly find someone to massage your back and legs at least 3 times a week Use peanut oil or a mix of 50-50 olive and peanut oil. Paying particular attention to the spine and choose someone who is sympathy with your condition. It is by no mere chance that massage has been around for thousands of years .It is effective speeds up the toxic removal process, enables blood to flow to many more capillaries and can be a major factor in your well being. We advocate massage on a weekly basis as a normal healthy practice. Here are some reported benefits of massage: Preliminary results suggested cancer patients had less pain and anxiety after receiving therapeutic massage at the James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Women who had experienced the recent death of a child were less depressed after receiving therapeutic massage, according to preliminary results of a study at the University of South Carolina Medical school students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School who were massaged before an exam showed a significant decrease in anxiety and respiratory rates. as well as a significant increase in white blood cells and natural killer cell activity, suggesting a benefit to the immune system Studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found massage beneficial in improving weight gain in HIV-exposed infants and facilitating recovery in patients who underwent abdominal surgery. At the University of Miami School of Medicine's Touch Research Institute, researchers have found that massage is helpful in decreasing blood pressure in people with hypertension, alleviating pain in migraine sufferers and improving alertness and performance in office workers. An increasing number of research studies show massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, and increases endorphins (enhancing medical treatment). Although therapeutic massage does not increase muscle strength, it can stimulate weak, inactive muscles and, thus, partially compensate for the lack of exercise and inactivity resulting from illness or injury. It also can hasten and lead to a more complete recovery from exercise or injury. Research has verified that: Office workers massaged regularly were more alert, performed better and were less stressed than those who weren't massaged. Massage therapy decreased the effects of anxiety, tension, depression, pain, and itching in burn patients. Abdominal surgery patients recovered more quickly after massage. Premature infants who were massaged gained more weight and fared better than those who weren't. Autistic children showed less erratic behavior after massage therapy. " Often times people are stressed in our culture. Stress-related disorders make up between 80-and-90 percent of the ailments that bring people to family practice physicians. What they require is someone to listen, someone to touch them, someone to care. That does not exist in modern medicine. One of the complaints heard frequently is that physicians don't touch their patients any more. Touch just isn't there. Years ago massage was a big part of nursing. There was so much care, so much touch, so much goodness conveyed through massage. Now nurses for the most part are as busy as physicians. They're writing charts, dealing with insurance notes, they're doing procedures and often there is no room for massage any more. Physical Benefits of Therapeutic Massage Massage also provides another therapeutic component largely absent in today's world: tactile stimulation, or, more simply, touch. In 1986, the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami published groundbreaking research on the effects of massage on premature babies. The preterm babies who received massage therapy showed 47% greater weight gain and six-day shorter hospital stays than the infants who were not receiving massage. But is this study evidence of what loving touch can do spiritually, or rather what massage can do on a physiological level? Regardless, babies are not the only benefactors Helps relieve stress and aids relaxation Helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness. Alleviates discomfort during pregnancy Fosters faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments; reduces pain and swelling; reduces formation of excessive scar tissue. Reduces muscle spasms. Provides greater joint flexibility and range of motion. Enhances athletic performance; Treats injuries caused during sport or work. Promotes deeper and easier breathing Improves circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids. Reduces blood pressure. Helps relieve tension-related headaches and effects of eye-strain. Enhances the health and nourishment of skin Improves posture. Strengthens the immune system. Treats musculoskeletal problems. Rehabilitation post operative Rehabilitation after injury. (Source: AMTA Mental Benefits of Massage Therapy Fosters peace of mind Promotes a relaxed state of mental alertness. Helps relieve mental stress Improves ability to monitor stress signals and respond appropriately. Enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity Emotional Benefits. Satisfies needs for caring nurturing touch Fosters a feeling of well being. Reduces levels of anxiety Creates body awareness Increases awareness of mind-body connection. Emotional Level benefits Feeling of well-being Reduced levels of anxiety Increased awareness of mind-body connection Enhanced self image A sense of being unified and in harmony 4. Ensure your diet is good raw salad once a day ideal or 5 portions vegetables or fruit daily ensure adequate protein women 60 grams day men around 70grams. Ensure you get adequate minerals all of them particularly calcium and magnesium, iron in the right proportions and combinations. See Adele Davis book lets eat right to keep fit ISBN 0046410171. A new study published in the February 15, 2005 issue of Biological Psychiatry shows that certain foods are better at treating depression than antidepressant drugs. The study found that omega-3 fatty acids and foods high in a compound called uridine were able to reduce the symptoms of depression as well as or better than three different antidepressant drugs that were tested. This research was conducted at the McLean Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard. It's very exciting to see this kind of study, because it shows yet more scientific evidence for the healing effects of food as well as the relative uselessness of prescription drugs. Based on the results of this study, it seems silly that anyone would continue to use antidepressant drugs to try to treat depression when there are simple healing foods available that do a better job. This is especially true when considering the potentially dangerous side effects of antidepressant drugs that are now coming to light, including increased risk of suicides, violent behavior, and other similar acts of aggression. Ensure adequate water intake of the order 1-2 litres per day that's right water. Blood sugar make sure you are not suffering low blood sugar as this can very quickly affect your mood. Also according to a known therapist who says that some of her patients had food intolerance's or reactions to certain foods which were a significant contributory cause of depression .when certain foods were taken out it seems immediate results were found. So it might pay you to have a test done on the relationship of your foods and you. It seems a great many benefits are obtained when you cut out foods that don't suit you. 5.Ensure your thyroid is working well – producing the correct amount of thyroxin not to much or too little. This can be an important factor we have seen underactive thyroid almost putting people in a state of comatose with brain functioning at a minimal level. 6.Ensure you do at least I hr per day some kind of voluntary work when you are able. Now this touches on a concept where by contributing something to other peoples welfare it is hoped that the universe will respond by offsetting some of the not so good things we have done. I have a whole paper devoted to this subject called karma. I will send a copy of this to you – just e-mail me. I believe that this could be a real key needing total importance in treating many ailments, Edgar cayce devoted many hours to this very topic, and there are many references to it in the bible. The wise among you will consider this very carefully 12 Spiritual healing, Reiki, find a good healer - but someone you feel an attunement with at a soul level otherwise you can have negative results making your situation worse. We are know witnessing one of the great turnings in our century where old healing practices are re-emerging such as Reiki healing, Colour healing, Seichim, Spiritual healing, Osteopathy, Massage and many others. Some of these are thousands of years old, Spiritual healing is one of those. It is exactly the same kind of energy used by Jesus in so many of his healings. Put simply Spiritual Healing, Reiki is the transference of certain energies through a channel which could be a person or an animal or even the planet, the wavelengths of this healing energy are well outside the limits of most scientific equipment but a lot of people can feel this energy . The energy in my experience has been very uplifting and beautiful which can touch and vastly influence parts of us such as the spirit or soul or our mental selves and our physical selves. It can bring a steadiness and balance and sense of well-being second to none .Its limits as to its use are in the realms of the infinite. A very simplistic analogy would be to liken it to a massive energy reservoir which can be tapped into by people and animals which act as the conduits of this energy and like wires of electricity some of which are bigger than others and so therefore big wires can transmit more energy than smaller wires. Bearing this point in mind the reader can soon appreciate that going to one healer can be vastly different than going to another as it is with so many things whether it be dentists, doctors, policeman or what have you. Spiritual Healing is natural healing energy, which is present in this universe. Spiritual healers work in many different ways to some it is the laying on of hands onto a person or animal, to others it can be sent through the power of thought. To be even in the presence of some healers can have a profound and beneficial effect on people and one wishes that there were more phil In Chinese Traditional Medicine , jason smith <trilky> wrote: > > I please need some help. I am a TCM student and I have > the following case: > > 31 years old male. When he was 11 he had his spleen > removed because of blood problems. About 7 years ago > he started having the following symptoms: extreme > fatigue, always tired, no energy. Constant sleep, even > if he sleeps 8, 9 or ten hours a day he is still > sleepy. Cronic astma. Legs feel very heavy, About once > a month he has the following symptoms, as if has > caught a cold.: back pain, feels like his body > temperature rises, but without any fever, His nose is > also blocked… > > He has being going for a month to a doctor, about 12 > sessions. He was diagnosed with spleen which led to > kidney deficiency. They are treating the following > points: ST36, ST40, RM12, RM17, K3 , L9. Sometimes > they do Moxa on ST36 and Su point (23) of Kidney on > the back. > > He is also taking jin kui shen qi pian Formula. > > For now is is not feeling any better. Is this normal? > Is this a good treatment? > > Many thanks! > > Jason > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Chinese Traditional Medicine , " pjb12345uk " <pho@n...> wrote: > --- there would be a few things i would add > 1. Firstly find someone to massage your back and legs > at least 3 times a week Where a Western trained massage therapist might rub the muscles on one's back, an Asian Bodywork Therapist would have knowledge of all the acupuncture points and their function and how to sedate or tonify if needed. If one wants to incorporate a bodywork into a therapy using acupuncture, moxa, and Chinese herbs why not seek out an Asian bodywork therapist? To find an ABT in your area <AOBTA.org> Penel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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