Hello and request for help

[Guest guest]

Hello and first thank you for letting me join your group. I have read

many of your posts and I am hoping that someone out there might have

an idea for my best friend. He has had terrible headaches for over 5

years on a daily basis. Sometimes they aren't really bad and

sometimes we are in the emergency room for hours at a time. But they

never go completely away. He also says he feels like acid or poison

is draining out of his system. I don't know what that means and

neither does anyone else I have spoken to including him. He has

stinging sensations in his whole body and cramps in his neck so bad

that they had to change needle sizes to give him a shot. We have been

to every specialist and alternative person I can think of and no one

has any ideas except to use terrible drugs to medicate him. I could

tell you much more but don't want to use too much bandwith. If anyone

has any ideas I would be glad to research anything. Thank you for

your time.

Nancy

[Guest guest]

Chinese Traditional Medicine , " nncy_stl " <n.steele wrote:

>

>I could

> tell you much more but don't want to use too much bandwith.

 

Please elaborate, and don't worry about the bandwidth. TCM looks at

the total clinical picture, and when possible treats all imbalances at

the same time.

 

Is there any weather sensitivity? Foods that aggravate it?

Constipation/ colonic inertia or mushy stools?

 

Please describe the location of the headache - back of head and neck,

sides, front, top, all over? Does the pain move around.

 

Worse in daytime or at night? Any feelings that the head is going to

cave in or explode?

 

Any hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)? Any low or high blood pressure?

 

As good as you can, please desribe his facial complexion and the color

of his tongue.

 

Does anything cause the headaches to become worse?

 

Are these migraines or cluster headaches or regular headaches?

 

What is the quality and length of his sleep like?

 

What is his urination like? Any edema?

 

Please describe any other health problems he's having.

 

I take it something like a tumor or epilepsy has been ruled out. My

personal opinion is that when chronic headaches aren't due to a tumor

or epilepsy, TCM is far superior to allopathic medicine in treating

other types of headaches. It can be tempting to keep reaching for a

bottle of aspirin - it's quick and easy - but in time this can trigger

other problems. TCM not only can clear up many types of headaches but

it also can reduce the tendency to having them. Also, in the process

of treating the underlying imbalances that are manifesting as

headaches, other manifestations of those imbalances (Roots) also clear

up.

[Guest guest]

A very important question: What is his diet and dining patterns like?

A lot of sweets and meats? Vegetables? Eating at regular times?

Eating when upset? Eating on the run? Etc.

[Guest guest]

I want to back up what Victoria said about " TCM is far superior to allopathic

medicine in treating other types of headaches. " other than epilepsy or

tumours (which I have no idea what TCM can do for them).

 

My knowledge of TCM is very limited but I can speak from experience that TCM

can greatly help a person suffering from headaches. When I was young, I never

had a headache ever. But at 20, I got my first 'aura', although no pain with

it. I had no idea at the time what it was. But after that, migraines &

headaches became a part of my life. As I grew older, the extreme severity &

vomiting abated somewhat but the frequency increased. Nothing ever tried in

36 years stopped them, only eased them temporarily. Headaches were from 2-3

times per week & some lasting 3-4 days.

 

Since I started TCM in the late spring, I can count the number of headaches

I've had & most were due to things becoming unbalanced. TCM not only stopped

my headaches but brought a inner peace to how I felt. Not that I was in

turmoil or troubled but I've been diagnosed with ADD & have always felt

'antsy' or jumpy-hyper inside. Hard for me to focus on one thing for long &

hard for me to relax. Treatment for my headaches improved my inner (or

mental/emotional) feelings as a 'side effect'. Wow. When does traditional

western medicine ever do something like this?

 

While many headaches may seem similar or identical to western medicine, the

causes of headaches according to TCM may vary & each person's treatment

depends on certain symptoms they have, as you've probably guessed from

reading Victoria's reply & her list of questions.

 

I urge you to convince your friend to seek out a qualified TCM practitioner to

be accessed. I was very skeptical at first so I know this hasn't been placebo

effect. I didn't expect anything different from any other treatments or

medications I've had. I can't speak highly enough now about TCM.

 

Judy

 

On Thursday 17 August 2006 9:19 am, nncy_stl wrote:

> Hello and first thank you for letting me join your group. I have read

> many of your posts and I am hoping that someone out there might have

> an idea for my best friend. He has had terrible headaches for over 5

> years on a daily basis. Sometimes they aren't really bad and

> sometimes we are in the emergency room for hours at a time. But they

> never go completely away. He also says he feels like acid or poison

> is draining out of his system. I don't know what that means and

> neither does anyone else I have spoken to including him. He has

> stinging sensations in his whole body and cramps in his neck so bad

> that they had to change needle sizes to give him a shot. We have been

> to every specialist and alternative person I can think of and no one

> has any ideas except to use terrible drugs to medicate him. I could

> tell you much more but don't want to use too much bandwith. If anyone

> has any ideas I would be glad to research anything. Thank you for

> your time.

> Nancy