Guest guest Posted October 5, 2004 Report Share Posted October 5, 2004 Anyone had any luck treating allergic rhinitis with TCM (acupuncture/herbs)? So far, I've seen only mediocre results with herbs, better with diet changes, none with acupuncture. E.g. I have a patient who is allergic to mold, lives in a house with mold in the walls, and becomes useless with sneezing every time it rains. This guy, btw, eats almost no sugar, drinks only occasionally, almost no dairy, very healthy and vigorous, etc. I've worked on damp and wind-cold with him for 8 months, and he's fine except in his house when it's damp. Anyone have real results, and not just theory? I'm asking in general, and not about this specific case. Benjamin Hawes, MAOM, Lic. Ac., CORTEZ FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE 1430 E. Main Street, Suite #4 Cortez, CO 81321 (970) 565-0230 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2004 Report Share Posted October 5, 2004 Benjamin, The best success I have had for allergies is hypnosis. I recently treated a woman who had been given progressively stronger pharmaceutical treatments for her allergies, and was now using steroidal inhalers several times a day. After a single hypnosis session, she was able to stop using the inhalers, and was symptom free within 48 hours. I have a whole hypnosis protocol that I have developed with a psychologist I trained with. I am planning on releasing a CD in the near future (just waiting on studio time) to help people with allergies. - Mark On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 09:50, Benjamin Hawes wrote: > Anyone had any luck treating allergic rhinitis with TCM (acupuncture/herbs)? > So far, I've seen only mediocre results with herbs, better with diet > changes, none with acupuncture. E.g. I have a patient who is allergic to > mold, lives in a house with mold in the walls, and becomes useless with > sneezing every time it rains. This guy, btw, eats almost no sugar, drinks > only occasionally, almost no dairy, very healthy and vigorous, etc. I've > worked on damp and wind-cold with him for 8 months, and he's fine except in > his house when it's damp. Anyone have real results, and not just theory? I'm > asking in general, and not about this specific case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2004 Report Share Posted October 5, 2004 Hi, Benjamin, Herbs, ear pts, AP w/cupping navel and back shu points (all along thorasic) have worked well for my patients. Also, when the mold isn't as prolific, have him come a weekly for a month and work on him, plus tonifing herbs. If he's in a moldy environment and can't fix it, he probably won't be able to overcome it. There should be a way to clear out the mold one would think. Like taking apart the wall and spraying it with mold killer. We live in OR and had to do that with an older house several years ago. So far, so good! Hope this helps. Pam Price > > Anyone had any luck treating allergic rhinitis with TCM (acupuncture/herbs)? > So far, I've seen only mediocre results with herbs, better with diet > changes, none with acupuncture. E.g. I have a patient who is allergic to > mold, lives in a house with mold in the walls, and becomes useless with > sneezing every time it rains. This guy, btw, eats almost no sugar, drinks > only occasionally, almost no dairy, very healthy and vigorous, etc. I've > worked on damp and wind-cold with him for 8 months, and he's fine except in > his house when it's damp. Anyone have real results, and not just theory? I'm > asking in general, and not about this specific case. > > > Benjamin Hawes, MAOM, Lic. Ac., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Hi Benjamin, I notice you have been concentrating on treating the excess (damp, wind-cold etc.) so I am sure how much you are treating the root of such conditions. Allergies are usually predominately deficient conditions (root) but the signs and symptoms of attacks are obviously excess (branch). Allergic rhinitis for example should be addressed in two stages....acute and chronic. Treatment for acute stages usually concentrates on addressing the excess (wind-cold, damp etc. while supporting the interior) according to patients presentation. Treatment between acute attacks should be aimed more at strengthening the Spleen, Lung and Kidney depending on patients overall presentation with formula's based around yu ping feng san, shen ling bai zhu tang and jin shen qi wan etc. with appropriate modifications based on presence of damp, phlegm or any other complicating patterns. A patients usual condition between attacks is predominately one of deficiency so this is what needs addressing to prevent recurrence of attacks. Depending upon the patient, this deficiency may be predominately one of deficient wei qi (Lung), general qi deficiency (Spleen xu usually with some dampness) or Kidney deficiency. I have found that the Lung and Spleen deficiency with dampness are usually involved in allergies such as allergic rhinitis, often with an underlying complication of kidney involvement. Treating the acute presentation (symptom relief) will probably never really help the patients overall condition or reduce the severity and frequency of acute episodes. Treating the root is what will really help the patient in the long-run. I hope this is useful to you. Best Wishes, Steve On 06/10/2004, at 2:50 AM, Benjamin Hawes wrote: > > Anyone had any luck treating allergic rhinitis with TCM > (acupuncture/herbs)? > So far, I've seen only mediocre results with herbs, better with diet > changes, none with acupuncture. E.g. I have a patient who is allergic > to > mold, lives in a house with mold in the walls, and becomes useless with > sneezing every time it rains. This guy, btw, eats almost no sugar, > drinks > only occasionally, almost no dairy, very healthy and vigorous, etc. > I've > worked on damp and wind-cold with him for 8 months, and he's fine > except in > his house when it's damp. Anyone have real results, and not just > theory? I'm > asking in general, and not about this specific case. > > > Benjamin Hawes, MAOM, Lic. Ac., > Director > > CORTEZ FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE > 1430 E. Main Street, Suite #4 > Cortez, CO 81321 > (970) 565-0230 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Benjamin Hawes wrote: > Anyone had any luck treating allergic rhinitis with TCM (acupuncture/herbs)? > So far, I've seen only mediocre results with herbs, better with diet > changes, none with acupuncture. E.g. I have a patient who is allergic to > mold, lives in a house with mold in the walls, and becomes useless with Hi Benjamin! This is not TCM but if it were my patient I would tell him to have the mold removed and get a dehumidifier. Regards, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 _____ Benjamin Hawes [ben_laura] Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:50 AM Chinese Medicine allergies: does TCM really work? Anyone had any luck treating allergic rhinitis with TCM (acupuncture/herbs)? So far, I've seen only mediocre results with herbs, better with diet changes, none with acupuncture. E.g. I have a patient who is allergic to mold, lives in a house with mold in the walls, and becomes useless with sneezing every time it rains. This guy, btw, eats almost no sugar, drinks only occasionally, almost no dairy, very healthy and vigorous, etc. I've worked on damp and wind-cold with him for 8 months, and he's fine except in his house when it's damp. Anyone have real results, and not just theory? I'm asking in general, and not about this specific case. [Jason] I treat tons of allergic rhinitis and have good results with herbs and acu. -Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Hi John > Try Kiiko's protocol for Aller. Rhints. John Garbarini Could you describe it briefly? Best regards, Email: < WORK : Teagasc, c/o 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland Mobile: 353-; [in the Republic: 0] HOME : 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0] WWW : http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/searchap.htm Chinese Proverb: " Man who says it can't be done, should not interrupt man doing it " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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