Post Small Pox neuralgia recipes

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> Hi all,

>

> Recently saw a quite interesting case of a 65 year old male who

contracted small pox in January 2005 that caused pox blisters on his

left arm. He spent two weeks in a hospital isolation ward and when

discharged developed severe neuralgia in the pox-marked arm. Has

anyone ever heard of neuralgia following small pox? I am just

wondering where this fits on the common/rare scale. Thanks - Matt

Bauer

 

Hi Matt!

You might find these ideas interesting:

I recently had a 68 year old lady with nerve pains in her lower back

for 10-15 years (postherpetic neuralgia), aggravated in the evening,

dark face, depressive, sleepless, migraines, full stringy pulse, dark

tongue regular coating:

External applicaton of tiger balm helped her in the first days, xiao

yao san with some chuanxiong honghua tianma juhua like herbals cured

her.

As the energies become deficient in elder people, toxins can't be

eliminated in a proper manner, so they either reside and creep into

the luo-collaterals or scorch and damage qi and yin.

 

an abbreviated translation from expert doctors experiences:

-remaining evil travels along the jing-channels entering the luo-

collaterals, qi and blood disharmonious, constant pain

rp: modified xiaoyaosan and zuefuzhuyutang:

relax liver, regulate qi, transform stasis, stopping pain through

freeing the connecting vessels

sheng di, mu dan pi, zi cao, sheng ma, chuanxiong, bai zhi, fang

feng, qiang huo, chai hu, zhi qiao, tao ren, hong hua, dang gui

 

another opinion:

an abbreviated partial translation on snake-girdle-rash from: 'Famous

old TCM doctors experience, a collection', beijingchubanshe 1997

-in late stages fire-heat damages the yin, blocks the jing-luo, qi

stagnation and blood stasis, remaining toxins can't be cleared.

distinguish full/empty shi/xu :

-tendency towards " dampheat as the causing factor left some 'qi stagn

blood stasis'-fruit " , incessant pain, touch aggravates, pulse full

->regulate qi, transform stagnation, stop pain

rp: hou po, chen pi, qing mu xiang, yan hu suo, ru xiang, mo yao, bai

shao yao, chi shao yao, du zhong (tan), (chuan) da huang, san leng, e

zhu

-tendency towards " dampheat has vanished, but qi and yin are

damaged " , intermittent strong pain, touch reduces pain, pulse weak

->tonify qi, nourish yin, stop pain

rp: huang qi, (bai) ren shen, huang jing, gou qi zi, nu zhen zi, mu

dan pi, tu si zi, yan hu suo, ru xiang, mo yao, hou po, gan cao, che

qian zi

 

others approach via zhenganxifeng tang adding tonics,

or mod. jinyingzitang jinyingzi, yujin, zicao, yanhusuo, chaihu,

qingpi, (chao) bai shao, danggui, sigualu; dizzy: chuanxiong,

manjingzi; sight/eye problems: juhua, gouqizi, sangye; continuous

pain: wugong, quanxie (yuck)

 

I guess you get the idea.

Greetings Tay.