Males treating mastectomy scars in females

[Guest guest]

Hi Patrick & All,

 

> There is not much possibility of infection due to acupuncture,

> especially if you are only needling distal points. Even the scar from a

> masectomy can be needled if a few months have passed. This would be

> appropriate if the person was feeling any pain along the scar line.

 

As a male practitioner sensitive to the physical and mental trauma that

females suffer if they have had mastectomy, I would be very reluctant to

even examine (not to mention needle) such scars.

 

I would ask the woman to gently but firmly probe the scar with a match-head

to locate any sensitive areas herself. I would ask her to describe any keloid /

reddened or unusual areas in the scar.

 

If I reckoned that the scar needed DIRECT Tx, I would ask the woman to

buy a TENS and tell her how and where to use it herself for 10 minutes/day

(at home).

 

As to treating mastectomy scars INDIRECTLY, I would needle Regional &

Distant Pts points from the Top Ten points for mammary area / mastopathy

- see codes 061200 & 061200a* at

http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/ad2.htm

 

Regional Pts: GB21, SI09 / SI11;

 

Distant Pts: GB41, LI04, LV03, SI01, ST36, TH05

 

I would ask the woman to use TENS at the LOCAL Pts (CV17, ST16, ST18,

SP18) herself , maybe adding CV06 (Qihai) as an energy booster.

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Greetings Phil,

Thank you for your perspective on needling a mastectomy scar. Please

educate me on

your attitude about needling Rugen (St. 18) for fibrocystic breast, breast

distention and

pain, and general breast health?

 

Chinese Medicine , " "

<

wrote:

>

> Hi Patrick & All,

>

> > There is not much possibility of infection due to acupuncture,

> > especially if you are only needling distal points. Even the scar from a

> > masectomy can be needled if a few months have passed. This would be

> > appropriate if the person was feeling any pain along the scar line.

>

> As a male practitioner sensitive to the physical and mental trauma that

> females suffer if they have had mastectomy, I would be very reluctant to

> even examine (not to mention needle) such scars.

>

> I would ask the woman to gently but firmly probe the scar with a match-head

> to locate any sensitive areas herself. I would ask her to describe any keloid

/

> reddened or unusual areas in the scar.

>

> If I reckoned that the scar needed DIRECT Tx, I would ask the woman to

> buy a TENS and tell her how and where to use it herself for 10 minutes/day

> (at home).

>

> As to treating mastectomy scars INDIRECTLY, I would needle Regional &

> Distant Pts points from the Top Ten points for mammary area / mastopathy

> - see codes 061200 & 061200a* at

> http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/ad2.htm

>

> Regional Pts: GB21, SI09 / SI11;

>

> Distant Pts: GB41, LI04, LV03, SI01, ST36, TH05

>

> I would ask the woman to use TENS at the LOCAL Pts (CV17, ST16, ST18,

> SP18) herself , maybe adding CV06 (Qihai) as an energy booster.

>

> Best regards,

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

please tell me what is mastectomy

thnk you

tanveer

 

" Patrick D. Holiman " <patrick wrote:

Greetings Phil,

Thank you for your perspective on needling a mastectomy scar. Please educate me

on

your attitude about needling Rugen (St. 18) for fibrocystic breast, breast

distention and

pain, and general breast health?

 

Chinese Medicine , " "

<

wrote:

>

> Hi Patrick & All,

>

> > There is not much possibility of infection due to acupuncture,

> > especially if you are only needling distal points. Even the scar from a

> > masectomy can be needled if a few months have passed. This would be

> > appropriate if the person was feeling any pain along the scar line.

>

> As a male practitioner sensitive to the physical and mental trauma that

> females suffer if they have had mastectomy, I would be very reluctant to

> even examine (not to mention needle) such scars.

>

> I would ask the woman to gently but firmly probe the scar with a match-head

> to locate any sensitive areas herself. I would ask her to describe any keloid

/

> reddened or unusual areas in the scar.

>

> If I reckoned that the scar needed DIRECT Tx, I would ask the woman to

> buy a TENS and tell her how and where to use it herself for 10 minutes/day

> (at home).

>

> As to treating mastectomy scars INDIRECTLY, I would needle Regional &

> Distant Pts points from the Top Ten points for mammary area / mastopathy

> - see codes 061200 & 061200a* at

> http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/ad2.htm

>

> Regional Pts: GB21, SI09 / SI11;

>

> Distant Pts: GB41, LI04, LV03, SI01, ST36, TH05

>

> I would ask the woman to use TENS at the LOCAL Pts (CV17, ST16, ST18,

> SP18) herself , maybe adding CV06 (Qihai) as an energy booster.

>

> Best regards,

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

From Wikipedia:

In medicine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine>, *mastectomy* is the

medical term for the surgical removal of one or both

breasts<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast>,

partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to treat breast

cancer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer>;

in some cases, women and some men believed to be at high risk of breast

cancer have the operation

prophylactically<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophylaxis>,

that is, to prevent cancer rather than treat it.

 

 

2007/12/23, Tanveer Rauf <ammi_pk:

>

> please tell me what is mastectomy

> thnk you

> tanveer

>