ovarian cysts: blood stag or phlegm?

April 23, 2008

i'm treating a 39f with a 5cm uterine fibroid and and a 5cm ovarian " complex

mass " , left. no nml ovarian tissue seen on ultrasound, appearing

" hemorrhagic. No abnml flow is seen . . . it could also represent an

endometrioma. " rt ovary nl. CA-125 recommended. patient says she was

told the CA risk in very low. ammenorrhea (last mense 9/07, irreg, 3/mo

intervals prior to that).

my question concerns TCM herbal tx (giving raw herbs, no acu). patient

presents liver qi stag, blood stag and ph-d (yellow, gr T, acute sinusitis,

acne, ohol use) kid yin xu (hot flash, night sw), shen disturbed

(anxiety/depp, insomnia). her cc is LJ pain, 2 mo duration. (the chart is

not in front of me, but i'm 98% sure its of a stabbing nature). i'm

treating blood stag, and ph nodulation for the ovarian cyst. i'm wondering

if an ovarian cyst can be due to blood stag rather than ph nodulation. as

she has concurrent ph-d signs, it makes sense to address it; however, given

the western findings and the obvious blood stag, i'm wondering if i would be

ok just addressing the blood stag, and not focusing on the ph?

thanks in adv for your input on this one,

kath

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