Case studies for tcm students to discuss

[Guest guest]

Dear group,

 

Chinese medicine is all about clinical efficacy and reviewing case studies can

best inspire and promote our own skills. During my recent trip to Toronto,I

treated some local cases and would like to share with other tcm students here. I

cordially ask all tcm students in this group to vote the one they are most

interested in, so we can discuss later. Best performed participant MAY get a

coming Jin Gui textbook by pmph as reward from me.

 

Only current tcm student group members are invited to votenot (not including DOM

level as not fair to younger students, 2 entry per school). Need more than 5

votes to continue. Tell us which school you go to and prepare your own formulas

for discussion once we decide which case to be discussed.

 

The followings are the cases and their assigned numbers.

1 Coughing for 3 months

2 Coughing for 2 weeks

3 Eczema (head) with squmaous skin (arms & legs)

4 Night urination with high blood pressure

5 Coughing in the afternoon

6 Knee pain

7 Chronic sleeplessness

8 chronic bloating over 10 years

 

 

Main signs and treatment results.

1. Coughing frequently especially at night 3-4 times, the patient suffocated and

has to sit up to breathe in midnight, seriously affecting sleep. Looks tired and

fatigue. All western medicine check-up done but found nothingwent wrong. One

dose of granule and wake up time lessen from 4 to 1. Two more visits followed

with 7 doses to clean up the phlegm. Patient was pleased with the result.

 

2. Awaken at night one or two times. On and off for 2 weeks +. Signs

eliminatedafter 2 doses. The patient did not take granule as scheduled and

won¡¦t take medication if no symptoms found the previous night. 4 doses given,

pending on the result.

 

3. 2 year history of eczema, aggravated in the past two weeks, underwent

treatment by a local Chinese medicine doctor. Herbals: taken 8 patches with

topical (cortisone). Lesions appeared in limbs and arms before and topical

applied. Lesions popped up in the face last week and eliminated by topical. Some

lesions in the top of the head followed. Stopped all previous medications

including topical and on granule only. Lesions relieved gradually after 3 doses

of granule (no scatching the lesion at night when sleeping). Pending for further

result.

 

4. 3 times per evening. High blood pressure history, upon medication for years.

Some chest fullness observed occasionally. After one decoction, frequency of

night urination reduced by one time. Felt good at the chest. Pending for result

as 2 more doses given.

 

5. No phlegm but will awaken during afternoon nap. No coughing and profuse

dreaming appeared after one dose of granule. No more coughing since after 2 more

dosages.

 

6. Pain reduced by 20% to 30% but has not started to take decoction. Pending for

result.

 

7. Sleeplessness has been around for years, constraint liver qi due to longtime

unstable employment condition, gastritis diagnosed by wm. 5 acu treatment (every

other day) with one week dose of granule. Patients felt somehow sleeping better

and was told by his current tcm doctor that his stomach is better off (putting a

metal stick in his ears to detect the waves).

 

8 Symptoms relieved by 20 to 30% in terms of frequency and sound made from

bloating were lower ¡]was extremely loud and embarassing)

 

SUNG, Yuk-ming

[Guest guest]

Dear group,

 

It has been two weeks since this post was posted. As there has been no response

to that. I have to call it a day (guess our students are occupied or the case

studies are not appealing, or ...

 

In fact, all the cases presented here cannot be fully settled by western

medicine but we Chinese medicine can eliminate them for the most part. For

exmaple,eczema, bloating, chronic coughing, etc. Just want to share my

experiences.

 

By the way, I will be in Chengdu, China in a couple of days and would like to

meet tcm students/practitioners doing observation there to discuss CM. I will do

some field trip to remote villages and see many more complicated cases. Please

feel free to contact me if you are interested.

 

SUNG, Yuk-ming

Bacholar, Master (Jin Gui), and PhD (Chengdu U TCM)

PCEd (U of Hong Kong)

BA (Houston)

L AC (H K)