Medicina Tradicional China

Today I am going to talk about "HEADACHE"

The rapid pace of urban life, more and more people suffer from headaches. Headache is just a symptom, the cause is not necessarily in the head, many diseases of the body can cause headaches. Since the causes of headache are numerous and complex, if treated as a simple muscle pain, you are in a wrong treatment. Especially when long-term recurrent headaches occur, It is best to be diagnosed and treated by a doctor. Like migraine, chronic trauma or neurovascular disease caused headache, need to be treated according to your personal circumstances, in order to eliminate or reduce headaches.

Many people note that headaches tend to be triggered or aggravated in certain situations. Headaches are closely linked to personal lifestyle, and a wide range of factors can contribute to them. There are environmental factors such as exposure to bright light, loud noise and strong odors, windy or cold weathers; life habits such as irregular meals, inadequate sleep, heavy smoking or drinking, excessive tea or coffee, medications and too much exercise; certain foods may trigger headaches such as chocolate, alcohol or cold drinks; psychological factors such as stress, anxiety and fatigue; even factors like social turmoil and an unstable life, interpersonal problems may contribute to headaches. Everyone has his own way of life, and so the triggers of each sufferer are not the same. A factor that works for one may not work for another. It is also possible that headaches are due to cumulative effects of multiple factors, which are almost unidentifiable and unavoidable.
With the help of a headache calendar, you can keep track of the foods, stress level, weather condition, activities during the attacks. You will begin to notice patterns in your daily life that may contribute to your headaches, and are able to take steps for relief. Lifestyle changes help reduce the frequency and severity of the headaches. Below are general advice for headache disorders:

*Life is not always a smooth journey, it is common to have "headaches" at some point, so live with a positive attitude.
* Eat healthy foods, don't skip meals especially breakfast, and drink plenty of water.
* Get enough sleep, pay attention to your sleeping position, find a right pillow, or make some changes to your bedroom.
* Find ways to relax and reduce stress, such as meditation, relaxation exercises, yoga, massage, listening to music, reading a book or taking a hot bath.
* Regular physical activities can improve physical and mental well-being. Exercise also helps reduce stress.
* Stay away from crowded and polluted environments, loud noises, cigarette smoke or perfume are common headache triggers.
* Poor posture creates muscle tension around the shoulders and neck that also trigger headaches.

If you can't relieve your headache with above tips, come to see me.

WHAT YOUR BACK PAIN INDICATE? …DO YOU REALLY NEED A KNEE OR HIP REPLACEMENT?

Back main is very common, especially in people above middle age, who work in office over 8 hours daily. Also happens among younger age who gets into accident or sports injury. In the x-ray of patients that suffers Back Pain very often shows sign of spinal degenerations. Any type of back injury can promote the spinal degeneration.

Back pain has different location depend on the problem happen to what level of the vertebral. The cervical vertebral abnormal usually cause neck and upper limb symptoms: like frozen shoulder, neck pain, numbness or over sensitive, even cause muscle atrophy in the related part of upper limb. The thoracic vertebral abnormal can cause upper back pain, chest and abdomen symptoms. The lumber and sacrum vertebral abnormal will cause hip – knee pain, lower back pain, lower limb muscle atrophy and weakness, over sensitive lower limb---we call restless leg, etc.

If you happen to have some of these symptoms, you try all the treatments your doctor recommend, still not able to get rid of those recurrent symptoms, before you think about any aggressive treatments, like back surgery, knee or hip replacement, look at your spine! That could be the ROOT problem. Many times you will have an incredibly good result with a traditional conservative treatment.

Acupuncture is well known by its effectiveness on treating back pain. What’s the inside of it? By inserting a fine needle in a specific location related to the abnormal vertebral, to promote the local circulation – to release the contraction which cause by the compensation of spinal deformation, little by little correcting the spinal deformation and degeneration.

Here, I have to mention: some of the Chinese herbs can very significantly promote the regeneration of body tissue, such as ligaments, tendons and bones. These herbs work together so well with acupuncture to rebuild a healthy spine. We can say “Good-bye” to our back pain.

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Dear patients and friends, I am sorry for the past couple months I have not replied or posted on my site. I have a new Facebook assistant that will help me with the site and forward all messages regarding questions and appointments. Thank you very much.

Estimados pacientes y amigos, lo siento por los últimos dos meses que no he respondido o publicado en mi sitio. Tengo un nuevo asistente de Facebook que me ayudará con el sitio y enviar todos los mensajes sobre preguntas y citas. Muchas gracias.

親愛的病人和朋友，對於過去幾個月我沒有回复或張貼在我的網站上，我很抱歉。我有一個新的Facebook助理，將幫助我的網站，並轉發所有有關問題和約會的消息。非常感謝你。

Trigeminal neuralgia find cure in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine)

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN, or TGN) is a severe neuropathic chronic pain disorder affecting the trigeminal nerve (also known as the fifth cranial nerve: a three-branched nerve that carries sensations from the face to the brain and controls facial motor functions such as biting and chewing). The classic presentation of TN (type 1) is characterized by episodes of sudden, explosive severe pain along the trigeminal nerve, with periods of pain-free remission between attacks. The atypical form of TN (type 2) presents with the paroxysmal pain of classic TN, but with the addition of a constant pain that fluctuates from a dull aching to an excruciating roar. Trigeminal neuralgia is considered by medical experts to be one of the most painful conditions known.

In the view point of Modern medicine, TN is incurable; its symptoms can be managed with a variety of treatment options, including medication and surgery. The anticonvulsant carbamazepine, and oxcarbazepine, although carbamazepine is considered the first line treatment for TN, the side effect can be difficult to control. Nowadays, TN patient usually under a combination drugs of anti-epileptic, anti-anxiety, anti-depressant, and even opioids before finding the treatment regimen that controls the pain. Surgical treatment of TN will be pursued when medications fail to control symptoms or patient reacts greatly to the side effects.

It is estimated that 1 in 15,000 or 20,000 people have TN, although the actual figure may be significantly higher due to misdiagnosis. TN symptoms usually appear in individuals over 50 years old, but also can appear in other age groups too.



In Traditional Chinese medicine, trigeminal neuralgia has been treated for thousands of years. Under the guidance of the overall concept and the principles of diagnosis, ancient physicians summarized a lot of effective treatment, providing valuable experience for our treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. In TCM we believe that trigeminal neuralgia is a "headache"; "migraine"; "facial pain"; summarized as "head wind"; "brain wind" in Ancient medical books, it has 2 types: Exterior wind & interior wind-- according to the OVERALL DIAGNOSIS. In TCM pathophysiology theory, this "wind" blocks the blood vessels cause some area of the brain lack of blood flow, if it happens to the trigeminal nerves zone, which generates the Trigeminal Neuralgia. According to the Ancient Chinese Medical books, certain kinds of herbs are formulated and applied to expel this "brain wind"; release the blockage, fluent the bloodstream, when this procedure is complete, the Trigeminal Neuralgia is cured. Isn't it sound simple and trauma-less? If you look into the modern medicine those endless traumatic procedures, TCM is really a blessing, its outstanding low cost and completely cure does end your nightmares and put smile on your face again. 😄😄😃😉

HOW TCM TAKE CHEMOTHERAPY'S SIDE EFFECTS AWAY



Lately I saw a 14-year-old cancer patient who finished 6 chemotherapies.

When I look at that poor boy which has the same age as my youngest kid, my eyes tearing. I know only God can do miracle on him. His condition is totally drained up by the chemo.

Studies show Cancer patient mostly die from Chemotherapy more than cancer itself.

Why anti-cancer chemotherapy cannot cure cancer? In our body, white blood cells fight all the fights for us in any disease including cancer. If WBC wins, we knew cancer cells are controlled; if lost, the tumor will grow gradually. From cancer cells to form a tumor in our body is not a fast processes, it can take more than a decade. Even in the last stage, the cancer cells spread all over our body, our white blood cells are still to make a final fight. Without chemotherapy we still can live more than one year.

From this we can see the truth, we finally beat cancer rely on our own white blood cells, not any other drugs. From here, we also get the idea of treating cancer. The first idea is to strengthen our white blood cells. They are our weapons. They need to have greater power than the Cancer cells. The second is the idea of using right medication to control the cancer cells, lead cancer cells to a weak position, so our white blood cells can destroy them. But until today all the anti-cancer drugs found will kill cancer cells also kill white blood cells in the same time. It can ALSO lead to toxicity gastrointestinal disorders, bone marrow suppression; the destruction of the human immune system, in severe cases can lead to concurrent infections and body function failure.

According to another study, surgery and chemotherapy residual cancer cells have more growth characteristics, once with the right environment, it will be 200 times faster than the original rate of growth, while releasing some special substance, dissolve and destroy the surrounding normal tissue into the bloodstream that cause metastasis. Therefore, during the radiotherapy and chemotherapy, if our body not able to promptly repair our immunization system may exacerbate metastasis and recurrence of cancer.

During the Chemotherapy, our body have hard time on dealing with lose appetite, suffer vomiting and diarrhea, plus the unavoidable overall immune function decline by the chemotherapy, our body getting weaker and weaker… Therefore a recovery period during the treatment is critically important. During this period Western medicine doesn’t have an effective way to help, just waiting for liver function and white blood cell recover by itself.

In my 25yrs clinical practice, I come to an important experience in patients' intermittent chemotherapy: take this chance to clear up the cytotoxic from chemotherapy, by using Chinese herbal medicine, to protect the gastrointestinal tract function, maintain a good appetite, in order to increase the WBC, speed up the recovery of the body. Not only to ensure the smooth discharge of chemotherapy, but also can greatly reduce the likelihood of metastasis and recurrence. For those who need long-term continuous chemotherapy, or in poor physical fitness, this supportive reduce cytotoxic therapy will help them recover good to fight the fights.

I am thinking, if I can see this boy before his last chemotherapy, I am sure he will have better chance to live. . That makes my heart ache.

Check your insomniac pattern here, you may find the cure in TCM!!! (Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Insomnia refers to the lack of sleep or poor quality of sleep, performance difficulty falling asleep, not sleeping, cannot sleep after waking, waking up too early, or not being able to sleep all night. With the feeling of daytime fatigue, sleepiness, lack of energy, difficulty to concentrate, or poor memory. Insomnia is usually due to problems caused by transient, such as jet lag, discomfort, drinking too much tea or coffee. If your insomnia persists over a month, you should seek treatment from experts.
From the Chinese point of view, sleep is a phenomenon that our body complies with the law of nature. And also is the result of Yin and Yang well balanced in our body. When the balances are broken, it will cause sleep disorder or Insomnia (a mind lesion/sickness).
At the time of consultation, a TCM doctor will check the internal disorder of the patient and also consider the external impact, such as daily diet, emotional status, and character is also taken into account.
According to the experience of the clinical syndrome, insomnia type is summed up in TCM and listed below,
1. If you experience difficulty falling asleep, the more the fire (internal heat);
2. If you cannot sleep deep and calm, is most likely mix internal heat and deficiency;
3. If you wake up easily from your sleep, it is mostly cause by deficiency; often heart and spleen; if you cannot sleep all night could be either too much heat or too much deficiency.
4. If your insomnia accompanies with irritability, mostly you have anger scrambling inside;
5. If you dream a lot and easy to wake up, also in general failing easily frightened, mostly due to heart Qi (vital energy) deficiency;
6. If your insomnia accompanies with a pale face, and a low energy level, mostly spleen does not function well;
7. If your insomnia accompanies with acid reflux, and stomach distention, mostly digestion system does not function well;
8. If your insomnia accompanies with chest tightness, dizziness, heavy head, mostly due to phlegm disturbance;
9. If your insomnia accompanies with upset, palpitations, dizziness, forgetfulness, mostly kidneys and heart are not in harmony.

TCM treatment of insomnia focuses on finding out the root problem, modulating the related organs by reinforcing or reducing Yin and Yang to achieve a whole body balance. Chinese medicine treatment of insomnia, unique approach, focusing on overall regulation, satisfactory results, can avoid the side effects generated by sedative hypnotics Western medicine. In addition, a routine exercise can help release physical and mental pressure, which also has a major impact on the treatment.

CLICKING KNEES & KNEE REPLACEMENT



--Why do We Have Clicking Knees?

Unnecessary tissue or plica. There are a few conditions that can cause the knee to begin to click. Some people develop additional unnecessary tissue or plica around the knee. This tissue can then become trapped between parts of the joint, which will cause a clicking noise when you move.



--Whether to Worry about Clicking Knees?

If the clicking is causing you pain or making it difficult to move then it is important to seek medical attention to determine whether or not you suffering an injury that could be causing damage to your body. Your doctor will examine your knee to determine what is causing the clicking noise to help narrow down what kind of treatment is appropriate.

When the clicking knee is not accompanied by other side effects such as pain or swelling then it may not be cause for concern. Many times the knee will click when it is expelling excess air that has become trapped in the joint. It may also be a sign that the knee is righting itself when it is experiencing excess pressure or friction in the area. This is similar to the sensation or noise that you experience when you "crack" your knuckles or other joints.

Sometimes exercise to strengthen the knee can help alleviate the clicking you are experiencing. Working the quadriceps is a common choice for this.

You can also exercise the hamstrings to help provide the knee with more support while you perform other activities.



--Do I need knee replacement?

But when you feel click with pain and swollen or even weak or insecure, that means you need treatment. Acupuncture can be a good option. It’s no damage; no side-effect treatment will be the least aggressive but effective treatment for the knees. Also in the mean time, acupuncture can regenerate the cartilage and damaged tissue, by promote the local blood circulation. So, before your doctor tells you that you need surgery or knee replacement, look for acupuncture first, cause most of the degeneration knee problem can be fixed really well by acupuncture and herbs.

How TRADICIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE can cure MS (multiple sclerosis)? ?

MS is a chronic disease, early symptoms of MS in clinical mainly to the patient's PHYSICAL COORDINATION PROBLEMS and VISION LOSS as the main performance, MS belongs to the central nervous system and immune-related diseases, is one of the most common diseases. Closely related to stress and physical fitness. Want effective diagnosis of MS, I suggest the following two aspects can be checked:

1, electrophysiological examination: When CNS clinical data suggest that only one lesion, the number of physiological and radiological examination may show the presence of asymptomatic lesions such cases is common in early MS or spinal cord disease. These checks include visual and somatosensory evoked response.
2, imaging: MRI is more sensitive than CT shows the brain stem, optic nerves and spinal cord asymptomatic multiple sclerosis plaques.

In traditional Chinese medicine, we use acupunture and herbs together to treat MS.
Treatments base on the theory of: reinforcing kidney to replenish essence & promote blood circulation to remove stasis and clear phlegm. (blood stasis & phlegm are considered the main causes for immune - related diseases )
At the stage of exacerbation, treatment will be clearings heat & dampness; at the stage of remission, treatment will be tonify spleen and kidney to lift up the body DEFICIENCY meanwhile harmonize our SPIRIT -- which is an important cause of all the immune-related diseases.
In addition to the differentiation based on the use blood circulation medicine can reduce the clinical symptoms and signs of nervous system damage, reduce side effects of hormones if you're using, reducing hormone dosage, reduce recurrence.
So!. . don't feel discouraged if your hormonal treatment give you too much side effects, turn your eyes to TCM. (traditional Chinese medicine )
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2016 is a year full of hope. ☺

True health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real, and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition.

ABOUT SENNA
Senna is a common prescription diarrhea, attending hot junction constipation, bloating Indigestion. In the hospital often put it as intestinal bowel preparation before the test, or to partially relieve acute constipation in patients suffering from constipation. Many people believe that senna belong to natural medicine, safety and reliability, coupled with low cost, easy to take, a lot of people since the purchase of senna treat constipation or to lose weight. However, in recent years related adverse events seen on Senna, common: gastrointestinal system drugs
Side effects: senna senna contained in the large intestine can inhibit the absorption of moisture, so that intestinal contents increased dramatically, while increasing the tension of the large intestine, causing abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, severe cases can be induced upper gastrointestinal bleeding , manifested as abdominal pain, vomiting of coffee-like liquid or tarry stools appear. Therefore, there is a history of stomach ulcers or gastrointestinal bleeding can not use senna.
Severe hypotension: Elderly patients may occur after taking senna headache and frequent vomiting, or a sharp drop in blood pressure rose sharply, even severe shock. Currently there have been clinically taking senna-induced hypotension, and eventually died of cases of death, we should pay attention to.

Addiction: There are a lot of patients at the beginning of the use of senna, smaller doses can be immediate, but with the use of time growth is often necessary to increase the dose to be effective, and the disabled not only constipation after senna more serious, there will be withdrawal symptoms, manifested as irritability, insomnia, anxiety, malaise or even feel pain.

Menstrual disorders: Women in the menstrual period or pregnancy is also easy to induce menstruation take senna or excessive uterine bleeding, even in non-menstrual period large doses can trigger menstrual disorders. Senna laxative ingredient
Through breast milk can cause diarrhea in children.

In fact, senna hot junction is only suitable for the treatment of constipation, such patients usually gastrointestinal product heat, dry mouth, bad breath, like cold, heat intolerance, dry stool obscure, red tongue, yellow and so on. Frail, spleen and stomach, sick and infirm even when the constipation, senna should be disabled or used with caution. In addition, senna palliatives, only suitable for acute constipation, are not suitable for chronic constipation, and can not take large doses of senna, should be taken in the short term an effective dose of 3-6 grams.

Here are some easy DIY nutrition tips, in case you want to improve your personality 😃 .1. For Emotionally unstable person,
Eat more alkaline foods such as calcium-rich soy, spinach, milk, peanuts, crab, egg yolk, potatoes and so on. If you feel particularly great mood swings during this time, even angry for no reason, it is best to eat a vegetarian diet for some time.
Reducing salt and sugar intake, eat snacks, you can eat more shellfish, crab, fish, seaweed and other marine products. Eat more foods rich in vitamin B, such as garlic, canola, potatoes, eggplant, pumpkin, lotus root, bean sprouts, bananas, apples, corn.
2, For indecisive person,
Establish a meat-centered diet, while eating a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits.
3, For suspicious person,
Three meals a day an indispensable protein-rich foods, such as beef, pork, eat dairy products. ʱ??
4, For anxious person
Nutrients can help stabilize mood has calcium, vitamins, etc., also eat animal protein, and should be light in the cooking, taste not too heavy.. and have a beer!!😀 milk, honey, meat, beans, vegetables, fish, cereals
5, For negative Addicts,
Appropriate control of some sweets, such as cakes, cola and so on. Eat more calcium and vitamin B1 rich pork, mutton, wheat germ, fish, shellfish, soy products.
6, For those things by halves,
Eat carrots, snails, chicken liver, cabbage, beans, peppers, bitter gourd, tomatoes, eat meat.
8, For self-centered person,
Get rid of too much sugar in the diet, eat more fish, meat, vegetables, carrots. Absolutely do not eat salty foods.
Any questions or comments are welcome! ☺ talk to you next time.

(Continue to the last post ) base on this TCM theory, all type of personality can be related to different organ or system, thus gives a clear diagnosis to a adequate treatment. That's to say if you follow the treatment well, change your personality is totally possible! ☺
Even the most tough one like autism, ADHD , all types of phobias, bipolar disorder, compulsive obsessive disorder, . .etc can be corrected completely. Amazing! ! Isn't it?
Oh next post I will give you some easy DIY NUTRITION tips. In case you need to improve your personality a little bit. 😉

Change your personality is possible??!! --yes!!
Hi, dear friends. Here am going to share something with you. It sounds impossible to change one's personality, especially those sting ones. But in Chinese traditional medicine ( TCM ) is totally possible! ☺
You may heard about hypnosis or meditation can help in some way. . no certainty. Here I will talk about how TCM can completely change a person's behavior and personality. First, let me introduce some TCM theory in a simple way so that you can find it easier to understand.
In TCM, different organ and system contribute to different type of personality : for example, short temper can due to heart QI deficiency; irritability can due to liver QI excess; lack of motivation can due to spleen QI deficiency, . . etc.

Dra. YukYin Li