Proper nutrition is one of the most important things that we can do to ensure good health. In Chinese medicine, we say that the Spleen-Pancreas (hereinafter Spleen) is responsible for […]
Author: drross
The Path
I just saw this on another site, and really enjoyed it.
Lung Cancer
OAT CELL LUNG CANCER History: Patient is a 60 year old female with a chief complaint of oat cell Lung cancer. The cancer was diagnosed approximately 1 year prior to […]
Indigestion
Patient Last Name: S Patient First Name: JTreatment Date and Time: . May 12, 2001Sex and Age: Male 48 Profession: Artist 1. Chief Complaint: Indigestion and Stomach Pain for 15 […]
Back Pain
Patient Last Name: WA99 Patient First Name: JTreatment Date and Time: September 23, 1999Sex and Age: Female, 21 1. Chief Complaint: Back Pain from MVA since May 1999 2. Medical […]
Impotence
Patient Last Name: Dv00 Patient First Name: ATreatment Date and Time: 5/13/00Sex and Age: Male, 29 1. Chief Complaint: impotence2. Medical History:Present Illness: the onset of patient’s illness was approximately […]
Amenorrhea
History:S is a 32 year old actress and writer with a 16 year history of secondary amenorrhea. She stopped menstruating at 16, when she was also suffering from anorexia nervosa. […]
Case studies
As many people reading these blog posts are not practitioners of Chinese medicine and aren’t familiar with the concepts thereof, I thought I’d post a series of case studies to […]
Spring is here (almost)
Tonight spring has arrived, and as such we are transitioning from the dormancy of winter (water – Kidneys) into a time marking the renewal of life (wood – Liver). Technically, […]
Nurture v. Nature (cont’d)
Recently I was watching a great documentary on multiples in the womb. It highlighted the numerous stages of gestation and the interactions between the brother and sister fetuses while in […]