This was an article I wrote just after graduating from Chinese medical school. I have just read it for the first time in many years and thought I’d share it. […]
Tag: herbal medicine
Nail Biting
As nail biting is so common I thought I would share a case of how Chinese medicine can treat even such a seemingly benign habit by understanding and reframing the […]
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 […]
Dang Gui, Estrogen, Cancer Protection
For years the debate has raged as to whether herbs with estrogenic properties contribute to the formation of cancer and thus should be avoided by those with cancer, those with […]
The will to change
In the previous post I mention how acupuncture and herbs spark the process of change by bringing awareness of the root of one’s struggles. This awareness is a linking of […]