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Clinical Pearls : Rootdown.us Login | Register Home Herbs Formulas Acupuncture TestsPolityPearls How To Contribute We Need Your Help Search: Suggestions: Clinical Pearls Finally - a place for your pearls of wisdom! Pearls are short, practical medical tips submitted by members that may not be widely known but can be used to solve everyday clinical problems. Share tips for successful practice management, or herb, formula, and acupuncture point prescriptions. + Add an Article Don't show me this  We Need Your Help! All this information has been generated by polity involvement. We need help completing these sections. Find out more... 1 scuttlebutt Excellent & widely functional acupuncture point combination Added by:   David Dawson (May 21, 2015) Spleen 6 'Spleen 6' is widely known as the crossing point of the Spleen, Liver and Kidney channels. One of the books we used (it's been month ago, so I can't remember what the title was) when learning points listed three other, similar points, which it identified as crossing points of the Leg Yang channels (Gall Bladder 39 - 'Gall Bladder 39'), Arm Yin channels (Pericardium 5 - 'Pericardium 5'), and Arm Yang channels (San Jiao (Triple Burner) 8 - San Jiao (Triple Burner) 8). I haven't seen this information in other books, but the name of San Jiao (Triple Burner) 8, at least, points to a similar overlap. The combination of all 8 points serves to write all 24 circulating channels, and has a broad, gentle full-body-balancing kind of effect. I like to use the combination with one or two other points to add a slight focus (e.g. Heart 7 for uneasiness or pain, or Du Mai (Governing Vessel) 20 for fatigue). I've heard the combination tabbed the 'Tai Ji' treatment - which, I suppose, is increasingly or less appropriate. add scuttlebutt info Added by:   GIUSEPPE CHIRIELEISON (April 28, 2014) Dear ROOTDOWN I would like information on the pursuit products, if they exist in pearls, quantity and price (Antelope Horn and Unicaria Decoction)Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang (Major Arrest Wind Pearl)Da Ding Feng Zhu. (Sedate the Liver and Extinquish Wind Decoction)Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang (Construct Roof Tiles Decoction)Jian Ling Tang (阿膠, Dong E county gelatin)E Jiao Zi Huang Tang (Antelope Horn and Unicaria Decoction)Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang add scuttlebutt Herbal Formula for Acne Added by:   Eric Schmidt (May 8, 2013) Here is a unconfined formula I learned from "Dr. Yin" (dermatology department) at a TCM hospital in Kunming, China. The formula is specific for a diagnosis of "acne due to Qi Deficiency, Liver Stagnation & Yang Ming Heat": sheng di,30 (牡丹皮, )Mu Dan Pi,15 (赤芍, red peony)Chi Shao ,30 (重樓, layered stories)Chong Lou,15 (皂角刺, soap horn thorn)Zao Jiao Ci,20 (黃苓, )Huang Qin,15 (連翹, )Lian Qiao,15 (丹蔘, cinnabar root, red root)Dan Shen*,30 (金銀花, gold silver flower)Jin Yin Hua,15 (蒲公英, yellow flower earth spike)Pu Gong Ying,15 (白芷, chinese angelica root)Bai Zhi,15 # For excessive Oil, add: (山楂, )Shan Zha,20 (白芥子, )Bai Jie Zi,15 (百花蛇舌草, white patterned snake's tongue herb)Bai Hua She She Cao,15 (蜈蚣, )Wu Gong,#2 * (丹蔘, cinnabar root, red root)Dan Shen moderates xs male hormone, 5 comments A natural aid for patients with dry skin Added by:   Travis Beto (March 1, 2010) This isn't a TCM but solution Aztec HealingSoilit is something that patients can pick up inexpensively and in my wits has gotten so unconfined results. Aztec HealingSoilis salubrious for deep pore cleansing of the skin, and can be obtained at any good health supplies or vitamin store.Here's how I recommend it's use:1)Mix the soil in a zip-lock bag with unbearable water to massage into a paste.2)Cure in the refrigerator for 2 days. (This improves the traction of water. Under a microscope, the granules squint like tiny shells – curing allows the shells to fill up with water).3)Take well-nigh a ½ cup of the cured soil in your hand. Mix with a little increasingly water and rub hands together until you have a nice warm paste.4)Spread a thin stratify evenly over dry skin until fully covered.5)Blow-dry with a warm-air hair dryer until the soil dries.6)Wait 3 minutes.7)Rinse off as quickly as possible to stave the skin reabsorbing what the soil has just taken out of your pores.8)Moisturize ( I recommend a product tabbed Herbal Pearl Natural Skin Care once or twice each day). The small soil granules act like tiny suction cups which suck the thoroughbred to the surface of the skin.Thoroughbredcirculations seem to go deeper as we age, expressly in a dry environment, and the Aztec soil treatment helps to return the thoroughbred spritz to the surface. 6 comments Needle Phobia Added by:   Jaime Chaves (April 18, 2009) The number one question I am asked is "does it hurt". My wordplay is unchangingly "No, although the normal sensations include achiness, soreness, warmth, tingling, etc. which are unquestionably considered therapeutic although not necessary to unzip salubrious results."Clinical tips: 1. Needle the least sensitive point first (i.e. LI 11-quchi) instead of a highly sensitive point. 2.Stavesaying the word "needle". 3.Staveshowing the patient the needle unless they ask to see it. (Especially the 3" variety) 4. Have them take a vapor upon insertion so that they know it is coming rather than stuff startled which may stagnate qi. 5. Distract them. If the point is often painful I may ask them a random question such as "what is your favorite color" and while they are thinking well-nigh it protract with the insertion. 6. Insert all of the needles first surpassing going when to specific points to reap de qi. If de qi is uninventive at each individual point in sequence the patient may not be well-appointed with subtracting increasingly points withal the way. 7. If a point is particularly sensitive stay calm. Do not be so quick to repent or withdraw the needle. Inform the patient that this is normal and the sensation usually subsides within 30 sec to a minute. Ask them if it is tolerable. If not then pull the needle up 1-3 fen which may reduce pressure on any underlying structures such as thoroughbred vessels or nerves. 8. Use thinner needles and fewer points on initial treatments. As the trust builds between practitioner and patient the patient may be increasingly unshut to stronger techniques in future visits. 9. Have the patient cough on insertion. Research in Europe supports this technique for reducing the perception of pain when stuff needled. 10. Listen. The patient will tell you either directly or indirectly what they are well-appointed with. The eyeful of Chinese medicine is that we have multiple treatments for the same disorder. Find the one that resonates with them. (.i.e. local versus distal) and try to be flexible to their needs rather than what you want to do. add scuttlebutt “Aculaser” Therapy For Treatment Of Added by:   Sadashiv Datar (April 22, 2009) Objective: To evaluate the effects of “Aculaser Therapy” (Laser Scalp Acupuncture, Pulsating Magnetic Field Therapy, Acupressure and Color Therapy) in children suffering from Multiple Disabilities and associated neurological disorders like Mental Retardation, Hearing Impairment, Speech Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Visual Impairment, Autism and ADHD In wing to this, to evaluate when this treatment is stopped; is there any regression of the minutiae or reversal of the symptoms. Need ForUnorganizedTherapy • Traditional therapies are time consuming and requite limited results •Constructiveco-ordination of all the conventional therapies is required to bring out desired results. • We are unshut to new avenues for treatment. • We hope that any new therapy may requite largest relief to these children. • Develop suitable support treatment program at institutional / school level to unzip sustained improvements • Failure of medical model in rehabilitation process has inspired us to squint for unorganized therapies add scuttlebutt Acupuncture Combination for Dryness Added by:   J E (August 14, 2008) This one is courtesy of Dr. Naiqiang Gu and is unconfined for intestinal dryness, either as an offshoot to or replacement for the usual San Jiao (Triple Burner) 6/Kidney 6.Stomach 36 Stomach 37 Stomach 39As Dr. Gu explained it, Stomach 37 is the lower he-sea point of the large intestine, and Stomach 39 is the lower he-sea point of the small intestine. The small intestine governs the jin, or thin fluids, while the large intestine governs the ye, or thick fluids. 3 comments Combining Strategies Added by:   John Donald (July 10, 2008) I have found the combination of ion pumping cords with distal point strategies such as the "balance method" to be very effective. You may wish to play virtually with this idea yourself and see if it improves your outcomes.One simple place to start is with shoulder pain that is anterior- in the vicinity of the uneaten point: Jianqian (or Jian Nei Ling) withal the lung channel. Tap a 1/2" needle at the local ashi point and tape the woebegone IPC prune to it. Then find the increasingly tender Spleen 9 and tap in a 1/2" needle, taping the red prune to it. Needle stimulation is not necessary. Then I usually add infrared heat to the symptomatic area. 2 points! Works great. Try the same strategy for other aches & pains too- such as trigger thumb- don't plane insert a needle in the thumb joint- just wield a magnet and tape the woebegone prune to it, and run the red prune to the contralateral Spleen 2A and tape to a 1/2" needle there.I moreover use this technique for plantar fasciitis and heel spur pain- run IPC cords from the local ashi points to the contralateral hand- choosing points that correspond to the pain location on the foot- such as Mu Guan & Gu Guan for heel pain (depending on whether it's increasingly on the UB or KI waterworks or both), Heart 8 for Kidney 1 ashi pain, etc.Try it and let me know how t works for you. Have fun! This is why they undeniability our merchantry a "practice".Here is a nice link to some wastefulness method reference charts: http://www.melchiorre.com/content/view/90/81/ 1 scuttlebutt The Biomedical Basis of Holistic Acupuncture Added by:   Andrew Pacholyk (May 13, 2008) by Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac. Abstract In trying to find ways to unite or just bring closer the mysterious transformational techniques of the East to the reductionism theories of the West, our Western medical science has tried to organize a logical subtitle of how the insertion of tiny acupuncture needles can reduce and plane dissolve pain in the human form.This research takes a squint at the variegated approaches the Biosciences have attempted in explaining the way holistic acupuncture works in healing. This research will take a squint at the biochemical, biomechanical, as well as bio-electromagnetic theories that have been ripened in trying to explain the healing aspects of the Ancient Art of Acupuncture. Keywords Acupuncture, Biomechanical, Biochemical, Electromagnetic, Biosciences, Healing, Meridians, Channels, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Analgesic, Connective Tissue, Cellular Biology, Health, Eastern, Western, Medical, Paradigm, Physiology, Physics.The Ancient Art of Acupuncture is the needling of specific points withal "meridians" or channels that run throughout our body. Acupuncture can be traced when as far as the Stone Age in China, when stone knives and pointed rocks were used to relieve pain and diseases. "These instruments were known by the ancients as "bian" In the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD) an Analytical Dictionary of Characters "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" describes the weft "bian" as meaning a stone to treat disease."(1) Later these stones were replaced by needles made of bamboo and slivers of unprepossessing bone, then finally in the Shang Dynasty statue tossing techniques made metal needles possible, which conducted electricity and Qi. This led to the mapping of the meridian system or channels of energy within the body.Acupuncture remained relatively unheard of until 1974 when James Reston, a reporter for the New York Times accompanied President Nixon on a trip to China where they witnessed an appendectomy and several demonstrations of serious surgeries stuff performed with acupuncture as the only vaccination using Acupuncture Anesthesia. Despite many efforts to prove it's efficiency, Western science has never been worldly-wise to reconcile how Acupuncture works. They can prove "that" it works, but not "how" it works. Biochemical theories Most of the scientific studies of acupuncture have been centered on the unguent aspects of pain relief. Acupuncture is definitely constructive in treating pain; it works 70% to 80% of the time, far greater than the placebo, which only has well-nigh 30% efficiency. (2) The problem with attributing all of acupuncture's effects to the placebo effect, which is based on a "suggestive way" or the fact that one just wants to believe that it works, was the fact that veterinarians in China have used acupuncture successfully to treat animals. (3) Dr. Bruce Promeranz, working at the University of Toronto, was very involved in research washed-up on acupuncture analgesia. By vitalizing small myelinated nerve f 2 comments http://www.copperwiki.org/index.php/Aloe_Vera Added by:   Mridu Verma (April 18, 2008) Aloe vera contains over 20 minerals, all of which are essential to the human body. The human soul requires 22 amino acids for good health -- eight of which are tabbed "essential" considering the soul cannot fabricate them. Aloe Vera contains all of these eight essential amino acids, and 11 of the 14 "secondary" amino acids. Several experts recommend drinking aloe vera juice to reassure a continuous supply of these ingredients to the body. It is suggested that one should drink between two to four ounces of aloe vera juice twice daily. add scuttlebutt Du Zhong and latex allergy Added by:   Nathan Anderson (March 13, 2008) Use lattermost circumspection in prescribing (杜仲, )Du Zhong to patients who are allergic to latex. The quality of (杜仲, )Du Zhong is assessed by the value of white "stretchy" material between the pieces of bark- the increasingly the better. This "stretchy" material is very similar to latex, and may elicit an allergic response in patients allergic to latex. 3 comments Turmeric and Neck/Shoulder Pain Added by:   Thomas Turpen (December 6, 2007) Neck and shoulder pain is perhaps one of the most worldwide conditions that we treat. In my own practice, it is perhaps second only to low when pain or piriformis syndrome. For my patients with neck and/or shoulder pain, I find that one simple herb can dramatically modernize my patients' condition--Turmeric. One of the ingredients in the formula (Remove Painful Obstruction Decoction)Juan Bi Tang, turmeric is known as (薑黄, ginger yellow)Jiang Huang. It has been proven to reduce prostaglandin formation, and is as constructive as NSAIDs without the risk to the liver or kidneys. It has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, as well as antispasmodic effects. Turmeric has a number of side-benefits as well. It has been shown to interfere with viral replication, including viral hepatitis and HIV. It moreover appears to inhibit carcinogenesis at all stages of cancer formation. In the TCM literature, it has a particularly unification for the neck and shoulder region. I have had patients who have taken prescription doses of naproxen, ibuprofen, and plane percocet; and they still unfurled to have pain. When they come in for acupuncture, I moreover recommend that they go to the local Wild Oats and pick up a snifter of Turmeric standardized extract. I instruct them to Take 1 tablet TID whether or not they have pain. Most of the time they will see significant results within a few days. By combining this with the acupuncture, I have had unconfined success treating plane the most difficult neck and shoulder pain syndromes. Turmeric has been classified as a menstrual stimulant, so it is recommended that pregnant women not take it as it may induce a miscarriage. Turmeric may have an ingredient effect on platelets, and it decreases the immunosuppressive effect of unrepealable drugs. Therefore, it is wise to stave the use of turmeric in those taking anticoagulant or immunosuppresant medications. 2 comments Herbs for HealthyThoroughbredSugar Added by:   Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) (December 8, 2007) Herbal congee is a unconfined way to maintain healthy a thoroughbred sugar level in patients with diabetes. Here are two recipes I learned from Dr. Xiong, Dean of the Geriatric Department at the hospital I visited in China: • (山藥, mountain herb)Shan Yao 60g, (薏苡仁, )Yi Yi Ren 30g, plus 200g corn. It tonifies Spleen and Kidney qi, and nourishes yin. • (麥門冬, luxuriant winter)Mai Men Dong 15g + (淡竹葉, smooth bamboo leaves)Dan Zhu Ye 10g: decoct and add the liquid to 30g rice.Withoutthe rice is cooked add 15g (西洋参, western foreign ginseng)Xi Yang Shen and melt for 5-10 minutes more. This recipe nourishes yin and tonifies qi. Other herbs that lower thoroughbred sugar include (人蔘, man root)Ren Shen, (黃耆, yellow milk-vetch)Huang Qi, (黃蓮, yellow links)Huang Lian, (知母, know well-nigh mother)Zhi Mu, (麥門冬, luxuriant winter)Mai Men Dong, (生地黃, unprepared earth yellow)Sheng Di Huang, (玄參, visionless root)Xuan Shen, (枸杞子, Chinese wolfberry fruit)Gou Qi Zi, (天花粉, heavenly flower powder)Tian Hua Fen, (石膏, stone paste)Shi Gao, (石斛, bushel of stone)Shi Hu, and (葛根, )Ge Gen. Alexa Hulsey, L.Ac. Assistant Academic Dean 1 scuttlebutt Fire Needling! Added by:   Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) (November 21, 2007) The doctors I observed in the hospital in Chengdu had unconfined success using a combination of fire needling, cupping, and moxa to treat various dermatological conditions. Since fire needling isn’t used in the US, you could substitute bloodletting or 7-star needling instead. The treatment is unromantic directly to skin lesions such as eczema or dermatitis. Do the needling first, then follow up with cupping, and finish up with a few minutes of moxa. You’ll notice a lot of redness in the zone and release of pus or fluids from the skin lesions immediately without the treatment, then a gradual reduction of the lesions. The method is tabbed “yi re yin re” – using heat to self-mastery heat. The treatment can reduce inflammation, stop itching, and release toxins. For weightier results, do 1-2 times per week while simultaneously using internal herbs to treat the root of disease (blood heat, glut damp, etc). It works great! 6 commentsUnconfinedLittle Trick for Tension Between Shoulder Blades Added by:   Marc Ryan (November 14, 2007) Neck and shoulder tension is one of the most worldwide issues we see considering our computer/cell phone/driving culture conspires versus our upper backs and necks. Try this simple trick when doing an upper when treatment.Get 2 towels and roll them so that they create round pillows. Put one under each shoulder between the pectoralis and proemial deltoid muscles (around Lung 1 and Lung 2 areas). This creates a gentle stretch in the front and will relax the rhomboid and levator scapula muscles between the shoulder blades.Next needle the outer shu points (Urinary Bladder 41 to Urinary Bladder 44) and any ashi points you find in that area. You can moreover do some cupping or tui na in this position. You're patients will love you unconditionally without this, I guarantee it!Cheers. 1 scuttlebuttWorldwideClinical Error's Added by:   Ray Rubio (November 13, 2007)Consideringso many patient's either scrape or skim their tongues - expressly those seeking complementary medicine such as TCM, it is not uncommon to see clinically either a tongue with no coating, or a tongue with coating only in the root. These presentations - if as a result of scraping or brushing the tongue - do not indicate yin deficiency or wateriness heat in the lower jiao. It simply ways the patient couldn't scrape the root of their tongue without gagging. Also, if a patient has numerous thin cracks in the tongue with no unveiled pattern, ask if they wore braces at some time in their life. 9 comments Not all oils are equal when cupping. Added by:   Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) (November 8, 2007) The type of oil used during cupping can make or unravel the treatment. Woodlock oil is too thin to move cups virtually on. I prefer a peanut oil base. The upper viscosity is perfect for long strokes and gives a nice tight seal. 1 scuttlebutt On the count of two... Added by:   Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) (November 8, 2007) Inserting needles can be nervewracking for some patients. I like to pull the old "on the count of three" trick on them. First I say I'll insert the needle on three. I then count "one..." and insert the needle on "...two", then finish counting "three". By the time they realize what's happened, the needle is in. 1 scuttlebutt Gag the Gag Reflex Added by:   Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) (November 7, 2007) Gagging can be troublesome when you need to do a throat exam. This trick has worked for me many times, in both kids and adults.Have the patient wrack-up out all the air in the lungs through the mouth. Then ask him or her to unshut wide and inhale very slowly (preferably through the nose, but the mouth works too if the nose is congested). The patient will not gag as long as he or she is inhaling. Once the inhalation is stopped, the gagging often recurs. add scuttlebutt thoroughbred pressure monitoring Added by:   Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) (November 7, 2007) For patients with hypertension, at-home self-monitoring of thoroughbred pressure between office visits is as important as in-office treatment from a doctor. Patients often get lazy in their record keeping, though, expressly when office visits are 4 to 6 weeks apart. Instead of asking patients to alimony track of their thoroughbred pressure for the unshortened period, I instruct them to bring to the next office visit a record of measurements taken the week surpassing the visit. This helps them remember to trammels their thoroughbred pressure and eases the undersong of record keeping.The same can go for journaling of patient's diets. Viewing 1 - 10 of 20 Entries first | previous | next | last Copyright 2018 Rootdown LLC v2.302.582.1415 Feedback