Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

care of in order to prevent Painful Obstruction Syndrome, are exercise and diet. Let us look at each of these areas in detail. E ...

too strenuous and may lead to injury of the back in weak people. The Western-type exercises which are more beneficial for preven ...

Those suffering from Heat Painful Obstruction Syndrome should obviously not eat too much of the hot or warm-energy foods such as ...

particular acupuncture, gives excellent results in the treatment of this complaint. By "lower" backache is meant ache anywhere i ...

Decoction.3(479) The "General Treatise on the Aetiology and Symptomatology of Diseases" (610) describes five causes of lower bac ...

after childbirth having adequate rest and a good, nourishing diet, a weak constitution may even be strengthened. Invasion of Ext ...

exercise leads to a weakening of the spine ligaments and joints and therefore predisposes the person to disc problems especially ...

activity. If it is caused by a deficiency of Kidney-Yang there may be a cold sensation in the back; this may show a slight but n ...

Pale: Kidney-Yang deficiency Dark like a beetroot: Kidney-Yin deficiency Bluish: stasis of blood, chronic pain. Back and Legs ...

If the area of pain is rather large it suggests either a Kidney deficiency or invasion of Cold and Dampness. If the area of pain ...

right loin, how do we know that this is simply a channel problem causing backache and not a condition of the kidney itself? In a ...

Stagnation of Qi and Blood Use the reducing method in acute cases and the even method in chronic ones. Unless there are Heat sig ...

Yaotongxue extra point if the pain is unilateral and in the middle part of the back, higher than the level of the umbilicus (Fi ...

radiates outwards from the point that should be sufficient. Du-4 Mingmen: it tonifies Kidney-Yang and strengthens the back. Du- ...

BL-26 Guanyuanshu on the left with needle (reducing method) and cupping. The needle was manipulated vigorously applying a lift-t ...

was used to simultaneously tonify the Kidneys and invigorate its Connecting channel and therefore the Bladder channel. LIV-3 was ...

woman, needle S.I.-3 on the right, BL-62 on the left, LU-7 on the left and KI-6 on the right in this order (Figure 24.10(490)). ...

In chronic cases it is important to select other points to treat the general condition underlying the back problem. In particula ...

symptoms and signs included night-sweating, depression, a dry mouth at night, insomnia (waking up frequently during the night) a ...

started after she contracted polio at the age of 13. Her left leg became paralysed and the resulting limp caused the backache. H ...