Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Carpal tunnel syndrome(Acupucture treatment) 腕管综合征

Male, 39 years old, has been diagnosed  with carpal  tunnel for 1 year. He started seeing me on April 07, 2015. At that time, he complained of pain in his index and middle finger on both hands. It was worse during the nighttime than it was during the day. He also has pain in the tendons that joint the forearm muscles on the outside of the elbow (lateral epicondyle )when pressure is applied on it.  He plays guitar every Sunday. Sometimes his fingers get so tight that he cannot open his fingers when he plays.
He accepted 2 sessions of acupuncture with moxibustion, an acupuncture technique where a stick of moxa is lit and the tip is gently applied to the needle handle. The heat from the moxa will transfer into the points and travel through the meridians. This will purge the coldness from his joints. The following Sunday, he didn't feel any pain when he was playing guitar, and he is really happy about this amazing result. He continues his treatment so his carpal tunnel can be fixed.

男性,39岁。患腕管综合征1年。2015年4月7日初诊。主诉:二三指麻痛,手腕容易累,时麻时紧,日轻夜重。当用稍重的力按压肱骨外上的韧带时,有痛感。他每周日都弹吉他。有时手指紧到不能张开。2次针灸加艾灸治疗后,他在跟着的星期天弹了几乎一天的吉他,但他一点也没有感到手指痛或麻或不能张开。他对于治疗结果极其满意,现在继续治疗,务求彻底治好。


Xiao Fen Huang R.TCM.P.
 647-296-3226
Cathay Toronto Acupuncture& Herbs Clinic
500 Sheppard Ave.E. Unit 205
Toronto ON. M2N 6H7
http://cathay-toronto-acupuncture.blogspot.ca

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Acupuncture treatment for Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS) 强直性脊柱炎.

Male patient, was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis in 2012. He has been through treatment for AS from 2013 to June, 2014. He started to see me in June 28, 2014. His complaints are as follows: morning stiffness 2-3 hours daily, on a scale of 0 to 10, his pain was "6 to 7", he sweats easily, his condition gets worse  when it rains or in humid weather.
I assessed him based on the traditional Chinese medical way, four aspects as I mentioned before in my other articles, I gave him diagnosis as deficiency of spleen, dampness attack and kidney  deficiency. He accepted acupuncture treatment along with herbal treatment. After only four treatments, his morning stiffness symptom dropped dramatically, and his lower back pain was 0 to 1 scale. He continued his treatment for 10 sessions, and his lower back pain completely disappeared, and his morning stiffness is minimal (0 to 1).

 R.TCMP & R.Ac: Xiao Fen Huang
Cathay Toronto Acupuncture&Herbs Clinic
647-296-3226
500 Sheppard  Ave. E Toronto ON. Unit 205


一男性病人,2012年确诊为强直性脊柱炎,看过西医,打过针,吃过药。2014年6月28日来看病。他当时的主诉是每天晨僵2-3小时,腰痛按10度划分法为6-7度,下雨天或潮湿天气会加重病情。病人体型比较瘦小,面色白,但舌体胖大,舌质淡红,白苔,舌面有裂纹,白天尿频,大便每天2次,偏湿,左尺脉细,我给他的诊断 是脾虚湿侵加肾虚。他做了4次针灸为主的治疗后,晨僵已基本没有,只有极轻微的腰痛。之后继续治疗共10次,晨僵处于0-1度,腰痛症状全部消失,人也觉得神清气爽。嘱其每年做检查和维持治疗。

Friday, February 27, 2015

Acupuncture for AMD( Age Related macular Degeneration )中医治疗黄斑变性

A female patient ,66 years old,has been diagnosed  with Age Related Macular Degeneration, dry type(AMD). She came to see me and  asked for traditional Chinese medicine treatment after she got the blur symptom  for about one month. I gave her Acupuncture and herbs treatment after her assessment. She has been given the traditional Chinese diagnosis which  is liver stagnation and blood stasis. Here are some ac-points I have used : Jingming,Yanglao, Xuehai, Taicong, Zusanli, Taixi. Herbs are: honghua, taoren ,chuanxiaong, huangqi, caihu,ect.

After 5 sessions ,she felt less blur. Now she has  had 14 sessions already , and she told me she felt70-80% recovered.





 R.TCMP & R.Ac: Xiao Fen Huang
647-296-3226
500 Sheppard  Ave. E Toronto ON. Unit 205


       一位女性病人,左眼视力急降,觉得眼前有厚黑影。西医专科诊断为老年性黄斑变性,症型为干性。她于发病后1个月来诊所就诊。一番望闻问切后,我认为她是中医眼科的暴盲证,肝郁血瘀型。我给她针灸治疗为主,有时配合活血化瘀的中药。针灸主要穴位是:睛明,攒竹,养老,太溪,太冲,中都,血海,足三里等。中药用通窍活血汤加减(没有麝香)。经过5次治疗后,觉得左眼视力明显有恢复,现在治疗了14次,她觉得已恢复了的70-80%的视力。

     治疗本病的关键是要及早治疗,针灸为主。因为主穴精明在眼球旁,对疏通眼部经络血气有极其重要的作用,越早针灸,在眼部气血没有严重闭塞时最好。

Friday, February 6, 2015

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for CFS 中医对慢性疲劳综合症的治疗

As I mentioned before, a TCM(Traditional Chinese Medicine )practitioner will make a diagnosis based on four aspects. A person with CFS(Chronic fatigue syndrome) will have obvious signs of lack of energy. Patients have difficulty even moving around, so they can hardly perform their daily routines. Some symptoms are bad memory, lack of concentration, insomnia, or alternatively, hypersomnia. According to TCM theory,  these symptoms indicate deficiency syndromes, and different kinds of tonic prescriptions will help patients.

Syndromes of deficiency include four types: qi deficiency, blood deficiency, yin deficiency and yang deficiency. Normally, patients will have a combination of different types of deficiency such as qi and blood deficiency, qi and yin deficiency, or yin and yang deficiency. Therefore, the prescription for deficiency syndromes may include: invigorating qi , nourishing blood, invigorating both qi and blood, invigorating yin or yang, or invigorating both yin and yang.The reason cause deficiency may vary, such as stasis. Patient might have stasis first, then cause blood stagnation.Blood stagnation will lead to bad blood circulation.  If this is  the reason,  a TCM  practitioner will add some herbs to  get rid off the stasis along with the tonic formulas.

Below are some herbal formulas
For invigorating qi: Sijunzi Tang, Buzhongyiqi Tang, Shengmai San.
For nourishing blood: Siwu Tang, Dangguibuxue Tang.
For nourishing both qi and blood: Bazhen Tang, Guipi Tang.
For nourishing yin: Liuweidihuang Wan, Zuogui Wan, Yiguan Jian.
For nourishing yang: Shenqi Wan, Yougui Wan.

R.TCMP &R.AC :  Xiao Fen Huang
Cathay Toronto Acupuncture& Herbs Clinic
500 Sheppard Ave.E.Unit 205,Toronto
647-296-3226


       中药对慢性疲劳综合症非常有效。在中医术语中,归为虚损证。虚证可分为气虚,血虚,阴虚,阳虚,气血两虚,气阴两虚,阴阳两虚。对不同的虚证,有相应的方剂。在辨证中,要注意有无其他兼证,或虚损的原因是什么,例如是否先有瘀血,而令到血液循环不畅,从而造成血虚和气虚,那么在补气血的同时,要加入祛瘀的中药才有效,单纯的补气补血都不行。所以中医非常讲究辨证,找出致病的原因,从而祛除病根,疗效自然就显著。

       下面一些补益的方剂供大家参考
补气的方剂:四君子汤,补中益气汤,生脉散等
补血的方剂:四物汤,当归补血汤等
气血双补的方剂:归脾汤,八珍汤
补阴的方剂:六味地黄丸,左归丸,一贯煎
补阳的方剂:肾气丸, 右归丸等

Monday, January 12, 2015

针灸和中药对骨折愈合的显著疗效 Acupuncture and Chinese herbal treatment for dramatic improvement in bone fractures

     几年前在家里的客厅滑到了,当时听到2声闷响,接着是剧痛,马上拿冰敷了10 分钟左右,之后用中药油、膏轻轻涂抹,过了一会,做针灸,跟着敷上跌打药膏,固定。当天喝了田七水,田七有止血不留瘀的功能。这样就能减少 因出血对周围组织的刺激,所以能减少疼痛。当时以为只是断了筋,所以没有去照x光,之后几天就做了针灸和涂抹中药。
       第五天,虽然觉得在好转,但脚不能下地,才想到可能骨折了,去约了家庭医生,照X光,是左脚胫骨闭合性骨折,骨头没有移位。在 North York General 急诊打了石膏,此时是受伤后第五天。第六天开始喝活血祛瘀的中药,喝了8付左右,又去North York General复诊,照X光后,不用再打石膏了,换了可脱下的保护靴。也就是说,我打石膏还不用2周。回家后,脱下靴,针灸,涂药,继续喝活血祛瘀中药加几味补肾药,一周4付左右,到了快六周时,又去复诊,那时我的脚已很有力的抵抗实习医生的检查了,把他吓了一跳,他不相信我这是受伤后才不到6周的时间,就恢复得这么好。回家后继续针灸、中药,中药有时吃些健脾胃的,这样8周后,我就能不用保护靴慢慢行走了。12周后就基本正常行走,只是还不能穿高跟鞋。这样还断断续续的有吃补肾的中药(中医理论,肾主骨)。五个月后,可以去hiking了,走了5个多小时,也能穿高跟鞋了。完全复原了。
        这个过程中我没有用过止痛药喔,所以针灸和中药对外伤是十分有效的。原因是针灸和中药能促进瘀血的吸收,促进血液循环,让受伤部位能有正常的血液供应,自然就能促进受伤部位的修复和愈合,所以就恢复得快。

       This is my own experience showing how using treatments correctly can really speed up healing.
In 2010, I slipped in the living room and hurt my left tibia badly. It was so bad that I couldn't walk and it was heavily swollen as well. The x-rays revealed there was a large fracture in my tibia. Normally, a fracture this large would require a person to be in a non-removable cast for at least 6-8 weeks, so I prepared a herbal formula and I drank it 4-5 times a week. The formula included tianqi, honghua, sumu, ruxiang, moyao and others. The purpose of these herbs is to stop internal bleeding and remove stasis/swelling. That is why can reduce the pain. On a check-up about two weeks after the cast was put on, the fracture had heal enough that I could switch to a removable cast. I continued with the herbal treatment  , and I also made a variation of the formula that I can soak my leg in. Having a removable cast meant acupuncture could be used as well. During my healing process I didn't take a single painkiller pill.

     Eight weeks since the day I was injured, I was able to walk slowly without the removable cast. On the twelfth week, my leg was almost back to normal, except that I still wasn't able to wear high heels. 5 moths later, I went hiking with my friends for five hours and my leg was just fine.
  
R.TCMP &R.AC :  Xiao Fen Huang
Cathay Toronto Acupuncture& Herbs Clinic
500 Sheppard Ave.E.Unit 205,Toronto
647-296-3226

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

中药的煎煮方法和服用方法很重要

      中药的煮法可大致分为补药的煮法, 和解药的煮法和解表药(即感冒伤风或外感发热)的煮法三种。在熬药前,最好把药泡半小时到一小时,之后连泡药的水一起煮。
1.补药煮得久些,一般大火煮沸后改小火煮40分钟,倒出药液后可马上加热水在药煲内煮第二遍。第二遍的煮法是大火煮沸后小火煮30分钟左右。把第一遍和第二遍的药液混合,分2-3次温服。
2.若是煮治感冒发热的药,要看是什么成分。有些方剂只需水泡过药面,然后泡1小时以上,就可以大火煮,煮沸后继续大火煮5分钟即可倒出药液备用。然后马上煮第二遍,加入开水,水量以泡过药面1-2cm 为好,然后大火煮沸后转中火继续煮20分钟即可,倒出药液和第一次的药液混合,分2-3次热服,一天服完。药渣还可以用开水再煮一遍,就是说加入开水,泡过药面1cm,大火煮开后转中火煮20分钟左右,倒出药液,温服。但有些方剂如桂枝汤或麻黄汤等,煮法和服用都有不同要求,要问清楚医生。
3.和解剂如小柴胡汤, 半夏泻心汤等的煮法就特别。是要把药液煮成一半时去掉药材,只是煮药液再成为一半。如800毫升水煮成400毫升是去渣再煮药液成200毫升。

     有些病人煮好药后,第一次热服,之后把剩下的药液放入冰箱,这样的话一定要把药液煮沸再服,否则从冰箱直接取出服用的话,这样的药液就成了寒物,会损害肺和脾胃的。最好的方法是剩余的药液放在 阴凉处,再服用时稍加热即可,不要放在冰箱。

     有些药物要先煎,是为了解毒或煎出有用物质,有些药后下,是因为用的是挥发性的物质,所以中药的煮法和服用方法非常重要,一定要问清楚医生。一般而言,中药要温服,但有特殊情况。如真寒假热的病人,是要服用热性药物的,但煮后要冷服,因为有假热在外。
      服药有时会有食物的禁忌,这些也要清楚,因为食物也有寒热温凉的性质,会和药物相冲的。特别是手术后的服药或外伤、烫伤等,一定要咨询中医师。

   

Monday, December 29, 2014

中药能大幅减轻拔智齿后的疼痛和肿起,迅速恢复口腔牙齿功能 Tian Qi is very effective for reducing pain and swelling - Wisdom teeth removal recovery

     12月22日,女儿在专科做了智齿拔除。回家后即服用止血祛瘀中药--田七。我们知道,拔除智齿也是一项外科手术,要切开肌肉组织甚至某些骨,所以会造成出血和局部肿痛。田七具有止血和祛瘀的功能,即能缩短伤口出血时间,同时促进因手术时从破裂的血管流出的血液(我们称为瘀血)的吸收,而且能加速血管的生长及结缔组织的增生,从而促进伤口的愈合,因此能大幅减轻手术的损伤。所以她只是当天5点多服了1粒止痛药,晚上12时再服1粒,之后再也不需要服止痛药。第二天、第三天继续服田七,第4-7天用云南白药涂伤口。12月29日(今天)复诊,牙医惊叹她已没有肿疼,恢复得很好。我告诉他我用了中药止血消肿,他说用了有好效果就行。今天已正常进食饭、肉。

On December 22nd, my daughter went to a dental surgeon to get her lower wisdom teeth removed. As soon as we got home, I gave her tian qi, a plant known for stopping bleeding and pain caused by injury. We all know that surgery will cause bleeding and tissue damage.Tianqi can can shorten the bleeding time of wounds.Also Tianqi can promote blood circulation to eliminate stasis. That is why She only took one painkilling pill in the evening and one before bed. She didn't need them after that. After three days of drinking tian qi tea, the swelling decreased drastically and the pain was gone. On the fourth day, she used yunnan baiyao (the main active ingredient is tian qi as well) on her cheeks and in her mouth. By December 29th, which is today, the swelling was completely gone, and even the doctor was surprised during the check up! I told him about the herbs, and he was impressed by the results. She can now enjoy the food she normally eats and is very happy she recovered so fast.

Xiao fen Huang R.TCMP
500 Sheppard Ave. E, unit 205, North York M2N 6B4
647-296-3226