Male Pelvic Pain and Acupuncture
There are 3 main factors in the lead-up to chronic pelvic pain in men.
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Diagnosis: Body Scan
Diagnosis: Body Scan Written by Chris Eddy Diagnosing a patient correctly, to me, is the most difficult thing in Chinese medicine. If you don’t get it right, how can you get the formula or points right? If you make a mistake with acupuncture points, most likely you will get away with it. Nothing gained, nothing …
Dang Gui Shao Yao San
Dang Gui Shao Yao San Written by Chris Eddy Originally a formula to prevent miscarriage and stop abdominal cramps during pregnancy, DGSYS builds blood, vitalises blood and clears fluid. But isn’t it dangerous to move blood in the uterus during pregnancy? No, not if you have the pattern right. In fact, helping the blood flow …
Clear Diagnosis? Here’s a checklist to help
Clear Diagnosis? Here’s a checklist to help Written by Chris Eddy Differentiation of Symptoms – The Consistent Signs that fit This is a list of basic signs and symptoms in Chinese medicine that reliably fit each diagnostic category. Too often you see overlapping categories like “Kidney yin deficiency = lower back pain, heat at night …
Diets & Protocols
There is a reason the oxalate is being stored in tissue and not broken down properly, thus worsening vulvodynia, and there is a reason vitamin B6 is low. No one, really knows for sure, but as mentioned previously it appears that it all started with an imbalance of intestinal bacteria, probably from antibiotics, which removed the bacteria that break down oxalate (bifido, lactobacillus and O. formigines) this then put a many number of biological functions out of balance, which is potentiating pain in certain individuals.
Paediatrics According to Body Type
I remember my first Chinese medicine class at university on paediatrics 15 years ago. The introduction was – “A child is not a smaller version of an adult.” And in the text, there was a small person, and a large person next to each other, just in case we weren’t sure exactly.
Ban Xia Formulas
Ban Xia Formulas Written by Chris Eddy 4.1 Xiao Ban Xia Tang Zhi Ban Xia 6-12, Sheng Jiang 5-10 This formula is specifically designed to stop vomiting where there are signs of phlegm and dampness. The tongue wil have a white or slippery white/wet coating, there will be a lack of thirst or an abundance …
Ban Xia Type
Ban Xia is a phlegm-transforming herb. It treats all types of phlegm, not only sputum that can be coughed up, but also phlegm retained in the body and formless phlegm in invisible.
Chai Hu Formula Types
Xiao Chai Hu Tang 小柴胡汤 Chai Hu 10-20, Huang Qin 6-10, Zhi Ban Xia 6-15, Ren Shen 5-10, Gan Cao 10, Sheng Jiang 10, Da Zao 12.
One of the most commonly used formulas in clinical practice. Very safe, very useful, very low side-effects; when you get the right presentation and apply this formula, the results are drastically positive.
Paragraph 96 of the shang han lun: “for alternating chills and fever, a sense of discomfort and fullness in the chest and ribs, alternating chills fever acupuncture being dejected with no desire to eat, irritability of the heart and a tendency to vomit.”
Chai Hu Type
Chai hu is the go-to herb for alternating chills and fever, especially accompanied by chest stuffiness, a wiry pulse, purple tongue and irritability.