Conventional medicine Trigeminal neuralgia causes a sudden, severe, electric shock-like, or spasm pain that lasts several seconds. The pain can be felt on the face, jaw and around the lips, eyes, nose, scalp, or forehead. Symptoms can be brought on when a person is brushing the teeth, touching the face, swallowing, grinding etc. Trigeminal neuralgia […]
Read MoreComplex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Classification and external resources Reflex sympathetic dystrophy Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) formerly reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), “causalgia”, or reflex neurovascular dystrophy (RND) is an amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome (AMPS). It is a chronic systemic disease characterized by severe pain, swelling, and changes in the skin. CRPS is expected to […]
Read MoreMonths ago I have a patient who has elevated PSA. His PSA level was tested as 5 before seeing me. He prefer acupuncture treatment and does not want to take medicine. So I treated him once a week for couple of months. The result is good. After one month treatment, his PSA reduced to 3.5 […]
Read MoreCommon causes include systemic diseases (such as diabetes or leprosy), vitamin deficiency, medication (e.g., chemotherapy), traumatic injury, excessive alcohol consumption, immune system disease, or infection, or it may be inherited (present from birth). Treating Peripheral Neuropathy with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine By: Diane Joswick, L.Ac., MSOM For some people it is experienced as the uncomfortable […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Acupuncture works better than drugs like aspirin to reduce the severity and frequency of chronic headaches, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. A review of studies involving nearly 4,000 patients with migraine, tension headache and other forms of chronic headache showed that that 62 percent of the acupuncture patients reported headache relief compared […]
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