acupuncture and phytotherapy

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Male patient with 28 years of age. The patient turned to acupuncture consultations due to the presence of anxiety. The patient refers to him as being very nervous and angry.
When the patient was angry his hands start´s shaking and  in the presence of anxiety will appeared  the very strong need, not always  controllable, of hair pulling.
The patient, during the semiological analysis, showed no symptoms that would allow one to conclude with certainty any clinical pattern. The acupuncture treatment principles were defined in order to calm the mind and intervene in more possible  patterns [...]

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Female patient, 78 years old, turned to acupuncture treatments due to the presence of pain in the wrist and base of the thumb caused by the presence of arthrosis. The patient reported the existence of this complaint for several years which hindered movement of the thumb.
Alongside the patient had a complicated medical history but that was [...]

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Female patient, between 60-65 years, turned to acupuncture treatments due to the presence of back pain that had existed since the age of 20. Massage relieved the pain temporarily. Before had Japanese acupuncture which relieved the pain enough, allowing three months without pain.
The pain was due to bad posture due to prolonged work. A semiotic analysis did [...]

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Male patient with 54 years of age. He had pain and difficulty of movement in the head due to torticollis suffered three months earlier. Were recommended 20 sessions of physical therapy that the patient did with no success.
After 20 sessions of physical therapy the patient went to the Office of Sports Physiotherapy for consultations with the physiotherapist [...]

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A female patient, aged 30-35 years come to acupuncture/Chinese medicine treatments due to bruxism of which intensity had worsened considerably in recent times. The patient had pain in the jaw, temporal region and high muscle tension level of the trapezoid muscle. Moreover also mentioned the existence of states of irritability associated with a worsening of the [...]

A female patient, 47 years old, resorted to acupuncture consultations/treatments due to the presence of a very peculiar symptom: hearing her heart beating in her ears, like a sort of hum/tinnitus.
The analysis framed in the basic theory of TCM seems to indicate a qi deficiency pattern. The analysis of other symptoms suggests the existence of trigger points [...]

A male patient, aged 34, turned to acupuncture consultations/treatments by presenting a sciatica crisis beginning three weeks before the consultation. The 1st sciatica crisis had arisen for one year and a half and this was the third crisis.
The pain was very intense and affected the movement and quality of life of patient. A semiological analysis demonstrated the [...]

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Male patient with 59 years of age emerged in Policonsult Medical Clinic with complaints of severe pain in the costal region due to herpes zoster.
Herpes zoster had emerged for 15 days and for at least 10 days the patient had very intense pain that almost did not mitigate with CLONIX.
A semiological analysis of pain demonstrated [...]

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Male patient with 59 years of age resorted to acupuncture treatments in Policonsult Medical Clinic referring to the existence of pain in the supraorbital region (above the eye) and in the region of temples that bothered him for 8-9 months.
A semiological analysis of patient’s symptoms failed to set any specific Chinese Medicine clinical pattern [...]

It is common to observe patients with trigger points in various muscles. Very common in clinical practice is to observe a link between trigger points in upper trapezius and esternocleydomastoideu. These two muscles are important for the movement of the head and often subject to great stress. Indeed it is quite common, people accumulate tension on the [...]