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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 chief complaint.

A semiological analysis on Chinese Medicine (TCM) indicated the existence of a pattern of liver qi stagnation. The therapies used were acupuncture and materia medica. The patient made a whole of 5 acupuncture treatments, showing significant improvement of their symptoms. At the end of the five acupuncture treatments withdrew treatment due to personal reasons.
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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 on esternocleydomastoideu muscle and some involvement of the presence of cervical hernia in the chief complaint.

The patient made a total of six acupuncture treatment to the total disappearance of the chief complaint/main symptom. Also it was treated a minor complaint related to muscle tension in the trapezius muscle in a rectangular shape with a typical hardness of iron and stranger.

The treatment used was acupuncture. In acupuncture it was used three distinct variants: regular acupuncture, trigger points and scalp acupunture. In total it took 6 treatments until the patient refer be able to spend a day without hearing the heart beat. The acupuncture treatments were made at intervals of 1 week.
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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 existence of a pattern of blood stasis (stabbing pain, improves with movement). The patient was treated with acupuncture and materia medica (aka phytotherapy).

The patient responded very positively to treatment only being necessary, a total of three treatments to give back quality of life and eliminate pain.
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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 the existence of a pattern of blood stasis aggravated with cold. Later symptoms indicated that this pattern of blood stasis could be triggered by invasion of external pathogenic factors (wind-cold).

In all, were made five treatments of acupuncture almost daily for pain treatment. The patient responded extremely positively to acupuncture treatment by noting the end of the treatment period, the complete absence of pain and stoping to take CLONIX.

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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 so the diagnosis was inconclusive. However it was possible to verify the existence of active trigger points in the trapezius muscle near the acupuncture point GB21/jianjing (gallbladder).

Acupuncture was the therapy of choice in treating this patient. In all were made six acupuncture treatments. The patient responded very positively to acupuncture treatment noticing a significant reduction in pain from the 1st acupuncture treatment.
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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 trapezius muscle.

The most interesting is to observe the formation of more complex symptom patterns. Pain mixes easily with other symptoms like nausea, dizziness or nasal congestion.

I am currently treating a patient with trigger points in these two muscles. His clinical semiological analysis is quite complex and, in a clinical perspective, very interesting. Obviously that patients never agree with this childlike enthusiasm towards the cause of their problems.
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There are four areas of trigger points in trapezius muscle. In its upper edge are the trigger points that normally triggered painful symptoms in the head and neck.

Neck pain usually manifests itself in its outer edge in the region traversed by the meridian of the gallbladder (GB). In addition to neck pain patients may also develop muscle stiffness and difficulty moving their heads. In the head, the pain, tends to be felt behind the eye in the region of Taiyang extra acupuncture point and can more rarely be felt in the course of the meridian of the gallbladder (GB). In this link you can see a picture which shows the areas of referred pain from the 1st trigger point (TrP 1).
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A female patient aged 39, turned to acupuncture consultations due to back pain crisis (herniated disc) that prevented her from working properly. In her profession was required to travel a lot and the seats of airplanes worsened the pain limiting her even further.

She had been diagnosed with a herniated disc, between 3 and 4 years in the lumbar region. Herniated disc causes constant pain. Four days before acupuncture consulting, that pain had arisen from the area of the herniated disc and affected the central part of the spine and upper back.

Despite gradually improving pain, the patient still complained of very intense and disabling pain. The semiological analysis concludes that there is a pattern of blood stasis. The therapies used were acupuncture – inserting needles into the body – and materia medica – food supplements.

The patient made one acupuncture consultation and noted immediate relief of pain crises.
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Female patient, 33 years old, had physician-diagnosed sinusitis (sinus infections, sinus infection) when resorted to acupuncture/Traditional Chinese Medicine consultations.

The sinusitis (sinus infections, sinus infection) crisis started for 2 and a half weeks and the patient was followed from the start by Western medicine. Symptoms such as runny nose (nasal mucus) or phlegm (expectoration) disappeared with Western medication. Sense of change of pressure in the ears (similar to being inside an airplane) also improved greatly with western medical treatments.

The patient come to acupuncture consultations due to extreme pain that arise in middle of medical treatment. The intense pain was in the frontal region of the head and nose.

Patient symptoms indicated a possible pattern of wind-cold. Treatment consisted in the use of acupuncture. In total were made up to 2 treatments until total desapearence of pain.
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Male patient, 41 years old, had an attack of renal colic for 1 week and contacted me in order to be given emergency consultation at home. The crisis had begun on a Tuesday and since then, the patient had pain that felt unbearable.

After hospitalization, he felt slight improvement. However given the medication led to a series of side effects such as nausea, vomiting and bitter taste in the mouth that made it impossible for the patient eating and drinking, eventually also stop the medication. The 1st acupuncture consultation was given on Saturday, five days after the initial crisis.

Given the side effects of medication, it was necessary to do two treatments: one devoted to the pain of renal colic and other to treat other clinical pattern associated with vomiting and bitter taste in the mouth.

The patient showed improvement during Saturday, after first treatment, stop feeling any pain and getting less nausea which allowed him to dinner as usual. On the night of Saturday to Sunday, came a new crisis that forced a new hospitalization. This time it was seen by a urologist. The urologist has changed the medication and the patient was without pain and without the side effects of previous medication.

This latest crisis was caused by movement of the kidney stone (6 mm). The ultrasound showed that the kidney stone was found in the lower ureter, almost entering bladder.

On Monday was made a second and final consultation in order to try to prevent the onset of pain.On Monday late afternoon, the patient began to feel a slight burning sensation when urinating and urinary difficulty. In the evening he noticed that he had expelled a short stone of about 6 mm.
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