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Of abrupt onset and triggered by viruses, this disease is characterized by blisters that follow the route of a particular nerve being accompanied by pain.

The areas mostly affected are: face, chest, abdomen and thigh.

At first the skin appears red and there is pain. Once blisters appear with the shape of a belt and are accompanied by pain, fever, changes in appetite or other symptoms.

2-3 weeks later, the vesicles dry and form crust. The crust disappears without leaving scars. In some cases the pain remains even after the disappearance of the vesicles crust.
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Completing the trilogy of articles about addictions (alcohol addiction, stop smoking, etc…) – smoking and acupuncture, acupuncture and alcoholism – I’ve decided to write about addictions (heroin addiction, cocain addiction, meth addiction, substance abuse, etc…) and acupuncture. The authors, on which I base these three articles, Ganglin Yin and Zhenghua Liu, presented two different texts for smoking and drug abuse of other substances (heroin, meth – methamphetamine -, cocain, etc…).

Although very similar addiction treatment, although one addiction treatment can be used in other type of addiction, the authors showed us as different addiction treatment and so I’ll make the same in this set of articles.
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This article comes from a series of articles I am writing about acupuncture and addictions (alcohol addiction, heroin addiction, meth addiction, substance abuse, alcohol abuse, opiate addiction). Despite the doubts over the effectiveness of acupuncture on them – that I share! - There are already defined TCM treatments to address these problems such as alcohol addiction treatment, addictions treatments or drug addiction treatment.

As for nicotine dependence article, this text was written based on the work of Ganglin Yin and Zhenghua Liu, Advanced Modern Chinese Acupuncture Therapy. Specifically addresses three different treatments that can be done with acupuncture in the treatment of alcoholism (treatment for alcohol abuse).
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I’ve mentioned in another article several studies regarding the use of acupuncture in drug addiction treatment (drug addiction) and the dependence on cigarettes (drugs). My view is simple: there are no studies that show that acupuncture is really effective and the results of many clinics can only be due to false advertising and triage of patients in order to select only those who actually will stop smoking.

But this does not indicate that I do not write texts on Chinese medicine for these tipe of problems (drug addiction treatment, drug rehabilitation, drug rehab, drug treatment). In this case I will talk about some peculiarities of acupuncture treatment. My source is the excellent work of Yin and Ganglin Zhenghua Liu, Advanced Modern Chinese Acupuncture Therapy.
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Seminal emission refers to emission of semen without any kind of sexual stimulation. It is considered pathological when it appears several times a week or a single night several times possible with other symptoms.
In Chinese Medicine is the name of Yi Jing (seminal emission).

DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO CHINESE MEDICINE

Kidney Yang Deficiency

Spermatorrhoea during the day and night, spermatorrhoea appears when you think or want sex, polyuria, back pain, dizziness, tinnitus, pale face, pale tongue, deep and slow pulse.
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Female infertility can be diagnosed in 2 different situations: (1) woman who never had children can not get pregnant over 3 years of attempts, this time without having used contraceptives, and always with a healthy man and (2) a woman already pregnant mother tries over 2 years without success.

DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING WITH CHINESE MEDICINE

Kidney Yin Deficiency

Inability to conceive after more than 3 years of try, short or irregular menstruation, with losses low blood bright red or darker, without clots, physical and mental restlessness, dizziness, tinnitus, afternoon fever, night sweats, dry mouth and throat, dark urine, red tongue without coating, thin and rapid pulse.

Kidney Yang Deficiency

Inability to conceive after more than 3 years to try, irregular menstruation (long cycle or irregular cycles), low loss of blood and pale in color (can be black if there is to muck cold), can have amenorrhea, increase urine, aversion to cold, dysmenorrhoea that improves with pressure and heat and worsens with cold , pain type windmill, pale and swollen tongue, thin pulse, deep and slow.

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More common in young women, this disease presents as characteristic symptoms: sudden aphasia, depression, singing for no apparent reason, begin to laugh for no apparent reason, globus histericus, blindness, hysterical syncope, tremors, numbness of the limbs.

DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO CHINESE MEDICINE

Liver Qi stagnation

Sensation of distension in the chest and hypochondrium, depression, feeling of lump in the throat irremovable, vomiting, acid regurgitation, blindness, sudden aphasia, deafness, tongue varicosity with red or purple pulse tense in sublingual and rope.

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This disease is characterized by auditory vertigo, nausea, loss of balance and is due to excess fluid in the labyrinth.

DIAGNOSIS OF AGREEMENT WITH CHINESE MEDICINE

Liver Yang Hiperactivity

Sudden onset of vertigo and tinnitus, worsening of symptoms with states of emotional instability, irritability or depression, tendency to rage, nausea, red face, bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth and throat, congestion of the eyes, night sweats, worsening of symptoms with fever, red tongue with thin and yellow coating, rapid rope pulse.

Qi and Blood Deficiency

Vertigo that worsen with physical strain, worse with movement, repeated occurrence of vertigo, voice low, soft stool, physical fatigue, pale face, pale tongue, thin and weak pulse.

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Impotence is the inability of man in achieving an erection or achivieng an erection but that is insufficient for the success of sexual intercourse.

In Chinese Medicine there are 3 main patterns: (1) fullness pattern- damp-heat – (2) pattern of vacuity – Kidney yang deficiency – and (3) pattern from the desahrmony relationship between 2 zang organs – vacuity of the spleen and heart Qi -.
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Tinnitus is characterized by patients as a bell-like sound in the ears. Deafness is the loss of ability to hear.

DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO CHINESE MEDICINE

invasion of external wind
Sudden onset of tinnitus or deafness, tinnitus worsen with exposure to wind and cold, fever and chills, aversion to cold, aches, stiff neck, lack of sweating, headache, tongue with thin layer and white, floating pulse. In patterns of wind-heat there may be other clinical signs such as mild pain in the ear, feeling a slight obstruction in the ear, hearing ability slightly reduced and ear membrane slightly red.
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