acupuncture and phytotherapy

ABSTRACT
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 [...]

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 [...]

There are 3 types of trigger points. This form of classification helps us to understand the relationship between trigger points and among the symptoms they trigger. The 3 types of trigger points are: (1) active trigger points, (2) latent trigger points (3) and satellite trigger points.
The active trigger points are a continuing source of pain.
The [...]

The muscle sternocleidomastoid has 2 branches. The clavicular branch that connects to the clavicle and sternum branch that connects to the sternum. This muscle can have trigger points that trigger other symptoms such as headache.
The existence of trigger points in the clavicular branch of sternocleidomastoid can cause frontal headache and pain in the ear.
The existence [...]

The trigger points of the temporalis muscle can trigger episodes of pain marked by geographical differences and episodes of pain in other regions less suspicious as the teeth.
They are a cause of frontal and temporal headache. In the frontal headache pain tends to be more pronounced in orbit above the eye, while in the temporal [...]