damp heat in the lower jiao?

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

 

This is actually the first time I'm posting something, so hello also

(although I have been reading stuff for quite some time now...)

 

Does anyone know of a good treatment for someone who has an inflamed

foreskin that causes a considerable amount of discomfort? It is so inflamed,

it cannot be pulled back. There does not appear to be any build-up of

discharge underneath, but it is quite 'greasy' under there...

 

The tongue shows usual yellowish coating up the back (lower jiao), and the

patient also has issues with his Dai Mai, as he has lower back issues with a

distended stomach. His stomach is what we in Australia call " the beer gut " -

except that he doesn't drink beer, he eats only whole foods and organic

foods (no junk or mass processed foods) and mostly even a gluten-free diet

because his wife has coeliacs disease. It's clear at least that the stomach

is related to the lower back, although he also has a weakness in the Spleen

too... He says the only things different about his diet in the last few days

has been that he's been drinking glasses of milk.

 

His pulse is pretty good - if anything a little thready, but certainly not

'wiry'.

 

I assume this is a case of Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.... any thoughts, and

any suggestions for treatment, acupuncture and/or herbs?

 

 

 

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Chinese Traditional Medicine , " Editor, The Magician "

<dpfireraven wrote:

> The tongue shows usual yellowish coating up the back (lower jiao),

> and the patient also has issues with his Dai Mai, as he has lower

> back issues with a distended stomach. His stomach is what we in

> Australia call " the beer gut " - except that he doesn't drink beer...

 

Since no one has answered this yet, I'll take a shot at it. The

distended gut is usually the liver channel, and in this case it sounds

like heat. Stress or anger usually comes more easily in these

conditions, and could aggrivate it.

 

Most likely, from my experience of what you explain, a more slow and

mellow outlook would help, and as a minor thing you could try mint or

chrysathemum or something else that releases internal heat. This

probably wouldn't do much for whatever it was you were talking about,

but more towards his overall condition. It's always a good idea to

seek out someone trained to do treatment vs homebrew type stuff, as

they have the expertise and skill to treat your condition, rahter than

just a guessing game or something. I guess you live in Australia? If

you want I could try to find someone in your area if you tell me where

your area is, and how far you can travel.

 

Other than that, I'll leave more advanced explinations to the other

folks on the board, but in the meantime, I hope this sheds a little

more light on the situation =)

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Chinese Traditional Medicine , " mrasmm " <mrasmm wrote:

>

> Chinese Traditional Medicine , " Editor, The Magician "

> <dpfireraven@> wrote:

> > The tongue shows usual yellowish coating up the back (lower jiao),

> > and the patient also has issues with his Dai Mai, as he has lower

> > back issues with a distended stomach. His stomach is what we in

> > Australia call " the beer gut " - except that he doesn't drink

beer...

>

 

 

Here in the U.S., " beer gut " is a term that's well understood!

 

Damp heat is usually the same as " candida, " if I'm not mistaken? That

is, an overabundance of " bad bacteria " that comes from months of being

on antibiotics that kill the good bacteria that florish in your gut.

I wish this person the best. I did not have damp heat, only dampness

with some heat, and was terribly irritated constantly and my head was

foggy and coudln't think straight. It was terribly confusing and

maddening. Perhaps qigong or tai chi in addition to therapy would be

good. If you recommend the guy come in for an extended period

(several months), you might cut him some kind of discount, b/c

acupuncture (at least here in teh U.S.) is not covered by insurance

and becomes expensive quickly.

 

 

glenn