Guest guest Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Message: 13 Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:47:09 +0100 May Lucken-Ardjomande <maylucken Patient case help and advice? Hi, Wondered if anyone could help with this new patients I am having. She is 31 years old, and is suffering from severe anal itching for about 2 years. She has some anal fissures as well. The itching is usually worse at night. Following the advise of a allergy testing practitioner, she went on a yeast-free, sugar-free diet about 3 months ago. Since then the vaginal itching she was also experiencing has gone, but the anal itching is still >> I do not mean to be rude or disrespectful, but doesn't anyone use and/or rely on pulse and tongue diagnosis? So many of these requests for help with patients seem to lack this level of information in any detailed manner. If one can read the signals of the body, it will tell you exactly what is wrong and what steps need to be taken. I just hope this is not a trend in the practice of TCM in this country: practitioners chasing after treating symptoms and losing sight of the heart of the medicine. Is this how people are being taught in schools these days? more curious than anything else Just wondering robbee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Dear Robbee, Tongue and pulse still very important here! Sorry. I've send all that in another email. My mistake. Tongue is swollen, teethmarks, no cracks, thin white coating, pale. Pulse is moderate, deep at left and right cubit position. Left bar wiry. Both inch positions weak. May On 17/7/04 9:08 pm, " TashiDelay " <TashiDelay wrote: > > > > Message: 13 > > Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:47:09 +0100 > > May Lucken-Ardjomande <maylucken > > Patient case help and advice? > > > Hi, > > > Wondered if anyone could help with this new patients I am having. > > > She is 31 years old, and is suffering from severe anal itching for about 2 > > years. She has some anal fissures as well. The itching is usually worse at > > night. > > > Following the advise of a allergy testing practitioner, she went on a > > yeast-free, sugar-free diet about 3 months ago. Since then the vaginal > > itching she was also experiencing has gone, but the anal itching is still >> > > I do not mean to be rude or disrespectful, but doesn't anyone use and/or rely > on pulse and tongue diagnosis? So many of these requests for help with > patients seem to lack this level of information in any detailed manner. If > one can > read the signals of the body, it will tell you exactly what is wrong and what > steps need to be taken. I just hope this is not a trend in the practice of > TCM in this country: practitioners chasing after treating symptoms and losing > sight of the heart of the medicine. Is this how people are being taught in > schools these days? more curious than anything else > Just wondering > robbee > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 I couldn't agree more with you, Robbee. On Jul 17, 2004, at 1:08 PM, TashiDelay wrote: > I do not mean to be rude or disrespectful, but doesn't anyone use > and/or rely > on pulse and tongue diagnosis? So many of these requests for help with > patients seem to lack this level of information in any detailed > manner. If one can > read the signals of the body, it will tell you exactly what is wrong > and what > steps need to be taken. I just hope this is not a trend in the > practice of > TCM in this country: practitioners chasing after treating symptoms and > losing > sight of the heart of the medicine. Is this how people are being > taught in > schools these days? more curious than anything else > Just wondering > robbee Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine Pacific College of Oriental Medicine San Diego, Ca. 92122 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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