Guest guest Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 I have a patient with the most severe case of urticaria I have ever seen. She has severe hives on at least 80% of her body that are raised, red, warm to the touch and itchy. She has an overall deficient pulse, with kidney yin especially weak. Her pulse is not rapid at about 70bpm. Her lung pulse feels almost excessive relative to all the other positions. Her tongue is small, pale, moist with little coating. Her skin color is very fair. She is 22 years old and never had any problem with urticaria until 3 years ago when she was under a lot of stress. Her MD's put her on steroids which no longer work for her and she takes 12 benadril a day with little success. Only in the past few weeks have the hives returned, also due to stress. I diagnosed her with Urticaria due to Wind-Heat with blood deficiency. My first treatment I did an aggressive energy treatment assuming that the root was emotional due to stress bringing on the onset. I also did very gentle and light cupping on her back to help clear the heat. I gave her " Harmonize Heart and Lung " and " Tonify blood " Kan extract modular herbs as their major indication is to treat hives. I expected a healing crisis, but nothing like what has happened. She progressively got a lot worse over then next two days. I told her to stop taking the herbs just in case of an allergic reaction. She stopped, then started again and then stopped as her condition worsened by the hour and she thought that the herbs were helping for a while. Today she came to see me and her condition was the worst it has ever been. I almost recommended she go to the ER. Her face and lips were puffy with most of her body covered with large red, hot, raised hives. She had difficulty speaking due to her mouth and face being so swollen. She had headaches and vomited several times in the past 24 hours. She has not been able to sleep for the past 2 nights. She was extremely upset and emotional. I asked her if she had seen her MD, but she is not interested in Western medicine as it has failed her so many times in the past. I tried to refer her to a master herbalist I know in the area (my herbal skills and pharmacy are not adequate in this case), but she is afraid of taking any more herbs now as she thinks (and I tend to agree) that she was having an allergic reaction to them. I felt horrible as I felt that my original treatment was obviously wrong and the cause of her condition being worsened so severely but she still has confidence in me and wants me to continue to treat her. Today I did a simple treatment of Liv-3 to help smooth the Qi, Sp-6 to help tonify the yin and blood, St-36, LI-4, LI-11 to clear heat, Yin Tang to calm shen and Ear Shen Men. I also did a simple progressive relaxation hypnosis technique which she responded very well to. After 30 minutes her symptoms were 75% better. To my relief, I actually watched the welts on her arms disappear before my eyes. She is coming again on Saturday to see me and I want to help her improve more. She is going to be at a wedding on Sunday and wants to look her best. I would appreciate any input or recommendations from this group. Thanks! Christopher Vedeler L.Ac., C.Ht. Oasis Acupuncture http://www.oasisacupuncture.com 8233 N. Via Paseo del Norte Suite D-35 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Phone: (480) 991-3650 Fax: (480) 247-4472 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Have you applied any herbs topically: for this you can use toxic-heat clearing / wind-heat herb decoction with bing lian added and apply as a mist from a spray bottle, -justin " Christopher Vedeler L.Ac. " <ckvedeler wrote: I have a patient with the most severe case of urticaria I have ever seen. She has severe hives on at least 80% of her body that are raised, red, warm to the touch and itchy. She has an overall deficient pulse, with kidney yin especially weak. Her pulse is not rapid at about 70bpm. Her lung pulse feels almost excessive relative to all the other positions. Her tongue is small, pale, moist with little coating. Her skin color is very fair. She is 22 years old and never had any problem with urticaria until 3 years ago when she was under a lot of stress. Her MD's put her on steroids which no longer work for her and she takes 12 benadril a day with little success. Only in the past few weeks have the hives returned, also due to stress. I diagnosed her with Urticaria due to Wind-Heat with blood deficiency. My first treatment I did an aggressive energy treatment assuming that the root was emotional due to stress bringing on the onset. I also did very gentle and light cupping on her back to help clear the heat. I gave her " Harmonize Heart and Lung " and " Tonify blood " Kan extract modular herbs as their major indication is to treat hives. I expected a healing crisis, but nothing like what has happened. She progressively got a lot worse over then next two days. I told her to stop taking the herbs just in case of an allergic reaction. She stopped, then started again and then stopped as her condition worsened by the hour and she thought that the herbs were helping for a while. Today she came to see me and her condition was the worst it has ever been. I almost recommended she go to the ER. Her face and lips were puffy with most of her body covered with large red, hot, raised hives. She had difficulty speaking due to her mouth and face being so swollen. She had headaches and vomited several times in the past 24 hours. She has not been able to sleep for the past 2 nights. She was extremely upset and emotional. I asked her if she had seen her MD, but she is not interested in Western medicine as it has failed her so many times in the past. I tried to refer her to a master herbalist I know in the area (my herbal skills and pharmacy are not adequate in this case), but she is afraid of taking any more herbs now as she thinks (and I tend to agree) that she was having an allergic reaction to them. I felt horrible as I felt that my original treatment was obviously wrong and the cause of her condition being worsened so severely but she still has confidence in me and wants me to continue to treat her. Today I did a simple treatment of Liv-3 to help smooth the Qi, Sp-6 to help tonify the yin and blood, St-36, LI-4, LI-11 to clear heat, Yin Tang to calm shen and Ear Shen Men. I also did a simple progressive relaxation hypnosis technique which she responded very well to. After 30 minutes her symptoms were 75% better. To my relief, I actually watched the welts on her arms disappear before my eyes. She is coming again on Saturday to see me and I want to help her improve more. She is going to be at a wedding on Sunday and wants to look her best. I would appreciate any input or recommendations from this group. Thanks! Christopher Vedeler L.Ac., C.Ht. Oasis Acupuncture http://www.oasisacupuncture.com 8233 N. Via Paseo del Norte Suite D-35 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Phone: (480) 991-3650 Fax: (480) 247-4472 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Dear Christopher, It is my belief that 98% of skin problems are emotional. I would try and see where (supressed?) anger might be. I see urticaria as the skin getting annoyed / angry on one's behalf! Sorry, can't help with the herb side of things. An excellent book (in my opinion) on the subject of skin problems and emitons is by dermatologist and Jungian Psychoanalist Dr. Anne Maguire: " Skin Disease: A Message from the Soul " . Free Association Books Ltd, 2004. ISBN: 1853437484. Artemis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Hi All, http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/ad2.htm#a80000 has: 080000 skin 38/223/.963 LI11 LI04 SP10 SP06 ST36 BL40 GV14 OT05 BL13 GB20 ..836 .710 .689 .522 .503 .495 .380 .374 .325 .273 080124 hair, skin: alopecia; baldness; hairloss; oppilation 9/66/.956 BL16 BL40 GB20 OT05 LI04 BL10 CV12 ST36 BL43 CV04 ..547 .419 .349 .349 .233 .233 .233 .221 .221 .221 See: http://tinyurl.com/dfbgr ALLERGY, URTICARIA (NETTLE RASH, HIVES), ANGIONEUROTIC OEDEMA: GV20, local pts, adjacent pts, SP10, LI11, GV14, ST36, SP06, LU05 + BL40 (prick to bleed both Pts), BL16, SP10 Allergy, urticaria dt drug allergy: Sishencong (Ex.6.), HT07, HT06, PC06, PC04, BL15, BL62, BL16, SP10 Itch~severe BL16, SP10 See also: http://www.maui.net/~ssaphore/Acupuncture.htm http://www.acumedico.com/acupoints.htm If there is evidence of predominant LV involvement, Ayurvedic LIV52 formula [8 Indian herbs] is useful. If there is evidence of predominant KI involvement, see the fine article by Michael Tierra " Psychospiritual aspects of Herbal Medicine " at http://www.planetherbs.com/articles/emotions.html Best regards, Tel: (H): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0) Ireland. Tel: (W): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0) " Man who says it can't be done should not interrupt man doing it " - Chinese Proverb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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