Help for 5 years of daily headaches

[Guest guest]

Happy Thanksgiving Andrea!

 

Whey protein is a complete protein. It's frequently used by athletes who

need to preserve or gain muscle mass without adding unnecessary calories or fat

to their diet. It used to be more expensive, now you can buy tubs of it at

GNC.

 

The simplest way to use it is to dissolve it in plain old water. For that

purpose, I recommend the chocolate flavor. If you plan to combine it in other

foods, like smoothies or over cereal and milk or in other dishes, it's best to

get the vanilla flavor, which doesn't have much of a taste.

 

In common parlance " allergic to dairy " may mean an allergy to one or more

proteins in milk or a lactose intolerance condition. The major proteins in milk

are casein and whey. So someone could be allergic to one and not the other.

The process by which the whey is extracted leaves only trace amounts of

lactose in the mix, so that shouldn't be a problem.

 

Best wishes for the holiday, hope you're closing in on that 200 we talked

about. lol

 

Guy Porter

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

just to clarify; I wasn¹t suggesting the use of tian ma gou teng yin. It¹s

the wrong formula. I was offering a strategy for moving blood that is

referenced in the formula TMGTY.

 

Have a wonderful holiday all!

 

Cara O. Frank, R.Ac, Dipl Ac & Ch.H.

President China Herb Company of the Chinese Herb Program

Tai Sophia Institute of the Healing Arts

215-438-2977

Fax 215-849-3338

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

On Monday 20 November 2006 18:41, wrote:

 

Hi Andrea!

 

I am going to agree with those who are looking at bone issues. Has she been to

a chiropractor?

 

I had my tonsils out *twice* I was awake for the second surgery, a most

violent experience. The surgeon only *thinks* he isn't hurting you! The

amount of force necessary to cut out the tonsil tags could easily cause a

neck subluxation and you would have headaches until it was straightened out.

 

On the other hand, I would also consider the possibility that there is an

infection. I would recommend large doses of *time*release* vitamin C three or

four times a day for a few weeks. By large I mean as much as she can take

without getting a tummy ache or the runs. After a few weeks she can cut down

to about a third of her maximum tolerant dose for maintenance.

 

Oh, yeah, she needs to eat a little meat. Not to gorge on huge steaks like a

lot of people do, but a little meat. If she can't bear the thought, maybe

some eggs, cheese, milk and the like - doesn't have to be a lot.

 

> Hi All,

>

> I have an 18-year old female patient who has had constant headaches for

> the last 5 years. She has seen all the western docs, had all the tests

> done, and nothing is conclusive. Her neurologist referred her for

> acupuncture.

>

> Her history is most interesting. Prior to her headaches, she had a bout

> of mononucleosis at age 13, followed by removal of her tonsils. After the

> surgery, her headaches started.

--

Regards,

 

Pete

http://www.pete-theisen.com/

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Guy. I'm not sure she has a milk/dairy intolerance, and I will ask

when I see her tomorrow.

 

As for the 200, I haven't been keeping track, but I think I'm close! :-)

 

Andrea Beth

 

DrGRPorter wrote:

Happy Thanksgiving Andrea!

 

Whey protein is a complete protein. It's frequently used by athletes who

need to preserve or gain muscle mass without adding unnecessary calories or fat

to their diet. It used to be more expensive, now you can buy tubs of it at

GNC.

 

The simplest way to use it is to dissolve it in plain old water. For that

purpose, I recommend the chocolate flavor. If you plan to combine it in other

foods, like smoothies or over cereal and milk or in other dishes, it's best to

get the vanilla flavor, which doesn't have much of a taste.

 

In common parlance " allergic to dairy " may mean an allergy to one or more

proteins in milk or a lactose intolerance condition. The major proteins in milk

are casein and whey. So someone could be allergic to one and not the other.

The process by which the whey is extracted leaves only trace amounts of

lactose in the mix, so that shouldn't be a problem.

 

Best wishes for the holiday, hope you're closing in on that 200 we talked

about. lol

 

Guy Porter

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Pete,

 

I don't know if she's seen a chiropractor - I'll ask when I see her tomorrow.

And she absolutely cannot fathom eating meat. She has dreams about craving and

eating meat, in which she promptly vomits afterwards. Thanks for your

suggestions.

 

Andrea Beth

 

Pete Theisen <petetheisen wrote:

On Monday 20 November 2006 18:41, wrote:

 

Hi Andrea!

 

I am going to agree with those who are looking at bone issues. Has she been to

a chiropractor?

 

I had my tonsils out *twice* I was awake for the second surgery, a most

violent experience. The surgeon only *thinks* he isn't hurting you! The

amount of force necessary to cut out the tonsil tags could easily cause a

neck subluxation and you would have headaches until it was straightened out.

 

On the other hand, I would also consider the possibility that there is an

infection. I would recommend large doses of *time*release* vitamin C three or

four times a day for a few weeks. By large I mean as much as she can take

without getting a tummy ache or the runs. After a few weeks she can cut down

to about a third of her maximum tolerant dose for maintenance.

 

Oh, yeah, she needs to eat a little meat. Not to gorge on huge steaks like a

lot of people do, but a little meat. If she can't bear the thought, maybe

some eggs, cheese, milk and the like - doesn't have to be a lot.

 

> Hi All,

>

> I have an 18-year old female patient who has had constant headaches for

> the last 5 years. She has seen all the western docs, had all the tests

> done, and nothing is conclusive. Her neurologist referred her for

> acupuncture.

>

> Her history is most interesting. Prior to her headaches, she had a bout

> of mononucleosis at age 13, followed by removal of her tonsils. After the

> surgery, her headaches started.

--

Regards,

 

Pete

http://www.pete-theisen.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

On Tuesday 21 November 2006 12:07, Chris Flanagan wrote:

 

Hi Chris!

 

A most exhaustive post, and very informative! Do you mind if I quote you? With

proper credit, of course.

 

> It's

> possible that your patient is suffering from what used to be called

> “tou2 feng1” -- Wind in the head Wind. This is a term that isn't

> used much in Chinese medicine these days, and references to it in

> English-language literature are a little hard to come by. In modern

> Chinese, it seems to be used as another name for migraines.

> Perhaps my biased view arises from the fact that i'm currently doing some

> research into this term/entity called " tou2 feng1 " .

--

Regards,

 

Pete

http://www.pete-theisen.com/

[Guest guest]

Very interesting thread all. I also think the tongue coating here

helps to show the true pathogen as Sharon pointed out. I heard a

saying from a friend who heard it from a well known teacher a few

years ago: 'patients are lying *#$#$@!!'. Come on, laugh a little

there - while asking questions is important, it's only one of four of

your tools for diagnosis, and patients are often frustrated and

confused at times - so you need to be very careful to throw out tongue

and pulse just based on the patients report.

 

Geoff

 

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