Guest guest Posted July 2, 2000 Report Share Posted July 2, 2000 Hi Group. Does anyone have ideas on how to deal with dental pain with acupuncture and herbs? The patient had 12 teeth worked on for 4 hours last Weds and is coming to see me tomorrow AM. He is in AA and does not like to take pain medication. He's in lots of pain. Any ideas (quickly) would be appreciated. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2000 Report Share Posted July 3, 2000 The Stomach channel is the way to go: St 6, 5, 44. Lots of LI 4. Owww..... At 10:07 PM 7/2/00 -0400, you wrote: Hi Group. Does anyone have ideas on how to deal with dental pain with acupuncture and herbs? The patient had 12 teeth worked on for 4 hours last Weds and is coming to see me tomorrow AM. He is in AA and does not like to take pain medication. He's in lots of pain. Any ideas (quickly) would be appreciated. Julie ------ Click here for savings: beMANY! http://click./1/4115/11/_/542111/_/962590074/ ------ Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education. L.Ac. safe, compassionate care acupuncture, herbs, Chinese Internal Medicine Santa Monica, California Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2000 Report Share Posted July 3, 2000 > > Does anyone have ideas on how to deal with dental pain with acupuncture and > herbs? The patient had 12 teeth worked on for 4 hours last Weds and is coming > to see me tomorrow AM. He is in AA and does not like to take pain medication. > He's in lots of pain. > > Any ideas (quickly) would be appreciated. I would think about points on either of the yang ming meridians, as they go up to the face and around the mouth. Xi-cleft points are often helpful for accumulations and pain. Of course, LI4 being the command point of the face would be a good point. Bet it will be darn tender on your patient too! Also, consider the jing-well points. They open up the musculo-tendon channels. If you patient has had that much dental work recently, there is a good chance there is some congestion there as well. If you are seeing a lot of stagnation, those jing-well points can be bled too. Not pleasant treatment, but often effective. Let us know how it goes. zai jian Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2000 Report Share Posted July 3, 2000 Hi Group. Thanks to those who responded on the dental pain. I used St 44, GB 31 (contralateral side), LI 4 and LI 11 with electrostim on the 2 LI points. I chose Liv 3 to deal with his anxiety. He also has hypertension, recovering from heroin and alcohol abuse (clean and sober 17 years), Hepatitis C, tinnitus and insomnia. My treatment had no effect whatsoever on his dental pain. I added St 7 and St 6 at the end, but they also had no effect. He left my place in excruciating pain and called his dentist and got some Vicodin. I doubt I will see him again. I was told later by the Clinical Dean at my school that I should have tried SJ 17 + St 7 on the affected side, with electrostim to those points. I gave him a decoction of Yan Hu Suo, Chuan Xiong, Bai Zhi, Ge Gen and Dan Shen, which he may or may not cook and drink. Thanks again for the advice. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2000 Report Share Posted July 4, 2000 Should have used Xi Xin as well alon - <juliej8 Monday, July 03, 2000 7:43 PM Re: dental pain > > Hi Group. > > Thanks to those who responded on the dental pain. I used St 44, GB 31 > (contralateral side), LI 4 and LI 11 with electrostim on the 2 LI points. I > chose Liv 3 to deal with his anxiety. He also has hypertension, recovering > from heroin and alcohol abuse (clean and sober 17 years), Hepatitis C, > tinnitus and insomnia. My treatment had no effect whatsoever on his dental > pain. I added St 7 and St 6 at the end, but they also had no effect. He left > my place in excruciating pain and called his dentist and got some Vicodin. I > doubt I will see him again. > > I was told later by the Clinical Dean at my school that I should have tried > SJ 17 + St 7 on the affected side, with electrostim to those points. > > I gave him a decoction of Yan Hu Suo, Chuan Xiong, Bai Zhi, Ge Gen and Dan > Shen, which he may or may not cook and drink. > > Thanks again for the advice. > > Julie > > ------ > Life's too short to send boring email. Let SuperSig come to the rescue. > http://click./1/6137/11/_/542111/_/962678589/ > ------ > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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