Guest guest Posted July 30, 2001 Report Share Posted July 30, 2001 Group: Has anyone heard of treating Vitilaigo(sp) with acupuncture and herbal medicine...I thought I would run it by the group while i try to find all I can on it...Kelly Kelly, in 1995 I treated a woman, 50y. old who had migraine (between 1 and 2 attacks per month), vitiligo on both arms, both knees and left foot (the biggest depigmented area having a size of 2x3 inches). Furthermore she complained about abdominal spasms, loss and thinning of hair, sicca-syndrome (dry eyes), blurred vision, and a big tiredness in the morning. She suffered from constipation that could turn into diarrhea when under stress. The migraine had been a problem since 15 years, the other symptoms, including vitiligo, started about one year ago at a time when she had major emotional problems. She was in her menopause since 6 months without having heatrushes or other typical symptoms. Before that she used to have a very heavy dysmenorhea for the last 30 years. The tongue was pale with red points at the tip and slightly on both sides with no significant coating. Pulses were wiry on all positions, bowstring and fine at the left middle position. With a diagnose of liver induced qi stagnation caused by emotional factors, vacuity of yin, a history of blood stasis which was not prominent at that time but could still play a role in the development of vitiligo (but thats mere speculation), uprising liver yang caused by vacuity of liver yin and a tendency to liver-spleen disharmony she took the following prescription: R. Bupleuri - chai hu 3g Rhiz. Cyperi - xiang fu 12g R. Angelicae sin. - dang gui 6g R. Paeoniae lact. - bai shao 6g Fr. Lycii - gou qi zi 12g Ram. Uncariae - gou teng 10g Rhiz. Cimicifugae - sheng ma 6g R. Astragali - huang qi 12g R. Ledebouriaellae - fang feng 3g Poria - fu ling 10g R. Glycyrrhizae - gan cao 3g After the 6th consultation, which was 6 months after the beginning of therapy, during which time she had taken basically the same prescription with only a few minor changes, her vitiligo had definitely changed with depigmented areas becoming smaller and little islands of repigmentation in the centers. After one year 4 of 5 had disappeared completely. She finished the therapy at that time because she felt good and the remaining white spot on her foot did not bother her. I would speculate that in this case the vitiligo could have been a sign of malnourishment of certain skin areas caused by yin vacuity and qi(and/or xue) stasis. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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