anosmia - parosmia

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Salma and Doug -

 

Regardless of the assessment 10 years ago, it sounds as though the first cranial

nerve may be involved. Wong discusses such treament in Neuro Anatomical

Acupuncture. The 1st cranial nerve: The Olfactory Nerve with synptoms such as

anosmia and parosmia/carcosmia.

 

Acupuncture Treatment for the 1st cranial nerve:

LI 20

Bi Tong

UB 2

SJ 23

Yu Yao

San Gun

 

As far as acupuncture is concerned use 2-3 treatments a week for 3-4 weeks as a

therapeutic probe and re-evaluate to determine viability of acupuncture as an

intervention.

 

Herbally - determine the virtues of moving blood for cases with traumatic

etiology no matter how distant in the past.

 

Will

 

 

 

<I had a patient who lost her sense of smell and taste after a car accident 10

years ago. Actually she did pretty well with acupuncture points LI 20, LI 4, Ren

23, LI 4, St. 5 and 6 etc. Not a full recovery but she was happy and I was

surprised how quickly she responded. About 10

treatments total if I remember correctly.

doug<

 

> >

> > Thu, 04 Apr 2002 13:00:02 EST

> > sjeevanjee <sjeevanjee

> > SMELL LOSS

> >

> > Hello all,

> > I have a case of a male 39 year old who lost his sense of smell and taste

soon after a back injury about 10 years ago. He also has phantom smells that

> > range anyting from very foul (sewage) to pleasant (strawberries) and they

occur several times a month and can last for days sometimes.

> >

> > All the neurological tests at the the time showed no neural damage. In

general the patient appears to be in good health with generalised Qi and Yin

> > deficiency. He had pneumonia at 6 and chicken pox ENCEPHALITIS at 13

which kept him in bed for one year and made his spine very rigid.

> >

> > Has anyone treated sensory related problems like this? What kind of

prognosis can we expect?

> > Salma