bone spurs

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Hi All,

 

I am interested in topical treatments for bone spurs in the feet. In

particular, the patient is a 50-year old female with a history of swelling of

her feet in warm weather that she remembers since age 12. The bone spur is in

the first metatarsophylangeal joint of the right foot (where the foot joint the

big toe), and the joint is obviously enlarged and makes purchasing shoes that

fit comfortably difficult. There is also pain in the joint after walking in

shoes that don't have enough arch support. She has had flat feet since

childhood. Lastly, related to the foot particularly, she remembers jamming this

big toe into a wall while running barefoot once in her early 20's, and believes

this is the cause of the bone spur.

 

Constitutionally, she is overweight at 5'2 " and 165 pounds, with deficient

spleen, kidney and lung qi, phlegm damp in the lungs and chronic phlegm heat in

the sinuses. She also exhibits signs and symptoms of stagnant liver qi and

blood - sore muscles that occasionally cramp (diagnosed with fibromyalgia many

years ago), varicose veins, and emotional irritability with a dusky tongue that

is puffy, with a medium-thickness, slightly dry and slightly yellow coat. She

is currently experiencing irregular menses, approaching menopause. In recent

years she has also exhibited kidney-liver yin deficiency, generating internal

wind with ocular migraines and frequent headaches in summer and fall. She has a

tendency to be cold or overheated (when running low-grade fevers) in the

mornings and hot in the afternoons and evenings, but not always.

 

Her pulse is slightly rapid, weak, small, and soft with kidney pulse very

deficient. Her blood pressure has always been low, between 80/50 and 96/60 in

the mornings, and up to 110/70 in the afternoons.

 

She is more interested in topical applications for the bone spur than internal

use of herbs. Any suggestions? I know John Chen has an herb formula which he

claims will dissolve spurs (Flex Spur), but I am wondering if topical

application of any herbs can also be effective?

 

Thank you,

 

 

 

 

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