Chronic allergies formula?

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I have a patient who is allergic to trees, weeds, grasses, dust/mold, milk,

wheat, corn, yeast, rice/oats, garlic, and serotonin. These were all tested

before she came to see me for acupuncture. This is the most difficult case

I've had so far of someone who has allergies. She has sneezing, runny nose,

itchy eyes and nasal congestion pretty much all the time. (Other symptoms

aside from allergies include stiff neck and upper and lower back and a

feeling of an energy block at her throat separating her head from the lower

part of her body.)

 

Her pulse is slippery and her tongue is swollen, scalloped with a thin white

coat, red tip and sides. I diagnosed her with Spleen Qi xu, Wei Qi xu,

Liver Qi yu and Heart heat.

 

At first I didn't give her herbs because she is so sensitive. When I

*did *give

her herbs for a cold (Yin Qiao San and Pe Min Kan Wan) she had a really

strong reaction which she self-described as 'insane' losing her coping

skills and had to hide from people for the weekend. And she was only taking

small dosages of each patent formula. After the wind-damp-heat resolved,

about a month ago, I started her on single herbs in liquid extract form- Ci

Wu Jia and Huang Qi to see how her body tolerated them and to boost her Wei

Qi. I told her to take the Ci Wu Jia for one week and the Huang Qi for

another week after that. She did very well with them but still had allergy

symptoms.

 

Given her reaction to the Yin Qiao and Pe Min Kan Wan, I made her two

formulas to use, in powdered form (basically splitting up Pe Min Kan Wan's

ingredients): Formula 1 has Bai Zhi, Bo He, Ju Hua and Fang Feng. Formula 2

has Cang Er Zi and Xin Yi Hua. I thought that powder form would be best

way for her to titrate the dosages. For about a week, she did well with

Formula 1 and Ci Wu Jia and didn't need Formula 2. Then yesterday, she told

me that taking Formula 1 *without *the Ci Wu Jia made her eyes less itchy

and nose less runny but gave her a splitting headache. She interprets this

as an allergic response to the herbs and doesn't want to take them.

 

I am out of ideas except for her to stop taking everything but the Ci Wu Jia

and Huang Qi and then work to boost her Wei Qi with acupuncture.

 

Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

 

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Denise Cicuto, L.Ac.

415.404.6109