headache – TCM & Moxibustion

Head Sore Gone in Hours by Plaster

May 8, 2020 by Moxaman

Due to uncertainty of TCM, good doctors are hard to come by. The same medicine may be useless for one doctor, but become magical life-saving elixir in the hands of another.

When I was still in high school, a sore boiled on my head in a winter, which was itchy and unbearable. Just as I was ready to go to hospital and have it surgically removed, my dad said: “That’s stupid, why don’t you go to Uncle Lang’s house and ask for a dose of plaster, it will surely work!“

Worried that the wound may scare other passengers, I covered the wound in the head with one hand, and went to uncle Lang’s house. He was actually not a doctor, but his mother.

There had been generations of TCM doctors in uncle Lang’s family, but it came to a stop at his mother’s generation.

The reason was her father had given birth to 6 daughters in a row, and did want to keep trying.

The traditional idea was that medical skills could be passed to male heirs only, but no female. As an alternative, the Master had to secretly teach each of his daughters one special prescription before she got married. It may not make a fortune, but enough to make ends meet.

Thanks to this prescription, the old lady raised all her children and paid for several decent weddings.

Because the friendship spanning for generations between our families, the lady was quite straightforward with me, and asked: “Do you want to make it quick or slow? There are issues with going fast, and benefits with going slow.“

“Of course I want it fast, It hurts like hell, and it’s no fun to keep a wound like this on myhead.”

She further explained said if going slow, a plaster would be applied to slowly pull out the pathogens, leaving behind no boil scars. If fast, it will be gone in the same day, but with the risk of scar.

“I still want to get rid of it fast.“

“Are you sure?“

“Yes, I am certain.“

She took out a green plaster, heated it till soften, and then put on my wound, soon pus and blood started to come out.

On my way home, it made quite a scene on the bus- people looked at me like a monster. I had completely no idea the plaster would work so quickly.

But soon the pain stopped-only a bit itchy, there’s a refreshing feeling in the affected area. Later, there was a boil scar, but very small, and it healed over time.

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3 Major Causes of Illness (2)- Dredge Meridians- Back Pain

December 10, 2019December 7, 2019 by Moxaman

Dredge Meridians

Dredging meridians is actually dissolving Qi stagnation, because meridians are the channels of Qi. When meridians are opened, Qi would run smoothly. In TCM there is a famous saying- ‘Stagnation leads to pain’, so the most typical manifestation of meridian blockage is pain, such as headache, back and leg pain, etc., which are all of the same cause.

When treating these diseases, I often perform acupuncture on corresponding acupoints first, and then moxibustion. Moxibustion features heat and dispersion, the acupuncture needles could conduct heat into the body, thus allowing heat to dissolve stagnated Qi in meridians. Once the meridians are dredged, Qi and Blood can reach the viscera, just like farmland being adequately irrigated, and diseases would heal naturally.

Moxibustion* of the following acupoints would treat back pain:

1. Shenyu

2. Yangguan

3. Weizhong

*Severe adverse effect may occur, one should not perform any type of moxibustion without instruction of person of rich experience or professional.

Moxibustion Case: Headache

December 5, 2019 by Moxaman

Headache*

Once I treated two young people. Both of them had headache, but the cause and symptoms are completely different. The first person was sleeping under vent of AC for a whole night, and felt swelling headache after waking up, which followed the same rhythm of the heartbeat. According to TCM theory, this headache is result of Liver-Yang hyperactivity due to Qi and Blood stagnation, caused by retention of Exogenous Evil.

The second patient had headache where the head felt empty and pain after spending several whole nights surfing the internet. This was caused by deficiency of Qi and Blood, because Original Yang was insufficient and unable to reach the head, so the pain felt empty. The cause of their headaches was different, so was the treatment.

I performed moxibustion** to the first guy on acupoints of Sishengcong and Taichong, the goal was to open up the Qi, so it would help circulation of the Blood and eliminate the headache.

As for the second guy, I performed moxibustion** on acupoints of Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, and Xuehai, which was intended to nourish the Kidney-Yang. When Original Yang rose to the head, the head would no longer feel empty.

These two patients are very typical, one caused by invasion of Cold-evil, which led to stagnation of Qi in the body that further blocked the meridians. The other was physically weak, and Original Yang insufficient. According to my experience, Cold-evil, Qi stagnation, and Original Yang Deficiency are the three primary causes of disease of modern people.

In my career I encountered many patients just like these two patients. Their illnesses may be different, but all of the same causes of Cold-evil, stagnation of Qi, and deficiency of Original Yang. The diseases ranged from minor ones as cold and cough, to grave ones like heart attack and stroke.

I always remind my patients of these three major causes of disease and ask them to take better care of their health. After all, ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’.

*These cases are selected from a book “Various Diseases Treated by Moxibustion”, written by Shan Xiamin, a renowned Chinese doctor .

**Severe adverse effect may occur, one should not perform any type of moxibustion without instruction of person of rich experience or professional.

3 types of pain that may be early signals of kidney diseases

November 26, 2019 by Moxaman

1.Low back pain
It is mentioned in TCM: “Waist is government of the kidney”. If kidney is not well, signs would be observed on the waist.

As uremia occurs, people usually feel low back pain; this is because the kidneys could not discharge toxins in a timely manner, which puts heavy burden on the body and kidneys. When the kidneys could no longer handle it, low back pain would happen.

2. Urinary pain
Urinary pain refers to the case where the urethra has a burning sensation when urinating. If a person urinated smoothly in the past and suddenly develop abnormalities such as dysuria, be alert as this may indicate kidney issues.

Human body would discharge toxins and wastes through the urine, and kidney is an important organ that disintegrate the toxins. At early stages of uremia, there may be pain when urinating because the kidneys has been compromised- the toxins are larger, and difficult to be discharged timely from the urine.

3. Headache
Impaired renal function could affect the whole body. Clinically, uremia patients often report headache, drowsiness, fatigue, etc. This is mainly due to influence of the toxins on brain cells to develop pathological changes, which may cause headache and other discomforts.

Modern people have also developed many bad habits that could cause kidney damages, such as staying up late, drinking, etc.