Follow Up Record
Treatment No: 2
Date: 26/01/2012 Time: 11:00 -11:40am (Wu-time)
★Chief complaint: Fatigue for one month
★Key points of patient condition:
He had got improvement well after first treatment; sleep hours around have 7 hours, from 10:30 pm to 6am.
Chest oppression: He still had some few signs in the morning, no any uncomfortable conditions such as radiate pain to upper back or tingling and numbness at medial side of forearm. No any medication at now.
Family history: father died (angina pectoris). Old brother: hand trembling serious over 10 years
★The Selected Healing Points:
Heaven/Earth needle (I-Ching acupuncture methods): To Balance yin/yang of body, to regulate and promote circulation of qi and blood
· Zhongwan(+) with Moxa
· Quanyuan(+) with Moxa
· Tianshu(+)with Moxa
All Needle retaining time: 30 minutes
★Explanation:
The second treatment will follow up the first treatment principles to strengthen spleen/stomach function to generate qi and blood; this is very benefits for the patient to recovery. By using i-ching theory and apply to our treatment principle in order to Balance yin/yang of body, to regulate and promote circulation of qi and blood, this means activate qi flow can make blood, to stimulate congenital vital qi is quiet important method, any acquired disease or imbalance symptoms came from external pathogenic evil qi and internal emotion disharmony, further developing will cause our body function decline and sickness.
This patient had old ages (yang qi decreasing) and over consume energy (kidney and spleen yang) for a long time, because he had a job 3 months in Africa, The weather is too dryness and hot, it will impair our internal body fluid and qi step by step, lung yin deficiency can cause cough (lung qi rebelling), Regarded five elements theory, when lung qi (metal) insufficient also can affect spleen qi (earth) deficiency.
Trembling hand cause by liver wind upward due to liver blood deficiency, when spleen function decline it will fail to made new blood to nourish all body such as tendons, ligaments, blood vessels.
Chest oppression cause by heart yin insufficient fails to control heart qi, heart government Shen, dominate vessels when yin/yang imbalance, qi/blood disharmony can cause all body problems onset.
The patient always felt weakness, no energy, and tiredness. Our treatment principles focus on yin/yang balance first. To strengthen congenital vital qi and activate qi flow to move blood through whole body. When normal circulation of qi and blood leads to all nutrients can tonify internal organs this will have positive reflection in the future and strengthen our body resistance.
I-Ching acupuncture methods:
Heaven/Earth needle To Balance yin/yang of body, to regulate and promote circulation of qi and blood
· Zhongwan(+) with Moxa
· Quanyuan(+) with Moxa
Time: 11:00 -11:40am
· Tianshu(+)with Moxa Right side only
Wu time belongs to shaoyin heart meridian of hand, belongs to fire (five elements), it should be selected by fire can generate earth (middle jiao) to make sufficient qi and blood.
All Needle retaining time: 30 minutes
The lifestyle advice according to Chinese medicine:
· Take appropriate sleep and rest, including meditation 20 minutes per day
· Avoid intaking from cold nature of foods and drinks, cafe , alcohol
· Take herbal medicine to nourish yin if possible
