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Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine for atopic dermatitis

Case of atopic dermatitis A 29-year-old female patient was diagnosed with atopic dermatitis for two years. She was not well controlled with steroid medication and worsened in the last month.  First time came to us, she said as main complain, “ My skin around mouth is irresistibly red and itchy! “  In the past, she used to put steroid to control it, nowadays even rubbed it for 2 or 3 days, the ski n is still overwhelmingly itchy. How to help her? Our explanation: Although proper use of steroid can quickly relieve symptoms, but in long-term abusing of it may cause drug dependence. When the previous drug function is out of effect, the symptoms will reoccur, then need to add the dose again and again. More examples of medicine as similar condition as antihistamines. The long-term use of immunosuppressants or steroids will make the immune system relatively low, prone to fungal infections, or problems with other immune dysfunctions. So, our advantage of Traditional Chinese Medicine treatme

Acupuncture for cryptogenic shoulder joint pain / stiffness / frozen shoulder

Acupuncture for cryptogenic shoulder joint pain, transferred and recommended from neurologic doctor. This case as the patient first visit, her left arm totally unable to move or lift, even try hard on her shoulder but the joint seem losing function. With x-ray, neurologic examination, there’s no any injury seen on the joint, we called as cryptogenic joint problem ( unknown reason). After first session of acupuncture, she felt the joint released; after second session, her left arm could lift; after the third, she showed us how she lift and maintain 10 seconds; the forth, she lift and maintain almost 1 min. For the last several sessions she could lift arm and over 1 min, as well her hyperacidity and insomnia as she complained when first visit all improved. During treatment if the pain appears or patient feel more sensitive to the pain sensation, it’s because the circulation comes active, through the transection time, the joint also going recovery. Last bu