Longkang Acupuncture/Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic Philippines

Patient who was diagnosed of SLE( Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) for  15 years   suffering from muscle and joint pain all over the body, with long term medication, the creatinine turned abnormal. After acupuncture for 5 sessions, her degree of pain and numbness from 10 went down to 5, as well creatinine from 86 umol/L down to 84 umol/L, then after another 5 sessions, the degree of pain from 5 went down to 0, sometimes goes to 1~2 when over tired or stuck in traffic sitting long time. Mostly in a steady painless situation and the pain never went up above degree 3 since we keep follow up, and the creatinine kept went down to 81umol/L. For immune systemic diseases, usually take whole life medication, however the side effects could cause patients have digestion trouble or abnormal kidney and liver lab results. Through the treatment of TCM, acupuncture, we minimize the side effects and provide patients have better life quality such as less pain, better digestio...

Shoulders pain for 4 months, after injury of ribs, the pain went serve and hardly to bend backward. After one session of acupuncture, the pain lessen, as well improvement of sleep. This pic is the second session before and after acupuncture treatment, the patient could bend her arm easier after therapy. In this case, for totally cured takes time to recover and certain sessions regularly, but there's  improvement in each session , due to different patients have different physical situation, the degree is different but always can see the change.

For external injury as burning pain, herbal ointment treatment is one of TCM specialit ies , especially to patients who are allergic to steroid or chemical ingredients. Shown in the pic, the patient got burn on Feb 28, after using the TCM white ointment for 3 days, the wound dried soon and reducing the pain day by day. As his description, before if he got burn, the wound always turned to phlycten and easily got infection. Since he used the TCM external treatment, the burning wound recover a lot faster than before. After routine diagnosis, external herbs are prescribed for different types of derma, injuries and pain problems. With thousands of years wisdom, natural herbal combination were made by rich experience and based on the knowledge of Chinese Medicine.

Patient of years of eczema on both elbows, suffered from skin itchy and off. Mainly came for allergic rhinitis since he was small, after acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine treatment, his situation is under well controlled from allergy in single morning to almost none. In TCM point of view, “lung governing skin and hair”, therefore, his skin reflects the heat in the lung, which we focus on clearing the heat and strengthen his digestive system as he had constipation as well. If you learn TCM, that’s called earth(stomach, spleen) generates metal(lung, big intestine). Here’s the definition of eczema in dermatitis explanation as reference: Chronic eczema: multiple episodes of acute and subacute eczema have evolved and become chronic inflammation. The skin of the affected area thickens and becomes dark red and pigmented. When lasting, the skin lesions are thick and dry and easy to chapped. It is common in crus, hand, foot, elbow, vulva, anus and so on. ...

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 Medicin...

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...

Patient suffered from seasonal asthma attack for years, however, her first visit (Jan.2018) to our clinic as she described this past months it’s the worst situation even under western medicine could not stop the asthma attacking daily after work. After our TCM diagnosis, considering the reason of reoccurring asthma related to long term blood stagnation due to her pulse, tongue, and menstruation situation, we target the reason and focus our acupuncture & herb treatment on totally changing her inner environment which causing asthma again and again. Along with the treatments, the frequency and time of attacking reduced, what’s more, her concomitant symptom as palpitation, tremors, uncomfortable during menstruation, as well reduced. Until today, the asthma and all symptoms were steadily eliminated for almost two months as follow up. ( First visit on Jan. 2018, after 3 sessions of acupuncture, feedback no more asthma in Feb., 4 more sessions for maintain the wellness, feedback ste...