Nadia, female, 58, Israel
Ten years strong
headache, usually three times a week, happening usually before
waking up. Sometimes during the day, or the evenings. Either two
sides, or eye upper socket, or one side, the top is always like
fire burning, the other parts like being hammered, severe pains,
rarely dizziness, grayish hair. If without glass, facing wind
may have watery eyes, dim eyesight, no tinnitus, little bit dry
mouth, liking cold drinks, even in winter like cold drinks, no
mouth ulcer, no taste in mouth, too good appetite, spirit very
good. Five to six hours sleep enough, not much sweat, generally
no anger, over-thinking, related to stress, too much stress.
Asthma seven years, spring severe, autumn also, tree area, dry
weather, cold cause asthma with no cough, voice can be heard,
little phlegm, yellow if there is phlegm; throat no problem,
cortisone injection helps, have to sit without sleep. No
palpitations, regular menstruation comes, feeling aching pains
of the back, strong, lasting four days. The first day could not
work, dark color, no clots.
Having two
children, one abortion.
Normal stool, no
night urination, no soft knees. Relatively pale tongue with
slightly yellow coating, moist with teeth marks.
Diagnosis
of Dr. Ming:
Liver qi
stagnation which produces uprushing fire.
The
treatment strategy is soothing the liver, clearing heat, opening
channels to stop pains.
Herbal
formula prescribed by Dr. Ming is a dosage a day, 200
milliliters in 9:30 AM and other 200 milliliters in 2:30 PM.
Nadia¡¯s record for
herbal medicine herself:
October, 13; 14:30
First dosage: feeling chronic headache, moderate to mild, after
pain-killers on Tuesday (yesterday).
October, 14; 9:30
Second dosage: no headaches today
Third dosage: no
headaches today
October, 15; 9:30
Fourth dosage: bad headache since 4:00 o¡¯clock in the morning
(took no pain killers)
14:30 Fifth
dosage: no change in the bad headaches---little better after
resting, hot feeling in the morning and night very bad headaches
(no intake of western pills!). No appetite, heat.
October, 16; 9:30
Sixth dosage: still the same bad headaches, did not sleep very
good and nausea got some ¡<Tuina, massage and acupuncture from
Gaby¡\
14:30 Seventh
dosage: little slight change in the degree of the headache but
still very bad¡ªwent home to rest and sleep many hours in the
evening feeling better but no appetite and feeling nausea.
October, 17; 11:30
Eighth dosage: finally feeling better, slept most of the night,
headache is very slight now.
18:30 Feeling
good, no complains, after afternoon in the mountains.
October, 18;
9:30 Ninth dosage: no headache, feels only sensitive to
touch, still feeling little heat in vertex.
October 19 to
October October 23, still taking the herbal tea, no headache and
no any other discomfort.
Gaby, female, 50, Israel
Headache in October
for three years, four days. Cold things make relief and like
slight pressure.
Shoulders pain,
right one mainly, finger joints pains, overwork, grayish hair,
eight years history of little dry and dim eyes, rhinitis many
years, thin and white nasal discharge sometimes, dry mouth,
drinking lot of water, prefer cold drinks, sour or salty taste
in the mouth, too good appetite, mouth ulcer, every month, eight
days, hoarse voice sometimes. Right-rib side sometimes stabbing
pains, urine normal, no night urination, each menstruation
happens, hot back pains, right lower abdomen pain
distending, like
soft pressure, like warmth, dark with clots, have to stand four
days, slight swelling. One and half year ago, night sweat at the
front chest, generally spirit good, right shoulder pains can be
related to the right shoulder operation, and also related to
cold condition, tidal fever sometimes.
Right side pulse is
moderate, kidney part weak. Moderate left side pulse, liver part
is relatively strong, kidney weak, tongue is slightly thick,
slightly yellow coating, moist, with some spot (loss of
coating), with teeth marks.
Gaby¡¯s record of
herbal medicine intake:
October, 12;
18:30 First dosage of herbal medicine after 3 days of terrible
headache starting at 14:00.
October, 13;
9:45 Second dosage of herbal medicine in the afternoon,
headache is relative mild and acceptable.
14:30 Third
dosage!
October, 14;
9:30 Fourth dosage: good sleep at night, feeling better, pain
only in joints (chronic Bi).
14:30 Fifth
dosage: in the afternoon no headache appeared.
October, 15;
9:30 Sixth dosage: feeling good.
14:30 Seventh
dosage: no headache, little pain in joints.
October, 16;
9:30 Seventh dosage: in the morning feeling good.
14:30 Eight
dosage; in the afternoon very slight headache, pain in right nip
(strong)
October, 17;
11:30 Ninth dosage: pain in nip better but still exist
18:30 Tenth
dosage: no headache
October, 18;
9:30 Eleventh dosage: no headache, but slight pain in
joints.
14:30 Twelfth
dosage: pain in joints still occurs, no headaches.
October, 19;
9:30 Thirteenth dosage: feeling good in the morning.
18:30
Fourteenth dosage: afternoon, slight headache, pain in
joints better.
October, 20;
10:30 Fifteenth dosage (last!): pain in joints still exists,
no headache.
October 24, 2004, Dr. Nadia
and Gaby completed the TCM study program in our school and leave
Huaihua for tourist site Zhang Jiajie.