Traditional Chinese medicine for Yin deficiency with meridian obstruction

Name: Mrs. Liu
Gender: Female
Country: China
Age: 53
Diagnosis: deficiency of yin, with meridian obstruction
Treatment method: Acupuncture treatments of the body and the head

Background

Mrs Liu, a 53 year old female patient from China, who was suffering from deficiency of yin, with meridian obstruction five days after surgery for Syringomyelia Decompression.

Medical condition pre TCM treatment

The patient experienced a persistent bursting and unbearable headache. The degree of the headache was 9 – 10 on a 1-10 scale, including a feeling of numbness. There was also pain in her right upper limb. Her stool was very dry and it was the only stool she was able to discharge after her surgery. She suffered from insomnia. She experienced a geographic tongue, red and dry, with yellow thick tongue coating at the center. Her heart pulse and lung pulse/respiration were thin and weak. Her heart pulse was wiry and with a strong spleen pulse. She also suffered from Type 2 Diabetes. Her blood glucose remained high, even though she had taken Xiao Kewan medication.

TCM Treatment

Acupuncture treatments of the body and the head

Medical condition post TCM treatment

Three days post treatment, her headache was significantly relieved. The pain in her right arm had disappeared. The problem of her stool discharge was relieved. Her blood glucose level was significantly lower. Her sleep pattern and quality had returned to normal.

Her tongue was pale and slightly red, with little tongue coating. The pulse of heart and lung was thin and wiry, while the wiry and strong pulse of spleen had disappeared. She was prescribed Traditional Chinese Medicine for two weeks to consolidate the curative effect, and was then discharged in order to go home to rest.

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