Upon palpation he showed a lumpy and sore immune reflection areas behind his chin near his ears, and pressure pain at the area near his arm pit right below his clavicular bone. His left abdominal region was tight. When being plapated, Bobby frowned. His bladder channel exhibited palpation pain at heart shu, diaphragm shu and lung shu. He breathed with a wheezing sound only upon inhalation and not on exhalation.
Master Dong's Extra Points indicated that Lingu - Taibai be needled. These points are located at the web of Bobby's index finger and thumb. Needles stayed for fifteen minutes.
Since Bobby exhibited an oketsu sign and immune issues, Kiiko Matsumoto Acupuncture style treatments were initiated. Application of a Q-tip on the bridge of his nose at the Bi-Tong and Bi-Yan spots gave him a sore feeling. Needles were applied at those points as well as on top of his forehead and sides of his nostrials.
After ten minutes of front treatments, Bobby was asked to roll over on his stomach. Then his back treatments began. On the bladder channel, lung shu, heart shu, and diaghram shu were needled and rounds of shread moxa were applied until Bobby's skin turned pink.
A month of weekly treatments allowed Bobby to stay away from his sinusitis meds and the dosage of his inhaler was reduced significantly. By the end of the 4th treatments, Bobby stopped coughing completely.
Twenty-nine year old Caroline complained of frequent asthma attacks for five years. Five years ago she found a job in a basement office, which was located near a swamp. The office had smelly rugs and the room was filled with "stuffy" air. Caroline mentioned that her asthma attacks began a few weeks after she started to work there. A year later, she quit the job in the hope that asthma would go away but with no luck. When she first came to our clinic seeking acupuncture treatments, she was using an inhaler alomost every day. She had no other health complaints.
Caroline's asthma was of an inhalation type. She had a long inhalation time accompanied with wheezing and a normal exhalation. When her ankle was pressed, he inhalation improved. Pressing her elbow helped her inhalation. Four points around umbilicus were used to treat the allergic component of the asthma she had exhibited. Sore and gummy points at her back were also used.
This treatment gave Caroline relief for only two or three days. She was treated once a week for three weeks and each time the asthma attacks came back after two or three days of relief.
On her 4th visit, Caroline's abdomen was palpated much more thoroughly and a lump at the left to her naval was discovered. It wasn't very painful and was missed during her previous treatments. Liver treatment was then applied. It reduced some of the deep pressure pain at the abdomen. After the treatment, an interdermal needle was left in one of her ankles and arms. Two more similar treatments later, she was clear of her symptoms.
It was clear that without the root treatment done in the latter part of her treatments, her underlying condition could not have gotten better.
Twenty Seven year old Phillip came to the clinic complaining of seasonal allergy and asthma, stuffy nose with itchy eyes. He also had difficulty in inhalation. Other than the use of an inhaler every morning, Phillip doesn't use any other medication. He is generally healthy without any significant medical history.
Points around his naval, upon palpation, showed tightness. His right SCM mucles also showed tightness. Behind the SCM muscles, some swollen and congested lymphatic glands could be palpated on both sides of the neck. The mid point on his hair line above his forehead also showed soreness upon palpation. All points along his spine, especially C7 and T7 were sensitive upon palpation. His pulse was fast with 85 beats per minute. His stomach qi was without movement.
Acupuncture treatments included twenty minutes on his arms, front, and feet, and another twenty minutes on his back with thread moxa. The application of moxa was repeated until Phillip could feel the heat.
Six more treatments later, Phillip could feel his conditions were 90% better.