How Chinese medicine can preventing cancer and treating cancer treatment side effect.

How Acupuncture can help Cancer patient and help them to manage the radiation and chemo-side effects?
Ans: Tonify the vital Qi, clear toxin heat, break the tumor cell ( move the blood), general fluid, boost up immunity to fight cancer cell.
Cancer-treatment side effects Acupoints are stimulated to increase energy flow along various channels through out the body to a particular tissue, organ, or organ system. Treatment is usually customized to treat each patient's particular symptoms. Acupuncture use for the treatment of symptoms and side effects of a variety of cancers has recently been investigated in an number of studies and reviews.

1. Acupuncture for Head and Neck Cancer:Surgical dissection of lymph nodes in the neck is common for the head and neck cancer treatment. When this occurs, nerves known as spinal accessory nerves must also be removed along with the affected lymph node, which can lead to shoulder function problems.The study found that individuals in the group receiving acupuncture experienced significant reductions in pain and dysfunction when compared with individuals receiving standard care. .
2. Acupuncture and Leukemia: For some leukemia patients, cancer chemotherapy drugs can damage the peripheral nervous system (a condition known as peripheral neuropathy),causing pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, and muscle weakness in variousparts of the body, especially in the hands and feet. Acupuncture has been found to decrease these difficultne uropathy symptoms, allowing the maximum amount of chemotherapy to be used,thereby increasing the patient's chance for a successful outcome. Acupuncture sessions one to two days before chemotherapy infusion and continued weekly throughout the chemotherapy regimen produces the best results.
3. Acupuncture and Breast Cancer-Liver/Stomach channel: breast cancers have receptors for the hormone estrogen therapy with anti-estrogen medications, can induce early menopause, leading to symptoms such as hot flashes, fatigue, and excessive sweating. Acupuncture reduces some of these common side effects and produces fewer adverse effectsthan anti-depressants((Effexor) such as nausea, dry mouth, dizzy and anxiety.
4. Acupuncture and Lung cancer: Number one death in men, second death rate in woman us Smoker,small-cell carcinomas, grow rapidly, the only type response to chemotherapy Others cancer metastasizes to the lungs such as breast, kidney, stomach, prostrate,bones, cervix, and ovaries. Coughing(w, w/o blood. Chest pain, fatigue, profuse sticky sputum, SOB.

5. Overian ( OBGYN etc), Bladder cancer
· Urination problem (blood, cystic) , constipation
6. Stomach cancer
· Pain after eating, reduce appetite, anemia fatigue, no strength, ascites ( abdominal swelling)
Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy damage the liver function. Toxin, heat and dryness damage the liver qi.Stagnation of the liver qi lead to Spleen and Stomach deficiency and further generate internal damp-heat which cause symptom of diarrhea, constipation,fatigue, abdominal distension.

Diet before the surgery
To clam down the fatigu and fear, need to strength the kidney: Hawthorn fruit,momordica fruit ( Luo Han Guo), walnuts, mulberry, water melon, honey. Lotusseed ( lain Zi)


Diet after the surgery
After the surgery, patient lost lots blood which cause qi & blood deficiency. Diet need focus on nutrition supply, and calories. Rich in proteins and vitamins and restore the stomach and spleen function.

My notes from Lecture in Chino Hills Aug 13, 2011

Chinese medicine prevent Influenza (flu)

Influenza (flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death.

People who have the flu often feel some or all of these signs and symptoms:
Fever or feeling feverish/chills, Cough, Sore throat, Runny or stuffy nose, Muscle or body aches, Headaches, Fatigue (very tired). Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults.
*It’s important to note that not everyone with flu will have a fever.

You may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick. Most healthy adults may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick. Some people, especially young children and people with weakened immune systems, might be able to infect others for an even longer time.

Experts believe that flu viruses spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby.

Acupuncture weekly to strengths your immunity can prevent getting the flu and speedy recovering from flu.  Chines herbs in anti-toxic heat have anti-virus function which is save than flu shot for some people. Bai Len Gen, Jin Yin Hua, Lian Qiao, are very good herbs to use for prevention or beginning of the flu.

How Acupuncture Can Help Woman’s Wellness and Aging

Happy Clover Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine

Jody Hsu Steele L.Ac, Dipl. O.M., MAOM

909-527-0374

1. How can Acupuncture help our health? What is the concept behind it?

Ans: 14 meridian= Freeway, Highway

         Acu Points= Exit/ Entrance to freeway

            Qi / Blood stagnation= Accident on Freeway cause traffic Jam

            Needle/acupuncturist-=AAA/Police

            Promo Qi flow and Blood circulation=move the traffic

2. What theory does Tradition Oriental Medicine base on?

Ans: 1) Yin- Yang ( differentiation of syndromes by eight principles)

                     2) Five Elements

Metal	Wood	Water	Fire	Earth
Lung	Liver	Kidney	Heart	Spleen

3. Etiology ( cause of the diseases)

Six exterior pathogenic factors vs. interior emotion/ organ)

4. What method TCM use to treat their patient?

Base on the diagnosis from Tongue & Pulse

• Acupuncture=needle (body, head, ear, hand)
• Herbal Medicine (roots, leaves, flower, seeds, grass, fruit, mineral, animal parts)
•  Cupping, Gua Sha massage,
• electro-acupuncture
• moxibustion

5. Woman usually is a caregiver. It is time to take yourself before you can take care others. What is happening when woman facing aging? What problems do woman facing?

Menopause Syndromes= hormone change, estrogen decline
Hot Flash Night Sweating	Irritable Angry	Insomnia Palpitation	Headache Vision/hearing	Weight Gain	Depression Anxiety

Aging
Skin	Muscle		Bone		Brain		Organ		Hair/Nail
Itching	Tightness		OA/all joints		Short term		Slow down		Graying
Wrinkles	Pain		Bone loss/Teeth/hip joint		Parkinson Metal Clarity		Not fully function well		Lost hair Nail harden, Dry, dull
Risk factors of heart disease…………..Stroke,  Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
Smoke		Hypertension		High LDL/HDL		Over Weight		Menopause

Woman in a lot of time may not have the typical heart disease symptoms such as chest pain, numbness & tingling of the arm and hand, short of breath. Instead, She may feel stomach discomfort, extreme fatigue for no reason.

Breast Cancer- Why Cancer Cell got activate.

Diabetes-  Four big ( hunger, thirst, excess urination, sweating/fever)

6.    Supplyment

Omega-3	Vit D	CO-Q10	Asprine	B12
Anti-inflammation	Breat cancer colon cancer Immunity	Circulation	Thinning Blood, preventing clots	Immunity Energy

7.    Exercises

Qi Gone / Tai Qi	Yoga	Meditation	Weight lifting	Cardio
Move Qi & Blood	Muscle strengthens	Clam your Mind/relax	Strength your bone	Train you heart

What organ control your vital and blood?

Heart	Lung	Liver	Spleen	Kidney
Qi & Blood	Qi & water	Qi & Blood	Qi & water	Qi & Marrow, water

8. Herb+ Food= Life style

9. Water: Bottle vs. Tap water

10.  What Fruit is good for you?

11. What meat is good for you?

     

Free/ Workshop-Acupuncture help menopause, aging, gynecology problem

Woman’s nature is taking care of others; they devote themselves to family members, friends and even their co-workers. But they never stop and take a deep breath, relax and take care of themselves. Women find themselves having less and less energy and they gain weight and start to have hot flashes. They are not happy. They ask, “What is wrong with me?” You aren’t ...sick but just nothing feels right anymore. Why? We are not just talking about looking better and feeling better but changing the dynamic of your health condition. This class will introduce the basic concept of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese medicine and how it can help you. Our usual subjects of Pain Management and Coronary Artery Disease, topics like menopause symptoms, Woman’s health and any OBGYN problem will be the feature of this lecture. Open discussion and questions are welcome.

Please, Bring your daughters, Mom here. Bring any questions or issues so we can discuss it, if you would like to share it. Participants are not limited to only above 50+

Date: Saturday July 16th
Time: 2-4 PM
Address:

Government Center Community Room  14000 City Center Drive Chino Hills, CA 91709 Subject: woman gynecology relate problems, aging, menopause symptom, and heart disease. Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Parkinson, any Pain. Register w/ Chino Hills recreation  909-364-2700 Walk in welcome

Acupuncture helps to reduce menopause symptoms

Menopause usually occurs between  the ages of 48 and 55 and the median age in industrialized countries is about 51. The number of menopause woman in society is increasing has a lot to do with the increased number of the hysterectomies preformed.

The primary basis for the progressive decline of reproductive power in woman is in the ovary itself. Emotional stress is an extremely important cause of menopausal problem, building up for year after year before the onset of the menopause. Menopause is not a disease, it is the normal physiological transition in a woman’s life from a reproductive to a non- reproductive age. 

Woman may experience symptoms like headache, tiredness, lethargy, irritability, anxiety, nervousness, depression, insomnia, inability to concentrate,  hot flushes, vaginal dryness and sweating.  The most common symptoms is hot flushes, and 85% of woman suffer from it.

In TCM perspective,  menopause symptoms due to a decline of kidney essence in its yin and yang aspect. Beside that kidney deficiency may combine with some excess pattern such as dampness, stagnation of qi or blood, empty heat or liver yang rising. 

Acupuncture points of tonify kidney yin and yang, clear heat, expel dampness, move the qi & blood is well use to reduce the symptoms.

Herbal formula such Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan, Gen Nian An are popular herbal formula to use for the complain of hot flush and sweating. 

How Acupuncture Can Help Woman’s Wellness and Gynecology Problems

                Woman’s nature is taking care of others; they devote themselves to family members, friends and even their co-workers.  But they never stop and take a deep breath, relax and take care of themselves. Women find themselves having less and less energy and they gain weight and start to have hot flashes. They are not happy. They ask, “What is wrong with me?”  You aren’t sick but just nothing feels right anymore. Why? We are not just talking about looking better and feeling better but changing the dynamic of your health condition. This class will introduce the basic concept of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese medicine and how it can help you. Our usual subjects of Pain Management and Coronary Artery Disease, topics like menopause symptoms, Woman’s health and any OBGYN problem will be the feature of this lecture. Open discussion and questions are welcome.

Please, Bring your girl friends, Wife, and daughters here. Bring any questions or issues so we can discuss it, if you would like to share it. Participants are not limited to only above 50+, or female, anybody is welcome.

Call Chino Hills Recreation (909) 364-2700 to  register

Walk in always welcome.

Parkinson’s Disease in Chinese Medicine

Parkinson’s disease comes under the symptom of Tremors. In TCM diagnosis is related to Liver- wind. Liver-wind arises from an empty or a full condition. The most common cause of the empty type is Liver-Blood, Liver-Yin, Kidney-Yin deficient.  Liver blood deficient will fail to nourish and moisten the sinew; the empty space in the vessels I taken up the wind and this cause “ shaking of the sinews” (tremors). Liver-Fire cause internal wind is more common to see in elderly patient with hypertension problem or emotions stress. Phlegm-fire is another full pattern, cause by the improper diet. Phlegm obstructs the channels and prevents fluids and blood form nourishing them.

A general body points to extinguish wind will be used. Addition pointed will be on arm hand or leg. Scalp acupuncture of motor area and chorea area can also use on opposite of the trembling limb.

Addition body points and herbal medicine will be used following by the identification of the pattern.