Chinese Acupuncture

I had a new patient with a chief complaint of a dull headache around the eyes and in the back of the head at the base of the skull.  The headache was consistent throughout the day and at times progressed to a more stabbing headache for no particular reason.  The patient could not recall any stress or particular event that may have brought on the headache, but did note that she has an issue with teeth clenching.  The teeth clenching has been going on for years, however, and this headache only started 2 months ago.

Greetings, I have a question about the cheng cycle. From what I've found the cycle is being implemented in 2 different ways. For example, on the wikipedia and some other websites the cheng cycle has the same relationships as the sheng cycle (wood overacts fire, etc.), but on many other websites, such as this one, the cheng cycle is shown to have the same relationships as the Ke cycle (wood overacts earth, etc.)

Does this discrepancy come from two different theories?

Hello,

I am looking into treating behavior problems in children and adolescents.  I am a teacher and an acupuncture student on the verge of graduating.  I see a lot of problems in my classroom which I feel can be very successfully targeted with TCM.

I would like to know if anyone has experience addressing behavioral problems such as ADD, ADHD, difficulty focusing, etc, or can recommend articles or books I can look into.

For quite smoking should I use electro acupuncture every time? What points should I use for electro acupuncture. Like connecting Lung 1 and Lung 2. Any other suggestions would be helpful.

I am new to practice and one of my first patients is a complicated patient with a myriad of symptoms.  I was hoping to get some suggestions on treatment.

I have a large number of patients with the following scenario:  Age late 40's to early fifties.  employed, usually professional (teachers, nurses, secretaries, etc.), recent weight gain - 10 to 20 lbs.  Painful inflammed joints, puffy eye lids, bloated abdomen, pretibial edema, mild SOB - not really short of breath as much as exercise intolerance,  not sleeping well, mild warm - not hot flashes, markedly diminshed energy, digestive complaints - flatulence, loose stools with bloating.  No steatorrhea, no melena, hematochezia.

Patient: Female, 47 y

Complaint: neck pain, shoulder pain going to the right arm following large intestine channel

Symptoms:  The patient presented a Yang attitude in general

and told me she had pain before her menstruation. Except from that no other symptoms

Tongue: Red, Dry, crack in the middle of the tongue with yellowish fur.

Pulse: Left pulse weaker than the right, all pulses weak in general.

My Diagnosis: The pain is situated on the Large intestine and small intestine, aggravated by work.

Hello

Patient: 27 yo female
Complaint:

Has had a car accident nearly 1 year ago. First symptom was an impossibility to turn the head. She now has back pain, shoulder area and strong contractures on UB meridian, between UB 14 an UB 18. She also has tensions in the SCM muscle on the right side. Pain is worse with fatigue, stress. Pain better with pressure, movement and heat.

Tongue: Normal
Pulse: weak on the left, stong and large on the right

Better with pressure, movement and heat makes me think of a vacuity, yang deficiency on UB meridian.

Anyone could please tell me what Stem/Branch is it in the Chinese calendar? I am putting together my own Stem/Branch calendar and on the net I found two different versions. One says new year (Feb. 7, 2008) is going to be S5B1. The other says S4B2 (one day off of the other). Which is correct? - Thank you

I have noticed in 2 cases of patients with alzheimers that both patients seem to have a short term hairloss, about 1.5-2 inches in dia. and only two patches of baldness on the head. The rest of the head is full of hair which seems normal. After a brief period of about 6 weeks the hair returns in these spots but is now Very white in color.
Has anyone else noticed similer findings?
I find this unusal and would like any information anyone has about the subject.
Thank you.