Will parasite cleansing help with a sticky dampness?

What is the general consensus of someone with calcification of the shoulder tendons? Female (52) has been struggling for 20 years with lots of backpain and shoulderpain. slim and tall build and very stressed? Tries to work out and do lots of yoga but has to be stationary for work. How would I go about discecting this?

I have extremely knotty muscles in my abdomen after injury and endometriosis surgery. I have tried abdominal massage, pain clinic steroid injections, laser therapy, and I do regular tai chi and qigong, but the muscle is still so painful and tough. The pain clinic said that the nerves are sending signals as if injury/endometriosis is still there, although it has been removed/healed. I think emotional trauma and anxiety doesn't help this. I am planning to see a TCM doctor when I can save up enough money, but in the meantime do you know of anything that can help this? Thank you!

• Sweat - I sweat too much
• Thirst - I feel unusually thirsty, I feel more attracted to hot drinks
• Appetite normal
• Digestion slow
• Urination frequent
• Pain - headaches, abdominal pain
• EENT - dry eyes, large tonsils, phlegm
• Mood - sad, anxious, changeable
• Sleep - insomnia, broken sleep
• Energy - low
• Skin - mixed, moist on face dry on body
• menstruation - past endometriosis, on hormonal coil, no children, past pregnancy
• PTSD, endometriosis, hypermobility, migraine, asthma, acid reflux

Hi, I had acne since I was 14 non and now I'm 23. I'm a woman and it comes all month long, not more during my period. I have whiteheads, blackheads and a bit of cystic acne but not much. Most of my pimples are on the lower middle of my face, on my cheeks and jaw.

Last year, I had 8 months of clear skin during my erasmus and then I came back to my country and the acne came back. It made me think I should have a global view on my body to treat this issue. I wonder what caused it to heal because my diet was poor (contrary to now I eat well), I drank alcohol (now I almost never do). But the difference is that during my erasmus I was going to the beach almost everyday, tanning and hiking a lot. Now I'm a bit more sedentary.

Any advice on lifestyle adjustments ?

Went to orthopedics yesterday, I have a torn meniscus most likely. MRI on Tuesday which I really don't want, and then follow up which will probably lead to surgery/repair after that. Not asking for medical advice just any potential other avenues to explore for this sort of injury. I'm not 100% against western medicine but I jusf want to know if any other options even exist.

Hi, I'm studying for my final exam in my first year of TCM. I'm looking for case studies along with an explanation or a diagnosis to correct myself. Are there any sites or places I could visit where I could find these? Thank you for reading!

From US and uncertain how to best prepare application for TCM programs in China or Taiwan. 58 yo with a BA in Communications. Although later in life, now able to pursue my dream of becoming an Acupuncturist. Any input as to what schools look for in applications, and other advice for best chances of success in being accepted? Many thanks!

I don’t want to say i’m doubting my acupuncturist, but they seem to practice differently than my previous acupuncturists (such as rarely looking at my tongue or taking my pulse) and the made it seem like they usually don’t even prescribe herbal formulas and just do needles. this is the first time they’ve given me any formulas and i know they are pretty new to TCM so I’m just a little nervous haha

I think they said they think I have some sort of Kidney deficiency (maybe more than one? Is that a thing?) and possibly something about the liver, but i can’t remember specifics

I have been getting regular acupuncture for the past two weeks. My period this month became heavier than before. My doctor did say that this might happen. I'm wondering why?

(Cure missclick) Hi guys, mom of my girlfriend recommend this formula of mushrooms for anxiety which she has. Its good idea? I think it may be worse than better. Everyone is different person and can it be dangerous as a lions mane?

Thanks for answer, Have a good day

I’m new to TCM (3 days)

Can anybody explain what damp heat is or means? From the 3 days reading I’ve done, I seem to have a symptom and all posts and articles suggest damp heat in my liver or gallbladder.

Have asked for an appointment Wednesday in a local practice in Ireland, hopefully she can fit me in

TIA

Hi Everyone,

Hoping I can get some insight on my situation. I am a 30 year old male who has been having bladder issues for the last 2 months. I did a urine culture and it came back positive for pseudomonas uti and was prescribed antibiotics (cipro) which I definitely don’t want to take because of the potential side effects.

I have been working with a TCM doctor for the last two weeks and have done two rounds of acupuncture and I am also taking daily herbs (twice a day) since then. My tcm doctor said that I have too much heat in my body which has caused the UTI. Has anyone been through pseudomonas uti and how long did it take to heal?

Hi all, happy Sunday. I’ve recently been looking at alternative medicine. I lost someone 18 months ago and to say his death hit me hard is an understatement. He died at our desk at work. Both my parents were diagnosed with cancer in the last year as well, and it appears my dad has dementia. So it’s a lot of stress (plus I’m a mental health nurse so thats another level of stress in itself).

Is there anything you guys can recommend to help with the grief please? At times I feel like my heart is actually hurting (I had to have an ecg when my meds were increased and it was fine). I feel it’s more of a reaction to grief and loss in the last 18 months.

Thank you ❤️‍🩹✨

My mom mixed this orange powder and egg whites and put it on the bottom of my foot for overnight. She doing this for my brother and I. His on the left foot and mine on the right foot. She says this is a one time thing that chinese people do after they turn 18 to prevent stroke.

I’ve never heard of this. When I try searching it up, nothing related to this comes up. I don’t know where this came from but my grandmas also did this for my mom and my dad so it’s been getting passed down.

Has anyone heard of this?

I’ve just starting seeing a new Chinese medicine and rather than prescribing a custom mix of herbs, she has said she would rather go with tried and tested formulas, which is fine but I’m just wondering how that works? She has prescribed me some granules that are a mix of 2 formulas… because they are combined do they act as one formula or does the body process each herb in the mix differently?

I’m just confused as to how this works if anyone can explain

Thanks

Dan

I'm trying to help myself further on top of the herbal medicine my TCM doctor gives me and am currently learning food therapy but wanted to delve deeper into the other health categories (it can be non-TCM modalities) and was wondering what you all recommend.

Thank you for any recommendations! :)

I am interested in learning about face mapping and am hoping that I might get some good references or other suggestions to get me started. I am in particular very interested in learning about discoloration around the mouth. 😊

I'm a student with 7.5 months left of TCM school - I'm wondering if you could paint the picture of your day-to-day in this career? How do you feel about your career choice? Are you happy & fulfilled financially? Do you ever have any doubts? What are the good parts and bad parts of this career?

i googled it and both are for liver? i dont understand why take both?

can I mix them?

my acupuncturist prescribed "si ni san wan" and "da chai hu tang wan" any clarity will be appreciated greatly! thanks

I’m just having the most bizarre and frustrating thing happening and it is impacting my entire household (five of us). It started out maybe 2 months ago with us getting pink eye.. but basically we get a minor cold, congestion / sore throat / mucous. It is very mild in the sense that we feel fine apart from the mild annoying symptoms and then it goes away.. but it will only go away for a few days and then one of us gets it again and it cycles through everyone. I just cannot understand what I am doing wrong or what I could be doing differently to fix it. The only thing I can think is we do sometimes stay up later and sleep in later, would that be enough to cause this?

I just can’t believe this dang thing has come and gone 5 times… like my kids will finally just clear up just to get congested again. We aren’t doing dairy and we eat well. Today my kids had pasta cooked in bone broth w a sauce that I blended lots of freshly cooked veggies and bone marrow in.

I do have an appt with an acupuncturist next week (thank god!) .. but it is only for myself and this is impact all of us. I’m just wondering if anyone here can see something I am not seeing? Is there some major blind spot or something I could be over looking? Or is there any way this isn’t “negative” and our bodies are clearing out some type of toxicity or something? We did move last year and came from a polluted environment to a clean one..

Someone who is good with herbs. The patient is trying to treat a visual problem. Thank you!