I treated Ed last year for Shao Yang disharmony-pulse appeared to soften with GB 21 (an easy GB point to get while feeling pulse, but know wondering if it is a “major “ point like 34 or 41. ? Anyway, no significant improvement with XCH w/ QJ at 4 gms bid of Natural Path formula. He has a loose capital physis fracture of L3 it has always been mobile and he consistently has Ah Shi points in that region (BL 23-25, R>L. They don’t reliably clear with treatment, though always improve and videos of his jumping do not lend to pathology of that area. So I’ve been treating the Shao Yang and Dai Mai for the last few years thinking that the tightening of the belt was not allowing Yang to descend and it was stuck in his head..or out of his head. I have not used CHJLGMLT.
3 weeks ago we injected his hocks with HA only in the hopes it would help performance and to rifle out pain as a factor of performance anxiety. He did really well and has great strength behind, but no better with head/anxiety. On exam, he still has a very full toned pulse. Left is stronger than Right. There was no change with GB 34 ( I decided to use that one as most reliable Shao Yang indicator) not with sedation or tonification However , BL 40 when sedated created a very nice moderate pulse. So then I start thinking Tai Yang pathology.. he does have a tendency towards hives that respond extraordinarily well to hydroxizine. So I then treated SI3 (sedate) ,
BL 1 if I tonified the pulse became stronger, sedation brought back to moderate. I then sedated BL65 and GV3. I tonified ST 37 and LI11 to complete treatment. GB 34 bled when needle withdrew (all needles were bilateral except for Shao Yang and Yang Ming. I did opposite sides for those points.
So Wei Qi and Blood deficient? Since he responds so well to antihistamines and has fear/anxiety? Any thoughts on herbs or other great Acupuncture point combos to try to strengthen Heart or PC?
Thanks again!!
Brett