Sinus Headache, Jaw Pain, Back Pain Case Presentation Part 2

Part 2!!

Sinus Headache, Jaw Pain, Back Pain Case Presentation Part 1

I got a friend at uni to tape one of my last presentations! We had to do a case study of a patient we treated in clinic. I decided to present about a favourite patient with sinus headaches, jaw pain, eczema and lower back pain. See what you think!

The Chinese Medicine Society

The Chinese Medicine Society had a talk by Kathryn Taylor last night.

Here's info on Kathryn:
http://fertilityherbs.com.au/main/page_practitioner_profile.html

Here's a link to The Chinese Medicine Society facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118857464831429&v=photos&ref=mf#!/group.php?gid=118857464831429&ref=ts

The Chinese Medicine Society is a society where students can gain knowledge and meet their peers. Where practitioners can meet their peers and meet the public and where the public can meet practitioners and gain knowledge. It's a student and practitioner based society of Chinese medicine people.

The talk was great and filled full of insights and anecdotal stories of practicing acupuncture and herbs with children.


Here's me and Kathryn. Thanks Kathryn!

Feng Fang! Hornet's Nest!

This caught my attention in the dispensary. It's a dried honeycomb used as medicine. After doing some research I found it's labelled in English as wasp nest, bee's nest or more impresively as Hornet's nest!

From Bensky's Materia Medica it says:
Sweet, neutral and toxic (surprised me)
Enters the Lung and Stomach
Should be used ( after decoction) externally, gargled and never swallowed. Listed in the "Substance for External Application Chapter"
Resolves toxicity, expels wind, alleviates pain. Used topically for skin rash, itching, scabies, tinea, sores: mainly swollen toxic sores and can be used for severe toothache.
Toxicity. Some of the volatile oils irritate the kidneys causing headache, back pain, edema, fatigue, reduced urinary output and acute nephritis. However there are few reports of poisoning because probably the volatile oils are dispersed in the process of decoction. Maybe mainly from overdose or raw form of intake.
I am going to miss this dispensary... I'll have to get my own one later!

First Patient Presents!

I was really happy to receive a bowl of fruit salad last week from a patient. They had a muscle strain but still wanted to compete in the Sydney City to Surf run to Bondi. After a couple of weeks treatments before the race she was still able to train. Just before the race I gave her another treatment and she beat her previous time and moved up a training squad. She was stoked and so was I :) It was a great to be a part of this effort and a part of Sydney !

Here we have the lovely Sophie with a bunch of flowers from a patient that gave her this present for all her acupuncture efforts. Nice