What are the symptoms of viral hepatitis

(1) Damp-heat Retention
Chief Manifestations: Bright yellow coloration of the face, sclera and skin, fever, thirst, lassitude, poor appetite, dark yellow urine, constipation, yellow and greasy tongue coating, wiry and rapid or soft-superficial and rapid pulse. 

(2) Dampness Stagnation in the Spleen
Chief Manifestations: Epigastric oppression, abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, fatigue, hypochondriac pain, or jaundice in the face, sclera and skin, loose stools, tastelessness or stickiness in the mouth, greasy, white and yellowish tongue coating, and soft-superficial and smooth pulse.
   
(3) Stagnation of Liver Qi
Chief Manifestations:Distension, oppression and pain in the chest and hypochondrium, epigastric fullness,abdominal distension, frequent belching and wind from the bowels, poor appetite, bitter taste in the mouth, thin, white or yellow tongue coating, and wiry pulse. Continue to read Chinese medicine Treatment for Viral Hepatitis.

(4) Obstruction of the Collaterals by Blood Stasis
Chief Manifestations:Dark dusty complexion or vascular spiders, hepatosplenomegaly with hard texture, stabbing pain in the hypochondria, bright red palms, frequent nasal and gingival hemorrhage, low fever aggravated at night, dysmenorrhea with dark-colored clots in female patients, dark purple tongue with ecchymoses,deep, thready and unsmooth pulse.

(5) Deficiency of the Liver and Spleen
Chief Manifestations: Shortness of breath, dislike of speaking, lassitude, lusterless complexion, impaired appetite, abdominal distension after intake of food, dull pain in the hypochondrium, dizziness, dryness and pain of eyes, emaciation or puffy face, occasional loose stools, pale tongue with white coating, and thready and weak pulse.

(6) Deficiency of Liver Yin and Kidney Yin
Chief Manifestations: Dull pain in the hypochondrium which is aggravated by exertion, dizziness, tinnitus, dryness and pain of eyes, dry mouth and throat, insomnia, dreamfulness, feverish sensation in the chest,palms and soles, soreness and weakness in the loins and knees, hypomenorrhea or amenorrhea in female patients, red small tongue with little saliva or with cracks, thin coating, thready and rapid pulse.

(7) Deficiency of Spleen Yang and Kidney Yang
Chief Manifestations: Intolerance of cold and preference for warmth, cold limbs, cold pain in the lower abdomen, loins and knees, lassitude, dull pain in the hypochondrium, impaired appetite, loose stools with undigested food, even frequent diarrhea or fecal incontinence, abdominal fullness, scanty urine, no edema of the lower limbs, pale and swollen tongue, deep, thready and forceless pulse, or deep and slow pulse. Continue to read TCM Treatment Evaluation for Viral Hepatitis.

Functional exercise for trachoma

(1) Do eye exercises everyday to improve blood circulation and regulating state of eyes. 

(2) Insist on physical exercises, especially for outdoor exercises. 

(3) Find a grassland or greenery with more than 10m. The green can relax eyes and ciliaris to relieve eyestrain due to green has short wavelength and form image before retina. 

(4) Find a place with fresh air, sit down or stand up with whole body relax, keep two eyes look forward, breath in slowly with eyes opened, stop for a while, then breath out slowly with eyes closed, repeat it for 9 times. Continue to read Chinese medicine Treatment for Trachoma.

(5) Apply eyes: it’s better to adopt sitting position with whole body relaxed and eyes closed, then rub two palms quickly until they are hot, then apply hot palms to both eyes until palms become cold, take away palms, at the same time, open two eyes forcibly, repeat it for 3-5 times. It can improve blood circulation of the eyes and enhance metabolism. 

(6) Keep quiet to protect eyes: Sit down with whole body relaxed and eyes closed, put both hands on the knee, keep the palms upward (downward for cardio-cerebrovascular patients), imagine that you are in the atmosphere and qi is in your whole body, the unity of nature and humanity, and qi severs for you, rest quietly to recuperate for 15 minutes, then open eyes slowly, take three deep breath until qi sinks down to Dantian, twice a day, in the morning and in the evening.

What are the symptoms of sore throat

1) External attack by wind and heat: Red swelling and pain in the throat, dysphagia, cough, fever, headache, floating and rapid pulse. 

2) Asthenia of the spleen and stomach: Sensation of obstruction or adhering phlegm, the throat is dry with little pain, dry mouth but with no desire to drink or like hot drinks, nausea, vomiting, or with hiccup and sour regurgitation sometimes; If people catches cold, feels tired and with polyphrasia, then the symptoms are aggravated. And people is easily to catch a cold and with lassitude, weak, shortness of breath and is sluggish to talk, easily to sweat, bad appetite or abdominal distension, irregular bowel movement with viscous or hard stool, light red tongue with imprints of the teeth on the edge, thin and white greasy coating, thready and weak pulse. Continue to learn Chinese Medicine Treatment for Chronic Laryngitis.

3) Yin deficiency of the liver and kidney: Dry and burn throat with little pain, with sensation of obstruction or adhering phlegm, dizzy, vertigo, tinnitus, forgettery, sour in the loins and knees, hectic fever, red lip, flushing of zygomatic region, fever in chestpalms-soles, red tongue with little caoting, thready and rapid pulse.

How to prevent rheumatoid arthritis

1) The house for living should be ventilation and sunny, keep the air fresh in it. Avoid dosing on the cement floor and in draught.

2) It is better to wash face and rinse teeth with the warm water and get the feet in the water with the washing recipe of traditional Chinese medicine. It is not only helpful to promote the blood circulation of the lower limbs and also to expel swelling pain and remove dampness. Continue to learn Chinese medicine treatment for Arthritis.

3) If there are the symptoms of obvious red, swelling, fever and pain during the period of acute attack of the rheumatism, people should lie in bed for 2-3 weeks. And for the patients with kidney deficiency and lumbar spondylosis, the sexual life should be avoided.

4) People should avoid cold, getting wet in the rain and being affected with damp; keep the joints warm and avoid with wet cloths, wet shoes and wet stocks; Avoid overconsumption of cold foods and drinks in hot summer; even there’s a dry climate in the fall but the wind is strong, so people should avoid the attacking of the wind cold; keep warm is most important in cold winter.

5) Keep a regulate diet and life and with a balance between the rest and work are the main measure to strengthen physical health; clinically, the disease may be aggravated or recrudesced due to overwork during the convalescence even the disease is under control for some patients with rheumatoid arthritis. So people should keep a balance between the rest and work.

6) Keep a normal mentation is very important for maintaining of body’s normal immunologic function. Continue to learn TCM Treatment Evaluation for Rheumatic Arthritis.

7) With a bland and digestible diet which is with massive vitamin, high protein and low fat; it is better to eat more eggs, bean food, lean meat, bone soup, fungoid , fresh vegetables and fruit. Avoid spicy, fatty, sour and cold food.

How TCM diagnoses chronic diseases

(1) High-salt diet: The World Health Organization (WHO) stipulates that daily salt intake for an adult should be controlled below 6 grams. Diet with excessive amount of salt is called high-salt diet.

(2) Smoking. China is the largest consumer of tobacco in the world. Smoking can lead to lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases and other various diseases.

(3) Excessive drinking behavior. Brain and liver are the most productive organs in body's metabolism, and they can be affected by alcohol easily. Chronic alcoholism can lead to serious psychological and behavioral disorders and also cause fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver cancer. Continue to learn Chinese medicine Treatment for Cirrhosis.

(4) Obesity behavior refers to the habits causing obesity. It is characterized by irrational diet, high-calorie, consumption less than absorption, lack of exercise, eating too much for compensation while in tension.

(5) Psychologically, a number of people, who can be irritable easily, excited and pursuing the perfection, prone to suffering from cardiovascular diseases, because the content of catecholamine in these people’s blood and urine is higher than the normal one. So, these kinds of people have greater risk in suffering hypertension, angiosclerosis, and coronary heart disease. In addiction, the incidence of myocardial infarction of these people is 3 to 4 times higher than the normal ones. People with depression, sulk, a sense of loneliness or helplessness, can suffer from low immunity system function and cancer.

(6) The low aging tendency of chronic diseases. The experts show that in the past decade, young people's diet has been changed tremendously. Many factors lead to obesity among teenagers, such as increase of sugar, fat and salt intake with the decreased amount of exercises. Obesity can increase the morbidity of heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and other major chronic diseases. Nowadays, many teenagers are fond of smoking, drinking, eating foods with high-sugar, high-fat and  fast foods. Many children stay at home and chat or play games on the Internet, at the same time, lack of exercises and only have a gym class to exercise in the school because of the full arrange of examination-oriented education curriculum.

Health care methods for otitis media

External Medicine
Drip 20 to 30% Goldthread (or Phellodendron) Ear Drops into the ear, three drops each time, twice to three times a day. It is applicable for suppurative tympanitis of acute and chronic type.
Pound the fresh Hu'ercao ( Herba Saxifragae ) to paste to draw the juice. Drip the juice into the ear, three drops once, twice or three times a day. It is applicable for acute and suppurative tympanitis.

Acupoints Massage
(1) Massaging tympanic membrane:The method originated from Vol. 27 of the book Jingyue Quanshu ( Zhang Jingyue's Complete Works ). Plug the middle finger into the opening of the external auditory canal and press it gently. Press it once and release the finger once. This is one cycle. Repeat the cycle on the both sides for 15 to 30 times respectively, three times a day. Or use the middle finger tip to shake the internal auditory canal for dozens of times. The method can massage the tympanic membrane and promote qi flow as well as blood circulation. It also has positive effects on the restoration of hearing.

(2) Blowing air to remove obstruction of orifices:The method originated from the book Baosheng Miyao (Secrets of Health Preservation). Hold the nostrils firmly between the thumb and index finger of the right hand without releasing. Meanwhile, make the action of blowing the nose but still hold the nostrils firmly between the fingers. In this way, air flow will rush into the auditory tube of the nasopharynx. The method can relieve the symptoms of otic distension and obstruction. Do it three times a day. Continue to read Chinese Medicine Treatment for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media.

(3) Beating the drum:The method originated from the General Introduction to the Twelve-section Brocade of the book Diagrams of Internal Qigong. Regulate respiration first. Then, press the occipital region symmetrically and horizontally with the index fingers, middle fingers, ring fingers and little fingers of both hands. The two middle fingers touch each other. At this time, stick up the index fingers and place them on the middle fingers oftheirrespectivehandsoverlappingly. Next, flick the index fingers off the middle fingers to strike the occipital bone forcefully. At this time,the patient can hear the loud and clear sound like beating drum, hence the name beating drum. Do it for 24 times respectively with the left and right hands.Afterwards, do it for 48 times with both hands simultaneously. The method also dredges meridians and collaterals, promotes qi flow and blood circulation.

Cupping Therapy
Acupoints selected: Main acupoints: Tinggong (SI 19), Ermen (SJ 21), Waiguan (TE5). Matching acupoints: Patients with effulgent liver-gallbladder fire, add Xingjian (LR2), Taichong (LR 3), Zulinqi (GB41); Patients with external contraction wind-fire, add Dazhui (GV14), Hegu (LI 4); Patients with kidney deficiency, add Shenshu (BL23), Mingmen (DU4), Taixi (KI3).
Manipulation: 1) Ask the patients to adopt side-lying position, regularly sterilize to the acupoints, apply quick puncture with triangular needle to the acupints for 2-3 times, then cupping to the acupoints quickly, retained for 10-15 minutes, until the local red congestion or right amount of bleeding occurs.
2) Apply quick puncture with triangular needle to swollen blood collaterals near the Tinggong (SI 19) and Ermen (SJ 21) until bleeding.
3) Treat one time every other day, 10 times as a course of treatment.

Foot Massage 
Basic reflection areas: ears, labyrinth of the inner ears.
Related reflection areas: cerebrum, trigeminal.
Symptom reflection areas: live, spleen, lymph node of the upper body.
Reflexotherapy is taken up of 10-15 times as a course of treatment, 30-40 times each time, 1-2 times each day, repeat it after 1-2 days. Soak both feet with light salt water to recover the sensitivity of feet to massage.

Tuina Therapy for obesity

Tuina Therapy
The principle of Tuina Therapy is reinforcing function of the spleen and the stomach, removing phlegm and dampness.
(1) The patient lies on his back. The doctor stands by his side, place one palm or the overlapped palms on the patient’s umbilicus, and rubs his abdomen slightly forcefully clockwise and counterclockwise with the circle from small to large, then from large to small for 5 minutes respectively.

(2) Lift-grasp the muscles around Zhongwan(CV12) with the fingers of one hand and the muscles around Qihaishu (BL24) with those of other hand. The lifted and prasped area should be properly large enough and the force used should be penetrating. Finger-twisting and pressing actions can be added while lifting up, but the putting-down action should be slow. Repeat the procedure for 20-30 times.

(3) The patient sits. And the doctor stands behind him, grasps his abdominal muscles from under both hypochondria with both hands, and then relaxes them. Grasping and relaxing are alternately done. While gasping up, finger-twisting and pressing actions should be added with a little more fore, in the meantime, the doctor’s hands are gradually moving upwards and downwards respectively. Repeat the operations for 20 times.

(4) Push-rub forcefully from the hypochondria toward the abdomen with the two palms until a hot sensation is gained.

(5) Scrub the shoulders, the back and the lumbosacral region with a palm until a hot sensation is attained, and pat from top to below with a hollow palm for 1-3 times.

(6) The patient takes a prone position. The doctor applies grasping manipulation to the muscles of the four limbs, or pinches and grasps or presses and kneads them properly.

(7) Press-knead and pluck Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) and Fenglong (ST 40) for one minute respectively.

Modified manipulations with syndrome differentiation
1. For patients with obesity accompanied by asthma and palpitation, the following may also be used besides the basic manipulations.
(1) Press-knead Danzhong(CV17) and point Feimen (Ex) for one minute each.

(2) Press-knead Waiguan (TE5) and Shenmen (HT 7) for one munite each.

(3) Press-knead Pishu (BL20), Weishu (BL21) and Sanjiaoshu (BL22) for one minute each.

(4) Scrub transversely the superior part of the chest until a hot sensation is gained.

2. For patients with obesity accompanied by dizziness, insomnia and constipation, the following methods can be used additionally.
(1) Press-knead Yinyang (EX-HN3), Taiyang (EX- HN 5) and Baihui (BL9) for one minute each.

(2) Press-knead Hegu (LI 4) and Quchi (LI 11) cooperated with plucking for 1-3 minutes respectively.

(3) Palm-twist and rub the two hypochondria for 3-5 minutes.

(4) Press-knead with the hand and press with the elbow the buttocks and Huantiao(GB30) for 1-3 minutes.
Prevention is very important in avoiding incidence of obesity. On one hand, one can start from his diet, and avoids taking excessive calorie from foods. On other hand, one can do proper exercises in daily life. For those who has the problem of obesity, besides Tuina therapy

Functional exercise for mastitis

(1) The daily exercises methods for the prevention of mastitis for the women are as follows:

1) Hang down the arms naturally and bend the wrist joints upwards; exercise the fingers by clenching the fist or the hand-muscle developer.

2) Stand straight and keep the arms hand down naturally; contract the muscles of the upper arms and hang the arms up close to the ears; and then relax the body.

3) Stand straight and place a long crabstick at the back of body or neck; hold both ends of it with hands; and then saw it with arms.

4) Stand straight and raise the arms at the effected side; then pull it with the arm at the other side.

5) Stand straight and raise the effected arm; extend it upwards or do up the hair with it. Continue to read Chinese medicine Treatment for Mastitis.

(2) The amount of exercise should be adjusted according to the physical condition of the patients; take the exercises such as swimming, badminton, Pingpong, etc at the daily life which is helpful to the prevention of the galactophore diseases.

(3) Pay attention to the prevention; wash the nipple with the warm water at the later stage of gestation; if the nipples are sucked inward, people should massage and pull them gently after cleaning. 

(4) During the week before the labour, women should wash and crab the nipples with the hot towel, suds and the light salty water to make the skin of them tenacious. But the alcohol should be avoided as it can make the skin weak; if the nipples are sunken, people should often pull them out for sucking by the infants.

(5) Its better feed milk with a sitting position at regular times; each time should be for 15-20 minutes; after that, people should squeeze the left milk out; besides, people should keep the nipples clean and avoid them being played by the infants.

(6) If the milk is too much for the infants to eat, people should squeeze the left milk out after feeding to avoid stasis.

What are the symptoms of nocturnal emission

(1) Hyperactivity of Monarch Fire and Minister Fire:Chief Manifestations: Insomnia with dreamful sleep, nocturnal emission during sleep, accompanied by feverish sensation in the heart, dizziness, blurred vision, listlessness, lassitude, palpitation, fright and forgetfulness, dry mouth, scanty and deep-colored urine, red tongue, and thready, rapid pulse. Continue to learn Chinese medicine Treatment for Nocturnal Emission.
   
(2) Downward Movement of Damp Heat:Chief Manifestations: Frequent seminal emission, radischarge of small amount of seminal fluid during urination, difficult micturition with a burning sensation and eep-colored or dribbling urine, bitter taste in the mouth or thirst, restlessness, insomnia, orolingual ulceration,loose and foul stools, or feeling of oppression and fullness in the chest and abdomen, nausea, yellow, greasy tongue coating, and soft-superficial, rapid pulse.

(3) Inability of Qi to Arrest Semen: Chief Manifestations: Seminal emission due to overwork, palpitation, insomnia, forgetfulness, sallow complexion, weakness and fatigue of the limbs, poor appetite, loose stools, pale tongue with thin coating,thready and weak pulse.
   
(4) Inability to Store Essence due to Kidney Deft-ciency: Chief Manifestations: Frequent nocturnal emission, even spontaneous emission, soreness and weakness of loins and knees, dry throat, restlessness, vertigo, tinnitus, forgetfulness, insomnia, low fever, flushed cheeks, emaciation, night perspiration, loss of hair, odontoseisis, red tongue with little coating, thready and rapid pulse; in some cases with persistent spermatorrhoea, often accompanied by aversion to cold, cold limbs, impotence, premature ejaculation, cold sperm, scanty urine or frequent urination at night, edema, clean or dribbling urine, pale or lusterless complexion, pale, tender teethprinted tongue with white and smooth coating, deep and thready pulse. Continue to learn TCM Treatment Evaluation for Nocturnal Emission.

What are the symptoms of leukorrheal diseases

Leukorrhagia:
(1) Syndrome of spleen asthenia and dampness encumbrance:
Main symptoms: Whitish or light yellow, profuse, odorless and incessant leukorrhea, nausea and anorexia, spiritual lassitude, light-colored and bulgy tongue with white and greasy coating as well as slow and weak pulse.

(2) Syndrome of kidney yin asthenia:
Main symptoms: Yellowish or yellowish and reddish leukorrhea with sticky texture and without odor, burning sensation in the vagina, feverish sensation over the palms, soles and chest, aching in the loins and tinnitus, dizziness and palpitation, red tongue with scanty coating, thin and rapid pulse.

(3) Syndrome of kidney yang asthenia:
Main symptoms: Profuse, thin, or transparent and incessant leukorrhea, aching sensation in the loins, cold sensation in the abdomen, clear and profuse urine, especially in the night, light-colored tongue with thin and white coating, deep and slow pulse. Learn more about Leukorrheal Diseases, please read Leukorrheal Diseases Tablets.

(4) Syndrome of downward migration of damp-heat:
Main symptoms: Profuse, or yellow, or yellowish and reddish leukorrhea like bean dregs or frothy leukorrhea with foul odor, burning sensation and pruritus in the vagina, scanty and brown urine, or accompanied by spasmodic pain in the abdomen, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating soft and rapid pulse.

Scanty leucorrhea:
(1) Syndrome of asthenia of the liver and kidney:
Main syrnptorns: Scanty or even no leukorrhea in the late stage of menstruation or in the ovulatory period, dry sensation in the vagina or accompanied by pudendal pruritus, dizziness and aching sensation in the loins, chest oppression and dysphoria, poor sleep in the night, red tongue with thin and yellow or scanty coating, thin and taut or rapid pulse.

(2) Syndrome of hypofunction of the spleen and stomach:
Main symptoms: Scanty or even no leukorrhea in the late stage of menstruation and ovulatory period, dry sensation in the vagina or accompanied by pudendal pruritus, poor appetite, spiritual lassitude, epigastric and abdominal distension, frequent flatus, or loose stool, lightred tongue with thin, white and greasy coating, and thin pulse.

(3) Syndrome of interior retention of blood stasis:
Main symptoms: Scanty or even no leukorrhea, abdominal pain during menstruation, with purplish and blackish color and large blood clot, lower abdominal pain, chest oppression, dysphoria, thirst with no desire to drink water, dry and squamous skin, deep-red tongue with ecchymoses on the margin, and thin and unsmooth pulse. Continue to read TCM Treatment Evaluation for Leukorrhagia.

Dietary therapy for irregular menstruation

1) Black-bone Chicken and Medlar Soup: it is applicable for irregularity of menstrual cycle.
Ingredients: Black-bone chicken 50g, medlar 15g.
Process: Wash the chicken clean and stew it until it is done. Put in the medlar and cook for another 15 minutes. Take it once a day.

2) Medlar, Lotus Seed and Yam Soup: it is applicable for early menstruation.
Ingredients: Medlar, lotus seed and yam, each is 30g.
Process: Wash the three ingredients clean and stew until it is done. Take it during the week prior to menstruation and 1-2 times a day.

3) Black Edible Fungus and Red Date Soup: it is applicable for delayed menstruation.
Ingredients: Black edible fungus 50g, 20 red dates, brown sugar 50g.
Process: Soak the black edible fungus in the warm and cut down the root. Stew them with the red dates until it is done. Put in the brown sugar and cook for another 10 minutes. Take it during the week prior to menstruation and 1-2 times a day. Continue to read Chinese medicine Treatment for Irregular Menstruation.

4) Drink of Hawthorn Fruit and Brown Sugar
Ingredients: Raw flesh of hawthorn fruit 50g, brown sugar 40g.
Process: Decoct the hawthorn fruit and remove the residue. Put in the brown sugar and drink it when it is hot.
It is applicable for irregular menstruation and helpful to promote blood blow and regulate the menstruation.

5) Motherwort and Chinese-date Soup
Ingredients: 20 Chinese-dates, motherwort 10g, brown sugar 10g.
Process: Stew the ingredients with water. Take it twice a day, morning and night. It is applicable for the delayed menstruation because of cold, menstruation with scanty menses and so on.

6) Ingredients: Angelica sinensis 10g,ginger 10g, sliced mutton 100g.
Process:Boil it until it is done and then put in the salt. Drink the soup and eat the mutton. It is applicable for delayed menstruation with scanty, cold and pain in abdomen etc.

7) Ingredients: Arillus longanae 50g, an egg.
Process: Decoct the Arillus longanae for 30 minutes and then put in the egg. Stew until it is done. Take it twice a day, morning and night. And take it for 10 days continuously. It is applicable for irregular menstruation. Continue to read TCM Treatment Evaluation for Irregular Menstruation.

8) Stewed Pigskin
Ingredients: Pigskin 1000g, yellow rice wine 250ml, white sugar 250g.
Function: It is helpful to nourish blood and yin, invigorate kidney and liver. And it is applicable for blood asthenia and fatigue of women, irregular menstruation and so on. And it is especially good for the people with aching pain in the loins and legs.
Process: Wash the pigskin clean and chop it into pieces. Add moderate water and stew it with low fire until it becomes stiff. Put in the white sugar and yellow rice wine. Infuse it in boiling water and drink it when it is warm.

Typical infertility case analysis

He treated idiopathic male infertility due to oligospermia with acupuncture in coordination with medicine and got the ideal effect. Therapeutic method: Take Clomiphene 25 mg every day for 25 days, then withdraw it for 5 days, and take again. Three months made up one course. Simultaneously, the points located on the abdomen selected were Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV3), Guanyuan (CV 4) (with moxibustion), Jinggong, Sanyinjiao (SP6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20); the points located on the back selected were Shenshu (BL23), Mingmen (GV 4) (with moxibustion), Qihaishu (BL 24), Ciliao (BL32), Yaoyangguan (GV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20). After evacuating the bladder, the points located on the abdomen were needled with the 75 mm long filiform needles till the acuesthesia transmitted to the root of the urethra.

The acuesthesia of the points located on the back should be better to spread to the buttocks or to the thighs, or to the heels. The needles were manipulated with the reinforcing method achieved by swirling-rotating, and were retained for 30 minutes after the acuesthesia was felt. During the retention, the needles were manipulated once every 15 minutes. The two groups were needled alternately. Give the treatment for 25 days continuously, then stop to rest 3 - 5 days, and puncture again. Consequently, of 54 cases, 30 were cured, 10 were significantly effective, 10 effective, and 4 ineffective. The total effective rate was 92.5 %. After contrasting this group with the medicine group, the significant difference showed between them.

Ban et al reported the treatment of 260 cases of infertility due to abnormal sperm with acupuncture in coordination with Chinese medicine granula. The points selected were as follows:① Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Yaoyangguan (GV 3), Zhishi (BL52), Baliao points, Taixi (KI3); ② Guanyuan (CV 4), Oihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Qugu (CV2), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3). Six points of each group were selected each time. The points of the two groups were selected alternately. The needles were manipulated with the mild reinforcing-reducing method. Every point was lifted-inserted and swirled-rotated for 30 seconds. The acuesthesia of Guanyuan (CV 4) and Baliao points spread downward, that of Sanyinjiao (SP6) spread upward, and that of all acupoints transmitted to the perineum. The needles were retained for 30 minutes.

The treatment was given at the beginning of the month, once a day, for 15 days, then rested for 15 days. The treatment was given again at the beginning of the next month. Three months made up one course. Composition of Chinese medicine granula, male Bombyx 120 g, Cornu Cervi 100 g, Epimedii Herba 180 g, Penis Callorhini seu Phocae 30 g, Rhizoma RehmanniaePraeparatum 100 g, Semen Cuscutae 110 g, Rhizoma Rolygonati 100 g, Fructus Lycii 90 g, Radix Paeoniae Rubra 60 g, Nidus Vespae 50 g, Semen Impatientis 30 g, frying Squama Manitis 20 g, Radix Bulpleuri 10 g. Grind the above medicinal herbs into fine powder, then divide the powder into 90 shares. Take one share after mixing it with water in the morning and one in the evening. Three months made up one course. Consequently, of 260 cases, 165 were cured, 71 were significantly effective, 8 were improved, and 16 were ineffective. The total effective rate was 93.8%.

Typical case: Guo, a male of 31. The patient suffered from infertility for 6 years since marriage. He always had the symptoms of lumbago, weakness of limbs, poor appetite, sigh, eczema of scrotum. Two times of semen routine examination showed that the sperm count was zero, WBC was. The diagnosis was azoospermia due to spermatogenic dysfunction. Adopt the above points to treat him. Add Radix Codonopsitis 30 g, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae 30 g, Semen Litchi 30 g, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae 30 g, Herba Patriniae 30 g on the above prescription. Grind all medicinal herbs into fine powder and take after mixing them with water. After one course of treatment, the sperm count rose to 2.9 X 107/ ml; after two courses of treatment, the all symptoms eliminated, the sperm count was 6.3 X 107/ml, and the motility of sperm was above 60%. Then adopt Xiaoyao Bolus to consolidate the effect. Ten months later, his wife was pregnant: The next August, his wife gave birth to a boy after a spontaneous labor.

Dietary therapy for hyperplasia of breast

1) Take 50g of soybean, 100g of pork ribs and 2 dried oysters to cook for the soup.

2) Take 15g of donkey-hide gelatin, 100g of hen and 6 red dates to stew for eating.

3) Take 15g of starfish, 2 figs and 100g of lean meat to cook for the soup.

4) Take 10g of jasmine flower and rose respectively to infuse for the tea.

5) Take 250g of crucian, 3 Chinese water chestnuts and one radish to cook for the soup.

6) Take 15g of placenta hominis, 250g of hen, 6 red dates and 15g of Longan to cook for the soup.

7) Gruel of Laver and Crab
Ingredients: Laver 30g, crabs 70g, rice 70g and sliced ginger 10g.
Take the gruel for the breakfast and take it once every another day; 30 doses to be taken continuously.

8) Kelp and Conch Soup
Ingredients: Couch 70g (it also can be replaced by the edible whelk; the couch is mostly produced in the Hainan province of China and which can be brought in the seafood store), kelp 50g (rinse and cut into chunks), lean meat 70g.
Cook all the ingredients for the soup. 10 peppers and 5 sliced gingers can be added for the severe cold days in winter.

9) Kelp, Green Bean and the Seed of Job’s tears Soup
This recipe is suitable to be in hot summer; for the women those work under the high temperature, it can not only prevent the heatstroke but also nourish the breast.
Process: Take 70g of clean kelp, 65g of the raw seed of Job’s tears, 70g of green bean and 70g of the crystal sugar to cook in water for the drink (or preserve it in the refrigerator for the cold drink when it is cool down). Take one dose a day for the whole summer.  Continue to read Chinese medicine Treatment for Mastitis.

10) Sea Cucumber and Black-bone Chicken Soup
This prescription is applicable to the women with weak constitution and helpful to nourish the qi-blood; it is not only good for the protection of breast but also for the prevention of the gynaecology tumour.
Process: Take 96g of soaked sea cucumber, half a black-bone chicken, 35g of Longan, 2 sliced gingers, 5 dried mushrooms and moderate salt to cook for the soup; to be taken in twice a day with the warm water.

Health care methods for hyperlipemia

(1) Drug Therapy
1) Internal Medicine
a. Internal Retention of Phlegm Dampness
Therapeutic Methods: To soothe liver qi, invigorate the spleen and regulate stomach qi.
Prescription: Modified Chaihu Shugan San (Bupleuri Powder for Soothing Liver Qi).

b. Blockage by Phlegm and Blood Stasis
Therapeutic Methods: To dissipate phlegm, relieve stagnation, and promote blood circulation to dredge meridians.
Prescription: Modified Gualou Xiebai Banxia Tang (Decoction of Trichosanthis, Allii Macrostemi and Pinelliae) and Tao Hong Siwu Tang (Four-Ingredient Decoction with Persicae and Carthami)

c. Stagnation of Liver Qi
Therapeutic Methods: To soothe liver qi, invigorate the spleen and regulate stomach qi.
Prescription: Modified Chaihu Shugan San (Bupleuri Powder for Soothing Liver Qi)

d. Deficiency of Spleen Yang and Kidney Yang
Therapeutic Methods: To warm and tonify the spleen and kidney, eliminate dampness and resolve phlegm.
Prescription: Modified Fuzi Lizhong Tang (Aconiti Lateralis Decoction for Regulating Middle Energizer) and Yougui Yin (Decoction for Replenishing Kidney Yang)

e. Deficiency of Liver Yin and Kidney Yin 
Therapeutic Methods: To nourish yin, suppress yang and promote blood circulation.
Prescription: Modified Qi Ju Dihuang Wan (Rehmanniae Bolus with Lycii and Chrysanthemi)

2) External Medicine
Selecting points: Select the main points of the Neiguan, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Fenglong, etc. for the external application. Take examination on the total cholesterin (TC) and triacylglycerol (TG) in the blood serum after two courses of the application treatment.

(2) Massage Therapy
Selected points: Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC6), Sanyinjiao (SP6) and Zhongwan.
Manipulation: Each point for 20 minutes and take once daily for 30 days.

(3) Guasha Therapy
Scraping order:
1) Scrape the Embryo Containing the Information of the Whole Organism on the whole upper part of the back.
2) Copulate main points: Fengchi, Yamen, Jianjing, Tianzhong, Bingfeng (SI 12), Xinshu (BL15), Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL20), etc.
3) Copulate extra-points: The part of Huatuojiaji, blood press point, Dingchuan, asthma, Yishu, etc.
4) Scrape the upper projection area of the head and back until the regulating of qi of meridian is finished.

(4) Cupping Therapy
Acupoints selected: Feishu (BL 13), Yinqueshu, Xinshu (BL15), Dushu, Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Jianshi (PC5), Neiguan (PC6), Tongli (HT5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Gongsun (SP4), and Taichong (LR 3).
Methods: People should use cups to suck acupoints mentioned above for 10 minutes once a day.