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He could "taste" what he smells

2007-10-17T23:29:00.000-07:00

Does anyone know anyone who has this same symptom?: the 61-year old man could "taste" what he smells, like perfume and skin lotion. Yet he lost his sense of taste with food a few years ago. (He's also got facial numbness and tingling, and more, but I'm really curious about how many others know of someone who "tastes" what they smell, and how this condition was treated.)

try this for arthritis

2007-10-17T23:22:00.001-07:00

Maybe you already know, but in case someone you know doesn't know: chicken is OK for arthritis, as long as you eat it skinless. The skin aggravates arthritic pain. Medical literature recommends arthritic persons to abstain from eating poultry (turkey, chicken, etc.). That's hard for poultry fans. Instead, go skinless and see how that works for you or those you know.

relief for debilitating low-back pain

2007-10-17T23:07:00.000-07:00

In mid-September a 47-year old motocross fanatic came in to our clinic, barely able to stand upright. He had had low-back pain for years, but a fall he took from his bike at a race two days prior left him unable to do daily activities, including work. He was extremely skeptical about acupuncture, despite my lecture to his motocross club elaborating about this safe, effective medicine. But desperate times called for desperate measures: acupuncture.

He was the club's "guinea pig": if he got better, others in the club would follow. So I had something to prove to him and the other members. One treatment with electro-stimulation and the guy walked out of the treatment room saying "No fricken way!" and "I can't believe it!". He was back to work installing refrigerators the same day. He was still in good form when I saw him for a second treatment two days later. Then times weren't so desperate anymore and I haven't seen him since.

trigeminal neuralgia treated with acupuncture

2007-10-17T22:47:00.000-07:00

10/17/07: In September a retired lady came to me for treatment of intense pain in her face which radiated from her left eye down to her left jaw. She couldn't say "B" or "P"; couldn't open her mouth wide enough to eat normal; couldn't touch the left side of her face without shooting pain. Sometimes, the pain which starts at her left jaw would feel like a knife stabbing continuously all the way up to her eyes, incapacitating her for days at a time. She emphasized that the pain she experiences on and off is worse than any pain a man or woman could experience, this she quoted from a medical article she had about her condition.

She had gotten no relief from visits to her medical doctor and neurologist, and inconsistent relief from three other acupuncturists. Knowing that I was basically her last resort (she was not going for surgical removal of some part in her brain to alleviate the problem), I felt challenged to be the one to make a difference. After one treatment from me, her pain dropped from a 9 out of 10 to 5 out of 10, much to our relief. The next treatment two days later resulted in her pain dropping to 3 out of 10. I continued treatment twice a week the following week, once a week for the third week, and she hasn't had a recurrence of pain since. But, since it's a chronic trigeminal nerve problem, I'm sure I'll see her in about three months for another visit, like a tune-up one gets with cars.