Polio
TCM- toxic Damp/Heat.
Mostly happens to children
between the ages of 6 moths to 2 years. It is worst in summer and fall.
Polio starts with fever (with a sore neck) coming before the paralysis or
flaccidity, strange mental symptoms, sweat, nausea, headache. Fever goes
up, then comes down again. When it rises after this remission it will be
accompanied by the paralysis or flaccidity (one sided).
Wind/Heat/Damp invades the
Lungs
- initial fever is quite high, sore
throat, nausea, diarrhea, cold symptoms
- P/T – promote Lung function, expel
pathogens
- Acupuncture – hand Taiyin and Yangming,
LI 4, 11, LU 7, Du 14, Ren 12, ST 25, 36, GB 20
Damp/Heat in Jing Luo (Yangming)
- Mid stage, fever rises again, whole
body is painful and heavy, may vomit, diarrhea, irritability
- P/T – clear Heat, transform Damp
- Acupuncture – hand and Foot Taiyin and
Yangming, LI 4, 11, ST 36, SP 9, GB 34
- limb paralysis- LI 10, 11, 14, GB 30
Liver Kidney deficiency
- chronic paralysis/flaccidity, muscular
atrophy, weakness, cold
- P/T – nourish Liver and Kidney,
strengthen bones and tendons
- Acupuncture – Shu, foot Shaoyang, hand
Yangming, BL 18, 23, Du 2, 3, KI 3, GB 34, 39, ST 36
- local points for paralysis, i.e. Hua
Tou Jia Ji western correspondence to the nerves that control the
particular area that is paralysed.
Alternative Treatment
Methods
- injection- vit B1, B12, Dang Gui, into
Hua Tou Jia Ji and local points. 0.5-1ml
- 7 star- along local area and meridians
- auricular- Shenmen, subcortex, spinal
cord
- exercise, physiotherapy, Tuina massage
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