Successful TCM Treatment Case
Hyperosteogeny of Cervical Vertebra
and Herniated Lumbar Disk
Zhou Xirong，a
40 years old female.
October 18, 2005.
The patient often suffers from mouth ulcer
for 4 years. Stiff neck causes the sore back with stiff
sense. No distention and no cold and hot sense locally. The patient has been
diagnosed with cervical spondylosis in 2001.
Severe dizziness. Loss of hair.
She has lots of white hair. Thirst, no bitter taste in her
mouth. Drink much water, especially cool water. There are chest oppression
and palpitations, cough with much whitish phlegm after getting up in the
morning. The appetite is normal, but distention in the
stomach exists. The bowel movement is once a day and the stool
is constipated. Frequent
urination but no night urination and no yellowish urine.
Aversion to cold in winter and cold hands and feet.
Heavy and sore legs. No tital
fever and no night sweating.
The patient has anemia, low blood
pressure, normal menstruation with blood clots. There
are lumbar and abdominal pains. Reddish tongue body with
thin and yellow tongue coating and tooth-marks on the edges of the tongue.
Thin and weak pulse.
Diagnosis: Cervical vertebra
hyperosteogeny,
herniated lumbar disk.
codonopsis
root 15g, ovate atractylodes root 10g,
dioscorea root 10g,
poria
10g, mulberry 15g, cuscuta seed 10g,
lycium berry 10g, morinda
root 10g, tangkuei 10g, white peony root 10g,
cooked rehmannia root 10g,
millettia root and stem 10g, peach kernel 10g, red ginseng 10g,
notopterygium root 10g, duhuo
angelica root 10g, chaenomeles fruit 10g, earthworm
10g, scutellaria root 10g,
moutan root bark 10g, bupleurum root 10g,
ophiopogon tuber 10g.
Dr. Ming
October 21, 2005.
There is slight relief of painful
back, heavy legs and thirst. No dizziness recently. But she still has hot sense in
the mouth. The stiff and sore neck is as before. Appetite is
normal. Less phlegm. The
bowel movement is once a day and urination is more smooth.
The distention of the stomach and the cold feet and hands are improved. Thin and
weak right pulse. Reddish tongue
body with tooth-marks on the edges of the tongue.
codonopsis
root 15g, ovate atractylodes root 10g,
dioscorea root 10g,
poria
10g, mulberry 15g, cuscuta seed 10g,
lycium berry 10g, tangkuei
10g, white peony root 10g, cooked rehmannia
root 10g, millettia root and stem 10g,
mulberry twig 10g, turmeric 10g, pueraria root 25g,
peach kernel 10g, red ginseng 10g, notopterygium
root 10g, duhuo angelica root 10g, chaenomeles
fruit 10g, earthworm 10g, scutellaria root 10g,
phellodendron bark 10g,
adenophora root 10g, ophiopogon tuber 10g.
Dr. Ming
October 25, 2005.
The bowel movement is not smooth, but
the urination is smooth. Appetite is normal. More sleep and less phlegm.
Thirst, but no bitter taste in the mouth. There
is improvement of the cold feet and hands, burning
mouth and nose. Tooth marks on the edges of the tongue, thin and yellow tongue
coating.
codonopsis
root 15g, ovate atractylodes root 15g,
dioscorea root 10g, bupleurum
root 10g, mulberry 15g, eucommia bark 10g,
cibotium root 10g,
tangkuei
10g,
white peony root 30g, cooked
rehmannia root 20g, millettia
root and stem 15g, mulberry twig 10g, turmeric 10g,
pueraria root, 25g, anomalous artemisia 10g,
sappan wood 10g, notopterygium
root 10g, duhuo angelica root 10g, silkworm 10g,
earthworm 10g, scutellaria root 10g,
ophiopogon tuber 10g,
adenophora root 10g.
Dr. Ming
October 31, 2005.
The bowel movement is not so smooth.
Appetite is normal. More sleep and less distention in the stomach and less phlegm.
Thirst and no bitter taste in mouth.
Slight improvement of the cold feet and hands. The
right shoulder pains are relieved a little. The lumbar pains are improved 40%.
Improvement of the pains of the thoracic vertebra.
Tooth-marks on the edges of the tongue.
codonopsis
root 15g, ovate atractylodes root 15g,
dioscorea root 10g, bupleurum
root 10g, mulberry 15g, eucommia bark 10g,
cibotium root 10g,
tangkuei
10g,
white peony root 30g, cooked
rehmannia root 20g, millettia
root and stem 15g, mulberry twig 10g, turmeric 10g,
pueraria root 25g, anomalous artemisia 10g, sappan wood 10g,
notopterygium root 10g, duhuo angelica root
10g, silkworm 10g, earthworm 10g, ophiopogon tuber
10g, adenophora root 10g,
lonicera flower 15g.
Dr. Ming
November 6, 2005.
The defecation is not smooth. Appetite is normal. More sleep.
Thirst. Further improvement
of distention in the stomach and the cold feet and hands. The pains in
the lumbus and back and shoulder are relieved over
the past few days. Tooth-marks on the edges of the tongue.
codonopsis
root 15g, ovate atractylodes root 15g,
bupleurum root 10g, eucommia
bark 10g, dipsacus root 10g,
cibotium root 10g, tangkuei 10g, white peony
root 20g, ophiopogon tuber 10g,
adenophora root 10g,
notopterygium root 10g, duhuo angelica
root 10g, chaenomeles fruit 10g, cooked
rehmannia root 15g,
millettia root and stem 10g, cinnamom twig
10g, mulberry twig 10g, turmeric 10g, pueraria root
20g, wild chrysanthemum 15g.
Dr. Ming
November 12, 2005.
The bowel movement is a little
smooth. Appetite and sleep are normal. Little distention in
the stomach. No thirst. The ulcers in the mouth and nose are improved.
The urine is clear and there is no constipation. Do not drink much water, prefer warm drinks. The pains in
the lumbus and back are sometimes less and
sometimes worse. Less tooth-marks on the edges of the
tongue. Thready and weak pulse.
Dr. Ming
November 20, 200.
The pains in the
lumbus and back are relieved a lot. Dizziness relieved. Thirst and mouth
ulcers become worse. There is improvement of the pulse. She still has cold feet
and hands. Reddish tongue body with thin and yellow tongue
coating.
lonicera
flower 15g, wild chrysanthemum 15g, dandelion 10g, gardenia 10g,
dipsacus root 10g, cibotium
root 10g, white peony root 20g, cooked rehmannia
root 15g, millettia root and stem 10g, ground pine
10g, cinnamon 3g, cinnamom twig 10g,
morinda root 10g, pueraria
root 20g, notopterygium root 10g,
duhuo angelica root 10g,
chaenomeles fruit 10g, adenophora root 10g,
ophiopogon tuber 10g, mulberry twig 10g turmeric
10g.
Dr. Ming
November 27, 2005.
There are further improvement of
dizziness and great relief of pains of the lumbus
and back. The mouth ulcer is cured. Light reddish tongue body with thin and
yellow tongue coating. Slight thirst. The hands and
feet are not so much cold. The pulse is becoming
stronger.
