Spine Pain and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Complaints: As a profession, she sits in front of a computer work all day long, causing a constant tension in the whole of her back. She had a whiplash injury at age 25, causing a chronic neck tension. Right carpal tunnel due to excessive typing.

Acupuncture: Right-side yang horary points in Metal-Order of LI1, UB66, GB41, SI5, and ST36 with earth points GB34 and LI11 because she is a Lesser Yin and Greater Yin combination (aka Soeumin in Sasang, Kapha in Ayurveda, Melancholic in Unani, and LinGin in Tetrasoma).

Treatment process: She had 34 treatments so far. Twice a week for the first 12 visits, and the visits gradually tapered down to once every 3 weeks. After the first treatment, there was an immediate and significant relief. Additional treatments provided a less frequency, less intensity, and shorter duration of pain on a weekly basis. When there was an aggravation, she recovered quickly. Now she is mostly pain-free. When she caught a cold or flu, a Sasang herbal formula Chuan Xiong Gui Zhi Tang (Gui Zhi, Bai Shao, Chuan Xiong, Cang Zhu, Chen Pi, Zhi Gan Cao, Sheng Jiang, and Da Zao) immediately stopped the progression and helped a quick recovery.

Discussion: Acupuncture and Asian herbs help increase quality of living. They helped her body to be healthier and better functioning so that her profession as a writer and personal life as a matriarch of a large family were enhanced.