Hi all,
An interesting symptom arose with a patient this week about her lack of
orgasm for 30 years, she is now 51 It is a subject not touched upon by tcm.
She presents with Spleen Qi Xu (muzzy head, swollen tongue, worry) and some
blood xu. Liver Qi stagnation is evident but there is a sense of repression
rather than obvious anger. I immediately thought about using Ren points and

This patient a woman of 22 years old has a post traumtic dystrophy after a knee operation. Her right knee is very painfull, whole the leg is a little bit swollen and is also red, and cold. She is using cruthes because she can not stand on het right leg.

Does anyone know the ingredients for the formula YiKang Tang? It has shown some effect for the regulation of male immune fertility when compared to prednisone use.

Hello everyone,
Do any of you have clinical experience on giving powderd herbs (not concentrated powders) to patients?
When I write "powderd herbs" I mean RAW herbs that where grinded to thin powder.
As I understand there are three ways to take powdered herbs:
1. drinking the powder with a bit of water.
2. boiling the powder for a short time and drinking the water with out the powder

I just finished reading Volker Sheid's epic journey into Chinese medical history, particularly of the Menghe tradition, and noticed that he mentions a particular Huang Huang a few different times. I am curious to know if Volker is referring to the same Huang Huang who just recently taught in the US.

Anyone have any good research or clinical experience with DHEA and Chinese herbs?

I have a 43 year old woman who has responded poorly to IVF and has now been recommended to try DHEA for the two months leading up to her next IVF attempt. This is not a common practice here in Canada and I would love to hear from others who have some wisdom to share.

From: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gA4Vk698gPMGG9iaHZdf-jQ4JaKw

Quebec could become first province to foot the bill for in-vitro treatments

3 hours ago

I've read a number of negative articles in the media over the last 2 days discussing the latest research on acu presented at the ASRM....here are a couple:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3445835/Acupuncture-during-IVF-treatment-does-not-increase-chances-of-successful-pregnancy.html

Yo San University of Oriental Medicine (www.yosan.edu) will be providing an Integrative Reproductive Medicine Course on the weekend of February 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. This course will cover in depth each of the ABORM 16 Categories of Competency tested in the Board Certification Examination.