Gout man who doesn’t trust Chinese medicine
On May 9, 2021, a student from Fuzhou, Fujian Province, approached me, saying that her husband felt painful when pressing in the liver meridian’s Ligou point on his foot for a few days, and she had learned acupuncture and wanted to try acupuncture.
After she had placed acupuncture needles on several points, the femoral head was sore, more soreness and less pain, and her husband would wake up at 2 pm with soreness and pain. Firstly the bone next to the Gb 30 point and the groin to the knee, then the right knee to the buttock (the buttock bone was sore), and even the middle bone of the buttock was sore, and the knee was cold and sore.
Her husband did not believe that Chinese medicine could treat the problem and insisted on going to the hospital for a CT scan, where the surgeon diagnosed the cause as drinking too much and walking too much,who drinks a glass of liquor at night and walks about 20,000 steps, and gave him antibiotics to fight inflammation and osteotriol for osteoporosis.
…… I said, let him go to the hospital doctor to cure it, the pain is not on me anyway. I insist on the principle of “doctor does not knock at the door of patients”, I insist on not to treat people who do not believe in Chinese medicine, and not to treat people who do not trust me, as long as they show a little bit of distrust I am determined not to take action, not to waste each other’s precious time, so I do not worry about it.
On May 12, I went to Shanghai to attend an exhibition. The learner said her husband had done acupuncture in the hospital, but he was still in pain and had difficulty walking. The learner sent me the questionnaire and the situation, hoping that I would treat him with classic Chinese medicine.
I briefly asked about the symptoms and quickly determined that it was a combination of dampness in the kidneys and wind-cold dampness in the extremities. Due to the tight schedule in Shanghai, I did not issue a prescription. At the same time, I thought that since the patient did not believe in Chinese medicine, I would leave him in pain for two more days.
On May 14,the learner again urged, said her husband’s feet have been sore and uncomfortable, was to go to the customer’s home to measure the size to customize the bathroom, could not go and have her go. In the evening back to the hotel diagnosed by video chat with them and then prescribed.
She went to fill the prescription first thing in the morning on the 15th, saying her husband had been in pain all night and couldn’t hit the ground.
Fortunately, the first dose resulted in good feedback, and by the third dose he was able to walk easily. The prescription was adjusted back and forth twice.
After this biting pain, I guess this man who doesn’t believe in TCM can understand that TCM can cure the disease.Today the learner joked in the group that her husband drinks every day, saying with Master Guo,he fears no gout!
Do you, the Chinese medicine enthusiast, know what I prescribed? Welcome to leave a message in the comments section, more thinking, progress more!