Alternative Treatments for Kids with ADHD

ADHD- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a very common diagnosis for children with hyperactivity, impulsivity, distractibility, inappropriate levels of attention and concentration. Instead of taking pills, Traditional Chinese Medicine is an alternative and successful treatment for kids with ADHD that are drug free. 

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Electric Acupuncture for Traumatic injury at small toe

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Electric acupuncture has amazing effect for traumatic injury. It reduces swelling and pain significantly. 

1. Before treatment
2. Electric Acupuncture treatment
3. The next day after treatment

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Panic Attacks treated by Acupuncture and Herbs

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I have treated a couple of panic attack cases lately and have achieved very good clinical results. After a couple of acupuncture treatments and taking some herbs, the symptoms never came back. Panic disorder is when patients suddenly feel rapid heart beating, difficult breathing, sweating, trembling, dizzy, nausea etc. After the panic attack, patients are very frightened about the feeling during the attack and extremely tired.  Usually patients can not figure out what is the reason.

Based on my experience it is always related to stress and deficiency. Patients who suffer from this problem are often under severe stress or after a very stressful period of time. The stress has drained the body too much. The other reason for that is Qi and Blood deficiency. Patients have very low energy for quite a while. They are very tired, have shortness of breath and sweat very easily. Palpitation is one of the most frightening symptoms that patients have because they have the fear of loss of control or death. Their tongue body color is pale and pulse is weak. My treatment focuses on Tonifying Qi and Blood, especially the Heart Qi and blood.  When their body and heart are stronger from treatment, they can handle stress better and prevent recurrence of panic attack. If patients have a lot of anxiety I will add acupuncture points and herbs to anchor the spirit. The points I like to use for this disorder are ST36, PC6, Si shen cong, Yintang etc. The herbs those have very good effects include cinnamon twig, oyster shell, dragon bone, Ginseng etc. After treatment, patients all feel more energy, less anxiety, and better control of emotions.

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Superfood for nourishing blood ---- Black Chicken

Black chickens have been used in Chinese medicine for well over 1,000 years. It is considered a "superfood" to tonify Qi and blood, strengthen Liver and Kidney, nourish yin and clear empty heat, Tonfiy stomach and warm the internal organs. It has good effects for anemia due to loss of blood or menopause, scanty periods or painful periods due to blood deficiency and cold, diarrhea due to weakness of spleen and stomach, chronic joint and muscle pain due to osteoporosis. It is one of the most important anti- aging foods and diet therapy for postpartum women and women who are prepared for preganancy. 

The theory of "superfood" status for the black chicken is related to the bird's high levels of anti-oxidants based on modern research.  The specific antioxidant present in black chickens is carnosine.Carnosine is a substance found in high concentrations in the human brain and muscle tissues. This substance holds many antioxidant properties which are currently being studied for their positive effects in the fields of auditory, speech skills, motor development, and opthamology. The levels of carnosine in a black chicken are two times higher than those in traditional chickens. 

The chicken is born with black bones, meat and skin.The taste of the black chicken is thought by some to be sweeter than that of traditional chicken, while others claim they taste no difference at all. The black chicken is most commonly served as a part of a stew or soup. It can be cooked with other Chinese medicinal herbs such as wolfberries and ginseng to improve curative effects.

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Dont be scared of the needles around eyes

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Needles around eyes are safe and effective. They increase nerve and blood supply in the back of the eye, revive some damaged cells and relax the local muscles to improve vision.I use acupuncture to treat following conditions successfuly : 

Retinal disorders such as Age-related macular degeneration, Retinitis pigmentosa.

Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction such as Crossed eye or Wandering eye.

Visual disturbances and blindness such as lazy eye.

Patients feel sore and distention around eyes during treatment but no sharp pain. After treatment they feel very comfortable at eyes. Symptoms of dry eyes, blurred vision, fatigue of eyes, night blindness will improve after 4-5 treatment for most cases. So don't be afraid of the needles around eyes. The more you are relaxed, the easier for you to enjoy the treatment.

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