Professor 's clinical experience in treatment of infertility of ovulation disturbance with acupuncture-moxibustion therapy / 中国针灸

The characteristics of syndrome differentiation and the experience of professor were briefly introduced for the treatment of infertility of ovulation disturbance, including three aspects, named the thought of diagnosis and treatment, the therapeutic method and the acupoint prescription, as well as the clinical case report. Academically, professor is deeply influenced by professor , the acupuncture master of Xin'an school and Lingnan school. Regarding the treatment of gynecological diseases, the academic thought of professor - and - is contributed. Professor attaches the importance to the syndrome differentiation based on meridian and collateral, supplemented by the syndrome differentiation of , , and blood, cold and heat, as well as the deficiency and excess. In clinical treatment, the acupoints are selected specially from the conception vessel, the governor vessel, the thoroughfare vessel and the belt vessel. The extra meridians are equally important as the regular ones in the treatment, especially the belt vessel. Additionally, the treatment focuses on communicating the congenital with the acquired one, regulating the liver and benefiting the kidney, as well as adjusting the heart, the spleen and the stomach to ease the uterus. Simultaneously, the great consideration is paid to the menstruation regulation so as to promote pregnancy.

Two Cases of Frailty and Sarcopenia Successfully Treated by Kampo Medicines and the Relation to the Spleen Yi Disease in Huangdi Neijing / 日本東洋医学雑誌

Huangdi Neijing has a disease concept named Yi ‘Wei' disease which is similar to ‘frailty'. Yi disease is characterized by physical and/or mental dysfunctions eventually being unable to stand up. Yi disease are classified into five types : the lung Yi ‘qi deficiency', the heart Yi ‘vascular disorders', the liver Yi ‘muscle weakness' like sarcopenia or ‘qi stagnation', the spleen Yi ‘spleen deficiency, weight loss or excess weight', and the kidney Yi ‘kidney deficiency'. Each condition can be treated by Kampo medicines. Therefore, frailty can be treated by Kampo medicines systematically and strategically. The author reports here two cases of frailty with weight loss successfully treated by Kampo medicines in giving priority to spleen Yi morbid state. One of 2 patients had a drug induced gastrointestinal disorder caused by probably previously taking Kampo hachimigan. After treating the spleen Yi, she became able to take hachimigan for the kidney Yi again. These cases suggest that high priority should be given to restoring spleen conditions, or digestive functions in treating frailty with weight loss caused by anorexia or digestive dysfunction.