Cervical Dystonia & Acupuncture, by Dr Arthur Fan in the greater Washington DC and Northern Virginia

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A 33 years old lady got pregnant after 8 sessions of acupuncture. By Dr.Arthur Fan

This morning, a lady reported her pregnancy test strong positive–got pregnant. This is no.65 patient got pregnant, since 2007, by our acupuncture treatments.

She is 33 years old, married for 6 years, and tried seriously to get conceive for over one years. According to her, her husband is healthy and the sperm test was good. She also has a lot acne, so she hope we could adjust her hormones for both acne and fertility.

When she first saw me, she was in day 14 of her period cycle (she had  28-days-cycles before). I gave her acupuncture according to our protocol, and herb pills. after 8 sessions acupuncture, she felt her cervical mucus is slippery and very stretchable, better than before. after another two weeks, her period didn’t come. Then her pregnancy test became positive.

 

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Dr.Arthur Fan’s New Publication in Herb Safety Study. Preclinical safety evaluation of the aqueous acetone extract of Chinese herbal formula Modified Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan.

Fan AY, Lao L, Zhang RX, Zhou AN, Berman BM. Preclinical safety evaluation of the aqueous acetone extract of Chinese herbal formula Modified Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan. Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2010 May;8(5):438-47.

Objective: To investigate the safety of oral administration of Modified Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXLD), a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine. Methods: The toxicological information of HLXLD and its individual constituent herbs was searched in cintcm or TCMlars (www.cintcm.com), PubMed (MEDLINE), Chinese Herbal Medicine (1999) and WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants (Vol. I- III). Single-dose acute toxicity was assessed by using the highest possible dosage. Motor function test was used to determine whether the herbal formula might cause motor impairment. Nine-day HLXLD repeat-dose sub-chronic toxicity/adverse effects, and 42-day chronic toxicity/adverse effects in rats were also assessed. Results: The literature searches showed that HLXLD and its eleven ingredient herbs had no side/adverse effects listed in the traditional Chinese medicine literature. Under the dosages proposed in the formula, the HLXLD formula had no side/adverse effects according to MEDLINE, Chinese Herbal Medicine and WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants. The studies in rats showed: (1) in single-dose acute toxicity assessment, the maximal feasible single oral dose, 9.20 g/kg HLXLD, showed no significant effect on clinical signs, or body weight and mortality over a 14-day period in rats; (2) during motor function test, nine-day repeat-dose of daily HLXLD treatment at 4.60 g/kg did not cause motor impairment; (3) in nine-day HLXLD repeat-dose sub-chronic toxicity/adverse effects assessment, there were no noticeable abnormal behavioral changes or obvious adverse reactions and signs in complete Freund’s adjuvant inflamed rats (highest observed dosage: 4.60 g/kg), and no noticeable adverse effects were observed during, or 14 days after nine-day treatment at 4.60 g/kg in non-inflamed rats; (4) during 42-day chronic toxicity/adverse effects assessments, no noticeable abnormal behavioral changes, no obvious adverse reactions and signs were observed in normal rats administered with HLXLD at a dose of 2.30 g/kg and the values of serum biochemistry and histopathology were in normal range. Conclusion: Both existing information and animal data support that Modified HLXLD is a safe herbal product for clinical application.

PMID: 20456842 [PubMed – in process]

Free Full Text at http://www.jcimjournal.com/articles/publishArticles/pdf/201051481790.pdf

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Beware of MDs’ Advice on Herbs: Most of Them Have No Training in Herbology

Almost everyday, I hear from our patients that their medical doctor(s) suggested to them to NOT USE HERBS, because the herbs may be harmful to patient’s health.

Please be aware of the fact that most of the medical doctors were trained by conventional medical colleges and do not have any serious training in herbology. When herbology is not their specialty, they cannot advice patients to not use herbs.

In Chinese herbology, many herbs are actually foods, too. Some examples are black berry, wolf berry, etc. Such are very safe to use. However, other herbs are not foods, so patients should not use them without consulting a trained provider first.

To use the herbs, please see a well trained provider, such as CMD or the person has CM, OM certificate (NCCAOM). Do not use them on your own. Although they are safe, but to avoid potential side effects, patient should not use it by own, especially for long-term.

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