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A I T N A ANSBACHER INSTITUT FÜR TRANSKRANIELLE NEUROAKUPUNKTUR | ![]() |
Fig. 105.
A 68-year-old man who fell ou of a 4-m-high tree about 4 years ago and fractured his cervical spine.
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| MRI taken before treatment | Since the accident he has had stiffness, pain, numbness in the left arm and difficulty forming a fist |
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| The left Hoku Point was tender | No tenderness was found over the kidney diagnostic zone. |
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| The gallbladder diagnostic zone was extremely tender. | The Y7 Gallbladder Point was treated. |
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| The gallbladder diagnostic zone was reexamined and found to be negative, but | the cervical spine diagnostic zone was slightly tender. |
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| Therefore, the Basic A Point and | the Trigger Point between cervical vertebrae 4 and 5 were treated. |
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| The patient was thenn free of pain and numbness and could close his fist more tightly. The patient came for 3 or 4 additional treatments at his own convenience. | |
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| Thermography before acupuncture and | after acupuncture clearly shoow increased blood flow to the left hand. |