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and effects of Acupuncture:
Miss Mona, a 14 year old girl, had recurrent
cough and cold since she was a child, started wheezing at
11 years of age. She was put on steroids for 3-4 months.
When she came to us, she was on oral deriphyllin twice a
day, 6-7 times asthalin inhaler in a day and unlimited use
of the inhaler at night when she gets up with episodes of
wheezing and salsol nebulizer 2-3 times a night. She started
Acupuncture treatment for her bronchial asthma from 24/4/2002.
Initially her treatments were daily for the first month,
during which time her nebuliser was stopped and oral medication
(deriphyllin) was stopped in the first 15 days of starting
treatment. She felt so much better that by the end of the
first month she had totally stopped even her inhaler. Subsequently,
her treatment was reduced to thrice a week in the second
month and then to twice a week in the third month. She was
so pale and underweight when she started treatment and as
she progressed, her complexion became rosy and she gained
about 5 kg. Weight. Her appetite became normal and she has
never experienced any wheezing till now. She will go onto
once a week treatment in the next month and then her treatment
will be over. Since the problem of asthma is getting rampant
among school going children, more so due to high level of
pollutants in the atmosphere and low immunity levels, it
is important that such children be given Acupuncture as
the first line of management so as to cure them of the disease
by improving their body immunity.
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Ms. Neeru Gulati, aged 28 years, developed
Lt. Sided facial paralysis in october 2000. She took Wysolone
and electro stimulation and recovered. However, she developed
an acute pain in the left eye since last 5 months and she
was put on pain killers. As she got no relief, she was started
on Tab. Mazetol, initially once a day, to now upto four
a day with little relief. She came to us on 27-4-2002, when
acupuncture treatment was started on her. Initially she
was given daily treatment for 20 days, during which time
she totally stopped all her medication and had substantial
pain relief. Later, this schedule was made to alternate
days for 2 weeks, then twice a week for 2 weeks. Her pain
is now totally cured and there has been no relapse since
her treatment was completed.
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Mr. Krishan Kant , aged 32 years, complained
of left sided headache since the last 8 years, gradually
became more worse and also shifted to the right side of
head since 3 years. Presently, his pain was only left sided
and he was diagnosed as a patient of migraine. When he came
to us for treatment, his headaches had become so severe
that he was taking 1-2 tablets of vasograin daily, and he
would be suffering from h eadache almost 4-5 days in a week.
His headaches used to get worse with sunshine. He was started
acupuncture therapy from 27-4-2002. Initially for first
20 treatments, the treatment was given daily. Within the
first 10 sessions only, he got so much relief that he stopped
taking vasograin. Gradually , the frequency of headache
got less. After 20 treatments, the sessiion was reduced
to alternate days for 2 weeks, by which time he had totally
stopped having any headaches. He could now even more in
sunshine without any headache. He had once a week
treatment for 2 weeks and then we stopped his treatment.
Follow up till now has not shown any relapse.
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Mr.
G.N.Khaitan aged 78 years, chairman of Radico Khaitan,
used to suffer from Chronic migraines since he was 30 years
of age, He had tried all types of treatment without success.
He came to know about Dr. Kapur after watching a programme
on acupuncture with him about 10 years ago. He took a total
of 30 treatment sessions with Dr. Kapur and thereafter has
never suffered from any migraine headaches since the last
10 years. Recently he developed a prolapsed disc in his
back which caused an acute sciatica pain in his right leg.
He immediately contacted his acupuncture doctor and in just
10 treatments his pain was cured.
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Mrs. Anita Shora, aged 37 years, came to
us with history of amenorrhoea ( no menses) since December
2000. Her ultrasound showed her to be having polycystic
ovaries and she was put on hormone therapy. Even with hormone
treatment, she was not getting regular menses, and the bleeding
used be very scanty. Acupuncture treatment was started on
21-8-2001. Initially patient was treated daily for first
4 months, during which time, her cycles became normal and
all hormone therapy was stopped. Thereafter, she was given
acupuncture only for 7 days in a month, prior to onset of
menstrual cycle. This process continued for about 6 months.
In the month of april 2002, she missed her cycles. A pregnancy
test was done and it came positive. An ultrasound revealed
a normal growing foetus. Acupuncture thus helped this lady
recovery from her problem of hormonal imbalance and then
conceive a child.
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Mr. Manohar das, a 35 year old patient
came to me in November 2001. He is a pilot with Air India
and during a routine eye check up he was informed that he
is suffering from Central Serous Retinopathy in left eye,
a condition which causes gradual deterioration of vision.
He developed this problem since July 2001 and since then
he was not allowed to fly anymore. He took all treatments
available but to no avail. His carrier was in jeopardy and
with this problem, he may have to stop flying totally. An
angiography done in November 2001, showed changes of retinopathy
and vision in his left eye was 6/18.
Acupuncture treatment was started on 10th Nov. 2001, and
gradually the vision of the patient started improving. By
April 2002, his vision had become 6/6 in the left eye. He
was seen again by doctors at Jaslok Hospital who did a repeat
fundus angiography and found that central serous retinopathy
had resolved and his vision in the left eye was 6/6. His
licence for flying which was temporarily cancelled was renewed
after this latest report. For a man whose career is of a
pilot and a condition like this can ruin his career, acupuncture
came as a boon.
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Mrs. Saroj Modi, aged 67 years, had been
suffering from acute pain in her left leg since March 2002.
She had an episode of similar pain in the right leg last
year but in 6 months she got relieved with pain killers
and exercise. However, this time the pain was so acute that
inspite of pain killers, no relief was there and she was
unable to walk for a few steps also. Clinical examination
confirmed a left sciatica nerve root compression. She came
to us in June 202 and her treatment was started on 10th
June 2002. Initially she took 20 sittings daily followed
by atternate days and then twice a week sittings.
Her leg pain is totally gone and she is able to go on her
morning walks like before. Acupuncture is considered to
be the first treatment of choice today for lumbar disc prolapsse
and sciatica, the world over.
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Mrs. Sukhda chadha, aged 60 years, developed
paralysis of her right leg along with numbers in May,2001.
Gradually the left leg also became weaker. Her situation
became so bad that she was totally bedridden and had to
use a walker for support to walk at home. She came to us
in february,2002. An examination of the patient revealed
that she had lumbar canal stenosis which had resulted in
gradual reduction of blood circulation to her legs with
constant pain in the legs and numbness and gradually diminishing
muscle power.
Acupuncture treatment was started from 12th Feb,2002. Initially
she was given daily treatment for over 1 month. She showed
such tremendous improvement that her leg pains disappeared
and she felt more active. After 3 months of treatment by
May ,202, she was able to leave her walker and walk independently.
Now in July 2002, she takes only twice a week treatments
and her muscle power is returned to near normal. She also
had a chronic bronchial asthma since last 20 years for which
she was on heavy medication. We concomitantly also treated
her for asthma and now she is fully cured and does not use
any medication for the same.
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Mrs. Kamlesh Dua, aged 65 years, was suffering
from acute pain in her left hand since November,2001. The
pain used to start from her neck, travel to the shoulder,
then upper arm and forearm and then spread to all the fingers
of her left hand. She was unable to even lift her left shoulder,
and developed gradual weakness in her left hand. She was
on regular proxyvon twice a day, with no relief and used
to be constantly crying in pain. X ray of her cervical spine
had showed markedly reduced disc spaces at C4-5-6 levels
with osteoporosis. MRI showed degenerative disc disease
with disc bulge at C4-5-6 and C6-7 levels.
She visited us for treatment on 17th April ,2002. Her pain
was agonizing and she was even unable to sleep due to the
severe pain. Within just 3 sessions of Acupuncture , the
acute pain disappeared. Thereafter, in another 15 sessions
her left frozen shoulder got cured. Thereafter, we reduced
her treatment to alternate days, then twice a week and now
to once a week. She is totally pain free and even the pain
in her fingers are gone. She recovered completely from all
her symptoms.
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Mrs. Anuradha Bhandari, aged 45 years,
was suffering from severe pain in both feet since the last
2 years. She was diagnosed as having calcaneal spur in both
the feet for which she took ultrasonic, laser, pain killers
but with no relief.
She came to us on 13th , April,2002, for treatment. Regular
acupuncture treatment over a period of 2 months completely
relieved relieved her of pain in both the feet. Her pain
was so intolerable that she was unable to even keep her
foot on the ground and walking or standing for long was
impossible for her. She used to be mostly on bed because
of her acute pain. After she got cured of her ankle pain,
she told us about her chronic lumbar pain which has also
been taken care of with acupuncture.
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BEEN CHANGED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR PRIVACY.****
Coma
is defined as a condition where the patient goes into a
state of unconsciousness. There can be various causes of
coma.
Ashok
Sharma, male, 75 years. He had sustained a head
injury in an accident. He was operated upon and the clot
in his brainremoved but he still did not come out of coma.
He was given acupuncture continuously for three hours on
the first day and came out of deep coma on the same day
itself. Thereafter, he was given acupuncture treatment daily
for the next fifteen days and he recovered fully.
Deepak
Mehta, male, 40 years. He had been in deep coma
for three and a half months following a brain haemorrhage
and was on a ventilator and tube-feeding. He showed first
signs of improvement after ten sittings of acupuncture treatment
and was given a total of sixty sittings for recovery.
Karan
Kumar, male, 35 years. He had pontine haemorrhages
following severe uncontrolled hypertension and went into
deep coma. He was admitted into a hospital and put on a
ventilator. His relatives were told that there were no chances
of his survival. Acupuncture was tried as a last resort
and it worked wonders on him. He came out of deep coma by
the 15th day, and the ventilator was removed.
At the end of forty sittings, he recovered substantially
enough to be discharged from the hospital. He was then under
acupuncture treatment for residual paralysis and had regained
even his normal mental abilities.
Another
big success with acupuncture has been complete recovery
of vision in a lady with optic atrophy who had total loss
of vision (Read on for the complete case history of this
patiment). This is a condition in which there is a wasting
away or near total disuse of the eyes due to degeneration
of the optic nerve.
Divya
Chopra, female, 57 years. She came for the first
time on January 15, 1998, with complaints of complete loss
of vision in both eyes. She was only able to make out hand
movements, but was unable to count the fingers. Her history
revealed that she had been suffering from recurrent fever
with chills from December, 1996. The fever was associated
with loss of appetite and loss of weight. She was investigated
for the same. A chest X-ray showed prominence of the left
hilum which was most likely due to enlarged left hilar lymph
nodes.
Divya
Chopras case was diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis and
she was put on ATT (Anti Tubercular Therapy) from may 3,
1997. She started noticing slight blurring of vision from
September 1997. This blurring worsened on October 18, 1997.
It was accompanied with formication in both feet and associated
tiredness. Her visual acuity at this stage was 6/36.
She was
diagnosed as having acute Ethambutol toxicity and her Ethambutol
was stopped. She was treated for pan uveitis (bilateral).
The VEP (Visual Evoked Potential) done at the Rajendra Prasad
Ophthalmic Centre showed prolonged latency. A trial of systemic
steroids was given with no improvement in vision. A permetry
(charting for any visual blind spots) done at the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi on November
18 showed poor fixation with poor response in both eyes.
A brain MRI done on December 13 was normal. She was seen
by a team of top doctors at AIIMS and then at Mohan Eye
Institute, Delhi, but medication produced no improvement.
Her vision steadily went on deteriorating and she was diagnosed
as having developed bilateral toxic optic nerve atrophy
for which there was no treatment possible. She even tried
homoeopathy medicine with no response.
Accupuncture
treatment was given to her initially on a daily basis for
a duration of about two months. Within the first week of
treatment, her vision showed such a sudden change that a
woman who had not been able to move out of her room without
support, was able to read the number plate of her car. Her
vision gradually went on improving and the treatment was
reduced to an alternate day schedule. She was then given
acupuncture only twice a week. The improvement in her vision
was substantial and she regained seventy-five per cent of
her vision.
In order
to clinically correlate the symptomatic improvement, she
was referred to Dr. S.N. Jha at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,
Delhi on June 11, 1998. He checked her vision and found
it to be 6/24. He also did perimetry on this patient and
found a substantial improvement as compared to the previous
perimetry done at AIIMS. Even he was amazed to see such
an improvement. This patient finally improved her vision
by ninety-five per cent.
Mrs.
Sunita Sharma, a 42 years old woman, suddenly had
a brain hemorrhage and developed optic nerve atrophy in
both her eyes. This led to complete vision loss in both
eyes. The doctors at the hospital where she got treated
told her that her vision can not come back. Acupuncture
treatment with Dr. Kapur has been able to bring her vision
back by 60% in over 6 months time.
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Mrs.
Renu Sinha, a 45 years old female, suffered three
repeated attacks of malaria leading to an enlarged spleen
(4 times the normal size). Splenic functions were
also deranged, her Hb came down to 6gm% and she was advised
splenectomy (removal of spleen). Her appetite was very poor
and she had severe hyperacidity, and could not perform any
routine work. Acupuncture was given daily for 20 sittings.
During this period her G.I.T. symptoms disappeared and her
Hb level rose to 8 g%. Gradually the treatment was
reduced to alternate days for a period of 1 month, during
which time the size of spleen reduced to half and Hb rose
to 10g%. Subsequently she was put on twice a week treatment
for 1 month which brought her Hb level to 12 g% and her
spleen size became normal.
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Rajat
Chopra is a child aged 8 years. He came to
our clinic 2 years back after complaints of having severe
diminution of vision and having been diagnosed as having
bilateral macular degeneration with a vision of 4/60. According
to western medical science there is no treatment available
for this disease which is progressive in nature.
Acupuncture
treatment was started on this patient 2 years back. He started
showing a positive improvement in vision within the first
2 months of treatment itself, his vision improved to 6/60.
He still continues therapy with us and his vision has been
showing a continuous improvement with the present corrected
vision being 6/24.
Miss
Mona is a young girl aged 20 years who developed
a topic eczema since childhood. She used to have severe
itching and reddened eczematous patches all over her face
and body. All types of topical applications and oral steroids
were tried with little or no response.
She
started acupuncture therapy about 3 years ago and within
the first three months of treatment with acupuncture and
laser therapy, her itching had totally stopped. All
her lesions gradually started getting better and as of today
she is totally asymptomatic.
Neeraj
Kapoor, aged 14 years came to our clinic 12 years
back with complaints of pain in left ear and hearing loss
of 40 decibals. He had been advised myringotomy by
the western doctors. Being afraid of surgery, he came
to us for treatment with a acupuncture. He was given
ten regular sittings with acupuncture and moxibustion with
which his pain and heaviness in the ear disappeared.
A repeat audiometry test showed complete recovery of hearing
loss.
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Mr.
Nikhil Bharadwaj, aged 45 yrs, came to our clinic
with complaint of lower backache radiating down to right
thigh and leg. There was numbness in left toes. he
could not walk for even two steps and was brought with the
help of two attendants. His lower torso was tilted towards
one side. He had been two attendants. His lower torso was
tilted towards one side. He had been operated for the same
six months ago, followed by a series of treatments with
physiotherapy, ayurveda and panchkarma. Nothing could
give him relief with 30 sittings of acupuncture his pain
had completely gone and he started walking for 3 km a day
with a straight back. His numbness of toes is also reducing
with every treatment. he still under our treatment.
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Mrs.
Manisha Garg, a 40 year old lady, came to us for
the first time in May 2000 with complaints of double vision,
severe vertigo, deterioration of vision, numbness,
weakness and abnormal gait in the right leg and pain and
heaviness in the right arm. she also complained of
frequency and urgency of urination.
Her
past history revealed that her problem started in March
1997 and she was diagnosed after an MRI as having multiple
sclerosis. She was prescribed wysolone for 2 weeks to be
tapered off slowly. She again had an acute episode of vision
deterioration, weakness of legs and arms in July 97 and
was admitted to Apollo Hospital and given intravenous methyl
prednisolone for 5 days. During 1998 she kept very bad health
and kept on taking prednosolone orally off and on.
A repeat
course of intravenous methyl prednisolone was given to her
in Jan 99 when the weakness in the right leg and arm got
aggravated. This same course was repeated in September 99
and in February 2000.
She
has been under Acupuncture therapy with me since 1st may
2000 and has shown a substantial improvement. Her vertigo
is totally gone. Her vision initially was 6/12 and now it
is 6/9 with no double vision and no subsequent deterioration
of vision. Her pain and weakness in the right arm is totally
cured. Her problem of frequency and urgency of urination
is cured. Her weakness in the right leg with staggering
gait is now about 80 percent better. This overall improvement
in a patient of multiple sclerosis for which there is no
answer in any other system of medicine is a definite indicator
of the effectiveness of acupuncture in this disease.
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