Bluegrass Chinese Medicine Pharmacy.
We commonly see patients with the following diagnoses. As a Chinese Medicine Clinic, we diagnose and treat patients based on the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. This perspective may overlap with the understanding of a particular condition in Western medicine, or it may differ significantly. We provide the following list for convenience of communication only. We help patients to understand how treatments and recommendations based on Chinese medicine may resolve complaints, cure disease, or improve the overall functioning and well-being.
- weight loss
- hypertension
- migraines/headaches
- kidney stones
- gall bladder stones
- peripheral neuropathy
- plantar facitis
- sleep apnea
- digestive disorders (IBS, irritable bowel syndrome)
- male and female infertility
- habitual miscarriage
- dysmenorrhea/amenorrhea
- PCOS
- endometriosis
- pelvic pain
- PMS
- menopausal symptoms (hot flashes/insomnia etc.)
- pelvic inflammatory disease
- uterine bleeding
- breast lumps/cysts/fibroids
- postpartum care
- colds/flu
- urinary disorders (prostititus, interstitial cystitis)
- immune deficiency (cancer, hepatitus C, HIV)
- stress, anxiety, insomnia
- allergies
- fatigue
- neuropathic pain (acute and chronic)
From World Health Organization.
The World Health Organization Interregional Seminar drew up the following provisional list of diseases
that lend themselves to acupuncture treatment. The list is based on clinical experience, and not
necessarily on controlled clinical research: furthermore, the inclusion of specefic diseases are not
meant to indicate the extent of acupuncture’s efficacy in treating them.
| Infections | Eyes-Ears-Nose-Throat |
|---|---|
| colds and flues | deafness |
| bronchitis | ringing in the ears |
| hepatitis | meniere’s |
| earaches | |
| Internal | poor eyesight |
| hypoglycemia | dizziness |
| asthma | sinus infection |
| high blood pressure | sore throat |
| ulcers | hay fever |
| colitis | |
| indigestion | Dermatological |
| hemmorhoids | eczema |
| diarrhea | acne |
| constipation | herpes |
| diabetes | |
| Genito-Urinary and Reproductive | |
| Musculo-Skeletal and Neurological | impotence |
| arthritis | infertility |
| neuralgia | pre-menstral syndrome (PMS) |
| sciatica | pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) |
| back pain | vaginitis |
| bursitis | morning sickness |
| tendonitis | |
| stiff neck | Mental-Emotional |
| Bell’s Palsy | anxiety |
| trigeminal neuralgia | depression |
| headache | insomnia |
| stroke | |
| cerebral palsy | |
| polio | |
| mene disease | |
| sprains |