SAH(Subarachnoid Hemorrhage) is a sypmtom of stoke, bleeding
on the area between brain and membrane surrounding brain. It
is a emergency and can lead to death or sever disablility even
when recognized and treated at early stage.
It comes from the weakness of vessel wall except for physical
impact. This means the weakness of liver in the view of east
asian medicine. Sometimes the bleeding is very little so the
hospital cannot catch the SAH though the symptoms show.
Such this case, the herbal precription is also effect to treat
the SAH in some extent as below. The neurosurgeons said
repeatly.
"It is miracle to live for a long time with SAH. What
is the cause of the survival?"
1. Personal Information(04537)
Whang 0 0, Female, 65 years old
A cook's mate
Address : Kyunggido, S Korea
2. First day - Fallen down in front of gas range
The early stage of symptom
She was fallen during working in front of gas range in the morning.
She didn't remember her falling. She was carried adjoining room
by her mates and awakened immediatly. After noticing that she
cannot remember what happened to her, she went to the hospital
near to the restaurant.
The doctor checked her but found no significant symptoms and
signs, so he had her hospitalized and gave her injections of some
solutions. The doctor seemed to think she was poisoned by
propane gas as the eyewitnesses told so.
However after she got the injection, she felt dull pain on rear
head and vomited. The vomitting lasted from then on. So,the
son- in- law called me on next day. Till then I also thought
that she was poisoned by propane gas because I heard the
news from the son in law who conveyed the statements form
the eyewitnesses and doctors in that hospital.
2nd day - Back home from the hospital
She got some depressant , other medications and solutions but
the vomiting does not stop. So the daughter and son in law have
her come back home from the hospital and call me to make her
stop vomiting and dizzying.
After hearing the situation, I prepared some powdered herbs
made by pharmacuetical co. and went to their home to check her
in the night - 44 hours after the falling.
She looked tired but the mentality and other physical conditions
were normal except for tensed and strong pulse. I asked her
she would be good if she hit her head on the wall for ruling out
subarachnoid hemorrhage(SAH) but she answered never.
She complained about only nause and vomiting and some
stiffeness or pain on rear head. These symptoms surely come
from the brain. I finally came to the conclution that the damge
was surely on the brain due to the poisoning of propane gas.
The damage on the brain means the waste products, humidity a
nd devastated blood are congested in some places or all places
over the brain slightly.
Diagnosis and prescription
The present symptoms are those of humidity and devastated
blood in the brain and this accelerate the blood pressure. I
touched her wrist for her pulse and guessed her systolic blood
pressure would reach to 160-170. This level would not bring about
the emergency so I have her stop taking depressant no more.
Because I thought the depressant will more vomitting and nausea
not to get rid of waste products in her brain.
Since I studied her past history for the prescription before my
visiting, I gave her daughter the herbal medication. One is for
releasing liver and other for humidity and irrigation to urine.
I left her house after confirming that her daughter spoonfed
the herbs dissolved in water.
After one hour later I got a call from her daughter that her mom
didn't vomit anymore and felt her rear head released, which
means the blood pressure got lowered.
3rd Day - Stable state
The next morning I called her daught that said no more symptoms.
So she felt hungry and wanted foods and she could do without
any trouble.
4th Day - Constipation
She complainted about her conspitation that was seem to make
her bloated and felt cold. Feeling cold means two. The one
means that the emergent situation has passed and so the fever
get lowered to catch a cold, the other that emergent situation is
coming after long times of stablity.
Judging from all circumstances including her taking a walk
on the day around house, I thought it is the former. So I have
her take the herbs for releasing liver and evaporating.
However in the night, she complaint about headache around
eyes and the uneasiness from the constipation.
5th Day - Stroke
Her daughter told me that her mom wanted to discharge the
feces, if so it will be like flying in the air. So I sent the herbs
for conspitation. She got them in the night when her mom
was sleeping. At about 3 a.m. her mom got up and took the herbs.
About 3 a.m. I got urgent call from her daughter.
"Mom has just fallen at the rest room. She is now unconcious."
"Please be cool, let me have talk to your husband."
"Mother in law wanted to vomit during taking the herbs for
conspitation by over half, and entered to rest room for vomiting.
At the same time of vomiting, she fell down in unconciousness."
"OK, please be cool, what is she now?"
"She got back her consiousness just now, but she curled up
her two arms inside."
"OK, It is a stroke, but it is vey slight stroke. Don't worry!
Now, you call 119 and send her to S university hospital .
I repeat again, don't worry though you get any information
about the stroke from the doctors. It is never serious. You get it?"
After two hours later I got a call from the son in law. She was
checked with CT and MRI, but the details will be explained after
senoir doctor's attendance in the morning. He tod me that the
doctors in emergency room told it may be light stroke.
And also he told that mother in law was in good then, no
symptoms of stroke such as curling arms or unconciousness.
At about noon, I got a call from the daughter that her mom got
angiographing and finally diagnosed as subarachnoid hemorrhage
and got a surgery.
6th Day - SAH diagnosed
The nueorsurgeons said that the 1st stroke at the restraunt was
due to SAH, not to propane gas. they said the bleeding had been
for some long time but it was miracle how she could survive
till then.
She was in good condition but low blood pressure and also
said that she felt light for loose bowel.
7th Day - Low blood pressure
She was normal but low blood pressure. High blood pressure
is simple but low blood pressure is serious because it means
that there is little basic energy to recover and may bring secondary
emergency on liver and kidney. The reason of low blood pressure
might be excessive use of depressant, I doubted. If so, it will be
simple. The time will be the best medication.
Discharging from the hospital
5 days after the surgery due to the low blood pressure, she left
the hopital and come back home. She is now in good.
What did the herbs at early stage of SAH?
The bleeding was very slight not to be checked with physical
examination and CT/MRI. So the hospital of the first did not
find the cause of symptoms. If she went to S university hospital
at first instead of first hopital, S university hospital would surely
skip the symptoms and SAH diagnosis because she has nothing
to suspect brain problems.
During fine bleeding, the herbs get rid of humidity and waste
products to supply brain with fresh blood and Ki, which activate
to stop bleeding automatically. This is the answer of the miracle
the nuerosurgeons cannot understand.
Regretfully I could not take care her more closely for 3rd and 4th
days. But I know that it is impossible because I have to work in
my clinic. I think I can have her avoid 2nd stroke if I might have
taken her more closely.