Ankle Swelling on the Area between Heel and Malleolus

[clinic]

Some people think it is nothing that often the pain and swelling on the area between heel
and malleolus  because it is not enough to bother everyday living and also because
it appears without any accidents or external impacts.

Most of people bear it simply because they do not know the cause of such symptom and
the trouble does not seriously bother their activity. 

However what we must never forget is that any abnormal signs or symptoms on our body
and mind are the instructions from the body requiring treatment.

I hereunder show what the body wants through the symptoms of the pain and swelling.

1. Personal Information (04458)
Choi  0   0, Female, 60 years old
Household
Address : Seochogu, Seoul, South Korea

2. Chief Complaints
Constipation, once per week
Flushing on the face
Usual swelling on the hands, feet and face.
Usual swelling and pain on the area between right heel and outside malleolus

3. Other Symptoms and Signs
Stout appearance(161cm/73Kg)
On taking blood pressure drugs. After stopping the drugs, B/P rises to 199/115 ~227/114.
Excessive sweating on whole body
Sciatic neuralgia

Past history ;
10 years ago, she got a surgical removal of gallbladder
Chronic pyelonephritis
Albuminuria

Pulse : Float, bog, dull and weak
Tongue : Thin coated, dark red color
Abdomen : Pains on the right upper and the upper central
                 Pains with druming fingers on both CVA
        
4. Diagnosis
Liver big and weak
Heart small
Spleen bog and strong
Lung a little weak
Kidney weak

5. Pathology
Structural characteristic is big liver and spleen but small heart, which means poor
blood circulation and getting high blood pressure. This produces lots of humidity.
Furthermore weak lung makes the humidity worse. The excessive sweating is
one of means to void heart disorder.

The humidity brings the sciatic neuralgia.
Due to the weakness of lung and kidney, she gets swelling on the whole body.
But the swelling on the right ankle is comes from the physical pressure due to
the weakness of ascending colon controlled by the liver.

So, the humidity is more in the right leg than the left.

6. Prescription
To get rid of humidity
To enrich the liver
To lower fever.

7. Results

1st Prescription
To get rid of humidity is the main

1st Result
A couple of week later, she took her family and said. "It is very good.
This time, I want you to consult my daughter."

2nd Prescription
Same as the 1st for considering high blood pressure and renal failure.

2nd Result
After 10 days later, she said "It is mysterious that long times of pain and swelling on my right
ankle disappeared." And she showed her ankle around as pointing with her finger's circling.

Reduced CVA pain
Reduced stomach gas
No swelling on her feet.

3rd Prescription
Due to home affairs, she felt gas on abdomen in the evening.
Some inflammation on the margin of the tongue.

Thick and white coatings on the tongue appeared.

However she didn't complain about the swelling on the feet and hands.

3rd Result
No news from her. But after then, her husband and daughter told me that  her condition
was good.

One years later, she came again.
She appealed same symptoms as before. But her tongue was still smaller than before.
So, I said to her "So, but you are still better than last year."
"Right, but the swelling on my right ankle appear again."
I checked her and said
"From your tongue, I can say that the symptoms are not so bad as in last year."

A years later 4th Prescription
Designed the herbs for lowering fever and getting rid of humidity.
I couldn't confirm‎ the result. Later I heared from her husband "Good"

And a year later from then, she came again. She appealed for flush on the face.

Two years later, 5th Prescription
Designed the herbs for lowering fever.

Also I couldn't confirm‎ the result. But I am sure she will come again soon because
it is about one year from 5th prescription.

8. Epilogue
The swelling is caused by internal organs or by external impacts. In case of external
impacts, it will be treated easily and no recurrence. The economic treatment for the
external also requires needle, cupping with bleeding and medicated powder patch.
But in case of the internal, the treatment requires herbal tea prescribed with considering
the balance of five organs.

As you confirm‎ this in the above case record, the swelling appears or disappears according
to the condition of five internal organs. The reason of such symptom as this is to send
a signal to the person to take an action immediately not to be in serious disease of basic
organs.
So the treatment of ankle with herbs in the above means the treatment of five organs.

The pathology is so as mentioned, the treatrment in time is important. However the pathology
is also chronic, the swelling reappear in later. A silly people think the symptom reappears,
so the treatment is not needed. Really is it right? Never.
If you think as the silly people, you don't need to take the meals every day because you
will be hungry soon. If so, you can save your money and time but you will die.

As the same goes, if you dismiss some signals looking nothing to your life, the probility
of serious diseases will rise higher.
For example, if she takes the drugs for high blood pressure, her kidney will be damaged
more and more, which will push up blood pressure in vicious cycle and in the long run
she might face CVA or renal failure.

[Source] Harabi Clnic of East Asian Medicine(www.harabiclinic.com)