It is embarrassing for young ladies to get the glances of strangers
at cafe or meeting table due to a hump on her wrists. The size and
style are various. This is called as ganglion.
If the ganglion is new born, it is soft. But if it old, it is very hard to
perforate with a lancet. Lots of people know that surgical operation
is only way to get rid of it but they are afraid the scratches on the
wrist which are more shameful than the ganglions. So lots of ladies
keep the ganglions with nervous care. The other reason of non-
operation is the recurrence on near the first place because the
operation is not the treatment of basic cause of ganglions.
However we have very simple ways of the treatment for them.
1. Factors of Ganglions
The ganglions are belong to humidity in the view of east asian
medicine. Humidity means that anything to be outside remain inside
due to various reasons.
The wrists are the most moving joints so that body wastes are
most produced. The wastes to be gone out with urine sweat or
stool remain on the wrists due to certain reasons, which would
get together to make the ganglions. Suppose that one should
dispose a litter on the street, others will follow it and there will be
a small garbage soon. This is the ganglion.
The concept of humidity is very wide. This kind of humidity rises
because the water is not irrigated normally. The water near surface
should be out throught sweat but couldn't due to the weak of lung(skin)
and heart(capilary vessels).
2. A simple Treatment
It is acuppuncture. Maybe it will be treated completely with 3-5
times of acuppucture. Of cause acuppucture treament is limited
to the ganglions which are new within a couple of weaks and
the to the patients who are young.
One day in last summer two young woman visited for the ganglions
on their wrist at same day. They were recovered completely with
2 or 3 times of acuppuncture. They laughed at their vague worries.
3. Herbal Treatment
If there is a law that something appear in body, there must be
a law that the something disappear.
In cases that the ganglions are a few or on both wirsts or old or
too hard to pick through, they can't be treated with acuppuncture
but with only herbs.
The follwing is a case of herbal treatment.
Herbal Treatment
1. Personal Information(042044)
Kin 0 0, Female, 32 years old
2. Chief Complaint
Ganglions on both wrists are big to get other's attention when she
extends the hands. They are round. They are 3 years old.
3. Other Signs and Symptoms
The ganglions are 3 years old and the signs might be changed.
So the signs will be ommited.
4. Diagnosis
Liver weak
Heart weak
Lung weak
Kidney weak
Only the digestive organs are strong.
5.Pathology
Above charateristic organs means that the organ producing
humidity is strong and ones consumpting Ki are weak. This means
she has constitionally humidity all over the body. Especially cold
air and lots of movements will get her wrists ganglioned.
6.Prescription
To get rid of humidity is main and others are supplementary.
7. Results
She had lots of herbal prescriptions due to chronic fatigue due to
overworks from two years ago.
Recently she appealed chronic cough during last summer. Now
the cooler it is and the more coughs are. Furthermore the works
she had to handle were more and more so she had to resort to
Harabi.
To get rid of coughs the prescription shall be designed for the
humidity. She got 2 times of prescriptions. Oneday she was
surpprised at her wrist. What up on my wrists? There must be
something I was compelled to care about but they disppeared!
8.Epilogue
She reminded when she seriously considered about whether she
should get the surgical operation or not. However she had no time
to make appoinment with surgical doctor due to heavy works.
She told that was her fortune that she had no scars of operation
on her wrists.
Please pass this case to your friends.