Stroke, Paralysis and Recovery

Numbness or paralysis are the sigh and symptom of the Qi stagnation, when severe it can leads blood stagnation. A normal physiological function can get lost or slow down. Without a treatment for a long time, atrophy will occur. Bell's Palsy is due to phlegm obstruction in stomach and Gall Bladder channel around face. 

The common root causes for stroke includes: wind-cold obstruction (working outside long hours in the windy day), internal Qi and blood deficiency (most for elderly, ischemic type of stroke), damp-phlegm obstruction (middle-age over-weight, often have high blood pressure), Qi and Blood stagnation (due to anger and emotional stresses), food stagnation with wind-cold invasion. 

Stroke often happens to the people who are after 50-years old or older, very common happens around late 60th and 70th. Often associate with a big meal and catching cold after, and cause blood flow to the heart and brain is blocking, and also to people working outside and catching cold and wind, that cause ischemic condition, blood vessel is contracting and leads to no or less blood flow to the brain and heart.   

Acute stroke is lead by the blood Qi and blood stagnation that blocking the flood flow of the channels to the brain, heart, and or internal organs. That causes numbness, lost feelings and paralysis in various part of the body. 

Acupuncture and TCM are the most effective method by far, and the most non-invasive method for treating these conditions. When the channels are opened again, numbness will be gong and functions will be restored and recovered. As earliest as one can apply with acupuncture treatment will lead to the fastest recovery. If one waits for a long time, the blockage will go to the deeper level and it will be harder to resolve.

Urgent Care When Stroke Is On-Set

There is an ancient technique for treating the acute stage of stroke. Dr. Wu used this technique saved her mother from her acute stroke stage and obtained fully recovery within two months. This technique is to do blood letting on the finger tips when someone is having a stroke, it offers an urgent opening for the blood flow and release the pressure to the brain. This procedure an help to prevent the further stroke progress. A full recovery is almost guaranteed. If you want to learn this technique, please contact to Dr. Wu.  

Post-Stroke Cares

Acupuncture has been approved an very effective way for the people under stroke. 

Slur speech is due to the heart energy gate has a blockage so that the heart spirit can't function properly. Remove the obstruction of heart channel can immediately restore the function of speech, and improve the language function quickly. 

Numbness of finger tips: It indicates the blood flow and blockage of the brain, it will improve along the time.  

Difficulty with physical movement: post-stroke re-habitation including sculp acupuncture, eye-acupuncture and local acupuncture, fire-cupping and blood-letting. The success of completely recovery is very high if one an receive acupuncture treatment within the golden treatment time that is the first three mouths after stroke occurs. 

Cases: 

Bell's Palsy:  case 1, 48 years old, male, Bell's Palsy onset one day, MD diagnosis as Bell's Palsy, and estimated 3-months recover time. He was referred by a Dr. Wu's patient and came in right away. 5 visits of acupuncture treatments and herbal tea, a little over two weeks, he obtained a 95% recovery. His doctor was surprised with his speed of recovery.

Bell's Palsy: case 2, 54 years old, female, Bell's Palsy onset for 3 days. 6 treatments 3 weeks, reach to 90% recovery. 

Numbness of lower leg, case 1: 40 years old male, doing job on the ladder, and have a tool pressure hard against his waist; he lost the sensation of the lower leg next day. 3days after loosing the sensation, his girl friend did some massage, but not able to restore the feeling back. He came to do acupuncture, it was his first time of doing acupuncture and fire cupping. Next day he obtained 95% feeling back along his day going. He got 100%  better in to days.