| Subject | Date Asked |
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| acupuncture tx | 10/16/2009 |
Q: what would be the approx frequency and length of treatment? Thanks
A: hello, I would recommend one to 2 treatments a week with a formula a week based on xiao yao san. ...
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| Possible impact of Chinese herbs on blood flow in the genital area. | 9/26/2009 |
Q: I am a 60 year old woman currently seeing a TCM practitioner - a younger Chinese male - for issues ...
A: First off let me commend you for adding qi gong to your acupuncture/herbal regimen. For fatigue ...
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| acupuncture | 9/24/2009 |
Q: I have degenerative disc disease in my lower back and the pain has gotten to the point where I may ...
A: Hey Lee, I think acupucture is great for pain relief via the endorphin response. If at all possible ...
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| head pains | 9/24/2009 |
Q: i have a question, hope you can help me please. about 3 months ago i woke up with flu like ...
A: Hey Gurjas, My gut reaction on this is exterior wind heat invasion, (flu) exacerbating a ...
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| herbs during first trimester | 9/23/2009 |
Q: I am wondering if you can help me answer this questions. I have been seeing a TCM practitioner from ...
A: Hey Liora, I think herbal pills are a great idea if you can't get the tea down. Sometimes I cap ...
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| acupuncture and endometioma | 9/22/2009 |
Q: I'm a 30 year old female living in Melbourne. I have an endometrioma in my left ovary, I have also ...
A: Hey Kate, Endomitriosis falls under the heading of painful periods. In TCM we look at the symptoms ...
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| standard process protocol | 9/21/2009 |
Q: Do you have any protocols using standard process supplements to help a person through the dying ...
A: Hey Larry, Sorry to hear you have need of this protocol. I spoke to Dr. Keppel our resident SP ...
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| Strange Periods | 9/21/2009 |
Q: I had a question. I had gotten off the birth control pill in Nov 2008...since then my periods have ...
A: Hey, great to hear you're on the right track! I think you should listen to your acupuncturist and ...
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| Strange Periods | 9/18/2009 |
Q: I had a question. I had gotten off the birth control pill in Nov 2008...since then my periods have ...
A: In my experience when addressing cycle regulation, I would recommend addressing the liver. Ba ZHen ...
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| Eyebrow | 9/11/2009 |
Q: Are there any accupuncture points on my eyebrows? I am planning on getting it pierced soon but I ...
A: Hey Laurie, Actually there is! Yuyao in da brow! Sorry I could hear Dr. Huo in my head. It's used ...
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| Andrographis Formula | 8/26/2009 |
Q: I believe my daughter (7 years old) and myself have come down with possible flu. We had sore ...
A: Hey Lisa, I am not familiar with this particular formula, but the herbs that you mentioned are heat ...
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| meniers | 8/26/2009 |
Q: I suffer from a rapid pulse beat in my right ear that can last for many days. Also dizzy spells, ...
A: hello, I am in Colorado, so I really have no idea what the lay of the land is in the UK for tcm. I ...
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| meniers | 8/22/2009 |
Q: I suffer from a rapid pulse beat in my right ear that can last for many days. Also dizzy spells, ...
A: Hey Michael, Well for starters, we don't use western diagnosis in TCM traditional Chinese medicine. ...
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| acupuncture causing pain | 8/17/2009 |
Q: I recently had my first session of acupuncture. I found it to be a painful and uncomfortable ordeal. ...
A: Many times when doing muscular acupuncture, we look to get the muscle to clench and then relax. I ...
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| lingual nerve damage | 8/15/2009 |
Q: I have a numb lower, left lip and chin after am impacted wisdom tooth extraction. The dentist ...
A: Hey Patricia, I think acupuncture has a very good chance of helping speed the process along. Where ...
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| Acupuncture for entrapped ulnar nerve | 8/7/2009 |
Q: .. About a year ago I started getting numbness in my ring finger and little finger of one hand while ...
A: Hey Denise, Acupuncture could be useful in this situation, but I think a good massage therapist ...
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| Hormone Imbalance? | 7/29/2009 |
Q: I would like to ask for your opinion on specific Chinese medicine. I was on birth controll and got ...
A: Hey Eva, Without a full intake, I can give you my ballpark 2 cents. I would take a serious look at ...
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| General chinese medicine questions | 7/23/2009 |
Q: Good day! I feel very lost in the world of alternative medicine. It seems to many people want to ...
A: Hey Amanda! You will find in every healing profession eastern or western that there are technicians ...
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| Sjogren's and Acupuncture, CTM Treatment | 7/9/2009 |
Q: I have been diagnosed with Sjogren's for over a year. Before this, I have started loosing my teeth ...
A: Hey Brenda, I do not have any personal experience with Sjorgen's syndrome but perhaps I can give ...
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| acupunture causing nerve damage? | 7/5/2009 |
Q: I've been getting acupuncture to treat my lower back pain. At my last treatment the doctor placed a ...
A: Hey Montos, I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure it'll be gone soon. One thing you can do is put a ...
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| acupunture causing nerve damage? | 7/4/2009 |
Q: I've been getting acupuncture to treat my lower back pain. At my last treatment the doctor placed a ...
A: Hey Montos, Sometimes the needles can cause some discomfort. I have never ever heard of any nerve ...
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| Electrical Stimulation | 7/2/2009 |
Q: This is a followup to my question yesterday. Can you please tell me why you are not a fan of the ...
A: Hey Lisa, What it really boils down to is I'm not a gadget guy in the clinic. I think technology is ...
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| Electric Stimulation | 7/2/2009 |
Q: I have talked to you prior. My daughter (almost 8 years old) has been receiving the "electrical ...
A: Hey Lisa, Nice to talk to you again. I never use electro-acupuncture, I'm not a fan although I ...
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| 7 year old daughter | 6/15/2009 |
Q: My 7 year old daughter is having some problems. She is very emotional about the loss of her ...
A: Hey Lisa, Yup, abdominal distension can also be a liver issue. I would recommend having your ...
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| IUI's and acupuncture | 6/13/2009 |
Q: I have been trying to conceive for about a year and a half. I am 33 years old and there is nothing ...
A: Hey Jenny, I am not versed in pharmacology, so I can not say for sure. What I recommend for my ...
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| 7 year old daughter | 6/12/2009 |
Q: My 7 year old daughter is having some problems. She is very emotional about the loss of her ...
A: Without a proper intake, it is hard for me to say for certain, but here is my opinion. Children are ...
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| IUI's and acupuncture | 6/11/2009 |
Q: I have been trying to conceive for about a year and a half. I am 33 years old and there is nothing ...
A: I can't speak to any particular protocol with IUI's so what you have is simply my opinion. I would ...
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| 6 months with little progress | 5/14/2009 |
Q: i'm writing to ask a second opinion about a condition that i've been seeing an acupuncturist for. ...
A: Hey Chelsea, When you say you are taking Mu Xiang, I am going to assume you are taking the formula ...
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| male infertility | 4/30/2009 |
Q: , Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I am 31 yrs old male. Havent been sexually ...
A: Hey Nick, Allexperts.com dosen't capture your email. Send me an email at rscott.malone@gmail.com ...
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| male infertility | 4/29/2009 |
Q: , Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I am 31 yrs old male. Havent been sexually ...
A: Hey Nick, An intake form is where I look at all your signs and sumptoms to come up with a ...
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| Acupuncture | 4/16/2009 |
Q: I visited an acupuncturist for the first time about 1 week ago. I was very nervous. I was seeing ...
A: Smart move finding someone else. I would just google acupuncture or acupuncturist and your town's ...
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| Acupuncture | 4/16/2009 |
Q: I visited an acupuncturist for the first time about 1 week ago. I was very nervous. I was seeing ...
A: Hey Lisa, In my training we had to pass a test for clean needle technique. Clean hands, short ...
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| Acupuncture on head scars | 4/2/2009 |
Q: I've been getting acupuncture on two large head scars running from ear to ear (from two aneurysm ...
A: Hey Debi, In school we were taught that you can use the needles to break up scar tissue. I don't ...
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| Blind after a flu-shoot in 1993, since then not well... | 3/3/2009 |
Q: Im a swedish girl in my forties who had a flu-shoot in 1993 and the day after I woke up blind... It ...
A: Hey Diane, THings have been a bit crazy around here lately. Sorry I haven't gotten back to you with ...
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| Blind after a flu-shoot in 1993, since then not well... | 2/26/2009 |
Q: Im a swedish girl in my forties who had a flu-shoot in 1993 and the day after I woke up blind... It ...
A: Hey Diane, I would recommend that you go to a good acupuncturist and have them do a proper ...
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| Infertility and hypothyroid | 2/18/2009 |
Q: question. I am a 33 year old woman, been trying to cnceive for over two years. Western medicine ...
A: Hey Erika, I have a thread that is private with a woman who was having fertility issues who has now ...
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| acupuncture and fertility | 12/12/2008 |
Q: I'm in my mid-30's and my husband and I are trying to start a family. I had a miscarriage in April ...
A: Hey Lisa, Sorry it took so long to reply, emails piled on top of yours and I lost track of it. I ...
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| twisting the needle/back pain | 12/3/2008 |
Q: I went to an acupuncturist a few years ago just for a consultation for my low back pain and he gave ...
A: Hey Lee, Normally there is an electrical sensation, but sometimes there is also a mild burning ...
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| treating anxiety with accupuncture | 11/30/2008 |
Q: Have you ever seen a persons anxiety worsen after having accupuncture?
A: Hey Joy, I must say that in the 10 years that I've been in practice, I haven't. Great general ...
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| Acupunture and a disappearing endometrioma/ Chocolate cyst | 10/23/2008 |
Q: I am 36 and have severe and extensive endometriosis, mainly on my left ovary. I had an extensive ...
A: CONGRATULATIONS ROSA!!!! When the body is balanced all sorts of amazing things happen. My guess is ...
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| vertigo/migraines | 10/14/2008 |
Q: and now I get migraines on and off. I was just wondering if acupuncture would actually help this?
A: Hey Jackie, you are in luck, This is a fairly common problem. I see it regularly in my practice. ...
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| acupuncture and fertility | 10/6/2008 |
Q: I'm in my mid-30's and my husband and I are trying to start a family. I had a miscarriage in April ...
A: Hey Lisa, I think you are just having a communication problem with the Doc. I would trust him to ...
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| acupuncture and fertility | 10/6/2008 |
Q: I'm in my mid-30's and my husband and I are trying to start a family. I had a miscarriage in April ...
A: Hey Lisa, Well, I will say that in TCM (traditional CHinese medicine), we don't talk about ...
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| seizures headache | 9/30/2008 |
Q: My daughter is 23 years old, married and 10 weeks preganet. She has micro seizures that cause ...
A: I would say that acupuncture can help you. Acupuncture is VERY effective at treating migraines, and ...
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| hormones and facial hair | 9/22/2008 |
Q: I have a friend who is a 16 girl who have problems with hormones and a lot of facial hair. The ...
A: I would look at 3 things: The very first thing I would do would be to find someone closeby that can ...
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| acupuncture, neuropathy, lower back pain | 9/11/2008 |
Q: Scott, My mom has lower back pain from lumbar stenosis and scoliosis. She also is a diet ...
A: Hey Margie, In my experience, sometimes the first treatment can be rather intense, especially if ...
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| Pituitary Tumor - Prolactinoma | 8/24/2008 |
Q: Malone I have a Pituitary Tumor. Can this condition healed with Acupuncture? Thanks in advance ...
A: Hey Cliff, If I had a pituitary tumor, I would seek out a cranial sacral therapist to take ...
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| Nccoam sample questions | 7/24/2008 |
Q: hey dr scott...i was researching acupuncture and i saw a site that had sample nccaom questions.. ...
A: Hey Steve, Here is a link to where you can purchase a 90 subscription for practice exams. ...
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| brachycardia | 7/14/2008 |
Q: R. Scott Malone, Could acupuncture help somebody who is diagnosed with brachycardia and wouldn't you ...
A: First I'd like to apologize for taking so long to reply to your question. I went out of town for a ...
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| Severe OCD | 7/9/2008 |
Q: my 19 year old son has been suffering from severe OCD since 13. We've tried conventional treatments ...
A: Acupuncture and herbal medicine is very effective in treating mental/emotional disorders. I would ...
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| neuropathy and acupuncture, recommendation | 6/30/2008 |
Q: Scott Malone, I wanted to enquire about my mother's neuropathy and the possibility of acupuncture ...
A: Hey Jason, I could see where a severe vitamin deficiency causing nerve damege could take a long ...
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| eastern vs western medicine/Pain | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I have just recently started seeing a Chinese acupuncturist for pain. In May I had spinal fusion ...
A: Hmmm curiouser and curiouser, It sounds like you have a good chiro. If I were in your shoes, I ...
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| eastern vs western medicine/Pain | 6/26/2008 |
Q: I have just recently started seeing a Chinese acupuncturist for pain. In May I had spinal fusion ...
A: Hey Ronnie! To me Western medicine shines at emergency care. You are in pain, take whatever you ...
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| Accupressure... | 5/23/2008 |
Q: My family has major thyroid problems throughout our history. I know that this effects your growth ...
A: Hey Brandon, I'm assuming that you have a decent book on where the points are located. I would ...
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| Acupuncture to help with emotional trauma | 4/27/2008 |
Q: I suffered a traumatic childhood, and as a result, I am something of an emotional mess. I have gone ...
A: Absolutely. If that is what you were looking for, you can stop reading now. If you'd like to know ...
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| Lipome | 4/24/2008 |
Q: My wife has a lipome, a kind of grease ball, just beside the scapula. She had an echography and no ...
A: I think you are doing a great job with Shiatsu on her, this will help greatly. SP3, 6 and 9 are ...
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| asthma and cat allergies | 4/24/2008 |
Q: I have a 14 year old son who was diagnosed with asthma at 2. About four years ago I had him allergy ...
A: Asthma is an infant tells me that the child is a bit constitutionally weak. There are basically 2 ...
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| Lipome | 4/21/2008 |
Q: My wife has a lipome, a kind of grease ball, just beside the scapula. She had an echography and no ...
A: Typically a lipome would fall under what is called "phlegm" in TCM. When the Spleen qi is under ...
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| accupuncture | 3/28/2008 |
Q: I have had about 6 acupuncture sessions. The last one I had more trouble with bruising and ...
A: Hey Marcy, Sorry to take so long to get back to you, I overlooked your e-mail. I have never had a ...
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| to grow tall | 3/25/2008 |
Q: i'm 20 and 5'7.can you tell how to activate pituitary gland through acupuncture so that i can grow ...
A: After discussing your case with a colleague, I must defer to his greater expertise in the area of ...
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| Pale, clay colored stools | 3/18/2008 |
Q: About a month and a half ago I have a couple days of pale, clay colored stools. Again today, I have ...
A: Stools are colored by bilirubin. Bilirubin is created by the breaking down of red blood cells in the ...
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| Number of treatments | 2/16/2008 |
Q: I had my first acupuncture session last week. Im going back next week. On some of the websites about ...
A: In my practice I run a series of five initial visits. Everybody is different, and people respond to ...
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