Patient Case 1(Frozen Shoulder)

Male, 40s, Shoulder pain

Main symptom

• Right shoulder pain

Other symptoms

• Lower back pain
• Numbness of the toes
• Migraine
• Diabetes
• Easy to wake up

Palpation and observations

• Pulse examination
  • deficient/excessive pulse
  • rapid/slow pulse
  • sunken/floating pulse
  • thin/weak pulse
  • tension/strig-like pulse
• Meridian Pulse Diagnosis
  • Spleen deficient, Lung excessive
  • Blood stasis of neck, shoulder, and back
• Pattern
  • Spleen Yin Deficient

Treatment policy

• Mainly make statable the meridians both of spleen and Triple energizer.
• Loosen the sciatic nerve (S1)
• Acupuncture around the shoulder where there is a pain to remove blood stasis.

Follow-up

• First time: Immediately after the treatment, the shoulders became better than before the visit. The complaint on his waist is gone.