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Congenital hairy melanocytic nevus (CHMN) is considered a rare congenital disease, which appears in about 1 / 20,000 births. Giant congenital hairy melanocytic nevus (GCHMN) occurs every 50,000 to 500,000 births. The larger the surface of the impacted body, the rarer the disease. CHMN develops during the first trimester of pregnancy, and the etiolo...
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... lesions would be those who are very close to other lesions, and may connect to the other lesions within time. In order to diagnose if the patient is portable of GCHMN, it is also important to consider the anatomic localization of the lesions, the diversity of color in the lesions, roughness, and presence of dermal nodules [17][18][19] (Figure 2 and 3). ...
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... lesions would be those who are very close to other lesions, and may connect to the other lesions within time. In order to diagnose if the patient is portable of GCHMN, it is also important to consider the anatomic localization of the lesions, the diversity of color in the lesions, roughness, and presence of dermal nodules [17][18][19] (Figure 2 and 3). ...
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... Before she begins the explanations about how dementia is formed according to traditional Chinese medicine reasoning, she will briefly say about the case that became the cornerstone of all her treatments nowadays. This case was described in several of her publications and the author will only remember the reader that she will perform the reasoning of the treatment of dementia patients based on that case reported in many articles [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. ...
... After the treatment of pain in the legs using acupuncture, his intra-ocular pressure went from 40 to 17 mmHg in the first time of his life. The author did not know that this patient had glaucoma but the treatment she did, using balancing the internal energy and treating the root and not only treating the symptoms of leg pain, it was possible to improve many other symptoms that the patient had that even the doctor does not know that the patient had such symptom [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. ...
... After this case, the author began to share this idea of treatment the root of the problem, that are the energy imbalances and not just the symptoms and since 2007, she is participating in so many conferences worldwide to disseminate this important knowledge about the importance to treat the root and not just the symptoms [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. ...
Statement of the Problem: Dementia is a term for conditions characterized by decline in memory, language, and problem-solving. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the kidney energy plays a significant whole in memory.
... large 20-40cm and giant >40cm in maximal diameter [4,5]. This classification is also accepted and stated by the University of New York [6]. The incidence of giant congenital melanocytic nevi (GCMN) is < 1 in 20,000 neonates [3,6]. ...
... This classification is also accepted and stated by the University of New York [6]. The incidence of giant congenital melanocytic nevi (GCMN) is < 1 in 20,000 neonates [3,6]. Even with the rare presentation, the follow up of this lesion is important as it is linked with severe complications affecting the skin (malignant melanoma), nervous system (Neurocutaneous melanosis) and psychosocial implications, including distress for both the parents and the child due to not only the appearance of the lesion but also because of the difficult and challenging management and outcome [3]. ...
Congenital melanocytic nevi arise from overgrowth or disrupted migration of melanocyte precursor in the neural crest. They are also known as coat-sleeve, stocking, bathing trunk or garment nevi. The colour ranges from brown to black, with the lesions presenting as flat to raised nevi. Lesions presenting at birth with a diameter greater than 20cm are labelled giant congenital melanocytic nevi. Risk increases with an increase in the number of satellite lesions near the giant nevus. Management includes regular clinical follow-up monitoring of changes in the lesion and surgical procedures in cases with risk of melanoma and psychological support. The purpose of this case presentation is to describe a rare issue of giant congenital melanocytic nevi in a newborn, along with a literature review and discussion on possible management options.
... To explain the differences between Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine reasoning, the author usually uses the To achieve health, the main aim is to balance these four energies Yin, Yang, Qi and Blood, as demonstrated on the figure 13 [6,7,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][18][19][20]25,26,28,30,[32][33][34][37][38][39]42,47,52,55,56,58,60,62,65]. ...
... Another theory that bases TCM on the root of the tree is the Five Elements theory, indicated in figure 14, which explains the functioning of nature and the interconnection between the massive organs inside the body. In this theory, all organs are interconnected, and everything that happens with an organ on the energy level will influence the other organs and the whole system, this is very important to understand, regarding the symptoms and complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the treatment done nowadays, because in Western medicine, the symptoms are treated separately, while in TCM they all come from the same root [6,7,9,10,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]21,22,[26][27][28]30,[32][33][34][35][36][37]39,41,43,[45][46][47]51,52,55,56,[58][59][60]65]. ...
COVID-19 is a disease caused by a virus that emerged in Wuhan China (December-2019). On January 05th, 2021, there was 84.233.579 confirmed cases and 1.843.293 deaths worldwide. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), COVID-19 is classified
as external pathogenic factor invasion. This study was made following a statement of Hippocrates that said “it is more important to
know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has”.
... For the compilation of this article, the author based her perspective and pathways of treatment in a specific case of a patient the author had in 2006. For better comprehension on how the reasoning of the treatment of the patient was based, it is important to explain this first case [9][10][11][12]. This patient was a 70-year-old patient, who reported pain in the legs and was diagnosed with Kidney-Yang deficiency, according to TCM. ...
... This patient was a 70-year-old patient, who reported pain in the legs and was diagnosed with Kidney-Yang deficiency, according to TCM. He received treatment with Chinese dietary counselling, acupuncture and auricular acupuncture associated with apex ear bloodletting [9][10][11][12]. With the treatment done, the pain in the legs diminished and the patient was submitted to an interview after the treatment. ...
... During the treatment, he had not reported to be treating glaucoma in the last 40 years with no improvement of his condition. With the treatment performed, his pressure lowers from 40mmHg to 17mmHg [9][10][11][12]. This interesting case became the cornerstone of the author studies in the field, trying to comprehend how the treatment based on the root of the problem could treat different diseases and symptoms simultaneously and using the same methods [9][10][11][12]. ...
Low back pain is a common muscle-skeletal disorder affecting 80% of the population. It is very common in pregnancy,and acupuncture is a well know treatment for pregnant women searching for back pain relief.
... This patient was a 70-year-old male patient, who reported pain in the legs and was diagnosed with Kidney-Yang deficiency, according to TCM. He received treatment with Chinese dietary counseling, acupuncture and auricular acupuncture associated with apex ear bloodletting [6][7][8][9]. ...
... Stress incontinence, urge incontinence and glaucoma in the last 40 years with no improvement of his condition. With the treatment performed, his intraocular pressure lowered from 40 mm Hg to 17 mm Hg [6][7][8][9]. ...
... This interesting case became the cornerstone of the author studies in the field, trying to comprehend how the treatment based on the root of the problem could treat different diseases and symptoms simultaneously and using the same methods [6][7][8][9]. ...
Urinary incontinence is defined as unintentional loss of urine,being a symptom of a problem on the urinary tract. There are threetypes of incontinence. Stress incontinence, urge incontinence and overflow incontinence.
... During the treatment, he had not reported to be treating glaucoma in the last 40 years with no improvement of his condition. With the treatment performed, his pressure lowers from 40 mm Hg to 17 mm Hg [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. ...
... This unusual case became the cornerstone of the author's studies in the fi eld, trying to comprehend how the treatment focused on the root of the problem could treat different diseases and symptoms simultaneously and using the same methods [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. ...
... The leaves and the branches In this root, there is the energy that when balanced can generate health to the whole tree. The reason of this study is to address which are the energy alterations present in the root level, responsible for oligospermia [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. ...
Oligospermia is a male fertility problem characterized by a low sperm count. In Western Medicine, the causes of male sterility are mostly unknown.According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), oligospermia stems from Kidney deficiency.
... The author then started treatment with Chinese dietary counseling, systemic and auricular acupuncture, and performed the diagnosis of the patient in Traditional Chinese Medicine. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] After ten sessions of acupuncture, the patient returned to be reevaluated and told the author he had perceived great improvement not only of his leg pain symptoms but of also great diminution in his intraocular pressure. The author was not aware, but the patient was the bearer of glaucoma and was performing treatment with Western Medicine drugs and eye drops for 40 years, without significant improvement in his condition, always with the intraocular pressure appearing around 40mmHg. ...
... After the ten sessions of acupuncture, his intraocular pressure diminished to 17mmHg, for the first time in his life. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The author observed the results in this patient, and used the same way of reasoning it in the treatment of several other patients and pathologies, including, now, infertility, always treating the energy imbalances first, as the root of the problem, not focusing on the symptom. ...
... To do so, she used the metaphor of the tree. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The metaphor of the tree comprehends the medicine as the whole tree. The tree has a trunk with several branches (Figure 3). ...
Over 100 million heterosexual couples worldwide are physicallyunable to have children. Infertility affects both women and men.Genetic disorders, infectious and non-infectious diseases, andexposure to certain chemicals are among the causes.1In low- and middle-income countries, infertility treatment is oftenunavailable for most people. A 2010 study in Brazil found that three-quarters of its states do not offer infertility services at governmenthealth clinics.
... The representation of a tree creates a parallel on how diseases are treated today from the point of view of Western medicine and according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. In other articles, the author stated the importance of this metaphor, in order to address how Western and Ancient perspectives could work together [12,19] . TCM explains the functioning of the human body through a holistic view. ...
... TCM explains the functioning of the human body through a holistic view. Therefore, external factors such as wind, cold, the heat, dryness, humidity, diet and internal factors such as emotions may have an influence in the wellbeing [12,19] . The tree has a trunk with several branches. ...
... This visible part is the object of study and practice in the western medical profession because of the curriculum offered in the medical schools around the world. The focus is to treat each leaf in each specialty [12,19] . The part of the tree that is below the earth -invisible to the naked eye -are the roots of the tree. ...
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Blood is one of the four energies necessary for maintaining physical, mental and emotional health. According to TCM, Blood Deficiency is one of the main causes of Postpartum Depression (PPD), due to causes such as the labor’s blood loss, previous, post or pregnancy-acquired anemia, post-partum blood stasis, etc. Giant Congenital Nevus, an extremely rare melanocytic lesion presented at 1 in each 20.000 births, is also explained in TCM through Blood deficiency.
... This conclusion can be summarized and easily comprehended through the metaphor of the tree, present in all the studies of the author, as well as in all the conferences, in which the author presented her work worldwide. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Western medicine, on the other hand, comprehends health as the well-functioning of the body separately. If the patient has an imbalance in the eye, the eye is observed and analyzed, not the rest of the body. ...
... If the patient has an imbalance in the eye, the eye is observed and analyzed, not the rest of the body. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The first idea to be mainly understood is how TCM places a completely opposite point of view regarding the concepts of health and disease. For TCM perspective, health is based on a general concept of balance, between the whole-body systems. ...
... For TCM perspective, health is based on a general concept of balance, between the whole-body systems. To better explain this comprehension, they use the concept of energy, observing the relations between organs, nervous system, brain, tissues, etc. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The tree in the metaphor has a trunk with several branches, as shown in Figure 1, each branch represents each medical specialty and each leaf that comes out of each branch represents the symptoms and diseases of each specialty. It is Huang: Chakras Energy Deficiency as the Cause of Chronic Conjunctival Hyperemia this visible part that is the object of study and practice in the Western medical profession due to the curriculum offered in the medical schools around the world. ...
Conjunctival hyperemia (CH) is a reaction that appears as dilation and redness of the conjunctival vessels. In Western medicine, the CH can be caused by viral or bacterial infections, as well as allergic reactions. The treatment in Western medicine is based on symptom relief. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the eye is commanded by the energy of the Liver, and the redness linked to CH is due to Heat retention.
... T his study is the major cornerstones of other previously published articles of the author. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It is very interesting to notice the importance of performing this study right now, after years of this first patient, and several other studies published. ...
... The treatment proposed aims to treat all the tree, through the root, that is invisible to the naked eye. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In this root, there is an energy that when balanced can generate health to the whole tree. The reason for this study is to address which are the energy alterations present at the root level, responsible for glaucoma. ...
... The reason for this study is to address which are the energy alterations present at the root level, responsible for glaucoma. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The main proposal of the author is to approach the diseases from the energy imbalances first, considering the root first, or seeing the tree upside down. This was the perspective used to treat the patient of the case report 1. ...
Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, the health of which is vital for good vision. This damage is often caused by an abnormal high pressure in the eye. According to the Traditional Chinese Medicine, glaucoma is caused by energy imbalances, mostly excessive Fire of the Liver and Galbladder, Heat-producing Wind, emotional stress, causing smooth flow of Liver Qi, and stagnation of Qi transforming into Fire. It may also be caused by Spleen Dampness and Yin deficiency.
