Ancient Acupuncture Center

十分不幸，筆者在前不久發生了一個大車禍，導致左側鎖骨以及第3-7肋骨多處骨折；但值得慶幸的是在車禍之後筆者僅僅只休息了一個月，就又重新回到診所工作。其間感慨良多，筆者特書出以便與讀者共享。

發生車禍的那天是11/04/06（週六），筆者下班後上超市逛了一圈即準備返家。時置晚上8時，天已全黑，筆者從廣場出口欲左轉上COLIMA大道向東，左看有一輛小車在靠近十字路口的地方開過來，右看沒有車佔據中間黃線道，再左看那輛小車還遠，就立即加油門開出。誰知左側那部車從内道斜插至中間道飛速撞向筆者駕駛位旁的左門……。只聽“轟”的一聲，筆者頓時就失去知覺。

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Ancient Acupuncture Center offers a treatment program for SCI. Chinese medicine is a truly holistic medicine and has been proved by the effective clinical results over the last two thousand years. Acupuncture is painless, safe, quick, and has no side effects. It is to raise the level of health and to restore the body’s energy flow to a normal state so that the body can heal itself.

Dr. Wu’s treatment can improve people with SCI with great results. The recovery will be comprehensive and include everything related to our body, for example, sensory functions, motor functions, bladder and bowel function, etc. Through treatment, every SCI will see improvement. Here are two cases from his SCI treatment.

• SCI Case 1: SCI 10 years post, paraplegia, no bladder or bowel functions, 1 year ago suffered brain damage due to a fall and had brain surgery due to internal bleeding in brain, right hand spasms and no motor function, right leg spasm and no motor function, left leg has limited movement but with no strength, cannot sit straight, lost language ability, use left hand to signal. After two-month treatment, left leg gained some strength, right leg could curve and held for a few minutes while laying on back. Bowel movement started. Gained some control to bladder. He could held the bladder and could signal nurse to come to empty it.
• SCI Case 2: SCI T11 Complete, 1 year post, he had no sensory functions under navel and no voluntary bowel and bladder controls. After three treatment sessions, he gained some sensory functions below navel areas. More sounds can be heard from the increased bowel movements.

Program Objective
• To improve sensory functions, motor functions, and bowel/bladder functions for SCI patients.

Program Guidance
• It is a two-month treatment program. It includes three times a week for nine weeks for a total of 27 treatments. The whole program must be completed without skipping any treatment session.
• Each treatment lasts for about 1 to 2 hours. It includes a combination of steps such as acu-point therapeutic massage (i.e. Wu’s Tui-na), electro body acupuncture, scalp acupuncture, cupping, and heat pad. The procedure varies from case to case. Sometimes herbal medicine is also used.
• After the first program, every SCI will see improvement. Further evaluation will be conducted based on the amount of initial improvement.

Payment Option
• The cost of each treatment session is $55. Herbal medicine treatment is optional and the cost of herbal medicine is $65 for half month.
• We have 10-session treatment card available to purchase for a discount.
• Some PPO medical insurance plans such as Blue Cross PPO are accepted. Due to the complex procedure of insurance claims, we would like you to pay the above rate first. We will send claims to your insurance company. After we receive payment, we will refund you up to your cost.

Privacy Protection Policy
• Patient information is strictly protected. No information can be disclosed without patient’s permission.
• SCI patient is assessed weekly for the progress. Sometimes the assessment will be video-taped. It is also for the purpose of future study and research of SCI. The video will not be disclosed to the public without patient’s permission.

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Ancient Acupuncture Center has very extensive experience of healing herniated disc. For patients during the acute period (i.e., happened within 2 months), it usually takes 4 to 7 treatments to heal the pain based on our treatment cases.

Common symptoms of herniated disc are back pain, leg pain, and weakness of leg muscles, tingling, numbness, or bowel/bladder problems. For severe cases, patients have to lie on bed and cannot stand up to walk. For herniated disc happened over 6 months, the symptoms can become persistent and worsening. It will take longer to heal. For chronic condition over 1 year, the treatment and healing process can take a few months. For these chronic cases, a two-month treatment program is recommended as initial treatment. At the end of the program, every case will see improvement. Based on the initial improvement, the amount of further treatments will be evaluated.

Program Objective
• To completely relieve the pain from herniated disc so the patient can resume normal life.

Program Guidance
• It requires three treatments a week until it is healed. It usually takes 4 to 7 treatments to heal the acute herniated disc.
• Each treatment lasts for about 1 to 2 hours. The treatment includes a combination of steps such as acu-point therapeutic massage (i.e. Wu’s Tui-na), electro-acupuncture, and scalp acupuncture. The procedure varies from case to case. Sometimes other treatments such as heat pad, cupping, and herbal medicine can also be applied.

Recommendations
• Rest on back and sleep preferably on the firmest bed.
• Use soft belt to tighten the lower back muscles while doing gentle activities.
• Avoid activities that aggravate your symptoms. Avoid lifting heavy objects and should try not to bend or twist the back excessively.
• During acute period, avoid sexual activities. At chronic stage, keep sexual activities to minimum.
• Keep lower back warm. Don’t let your back get cold.
• After the pain is gone, consider taking herbal medicine to improve your health. This can reduce the chance for recurrent herniated disc.

Payment Option
• Each acupuncture treatment session costs $55. Herbal medicine costs $65 for half month.
• We have 10-session treatment card available to purchase for a discount.
• Some PPO medical insurance plans such as Blue Cross PPO are accepted. Due to the complex procedure of insurance claims, we would like you to pay the above rate first. We will send claims to your insurance company. After we receive payment, we will refund you up to your cost.

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近來，有傳聞說中國科學院院士何祚庥先生竟然宣稱中醫為“偽科學”，並出現所謂的[萬人網上簽名反中醫]事件，後經中國中醫藥管理總局迅即公開否決，一場無知的鬧劇總算稍稍平息了一點。

筆者孤陋寡聞、對於何祚庥院士這個名字本來並沒有什麽印象，只是由於當年何院士反[氣功]十分賣力，才使得筆者有幸耳聞；因此對於筆者這些草民來說，何院士的知名度應該是通過其對於氣功的“打偽”而一砲打響的。然而十分遺憾的是，何院士那次“打偽”的結果除了給自己增加點知名度以外，並沒有起到什麽實質性的[救世]作用。或許是由於諸多草民“愚昧”吧，他們並沒有理會何院士的教誨而抛棄氣功這種“偽科學”，依然還是在各種場合修煉氣功；而有些頻臨死亡邊緣的患者還因此而出現了生機，挽回了自己的生命。可見，雖然何院士費盡了心機和力氣來打擊氣功，但是人們心中還是有著自己的主見，並沒有被[院士]的頭銜所嚇倒，當然也更不會秉承院士的旨意而抛棄中華文化的瑰寶—氣功。

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欣聞加州中醫政治聯盟劉美嫦主席希望通過全體中醫同仁和接受中醫療法的廣大患者的努力，欲將針灸療法“收歸國有”，筆者不禁大聲叫好，那種心情就好像看到被八國聯軍搶去的國寶回歸中國一樣。雖然這種努力會不斷地遭遇著致命的打擊，但筆者相信，通過弱勢者的努力，物歸原主應該是歷史的必然。

由加州眾議院衛生委員會主席陳煥英議員提出的[針灸師執照行醫法案]（AB2152）將使用明確的法律條文重申任何人必須擁有加州中醫執照方可實行針灸治療的規定。這項由加州中醫政治聯盟策劃的，專門為保護中醫師基本權益的提案，對於確保加州公衆獲得安全可靠的中醫服務意義十分重大。雖然這一提案暫時受挫，但提案的内容卻有著強大的醫學道義上的優勢，有著關乎社會大衆健康上的法理優勢，必將獲得廣大公衆和政界人士的同情和支持。換句話來説，由於中醫療法屬於醫療行爲，關係著社會公衆身體健康的大問題，因而採用立法的方式來保護中醫專業的學術價值應該屬於理所當然的事情。

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