Category: Huh Im’s Acumoxa Clinical Experience

  • Burning hands

    Burning hands

    Burning hands When you have burning hot sensation in your hands like they are on fire, it can disturb your sleep, which may lead to lack of energy the next day.  When you google it, there are many people that ask questions about burning hands.  Some websites list up to 22 causes, among which there…

  • Stabbing chest pain and blue hands

    Stabbing chest pain and blue hands

    Stabbing chest pain and blue hands If your patient has stabbing chest pain while the hands become blue, you may want to refer the patient to the ER.  Huh Im, a Korean doctor in the 1600s wrote his prescription in his book.  Apply 7 moxa cones at the below acupuncture points for stabbing chest pain…

  • Treating sleep paralysis with acupuncture points

    Treating sleep paralysis with acupuncture points

    Sleep is one of the most important things we can do for our health. We often think of good sleep as a way to feel rested and ready for the day, but it’s also been shown to be one of the three factors that lead to longevity. Sleep paralysis may need immediate treatments.

  • Chilled to the bones

    Chilled to the bones

    Chilled to the bones It is not difficult to see people around you complaining of chilly achy bones, even when they are wearing thick underwear.  The chilly achy feeling emanates from deep inside the bones.  The complaints never improve even in the summer. Huh Im recommends acupuncture points for feeling chilled to the bones: BL…

  • Stroke: Difficulty with speech, muscle function loss and cognitive impairment 

    Stroke: Difficulty with speech, muscle function loss and cognitive impairment 

    Stroke Strokes impair many functions of our body.  Stroke patients can have difficulty speaking, lose muscle function of their body.  They may not be able to recognize familiar faces.   When the patient has difficulty with speech, muscle function loss, and cognitive impairment along with abrupt aversion to wind, Huh Im recommends applying moxa cones…

  • Involuntary movements in legs and shoulders 

    Involuntary movements in legs and shoulders 

    Involuntary movement in legs and shoulders Involuntary movements can be twitching, spasms, cramps, tremors, seizures, and so on.  These can be seen in Parkinson’s disease, Tourette syndrome, Dystonia, Huntington’s disease, Tardive dyskinesia, etc.  There may be many different underlying causes.   Huh Im in his book, Acupuncture and moxibustion clinical experiences, recommends the following acupuncture…