Patients have significant relief within 3 weeks and the total
treatment is up to 3 or 4 months.

    Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), is a common condition mostly
    affecting women between 20-50 years of age. It is chronic,
    widespread, and severe characterized by:








    It is neither a rheumatic, inflammatory, progressive, or
    degenerative disorder. However, it is also not solely a
    psychosomatic or psychiatric disorder. In 1987, the American
    Medical Association (AMA) recognized FMS as a true illness and
    major cause of disability. Fibromyalgia can be differentiated
    from other chronic muscle-joint pain by the presence of pain or
    tenderness on pressure in at least 11 of 18 specific points on the
    body.

    70-90% of FMS sufferers will also have one or more of the
    following:














    Because fibromyalgia involves a number of different symptoms,
    various medications for each of these symptoms are prescribed
    such as antidepressants, anti-inflammatories. Ironically, some of
    these side effects include many of the symptoms of FMS.

    According to Chinese medical theory, when energy does not
    move, there is pain. Therefore, disabling pain is simply treated
    by moving the static energy.

    Because every patient with FMS has a slightly different Chinese
    medical pattern discrimination, each patient receives their own
    individualized treatment. This treatment mainly consists of
    acupuncture and/or Chinese herbal formulas drank as a “tea”
    several times per day. In addition, practitioners will pay close
    attention to each patient’s diet and lifestyle in order to treat the
    whole person and eliminate the root of the condition.

    Typically, the Chinese medical treatment of fibromyalgia lasts
    several months in its active phase, and this may be followed up
    by several months of taking Chinese herbs in pill or powder form
    preventatively.



 ORIENTAL MEDICINE TREATS FIBROMYALGIA
    Chinese exercises such as Qi-Gong and Tai-Chi. Diet and stress
    management are crucial aspects of self-treatment.
· muscular aching
· pain
· stiffness
· insomnia
· fatigue
· depression
· post-exertion malaise
· sleep disturbances, headaches
· swollen feet
· numbness and/or tingling
· difficulty thinking and concentrating
· sensitivity to light, noise, smells
· hypersensitivity to stress
· painful menstruation
· dry mouth
 
FIBROMYALGIA