ANDRE SHIH
TCM & ACUPUNCTURE

Disclaimer: I am not a vet. I don't treat pets except my own cats. I only did this because the dog owner agreed and assume full responsibility. Misu is a miniature American Eskimo. He was born with a very serious rhinitis. Basically, what the vet said was that it was very common for this type of dog to have a smaller nasal passages and sinus. That would cause chronic inflammation and infection of the eyes and nose. When I first saw Misu, his right eye was always red with gooe

Female patient in her early 50s, who works at a supermarket. She carries item in and out of the freezer all the time. She complained of shoulder and neck being very painful and heavy. Upon further examination, she had trouble sleeping, and was very difficult to sweat. All the food she ate would have a sour taste to it. When I was checking her abdomen, I found the area around her left rib was hurting and very sensitive to pressure. Her pulse was very deep. Generally, when some

Male Patient, early 50s, works as a mechanic. For two months, he had been experiencing numbness in the left thumb, index, and middle finger. Sometimes the numbness could come from the shoulder. The numbness was most severe at night after a long day of work. Due to the nature of his work, he used his left hand a lot to tighten bolts and nuts on different part of cars in the shop. When I squeezed his wrist, he could feel the numbness get more severe. I was a little inexperience

Male patient, 34, caught a flu 3 days before I saw him. First 2 days, he had throat pain, aversion to cold, and also nausea and dizziness. On the 3rd day, he had low fever and headache. On the 4th day when he came, he had itchy throat, cough without sputum, but nasal discharge of white and yellow mucus and blood. One of the questions I always ask my patients is what temperature of water makes them feel better. This patient couldn't tell me. So I poured two cups of water, one

A 26 year-old girl had a flu and was experiencing some fever and chills. She was extremely weak and tired. She described that she didn't have any strength to dress herself. She was bed-ridden for 2 whole days. On the third day, she was finally able to get out of bed and come to see me. Upon further inquiries I found out that she had experience dizziness, nausea, lower back pain, and painful tonsil. Her pulse was deep. In layman's term, the flu virus has already invaded her ki

Female patient, in her early 30s, had experiencing blister development on her fingers during season change. The blisters were very itchy and sometimes filled with fluid and they would last a few weeks. She had to go through this 4 times a year when season changed. First thing that came to my mind when I saw her that this was related to heart. So I asked few more questions related to her heart function. Here is what she told me: 1. She had cold hands and feet. 2. Before her pe

Female patient in her mid-50s, suffered from rapid weight loss, hair loss, hot flashes, and 8-9 loose bowel movements a day with undigested food. April 2016 blood test showed TSH being 0.008. Family doctor diagnosed her of hyperthyroidism and prescribed anti-hyperthyroid drug to be taken 3 pills per day. After started taking the drug, patient started to cool down to the point that she feels cold. Legs became very weak and couldn't stand for more than 10 mins. She explained th