October 16, 2005. Mr. A walks 784 meters. He tries to support the upper body up and down for ten times with two arms when he lies flat on the bed. When he came to our hospital, he could only make the up and down action for three times. The appetite and sleep are normal. Two night urination. Easy to sleep. The tongue coating is slightly yellowish and greasy.
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October 17, 2005. Mr. A walks 784 meters. He tries to support the upper body up and down for ten times. The sleep is calm and two night urination. The pulse is milder, not so tight. The tongue coating is slightly greasy and yellowish. The previous formula for two days. The appetite is increasing a little.
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October 18, 2005. Mr. A walks 896 meters. He tries to support the upper body up and down for ten times, twice a day. The blood pressure is better 120/80mmHg today. The appetite is OK, increasing a little bit.
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October 19, 2005. Mr. A walks 784 meters. He tries to support the upper body up and down for ten times, twice a day. The blood pressure is 114/74mmHg. The weight today is 82.2 kilos.
codonopsis root 30g, ovate atractylodes root 15g, poria 15g, mulberry 15g, anemarrhena root 7g, etc.
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October 20, 2005. Mr. A walks 896 meters in 12 minutes. Ten times to support up and down the body by two hands, twice. The appetite is increasing. The blood pressure is 120/84mmHg. So suggest Mr. A to stop western medication for hypertension step by step.
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October 21, 2005. Mr. A walks 896 meters in eleven minutes. He supports the upper body up and down twice a day, twenty times each time. So it is forty times. In recent three times, he fails to control the urination one time a day.
codonopsis root 30g, ovate atractylodes root 15g, poria 15g, mulberry 15g, anemarrhena root 7g, etc.
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October 22, 2005. Mr. A walks 672 meters in eleven minutes. He supports the upper body up and down three times a day, twenty times each time. So it is sixty times. He tries to control his urination. The urine is whitish. The tongue coating is yellowish.
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October 23, 2005. Mr. A walks 784 meters in eleven minutes. He supports the upper body up and down three times a day, twenty times up and down for each action. So it is sixty times in all. The appetite and spirit are normal. The urine is whitish and the tongue coating is yellowish. The blood pressure is 120/76mmHg.
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October 24, 2005. Mr. A walks a slope, which is a 900 meters long slope in the country side. He walks to and fro with some difficulty. So it is 1800 meters walk. He supports the upper body up and down for 57 times. His weight increases a kilo today to 83.2 kilos. Five days ago, it is 82.2 kilos. But Mr. A said the actions of the hands are becoming more difficult for some minor actions. We tried to stop acupuncture on the hands, and strengthen massage on the hands for a few days.
codonopsis roo 30g, ovate atractylodes root 15g, cinnamom twig 10g, turmeric 10g, earthworm 10g, silkworm 10g, etc.
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October 25, 2005. Mr. A walks only ten times since a Chinese friend invited him to do something. He supports the upper body up and down for sixty times. The appetite and sleep are normal. He could control the urine since the muscles on the abdomen is less loose. The blood pressure is fine 112/70mmHg. So I suggests the patient to reduce the western medicine for hypertension step by step now.
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October 26, 2005. Mr. A walks only 488 meters. He pushes the body up and down with two hands for 160 times with the face upward. Also he pushes the body up and down with two hands for 40 times with the face downward. The appetite and sleep are fine. The muscles on the two skinny hands are starting to become thicker. The shaking power of the two hands is increasing obviously too.
codonopsis root 30g, ovate atractylodes root 15g, turmeric 10g, etc.
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October 27, 2005. Mr. A walks 672 meters. He pushes the body up and down 120 times with the face upward. The sleep is calm. The appetite is increasing. The tongue coating is slightly yellowish. The urine is white in the morning and slightly dark in the afternoon.
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October 28, 2005. Mr. A walks 784 meters in 12 minutes. He pushes the body up and down 120 times with the face upward, and another 40 times with the face downward. The sleep is calm and once night urination. The tongue coating is slightly yellowish.
codonopsis root 30g, ovate atractylodes root 15g, poria 15g, mulberry 15g, lycium berry 10g, tangkuei 10g, etc.
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October 29, 2005. Mr. A walks 784 meters only. He pushes the body up and down 160 times in all. The appetite and sleep are normal.
codonopsis root 30g, ovate atractylodes root 15g, poria 15g, mulberry 15g, etc.
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October 31, 2005. Mr. A walks 448 meters and pushes the body up and down for 80 times. The appetite is normal. Today, the formula focus on nourishing the yin.
codonopsis root 20g, ovate atractylodes root 10g, astragalus root 15g, eucommia bark 10g, etc.
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November 1, 2005. Mr. A walks 560 meters. He pushes up and down the body for 100 times. The spirit and appetite are normal. The tongue coating is a little bit more yellowish.
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November 2, 2005. Mr. A walks 672 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 80 times. The spirit and appetite are normal. The tongue coating is yellowish.
codonopsis root 20g, ovate atractylodes root 10g, poria 10g, astragalus root 20g, tangkuei 10g, etc.
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November 3, 2005. Mr. A walks 896 meters in 16 minutes. He pushes the body up and down for 80 times. The sleep is calm. Twice night urination. Once bowl movement a day. No thirst. The urine is sometimes yellowish and sometimes whitish. The face and eyes look spirited today. The same formula as above.
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November 4, 2005. Mr. A walks 896 meters in 15 minutes. He is gaining more muscles and weight. Today, the weight is 83.7 kilos. When he came here, the weight is 82.5 kilos. No thirst. Calm sleep. The face and eyes look spirited. The tongue coating is less yellowish. The next step is to strengthen qi.
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November 5, 2005. Mr. A walks 560 meters. The appetite and sleep are normal. The tongue coating is less yellowish.
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November 6, 2005. Mr. A walks 1008 meters. But he feels very tired after walking 1008 meters. The appetite and sleep are normal. Twice night urination.
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November 7, 2005. Mr. A walks 560 meters. The appetite and sleep are normal. Twice night urination. The tongue coating is slightly yellowish.
codonopsis root 20g, ovate atractylodes root 10g, poria 10g, etc.
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November 8, 2005. Mr. A is advised to walk only ten minutes which is 560 meters. The appetite and sleep are normal. Three times night urination. The muscles on the hips are increasing.
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November 9, 2005. Mr. A walks ten times which is 560 meters. Pushing the body up and down for 80 times. Three night urinations. The tongue coating is slight yellowish. The muscles on the hips are increasing.
codonopsis root 20g, millettia root and stem 10g, earthworm 10g, etc.
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November 10, 2005. Mr. A pushes the body up and down for 80 times. Twice night urinations. The tongue coating is slight yellowish.
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November 11, 2005. Mr. A walks 672 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 80 times. Once night urination. The tongue coating is slightly yellowish. The urine is whitish.
codonopsis root 20g, ovate atractylodes root 10g, poria 10g, etc.
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November 12, 2005. Mr. A walks 672 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 60 times. Twice night urination. Appetite and sleep are normal. The legs are little bit more tired.
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November 13, 2005. Mr. A walks 672 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 60 times. Twice night urination. Appetite is normal. The legs are little bit more tired.
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November 14, 2005. Mr. A walks 672 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 100 times. Twice night urinations. Appetite is normal. The legs are a little bit more tired.
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November 15, 2005. Mr. A walks 336 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 100 times. Twice night urination. Appetite is normal. The legs are a little bit more tired.
tangerine peel 6g, scrophularia root 10g, platycodon root 10g, etc.
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November 16, 2005. Mr. A walks 448 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 80 times. Twice night urination. Appetite is normal. The legs are more little bit tired.
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November 17, 2005. Mr. A walks 672 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 100 times. Twice night urinations. Appetite is normal. The legs are little bit more convenient. The same formula as above.
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November 18, 2005. Mr. A walks 672 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 80 times. Twice night urination. Appetite is normal. The legs are not so much heavy. The weight continues to increase a little bit to 83.5 kilos.
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November 19, 2005. Mr. A walks 560 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 80 times. Twice night urination. Appetite is good. The tongue coating is yellowish.
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November 20, 2005. Mr. A pushes the body up and down for 80 times. Twice night urination. Appetite is fine. The tongue coating is less yellowish. But he walks upstairs with tiredness of the legs.
scrophularia root 10g, platycodon root 10，codonopsis root15g, millettia root and stem10g, etc.
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November 21, 2005. Mr. A pushes the body up and down for 100 times. His legs feel weak after walking for 560 meters. Try to use electricity acupuncture to strengthen the irritation. Appetite and sleeping are well.
scrophularia root 10g, platycodon root 10g, fritillaria bulb 10g，codonopsis root 15g, ovate atractylodes root 15g, etc.
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November 22, 2005. Mr. A walks 576 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 100 times. Appetite is OK. Sleeping is fine.
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November 23, 2005. Mr. A walks 576 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 80 times. Appetite is OK. The weight is 83 kilos.
scrophularia root 10g, platycodon root 10g, fritillaria bulb 10g, codonopsis roo15g, etc.
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November 25, 2005. Mr. A walks 576 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 60 times. Sleeping is normal. Twice night urination. Appetite is normal. The tongue is slightly red with thin and yellowish tongue coating. Try to enrich the spleen qi only. The formula is changed to the following one:
codonopsis root 25g, ovate atractylodes root 20g, dioscorea root 10g, poria10g, astragalus root 20g, cimicifuga root 10g, etc.
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November 27, 2005. Mr. A walks 576 meters. He pushes the body up and down for 100 times. Sleep and appetite are normal. Thin and yellowish coating.
ovate atractylodes root 20g，dioscorea root 10g，poria10g, etc.
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November 28, 2005. Mr. A has to be back home. His weight is 84 kilos today. Appetite is normal. Sleep is normal. But after walking 576 meters, he feels tiredness of the two legs. So Mr. A takes herbs back to Chile and continue to report the progress. Advice him to keep relaxed and happy, good rest and proper exercise.
codonopsis root 25g, ovate atractylodes root 20g, dioscorea root 10g, poria10g, astragalus root 20g, etc.
Continue with massage and acupuncture in Chile.
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