This patient is a sweet lady with a 2 ½-month history of nagging, irritating, and persistent cough. She reported that the cough got worse at night and did not allow her to sleep, and she reported a tickling and itching sensation in the throat, along with post-nasal drip. Once the coughing episodes started, she couldn’t control it; the itchiness and ticklish feeling in the throat was continuous. She had tried western medicine with minimal improvement. This lady is very religious and was inspired to walk in to our center. After a nice chat with the staff she made an appointment for the next day, and I was glad that she came here. I have treated this kind of cough before, but it was not an easy case. Well, her first treatment was just to tonify her body ( I explained earlier that this means a general strengthening of the bodies energies), since she showed signs of deficiency in her constitution, not having restful nights of sleep in more than two months. She did fairly well. For the second treatment, she insisted on a more aggressive approach -- she seemed so eager to feel better. I took a chance and listened to my instincts.
After a very detailed treatment, she felt somewhat better, and the following treatment calmed the cough and left her feeling more rested. So I alternated with another very simple tonification treatment, and the following day she called our office and said this is the first time in almost 3 months that she had slept for eight hours with no cough. A few days later, she come for her follow-up treatment and stated that she slept the whole night with no cough and had a lot of dreams. She is very happy and has no more cough and minimal occasional scratchiness of the throat.
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