Neurology clinic

This morning we were with Professor Shi in the neurology clinic. We had a long discussion on the treatment of stroke. In China, the patients attend a western hospital for initial treatment and then after a couple of weeks begin acupuncture treatment. The results and improvement to play, weakness, dysphagia and dysphagia are dramatic when it is used so close to the stroke. So many times in the UK we see patients a year or more after their stroke when it is so much more difficult to treat. Professor Shi uses a combination of scalp and body acupuncture to improve motor and sensory function. He encouraged us to go home and spread the word about this important treatment.

He also saw patients with facial palsy, insomnia, peripheral neuropathy, tinnitus and interestingly OCD. In the UK OCD is always put with psychiatric illness where he sees it as more of a neurological issue.