Sincere thanks - i have a description of a procedure reportedly used
for successful treatment of same issue, but being a total novice to
acupuncture in general, no idea what if any correlation between what
you described and this other reference there is - may I email it to
you?

--- In acupunctureforum@yahoogroups.com, Mike Liaw <mikeliaw@y...>
wrote:
>
> About 3~4 years ago, I treated one epiditimytis case which might be
a good reference for you:
>
> Age,46. Pattern differentiation: liver meridian damp heat.
> Herbal formula: Long Dan Xie Gan Tang plus a few:
>
> Tu Yin Chen, Sheng Di Huang: 15g each
> Long Dan Cao, Sheng Shan Zhi, Huang Qin, Chai Hu, Mu Tong, Ze
Xie, Che Qian Zi,
> Xiang Fu, Cang Zhu, Chuang Xiong, Shen Qu, Ju He, Li Zhi He,
Shan Zha He, Yan Hu Suo,
> Wu Yao: 10g each
> Dang Gui: 6 g
>
> Acupuncture: Liv 3, Liv5, Liv 12, Sp9, Sp10, Ren4, Li10 Twice a
week
>
> It took 3 weeks before the patient felt 80% of the pain was gone.
Released after 3 months of treatment.
>
> Note: the addition of Liv 12 appeared to make a significant
difference.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> Mike L.
>
> "Why, gonna moan it? I wish LOL" <wasbravhrt2k@y...> wrote:
>
>
> This is going to sound like some kind of twisted or fetish
question,
> but please know it's a sincere one. As a result of vasectomy, I
> gradually developed post-vasectomy pain syndrome in the epidydimis
on
> both sides, as both cut/seared ends of the vas deferens were also
> clamped - as opposed to what is referred to as an "open-ended"
> vasectomy, where the non-testicle side is clamped, but the vas on
the
> testicular side of the cut is left open to allow drainaged/prevent
> blockage.
>
> I have gone thru anti-inflammatories by prescription, and basically
> urologist - who is very qualified and honest - said that if it
> becomes unbearable, epididymis could be removed. I once saw on a
web
> site a specific acupuncture/electrical procedure that was
supposedly
> helpful in alleviation of pain/swelling of the epidydimis, but
cannot
> find it - any help would be sincerely appreciated.
>
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