Acupuncture treatment of acne caused by drug

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Translation: 

One year ago I was diagnosed with lung cancer. My symptoms included lots of coughing that sometimes came with bloody sputum, asthma attacks, and constant shortness of breath. My oncology specialist suggested that I start taking an anticancer medication called "Tarceva". This drug works well for lung cancer, but the side effects were making me frustrated because within taking the drug for only one month I have started to grow lots of acne. They were mostly purple and large, and sometimes painful with pus. I started to have increasingly more and more. I came to Dr. Chen to treat the acne, and after a single course of treatments, the acne was completely under control and no new acne has emerged. Only the discoloration and scarring has not completely disappeared but I am already very satisfied. At the same time, my cough, shortness of breath have also improved significantly.

Si-Tu

June 25, 2012

Original：

针灸治疗药物所致痤疮

一年前我被诊断为肺癌，咳嗽，哮喘，时常呼吸困难，咳痰很多，有时痰中带血。我的专科医生建议我服用抗癌药“Tarceva”。这种药对肺癌效果不错，但有一个副作用让我很烦恼：我只服用了一个半月，我的脸上长了许多痘痘，紫红色，较大，时有疼痛或脓疱，而且越来越多。我在陈医生这里治疗了一个疗程，痘痘完全控制，没有再新生的豆豆，只是紫红色的印记还没有完全消退，但我已经很满意了。于此同时，我的咳嗽，呼吸困难等也明显好转。

司徒

2012年6月25日