#13 TCM Headaches – 2 Bladder/Kidney The Bladder/Kidney Meridian, as well as the physical organs of bladder and kidneys, is associated with the season of Winter. Water is the element associated with this meridian pair. In winter, life appears to have ceased. In reality, at least in Chinese…
Tenacity Tenacity – How I love this word! Why? Let me try to explain. Is stubbornness a virtue? I am a very stubborn person. Stubbornness and hanging in there until some task was completed has always seemed like a virtue to me. Stubborn people get things done! They stay at…
#12 TCM Headaches – 1 Gallbladder/Liver We will begin our discussion of meridians, their associated organs, and their relationships to headaches by discussing the Gallbladder/Liver meridian pair. We are beginning here because so many headaches – and other health problems – are related to problems in the liver…
#11 TCM Headaches – Meridians Introduction The Movement of Vital Energy Meridian is the term we will use to describe one important and basic part of the overall energy distribution system of the body. I like to think of meridians as energy veins. These meridians are the pathways by which…
Restless Leg Syndrome What is Restless Leg Syndrome? Many, many people suffer from what may be termed Restless Leg Syndrome! The use of the word “syndrome” in a name for a dis-ease state tells us that the cause – or even exactly when it is a dis…
#10 Headaches – Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Introduction Drugs, seem to be the “remedy of choice” for headaches and migraines when consulting a practitioner of Western Medicine – a Doctor. Too many times, a pain-relieving drug will be prescribed regardless of the type of a headache or…
Eating Disorders Dying to Be Thin Eating disorders are not fads. They are not a simple phase that a teen will, eventually, grow out of. Reasoning with the person, discussing and teaching them about nutrition and health, has no lasting effect on their disorder. Severe eating disorders are mental disorders…
#9 Sleep & Cluster Headaches Sleep Issues and Headaches Parents of small children and newborn babies understand all too well that sleep deprivation causes headache pain! In some people, even irregularity in sleep patterns trigger migraines. In a classic chicken-or-egg pattern, headaches also trigger sleep disturbances. What a…
Stressed Out The phrase, “stressed out,” means different things to different people. Something that causes stress for you may be no big deal at all to someone else. Some people – I wish I was one of them – respond to most situations calmly. They simply handle stress…
#8 – Headaches -Sinus & Allergy Designation – Allergy vs Intolerance When we hear the term allergy, most people think of such symptoms as a runny nose, red and watering eyes, swelling of some tissues somewhere, rashes, hives, or some other form of itching. With no distinction made, the term…