Long before the People’s Republic
ofChina had
launched its aggressive marketing strategy to win over
the world trade, Chinese herbs had won over the hearts
of people all over the world for their unique
effectiveness and superb curative value. In fact, there
is a Chinese herbal cure for every known human disorder
starting from trauma to tuberculosis and from chronic
renal failure to tinnitus pulsatile. However, the topic
may be divided into two separate categories – one
dealing with TCM or Traditional Chinese Medicine, the
other describing Chinese herbal medications that are
mostly used, where traditional methods of treatment
proves ineffective.
In traditional Chinese Medicine,
YIN is considered to be the womanish or negative
characteristics of the YIN-YANG principle, where YANG is the
masculine or the positive characteristic. The symptoms
of good health always represent a perfect YIN-YANG
balance. A subdued YIN can result in low fever,
dizziness, low back pain, tinnitus and other diseases. A
weakened YIN, according to TCM, is thought to be a
symbol of YIN insufficiency of the kidney which again is
considered to be the innate foundation of all
functioning organs in the human body. If the kidney is
affected with low YIN, quite a lot of organs demonstrate
poor performance as a result of which, many diseases
develop.
Traditional Chinese
Medicine also looks at the following factors
that are responsible for tinnitus
and attempts to cure them with the help of
acupuncture or other methods.
- Anger,
frustration, emotional strain and stress that leads to
LV fire or LV Yang rising, which results in abrupt
onset of tinnitus with loud ringing in the
ear.
- Depression,
misery or grief leading to stagnation of blood in
upper portion of the body – weak QI in the chest that
becomes unable to rise and nurture the head. This
results in gradual onset of
tinnitus.
- Excessive
sexual exercise or overwork that has weakened the KD
that gives rise to gradual onset of tinnitus with low
pitch.
- Senility
or old age that has weakened the KD Jing that also
results in gradual loss of hearing and tinnitus with
low pitch.
- Poor or
unhealthy dietary habits consisting of damp, greasy
food consumption that leads to Phlegm generation which
prevents the rising of clear QI to the
head.
- Exposure
to loud noise, trauma that results in sudden onset of
tinnitus with loud ringing noise in the
ears.
Even
though these conditions can be treated by acupuncture,
one should get acquainted with some of the Chinese
treatment terminology to understand the process better.
For instance, LV
fire (excess pattern) relates to the
following…
- General
signs and symptoms include
explosive anger, irritability, dizziness, bitter taste
in the mouth, ruddy face, red eyes, poor sleeping
habit and constipation.
- Tongue
indications include
red, dry yellow coating, deeper along the LV/GB
area.
- Pulse
indications include
rapid, full, wiry pulse.
Tinnitus
Chinese Cure – Here Are Some Acupuncture Treatment
Points
- Maciocia
treatment points with Valaskatagis commentary,
additions and commentaries.
- LV 2 to
clear LV
fire.
- LV 3 to resolve LV QI stagnation,
especially f it happens at the origin of the
fire.
- GB 20 to
lower the YANG and clear the
head.
- GB 13 to
treat the psycho-emotional aspect of LV
fire.
- LI 14
when head symptoms are
prevalent.
Acupuncture
treatment protocols include the following
:
- Differentiation include
excess patterns like the rising of the LV/GB fire
and/or Phlegm fire moving up, while deficiency
patterns like KD Jing deficiency, upper burner
deficiency and heart blood
deficiency.
- Symptoms
for LV/GB fire rising include
abrupt onset of tinnitus that can be loud and often
related to emotional stress. It can be accompanied by
headache, dizziness and frequent feelings of
thirst.
- Treatment
Protocol
includes (1) Draining the LV fire, (2) Easing
the ears, (3) Consoling the mental tension and (4)
Settling the tormenting
soul.
- Treatment
points include the
following
- LV 2 to
drain the LV
fire
- GB 20
– LV YANG for easing the ear and calming the
mind
- GB 8 –
LV YANG for consoling the
mind.
Chinese herbal medication goes back
to 5000 years or more. Earliest Chinese priests who also
sometimes played the role of physicians discovered and
nurtured various herbs that were used in curing human
ailments of varying nature. There are several
Chinese herbal remedies that provide
relief to tinnitus
sufferers even today.
Yes, Chinese medications may work,
but the fact is that, there is an even better cure for
this disease and that is possible through the holistic
way. In reality, nothing can work alone to cure tinnitus
and this is
because of the fact that the disease is caused by many
contributing factors. For quick and effective relief,
all these contributing root causes and the triggers need
to be identified. Holistic remedies do just this and
once done, they prescribe the cure that not only
includes Chinese medications, but also lifestyle and
diet changes, acupuncture, exercise and more. While the
approach of conventional therapies is just to treat the
symptoms, holistic remedies treat the root causes and
once these causes are eradicated, the symptoms go away
on their own.
