Dizziness
Western
Medicine
Meniere’s disease, cervical
problems, artherosclerosis, injuries, anemia
The mild
case can be relieved by closing one's eyes, while the serious case has an
illusion of bodily movement with rotatary sensation like sitting in a
sailing boat or moving car, and even accompanied by nausea, vomiting and
sweating.
The
liver is analogized as wind and wood, characterized by movement and
ascending. Over contemplation, anxiety, depression or anger can damage the
liver yin, resulting in hyperactivity of liver yang. Dizziness occurs in
case the liver yang moves as the wind and ascends to attack the brain. Or
the kidney water, generally in deficiency, fails to nourish the liver.
Dizziness occurs in case the liver is lack of nourishment, which leads to
hyperactivity of liver yang. In both situations there is deficiency in the
lower but excess in the upper part of the body.
In fact, anger, long term
illness, and anything that produces deficiency or excess Heat can lead to
Wind and/or Yang rising, blocks the turbid Qi in head thus blocking the
clear cavities, usually complicated with headache.
Main
manifestations: Dizziness aggravated by anger, irritability, flushed face,
red eyes, tinnitus, bitter taste in the mouth, dream - disturbed sleep, red
tongue proper with yellow coating, string - taut, rapid pulse. Analysis:
Anger damages the liver yin causing hyperactivity of the liver yang, which
transforms into fire. When the fire flares up, flushed face, red eyes and
irritability appear. The spirit stored in the liver is upset by disorders of
the liver, then dream - disturbed sleep occurs. The red tongue proper with
yellow coating, bitter taste in the mouth, string - taut, rapid pulse are
the signs of yin deficiency resulting in fire hyperactivity.
Method:
Points of the Liver Meridian and Kidney Meridian are selected as the main
points to nourish yin and pacify yang. Reinforcing and reducing methods are
applied with either one first according to the condition of the disease.
P/T – purge Liver and Gallbladder, calm
Liver Wind
Prescription 1: [GB20 - BL18 - BL23 - KI3 - LR2].
Prescription 2: [GB20 -
GB43 -
LR2] dispersion
Explanation: The
reinforcing method applied to BL23 and KI3 is to replenish the kidney water,
while the reducing to BL18, LR2 and GB20 is to pacify the liver yang.
light headedness, blurred
vision, floaters, qi and xue deficient symptoms
The
heart and spleen are damaged by overwork and over contemplation in case of a
weak constitution after a disease. The damaged spleen fails to produce qi
and blood, leading to deficiency. In case the brain is poorly nourished by
qi and blood, dizziness occurs.
Main
manifestations: Dizziness accompanied by pallor and lustreless complexion,
weakness, palpitation, insomnia, pale lips and nails, lassitude, pale tongue
proper, thready and weak pulse. Dizziness occurs mostly after a serious
disease or loss of blood and is aggravated by overwork. Loss of
consciousness happens in severe cases.
Analysis: Dizziness is inevitable because deficiency of qi and blood fails
to nourish the brain. The heart dominates the blood and is manifested in the
complexion. The spleen dominates the transportation and transformation to
manufacture qi and blood. If the heart and spleen are injured, qi and blood
will be insufficient, thereby, the complexion is lusterless, and the lips
and the nails are pale. Deficiency of blood leads to palpitation and
insomnia. Deficiency of qi gives rise to weakness, lassitude, anorexia.. and
is aggravated by overwork. Pale tongue and thready, weak pulse are the signs
of deficiency of qi and blood.
Method:
Points of the Ren Meridian and the Bladder and Stomach Meridians are
selected as the main points with reinforcing in combination with moxibustion
to replenish qi and blood.
Prescriptions:
- 1. [DU20 - BL20 -
ST36 - SP6 - RN4].
- 2. [DU20 -
BL17 -
ST36 -
SP6 - SP10 -
RN 6]
- shortness of breath, spontaneous
sweat: RN17 -
KI7
Explanation: Moxibustion to DU20, which is located at the vertex, is to make
qi and blood ascend to the head to nourish the brain and check dizziness.
RN4 is used to strengthen the primary qi. BL20 and SP6 are for invigorating
the spleen and stomach to produce qi and blood.
poor eyesight, memory,
sleep, concentration, hearing, tinnitus
Prescriptions:
In a
person with generally abundant phlegm dampness, irregular food intake and
overwork damage the stomach and the spleen, impairing their function in
transportation and transformation and leading to production of dampness and
phlegm. Then the stagnant phlegm and qi may impede the ascending of clear
yang and the descending of the turbid yin, and thus dizziness occurs.
Main
manifestations: Dizziness with a heavy feeling of the head and suffocating
sensation in the chest, nausea, profuse sputum, anorexia, somnolence, white,
sticky tongue coating, soft, rolling slippery pulse.
Analysis: Dizziness with a heavy feeling of the head is the sign of the pure
yang disturbed by phlegm dampness. Suffocating sensation in the chest and
nausea are caused by qi obstructed in the middle jiao. Anorexia and
somnolence are due to the spleen yang deficiency. White, sticky tongue
coating, soft and rolling pulse are the signs of phlegm dampness.
Treatment
Method:
The back-shu and front-mu points of the spleen and stomach are
selected as the main points with even movement to resolve phlegm and
eliminate dampness.
- Prescription 1:
[ST8 - ST40 - RN12 - MH6 -
BL20].
- Prescription 2:
[ST8 - ST40 - RN12 - MH6 -
SP9] neutral action
- digestive problems: [ ST 36 -
ST25]
Explanation: BL20 and RN12 are needled to strengthen the spleen and stomach
for eliminating dampness. ST40, the luo-connecting point of the
stomach, is to make qi descend and resolve phlegm. ST8 is for dizziness. MH6
is for relaxing the chest, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach to
check vomiting.
- auricular- for Liver Wind (LR, GB, HBP,
bleed vein on the back of the ear), for Phlegm (inner ear, adrenal,
sympathetic, SP ST), for Qi and Blood deficiency (adrenal, subcortex, SP
ST), Liver and Kidney deficiency (adrenal, subcortex, endocrine, KI, LR,
ST)
- scalp- dizziness and hearing region
- injection- Dang Gui
Dizziness may be explained as derangement of the equilibrium of the senses
in modern medicine. Clinically, the symptom is mostly seen in hypertention,
arteriosclerosis, neurosis, and otogenic diseases.
Tapping
needling: Main points: DU20, taiyang, yintang, and
huatuojiaji.
Method:
Tap once or twice daily with moderate stimulation. Five to ten treatments
constitute one course.
