The peritoneum is an enormous (potential) space in your abdomen. Practically all keyhole surgery on the abdomen is done in this space. In liver disease, the peritoneum fills up with fluid - this is called ascites. Ascites is an extreme example of Liver Qi and Blood stagnation. It only occurs when …
more ...What these conditions all share is that there is little substantial change to the body. In a heart attack you can physically see the damaged heart; In epilepsy an EEG doesn't see the pathologic injury; When Chinese medicine talks about Wind, Western science agrees: it is a condition of abnormal …
more ...Almost certainly there will be frustration and irritability, whether it is at a stuck drawer, a nagging partner or England's lack of ability to string more than a few passes together at football. There is a hormone of irritability - it is histamine. Histamine is a hormone designed to make your …
more ...The Liver of Western medicine and Chinese medicine are thus not that different; Whilst Western medicine sees the liver primarily as an organ of poison detoxification, protein and clotting formation and assisting in digestion, Chinese medicine sees it as an organ of detoxification of Wind, smooth flow of Blood and …
more ...Arm JueYin - The Pericardium channel The Pericardium channel is not much easier to understand than the organ. When your body is a mere five weeks old (or roughly the size of the word embryo' on this article) it divides itself up internally, forming primitive chest and abdomen. <a href='http …
Once this connection is made with the pericardium it is also connecting with the diaphragm and hence the liver, the central part of the diaphragm surrounding the oesphageal sphincter, and the fascial connection between liver and stomach. In Chinese medicine, vomiting is often a product not of a Stomach problem …
more ...In Chinese medicine the Liver also controls the emotional aspects of maintaining appropriate boundaries and anger; Histamine doesn't only make you feel irritable but also makes the body irritable against bugs and parasites. It marks out your own physical boundaries. It should be no surprise then, to students of Chinese …
more ...Furthermore, I've cheated a bit; Leg TaiYin - The Spleen channel The space occupied by the pancreas is the anterior pararenal space, which communicates with the oesophagus upwards and hence the lung. Downwards it flows into the femoral sheath, where the spleen channel starts at SP-12 - Chong Men. The name Chong …
more ...This conduction is direction-able so that they act a like a mesh of nano-sized insulated wires. The consequence of this thick matted matrix is that the heart is surrounded by both a physical and an electrical shield. Each collagen fibre will hold its own electrical charge and create electrical charge …
more ...Much stuff done in hospitals is done because lawyers' retrospectovision' is always 20-20 - a lawyer always seems to know what was going to happen after it happened. <a href='http://www.biagiodanielloflash.com/home/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id=334647'>To</a> be fair, doctors rarely …
People born with pericardial defects do carry a higher risk of heart disease, showing that its role as heart protector is accurate. The function of protection is similar to the Chinese medicinal function of the Pericardium, except that in Chinese medicine it also prevents entry of pathogenic energy. The Pericardium …
more ...For instance, in a heart attack, Western medicine would open the coronary artery (clear Phlegm), treat the diabetes (reduce Dampness) and advise to stop smoking (reduce Heat). In Chinese medicine it would involve. It is worth pointing out at this point that, even though Western medicine now has the best …
more ...This is similar to how Chinese medicine teaches that the Spleen keeps blood in the vessels, allows you to think clearly, creates saliva, and ensures transformation and transportation. The serotonin in our brain is not limited to vomiting, however, but is also integral to what we call obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD …
more ...The white cells are responding to a pathogen or toxin; The white cells create in-flame-ation to deal with it: Dampness + Heat = Phlegm The Phlegm of Chinese medicine can be a lot subtler than these gross examples, though. The pathogens in colds or abscesses are obvious - we get sick from a …
more ...If the channels are like roads that enable movement for cars, the extraordinary channels are like the gravel or tarmac used to make the roads. If the ordinary channels are like rivers running through the body, the extraordinary channels represent the tiny currents of water that run between the grains …
more ...Conveniently (for me) the name serotonin simply means blood vessel (sero-) contractor (-tonin). So, the link between capillaries closing up and serotonin is a given. How does it relate to the spleen, though? Serotonin is best known as the feel-good hormone, but what is less known is that over 95 …
more ...Once the levels get high enough, the sugar overflows through the kidneys, sucking water with it through osmosis. As a result the patient starts to constantly pee, but is always thirsty trying to replenish the lost fluids. Eventually the patient becomes severely dehydrated and only insulin can save them. Even …
more ...Problems with the Spleen treated by Chinese doctors invariably involve digestive complaints - diarrhoea, constipation, poor appetite, abdominal bloating, lethargy and nausea. To be fair, the Chinese consider the Spleen to have an equally important role in creating Blood, but more from absorbing the goodness in the food. In order to …
more ...Normally serotonin would act as a simple on/off trigger like most hormones, but in insulin secretion - a critical function in our bodies - serotonin really appears to regulate this process. You could probably find roles for all the hormones with insulin, so important is it in the body: serotonin and …
more ...At its other end it wraps tightly around the aorta (heart) and inserts into the vertebra of the back. This invisible ligament is why the Chinese have a connection between Small Intestine and Heart. Spleen Yang - The Pancreas The broth that comes out under the direction of the invisible ligament …
more ...Patients with jaundice often become so yellow that it would be comical if not so tragic, whereas the sallowness created by pancreas deficiency is subtle. These are people who do not have an overactive spleen creating excess bilirubin, but instead an underactive pancreas allowing accumulation of toxins and hence fluid …
more ...Consider titling a article of your notearticle, Excavating and Demolishing Excuses. Jot down your mind's reasons why you should put off tackling your problems. Then come up with an argument with a more realistic perspective to demolish your excuses. Here are a few questions you can ask yourself to help …
more ...Laugh and Talk? Robert Provine and professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, discovered that human Laughter is different from our primate cousins. The chimpanzee's Laughter is a breath of breath, and the sound and rhythm are reminiscent of a woodcut by a hand saw. Each time you breathe …
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