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Chinese Herbs & Chinese Medicine for FIBROMYALGIA
What is Fibromyalgia, According to Traditional Chinese Medicine
TCM Causes of fibromyalgia
Herbal Medicines for Fibromyalgia
Herbs for Fibromyalgia by E-mail Consultation
The Truth about Fibromyalgia
Western medicine diagnoses fibromyalgia by process of elimination. Fibromyalgia is often diagnosed when no other condition, such as arthritis, bursitis, or tendonitis can be positively identified by objective test or X-Rays. It's symptoms are pain which may appear in several or many areas of the body. Other common symptoms are exhaustion or overwhelming fatigue, as well as stiff muscles upon awakening in the morning. Practitioners of Chinese medicine see fibromyalgia very differently
Fibromyalgia, according to traditional Chinese medicine, is not one disease, but likely a combinifation of several disease patterns. Western doctors, unaware of these patterns, diagnose them all as fibromyalgia.
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What Causes Pain
Where there's pain, there is no flow.
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Pain is caused by the stagnation of energy or fluids. When flow is restrained or interrupted, pain occurs, alerting us to the problem. Three causes of pain are:
1. Obstruction (blocked flow - due to injury, swelling, oversupply or engorgement of qi or blood )
2. Constraint (restrained flow - due to emotional, psychic, or mental constraint),
3. Deficiency (weak flow - due to deficiency of qi or blood)
To treat fibromyalgia, the TCM physician must diagnose the underlying conditions of the pain. Since fibromyalgia can appear in muscles and tendons all over the body, it is widely understood to be a systemic diease involving the regulation of flow. This is attributed to an organ system known in Chinese medicine as "The Liver". This is not the same as what Western medicine calls the liver and in no way implies liver disease.
Diagnosis for this condition can be difficult, and successful treatment usually requires consultation with a skilled acupuncturist or Chinese herbologist. However the symptoms accompanying the pain can provide several clues. For example, the presence of fatigue, often implies that at least one root of this disease is a deficiency. More discrimination is needed to know if this is a deficiency of qi or blood or yin or yang energy. If stress causes a worsening of symptoms, constraint is a suspected cause. If muscle weakness or digestive complaints are present, Spleen deficiencies may also play a part. Accompanying sleep problems could suggest a Heart Blood deficiency.
Chinese Herbal Medicines for Fibromyalgia
See an acupuncturist or Chinese herbalist. If you can't find one, we do email consultations, or if you prefer doing it yourself, one basic formula for pain follows:
It should not be taken by pregnant women.
BASIC PAIN FORMULA
bai shao - 20%
qin jiao - 10%
du huo - 10%
yan hu sou - 10%
yu jin - 10%
tao ren - 10%
hong hua - 10%
mu dan pi - 10%
da zao - 5%
gan cao - 5%
Take 3-4 grams (SCOOPS) 3 times a day mixed with liquid or food.
E-MAIL CONSULTATION
for HERBS and Chinese Medicine for Fibromyalgia
$60 USD
A consultation consists of several e-mail exchanges.
You will recieve an herbal prescription, treatment plan and possibly other suggestions.
Consutations don't include the cost of herbs.
In your first e-mail:Describeyourself. Mention your gender, age, height , weight, occupation, symptoms, treatments you've had, and how long you've had them for.
Tell us your Western medical diagnosis, if you have one.
List the medicines you use.
Note occasions when you have been hospitalized for any reason.
Attachments such as photos or videos are OK,but not necessary.
After purchasing a consultation
e-mail to: questions@drshen.com
Information on this site is provided for educational purposes and is not meant to substitute for the advice of your own physician or other medical professional.
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