Natural and Alternative Edema Treatment Options

Edema Treatment {introduction}

Edema is swelling that occurs when fluids from the body's tissue build up in a particular area. Causes of edema include sunburn, pregnancy, certain medications, excessive consumption of salt, kidney disease, lymph node issues and heart failure.

Below you will find alternative and natural treatment options including those from a Chinese Medicine perspective for edema.

TCM Diagnostic Patterns Related to Edema

Listed below are Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnostic patterns that are commonly involved with this western medical condition/symptom. Properly applied, Chinese Medicine (including acupuncture and herbal medicine) treats patterns not individual symptoms/conditions which may better account for the range of symptoms often experienced by individuals. Pattern diagnosis/treatment is a crucial part of using Chinese Medicine for disease prevention instead of focusing on solely symptomatic treatments as is somewhat more common in western medicine. For more on this concept, please read What Does Acupuncture Treat? Or Treating the "Cause" and not the "Symptoms".

Heart Yang Deficiency, Kidney Yang Deficiency, Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold, Spleen Invasion - Cold Damp, Spleen Yang Deficiency

For a list of all TCM diagnostic patterns contained on our website, see our tcm diagnoses section.


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Herbal Formulas

There are no herbal products listed for this condition at this time.

Acupuncture Treatment Protocols

Listed below are articles describing related TCM diagnoses and acupuncture treatment points. These generally require an understanding of basic TCM Theory, however, general readers may find the protocols illustrative of how Chinese Medicine views and treats this condition.

There are no treatment protocols listed for this condition at this time.

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Submitted Case Studies

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Edema related articles

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Forum posts related to Edema

Listed below are forum posts related to this condition. You can click on the posts to submit comments. If you would like to submit a forum post/question related to this condition, please click to submit. For all recent activity see our forum.


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    Treating lower body Oedema

    Submitted On Thu, 06/28/2012 - 12:53am
    Contributor ~ genevieve

    I have a patient with severe oedema that moves from around his face at night to his lower body during the day. He has fluctuating High blood pressure and has Kidney function at 50%, severe tai yang headaches, red facial flushing but feels cold...


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  • pjmadak's picture

    advanced fluid retention
    Submitted On Sat, 01/07/2012 - 5:01pm
    Contributor ~ pjmadak

    My wife is 62 years old, has had surgery to remove large tumor from ovary two years ago - surgeon also removed lymph glands near pelvis, alas; very healthy otherwise with seemingly excellent recovery during last two years; then, in last...


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    How TCM Diagnoses Edema
    Submitted On Tue, 09/13/2011 - 5:22pm
    Contributor ~ acu4me

     I can deffinitely agree that having proper diagnosis would make treating edema much more effective. So, I would like to determine if edema is caused by heart, kideney or lymph/spleen malfunction using TCM principles...


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    Arm and Hand Edema
    Submitted On Mon, 01/24/2011 - 3:42am
    Contributor ~ espintl
    • The swelling is all around the arm and on the hand, most of the dorsum of the hand. Obviously this is a problem with the lymphatic system.The pressure leaves marks on the skin of the dorsum of the hand, i.e. a pitting Yin edema, while...

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    Acupuncture Points for Edema

    Below you will find acupuncture points relevant to this condition. The points listed below are by no means the only relevant points, rather we list empirical or commonly used points as well as those applicable to use with acupressure as a self-help remedy.

    CV 10 Acupuncture Point - Xia Wan - Conception Vessel Meridian
    CV 11 Acupuncture Point - Jian Li - Conception Vessel Meridian
    CV 6 Acupuncture Point - Qi Hai - Conception Vessel Meridian
    CV 9 Acupuncture Point - Shui Fen - Conception Vessel Meridian
    GV 23 Acupuncture Point - Shang Xing - Governing Vessel Meridian
    KD 7 Acupuncture Point - Fu Liu - Kidney Meridian
    LI 6 Acupuncture Point - Pian Li - Large Intestine Meridian
    ST 22 Acupuncture Point - Guan Men - Stomach Meridian
    ST 28 Acupuncture Point - Shui Dao - Stomach Meridian
    ST 43 Acupuncture Point - Xian Gu - Stomach Meridian

    For more information and meridian graphics, see our acupuncture points database. For help in choosing appropriate acupuncture points, read our guide.


    Professional Practitioner Information

    Below you will find links to technical information largely of interest to professional practitioners.

    TCM Herbs and Formulas for Edema

    TCM Herbal Formulas for Edema

    Listed below are TCM Herbal Formulas related to this condition.
    General Indications Functional Grouping Combinations
    Wu Ling San Wan - Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria - TCM Herbal Formula

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    		 Promote Urination and Leach out Dampness, Expel Dampness
    Fang Ji Huang Qi Wan - Stephania & Astragalus Teapills - TCM Herbal Formula

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    		 Warm and Transform Water and Dampness, Expel Dampness

    Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbs for Edema

    Below you will find Traditional Chinese Medicine herbs relevant to this condition. See our TCM Herbal Database for more details.

    There are no tcm herbs listed for this condition at this time.

    Western Herbs and Edema Medical Information

    Western herbs for Edema

    Below you will find Western herbs relevant to this condition. See our Western Herbal Database for more details.

    There are no western herbs listed for this condition at this time.

    Edema - Western Medicine Information

    At this time no Western Medicine information has been completed for this section.