Bursitis

"Bursitis" Issue / Symptom Connections

Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for bursitis.

Content Related to Bursitis

It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "bursitis" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "bursitis" - i.e. the "cause(s)".

For non-practitioners, we recommend reading treating the "cause" and not the "symptoms" for more on the overall approach and the importance of the TCM diagnostic system in formulating treatment approaches.

• View ST 12 (Empty Basin)
  
      In the midpoint of the supraclavicular fossa, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
  
      Shoulder pain (esp. that radiates to neck). Neck/throat issues - tightness/pain. Cough, counterflow qi, sore, swollen throat (rebellious lung qi). Internal branch of the ST meridian connects here directly from the Stomach, Spleen & …
• View UB 38 (Superficial Cleft)
  
      1 cun above UB 39 on the medial side of the tendon of biceps femoris (found with knee slightly bent).
  
      Similar functions to the bladder points on the sacrum and leg in that it relieves pain and moves the triple warmer.  Pain related issues such as pain and/or numbness in the buttocks, pain along the meridian in the thigh or outer thigh. Dr…