Cirrhosis
Health Issues/Symptoms Connections
"Cirrhosis" Issue / Symptom Connections
Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for cirrhosis.
Content Related to Cirrhosis
It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "cirrhosis" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "cirrhosis" - 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.
Some acupuncture points are considered "empirically" related to a specific condition or diagnostic pattern. While this would rarely, if ever, dictate the entire composition of a treatment, the following point should be considered, possibly even more so within the context of acupressure:
- View EX Huatuojiaji at T9 (Sides of Spine at T9)
.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous processes of T9
T9 (Left) innervates the stomach and is used for a range of digestive issues including gas, bloating, ulcers and heartburn as well as stomach cancer. T9 (Right) innervates the liver and is used for a range of physical liver as well as liv…
The Tom Tam/Tong Ren Therapy system can be applied via energy healing/medical qi gong methods as well as an acupuncture component. The acupuncture aspect is generally utilized in combination with more standard TCM diagnostic approaches.
For the specific points/areas that would generally be utilized in someone experiencing "cirrhosis", please read "Tam Healing and Tong Ren Therapy for Cirrhosis ".
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