Hyperlipidemia

"Hyperlipidemia" Issue / Symptom Connections

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

Content Related to Hyperlipidemia

It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "hyperlipidemia" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "hyperlipidemia" - 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.

Within TCM, "hyperlipidemia" is potentially related to one or more of the following diagnostic patterns: kidney yang deficiency, kidney yin deficiency, liver qi stagnation, liver yin deficiency, phlegm stagnation, spleen yang deficiency, stomach blood stagnation, stomach fire, and/or stomach qi deficiency.

The above patterns are common examples. In clinical situations, however, there are any number of other possibilities. Many times there will be a layered combination of patterns in an interwoven blend with their symptoms - some being the cause of an issue and the result of another issue. While initially complex, this is illustrative of the the web of relationships that Chinese Medicine is designed to approach.

• View EX Huatuojiaji at T10 (Sides of Spine at T10)
  
      .5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous processes of T10
  
      T10 (Left) innervates the gall bladder and is used for issues such as gallstones, high cholesterol and other digestive issues. T10 (Right) innervates the bile duct and is used for gallbladder/bile duct related issues. Used extensively wi…
• View ST 10 (Water Prominence)
  
      Midway between ST 9 and ST 11 at the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoideus muscle.
  
      Local point - swollen/sore throat, shortness of breath, goitre, scrofula. Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: Used to effect the circulation within the common carotid artery and the vagus nerve.  Useful for issues such as high cholesterol, const…