Dizziness
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About Dizziness
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Possible Symptoms
The symptoms can vary from mild dizziness or disorientation to a debilitating sense of movement around you despite being motionless including a physical difficulty maintaining balance.
Western Medicine View
Dizziness could be caused by problems with the ear, eighth cranial nerve or brain stem. Problems with the ear could include wax, otitis media, acute labyrinthitis, Meniere's disease and postural vertigo. Damage to the eighth nerve (from meningitis, trauma or tumours) can produce vertigo. The brain stem can be affected by encephalitis, meningitis, trauma, thrombosis of the posteroinferior cerebellar artery and multiple sclerosis (and as a result cause vertigo).
Chinese Medicine View
Dizziness in Chinese medicine is called Xuan Yun. Xuan means "blurred vision", while Yun means "dizziness". This symptom may range from a very slight dizziness, to very severe vertigo with loss of balance and feeling that everything around seems to be spinning.
Treatment Options
Acupuncture and Chinese herbs. The main factors effecting dizziness are Liver-Yang, Liver-Fire, Liver-Wind and Phlegm and can all be treated using both acupuncture and Chinese herbs.
Lifestyle Advice
You should reduce stress, as emotional strain affects the Liver and may cause Liver-Yang to rise (in the yin-yang system of philosophy and medicine, Yang refers to a lack of vital energy) and will cause a high amount of dizziness. Overwork and or excessive sexual activity should be reduced, as over time this will weaken the kidneys which will fail to produce enough marrow to nourish the brain and will also cause dizziness. Greasy foods or dairy products or irregular eating should also be reduced as this will weaken the Spleen and lead to Dampness and Phlegm. When this happens and there is a deficiency of Qi (qi refers to energy) dizziness will also occur.
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