conditions - Dizziness


In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the term xuan yun (眩晕) is used to describe both dizziness and vertigo, and it characterised by symptoms ranging from mild light-headedness or dizziness, to severe loss of balance and equilibrium disturbance in standing or walking.

The term 'dizziness' refers to mild systems which may only last a few seconds, and include where fainting may occur, and is often accompanied by blurring vision.

The term 'Vertigo' generally refers to more severe symptoms, often characterised by a sudden sensation of yourself or the surroundings spinning or rotating, commonly described as ‘head spinning’, ‘the room spinning’, ‘bed spins’ or ‘everything rocking and swaying’. Vertigo may may last for minutes or for hours. Nausea, vomiting and tinnitus, and other more severe symptoms are often associated with Vertigo

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, both dizziness and vertigo are primarily due to either 'excess' or 'deficiency' affecting the head. In 'excess patterns', there is too much of some pathological factor which hinders the normal flow of Yin, Yang, Qi and Blood circulation, particularly to the head. In 'deficient patterns', there is too little of some physiological substance, such as Blood, Qi, Yang, Yin, for example, getting to the head.

After a diagnosis of the individual case's root cause, appropriate Acupuncture Chinese Herbal Medicine treatment can be used to support correcting any systemic imbalances that may be present in the body, bringing it back into harmony and good health.


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