TCM causes of diseases
In Chinese medicine, the causes of diseases are as follow:
- Emotions
- Lifestyle (diet, sleep, stress, exercise, drug use...)
- Environment
- Poison
- Wrong treatment (happens more often than you may think)
- Trauma (mental or physical)
Click on the cause above to understand the Chinese medicine view on each of those and learn about your own health.
Depending on the environment a patient lives in, it may create imbalances in their health. If someone lives in a Damp, rainy climate (like Vancouver or a basement suite with mold...), it may create a lot of damp symptoms like post-nasal drip, swelling or edema and much more. Environment may also aggravate an already existing condition such as Asthma or Arthritis (Often Arthritic patients do much better if they move to a dry warm climate).
Climate is not the only issue, a work environment may really make a person ill. Jobs where people breath chemicals all day like hairdressers or nail specialist will eventually affect them. According to a few studies,working in a hot steamy kitchen for years may (for men) lower their sperm count or motility.
When I treat a patient and see them for the first time, knowing their job and their living conditions will help me determine what the cause of their issues are and help them rectify it as much as possible.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me,
Clara Cohen
Port Moody & Coquitlam Acupuncture
Depending on the environment a patient lives in, it may create imbalances in their health. If someone lives in a Damp, rainy climate (like Vancouver or a basement suite with mold...), it may create a lot of damp symptoms like post-nasal drip, swelling or edema and much more. Environment may also aggravate an already existing condition such as Asthma or Arthritis (Often Arthritic patients do much better if they move to a dry warm climate).
Climate is not the only issue, a work environment may really make a person ill. Jobs where people breath chemicals all day like hairdressers or nail specialist will eventually affect them. According to a few studies,working in a hot steamy kitchen for years may (for men) lower their sperm count or motility.
When I treat a patient and see them for the first time, knowing their job and their living conditions will help me determine what the cause of their issues are and help them rectify it as much as possible.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me,
Clara Cohen
Port Moody & Coquitlam Acupuncture
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