Acupuncture Treatment for Dizziness

Dizziness

Three main causes: 1. Liver Yang rising, 2. Phlegm and Blood Stasis, 3. deficiency

Western Medicine - Meniere’s disease, cervical problems, artherosclerosis, injuries, anemia



Liver Wind and Yang rising

anger, long term illness, anything that produces deficiency or excess Heat can lead to Wind and/or Yang rising, blocks the turbid Qi in head thus blocking the clear cavities, usually complicated with headache

P/T – purge Liver and Gallbladder, calm Liver Wind

Acupuncture – sedate, foot Jueyin and Shaoyang, GB 20, 43, LR 2, BL 18

- insomnia- HT 7, SP 6

Phlegm

Meniere’s, cloudy heavy head, hard to focus sight, nausea, chest fullness, P- slippery

Acupuncture- neutral, hand Jueyin, foot Taiyin, SP 9 & ST 40, Ren 12 & PC 6, ST 8

- digestive problems- ST 36, 25

Qi and Blood deficiency

light headedness, blurred vision, floaters, Qi and Blood deficient symptoms

Acupuncture – foot Yangming and Taiyin, Du 20, SP 10 & BL 17, ST 36 & SP 6, Ren 6

- shortness of breath, spontaneous sweat- Ren 17, KI 7

Liver Kidney Yin deficiency

poor eyesight, memory, sleep, concentration, hearing, tinnitus

Acupuncture – foot Shaoyin and Jueyin, BL 18 & LR 3, BL 23 & KI 3, HT 7, KI 6

- irritable- PC 6, 7, SP 6





Alternative Treatment Methods

auricular- for Liver Wind (LR, GB, HBP, bleed vein on the back of the ear), for Phlegm (inner ear, adrenal, sympathetic, SP ST), for Qi and Blood deficiency (adrenal, subcortex, SP ST), Liver and Kidney deficiency (adrenal, subcortex, endocrine, KI, LR, ST)

scalp- dizziness and hearing region

injection- Dang Gui