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If the Painful Spot Is Actually Cold and Dull
Even the same pain feels different to the touch — some spots hot, some cold. Long-standing pain is often not an excess of inflammation but a case where even the repair response cannot rise. Rather than making a painful spot quiet, I look toward making it respond again.
When the Bone Has Healed but It Still Hurts
There is a reason swelling and pain remain after the bone has healed. Lymph is not pushed by the heart, so if you don't move, the fluid doesn't drain. I first make a state in which it can be used, and then bring movement back.
When It Gets Especially Worse in Winter and at Dawn
If your pain worsens at three or four in the morning and in winter, it's no coincidence. At the time when the body's temperature and circulation are at their lowest, the weakest spot gives way first. I read the timetable of pain as a clue for treatment.
Unused Tissue Withers — But Filling It Back In Does Not Bring It Back to Life
Tissue long unused withers. But pushing good things in does not bring it back to life. Atrophied tissue has also lost the strength to handle it. Before deciding what more to add, I first look at what this body can bear.
When You Breathe, Does Your Pelvis Move Along Too?
If groin pain, recurring cystitis and vaginitis, and a feeling that things are about to drop out come together, it may be a problem of one single place. When the pressure wave of the breath cannot reach the pelvis, that space pools and dries. I look first at how far the breath goes.
When your stomach rumbles and your hands and feet are cold, but the tests are normal
When your stomach makes loud noises, your hands and feet are cold, and your belly is hard, it may not be three symptoms but one state. Showing up on a test isn't the same as nothing being wrong. I look at the conditions that don't get captured in a photo.
The Claim That Herbal Medicine Damages the Kidneys
Behind the claim that herbal medicine ruins the kidneys, there was a real incident. I do not hide it. The material at fault was withdrawn in 2005, and what is truly dangerous now is medicine where you do not know who put in what.
Where Did That Herb Come From — The Things I Check
The worries about pesticides and heavy metals in herbs were not baseless. That is why the system changed. But passing inspection and this medicine being right for you are different things, and the system does not do the second one for you.
The Saying That Herbal Medicine Makes You Gain Weight
In the claim that herbal medicine made someone gain weight, three different things are mixed together. Water retention, improved digestion, and already gaining weight to begin with. I distinguish these three by weighing you.
How are red ginseng and health supplements different from herbal medicine
Red ginseng and herbal medicine differ not in their ingredients but in the way they are used. What is in the box is the same for everyone, but the box does not know you. The word 'natural' does not mean safe.
May I Give My Child Herbal Medicine?
A child is not a miniature adult. The very machinery that processes medicine is different. With a child I set the goal narrow, the duration short, state the cautions first, and use it. And the children who must be sent on, I send on.
When Heat Rises to Your Face and Your Chest Feels Tight, but the Tests Are Normal
There are people whose face burns while their hands and feet are cold. It is not that there is too much heat — the heat has lost its way. Put out only the heat above, and below grows colder still. I look at reconnecting the circulation that has been cut off.