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When Your Blood Pressure Is Different Every Time You Measure It
Normal at home but high at the clinic, and some days it drops sharply. I see this kind of swinging blood pressure differently from 'fixed hypertension.' What has broken is often not the blood vessels but the balance that regulates blood pressure.
When Your Neck and Shoulders Tighten Up Again No Matter How You Loosen Them
Even with massage, even with stretching, the neck and shoulders tighten up again within days. In these cases, before loosening the knotted muscle, I first look at why that muscle keeps working.
When You're Often Dizzy and Foggy-Headed but the Tests Are Normal
You're often dizzy and your head feels foggy, as if in a mist. The brain scan and the ear tests are normal. In these cases, before the brain itself, I first look at the body's environment that regulates blood flow to the brain.
If You Sigh and Yawn Often and Feel Short of Air
You sigh without realizing it, yawn often, and now and then have to take a big breath before your breath feels filled. I see this not as a sign of lacking oxygen, but as a sign that a breathing habit has gone astray.
The Medicine Circulates the Whole Body — So Why Does It Work Only Where It Hurts?
The medicine you take circulates through the whole body. Yet its effect appears at the site that has broken down. I see the reason not as the medicine being clever, but as the environment of that site having changed.
Why I Look at Your Eyes in the Consultation Room
The eye is a rare place where you can look directly at blood vessels and nerves from the outside. That is why the eyes often speak about somewhere else in the body.
When you can't catch your breath but the tests are normal
You're short of breath, but your oxygen saturation is normal. For these people, what's lacking is often not oxygen but carbon dioxide. It means the symptoms come from breathing too much.
Why Does Long-Standing Diarrhea Drain Your Energy Too?
Long-standing diarrhea is not a problem of the gut alone. Absorption collapses, energy is cut off, and the hands and feet turn cold. I trace this sequence backward to find the place for treatment.
Herbal Medicine Has Side Effects Too — The Story of Licorice
Even licorice, said to be the gentlest, has clear side effects. I do not hide this. Only by knowing what is dangerous can you use it safely.
The Misunderstanding Behind Saying 'My Body Is Cold'
If you see cold hands and feet as a problem of temperature, then warming them becomes the answer. I see it as a problem of response. Tissue that has stalled does not start moving again just because you warm it.
Medicine That Replaces the Body, Medicine That Wakes the Body
There are two kinds of medicine: the kind that does the body's work for it, and the kind that makes the body work again. I believe this distinction is the key to understanding herbal medicine.
The Saying That Herbal Medicine Only Works If You Take It for a Long Time
People say herbal medicine works slowly. And yet some remedies respond that very evening. Let me tell you what makes this difference.