Can Moxibustion help dizziness caused by Benign positional vertigo?

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is also called "Benign positional vertigo", "Otolithiasis". It's one of the most common causes of vertigo. It can cause brief episodes of  intense dizziness when a patient's certain head positions or movements. The sudden sensation of spinning is generally thought to be caused by tiny solid  fragments (Otoconia) in the inner ear labyrinth.  The related symptoms could be: 

Dizziness. Patients could feel it hard to keep their eyes open, can't lie on one side, etc..

Nausea

The sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving (vertigo)

The loss of balance or unsteadiness

Vomiting

Although there are effective treatments for patients, sometimes, the symptoms still could bother some patients for a couple of months.

Lately, one of our client has tried Moxibustion therapy for helping this condition.  We are posting her case story briefly here. Hope the information can be some help of some patients have the same condition out there.

Patient M., Female, Age 73, Date of accident: 31/05/2016

Patient had sudden dizziness, nausea, a sense of spinning, a loss of balance, sweat at about 5:30 in the morning when she was getting out of bed. The symptoms occurred several times when she was changing her postures and her head positions. She couldn't lie on her left side. She went to the A&E of a hospital in the afternoon and the doctors there did thorough examinations on her and told her that the initial diagnosis for her condition was BPPV and gave her some tablets to reduce the dizziness. She needed to make appointments for the canalith repositioning procedure (CRP) treatments, etc.. She had to wait for a week for an appointment for the treatment.

It was about 20:00 on the same night when she told me about her condition. She still couldn't lie down by then. I suggested her to try the moxibustion self-treatment to get some relief from the dizziness and told her the way of carrying it out. 

She said that the dizziness was a lot less after using the moxibustion slef-treatment for about an hour and she could lie down and sleep well on that night. Other symptoms went away completely.

The dizziness was nearly  gone the next morning. She continued  doing the treatments for another two days and the condition went away. It hasn't come back by now.

Moxibustion & the 10th Chinese Solar Term

The tenth Chinese Solar Term is called "Xia Zhi", The Summer Solstice. It's the fourth Solar term in Summer of the year. It occurs on 21/06/2016.

The longest daytime and the shortest nighttime of the year. The Yang energy in Nature reaches the peak. The Yang Qi (Yang Energy) in human body reaches the peak as well. One of the most important theories in traditional Chinese  medicine (TCM) is that there is correspondence between nature and human. The energy changes in Nature and man are mutually responsive. It's the best time of a year for people to do moxibustion treatment/ moxibustion self-treatment and/or some other Chinese herbal treatments to regulate the function of digestive system's and modulate immunity and to cure/treat some chronic conditions and prevent some conditions getting worse. This method is also known as "Winter diseases get cared in Summer". Moxibustion therapy could be a helpful option for people have sub-health in Summer.

The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare in this season.

Da Zhui,  also known as 'Great Hammer', 'GV 14, GV-14'

Zhi Yang, also known as 'Extremity of Yang', 'GV 9, GV-9'

Ming Men, also known as 'Gate of vitality', 'Life Gate', 'GV 4'

Tan Zhong, also known as 'CV 17, Ren-17'

Shen Que, also known as 'Spirit Gate', 'CV 8, CV-8'

Guan Yuan, also known as 'CV 4'

Zu San Li, also known as 'ST 36, ST-36' 

San Yin Jiao, also known as 'Spleen 6, SP-6'

Moxibustiontcm & the 9th Chinese Solar Term

The ninth Chinese Solar Term is called 'Mang Zhong', 'Mountain crops such as wheat are mature and ready to be harvested'. It is the third Solar term in Summer of a year. It arrives on 05/06/2016. 

Temperature and rainfall  increase gradually and humidity of the air increases gradually as well. Due to humid saturation, perspiration is poor and fails to eliminate enough body heat in time. We could feel very tired and uncomfortable. The damp pathogen could affect the function of digestive system and cause poor appetite. Due to the higher and higher temperature, most of people would take more cold foods and drinks which could cause coldness and dampness accumulated in our system even more. During this period of time, for general well being, it would be important to coordinate intestines and stomach and expel pathogenic coldness and dampness. Moxibustion treatment can be very helpful for regulating digestive function.

The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare in this season.

Ming Men, also known as 'Gate of vitality', 'Life Gate', 'GV 4'

Shen Shu, also known as 'UB 23, BL-23'

Zhong Wan, also known as 'CV 12, Ren-12'

Guan Yuan, also known as 'CV 4'

Zu San Li, also known as 'ST 36, ST-36' 

San Yin Jiao, also known as 'Spleen 6, SP-6'

Moxibustion & the 8th Chinese Solar Term

The eighth Chinese Solar Term is called 'Xiao Man', 'The lesser fullness of grains'. It is the second Solar term in Summer. The seed plumpness of the Summer crops starts. It arrives on 20/05/2016. 

The season of hot and humid days commences. Human body could get affected more easily by humidity in Nature and could accumulate excess dampness more easily as well. This is the good time to expel excess dampness in system by doing moxibustion treatment. 

The following acupuncture points could be reference of clearing excess dampness with moxibustion treatment.

Cheng Shan, also known as 'Mountain Support', 'UB57, BL57'.

Feng Long, also known as 'Abundant Buldge', 'ST40'.

Ying Ling Quan, also known as 'Yin Mound Spring', 'SP9'.

Acupuncture has been used on patients in emergency room in the U.S. A.

Traditional Chinese medicime (TCM), including moxibustion and acupuncture, can have good effects on various conditions. A lot of people might have thought that TCM only can help some chronic conditions. In fact, TCM, has been used for helping some acute conditions in China and some other Asian countries which are profoundly influenced by TCM since thousands of years ago till Nowadays. Glad to see that there are some doctors of western medicine and patients have started choosing acupuncture for helping some acute symptoms in the west these days.

In front of any symptoms, syndromes, diseases, etc., any therapies or treatments has the most effectiveness with the least side effects would be the best choice for every patient. 

The following link is about emergency room patients treated with acupuncture in the U.S. A.

http://kstp.com/news/emergency-room-patients-acupuncture-painkillers-abbott-northwestern-opiods-minnesota/4128710/

Moxibustion and the 7th Chinese Solar Term

The seventh Chinese Solar Term is called 'Li Xia', 'the beginning of Summer'. It is the first Solar term in Summer.  It is on 05/05/2016. The Yang energy (Yang Qi) in Nature gets a lot stronger than it is in Spring. It rises more quickly in human body as well.

For people have chronic conditions, Summer is the best season to have moxibustion treatment, including moxibustion self-treatment, to help their conditions more. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), there is a method of helping conditions get worse in  Winter due to the deficiency of Yang energy (Yang Qi)  throughout Summer to cure them or make them eased more when Winter comes, it's also called: Winter diseases being cared in Summer. 

For health preservation, during this period of time, it's important to warm and tonify Yang energy (Yang Qi), invigorate heart and spleen and strengthen the function of spleen and stomach. 

The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare.

Xin Shu, also known as 'Heart Shu', 'UB 15, BL-15'

PI Shu, also known as 'Spleen Shu', 'UB 20, BL-20'
Nei Guan, also known as 'P6', 'Pericardium 6', 'Inner Gate'

Zhong Wan, also known as 'CV 12, Ren-12'

Shen Que, also known as 'CV 8, Ren-8', it's in the centre of the navel.

Qi Hai, also known as 'CV 6, Ren-6'

Zu San Li, also known as ' ST 36, Stomach-36' 

Infertility? -- Moxibustion may help

Moxibustion can be very effective for helping both female and male infertility.

In the West, mor and more people have known that acupuncture can be effective for helping infertility nowadays. In fact, Moxibustion can be even more powerful and effective for helping male and female infertilty. Chinese herbal medicine can be effective as well.

Having acupuncture treatments and Chinese herbal medicine are used along with IVF, sometimes, as well. No matter acupuncture or Chinese ...herbal medicine would need patients to have the treatments done or the herbal formula prescribed and herbs prepared by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncturists who are not qualified practicing Chinese herbal medicine offer acupuncture infertility treatment as well.

But, moxibustion could be a therapy carried out by patients, if they could get pofessional instruction from some experienced practitioners of TCM, at home on daily basis which would be lower cost comparing to acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.

The following link only tells people one example of helping infertility with traditional Chinese remedy - moxibustion successfully.

This unique TCM therapy can be effective on various female and male conditions as well. It's a pity that there are not many people in the West have known about it at all.

http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/andy-laus-wife-treated-for-cold-uterus