Treatment for circulatory disorders
Poor circulation
can manifest in many different ways from suffering with cold hands
and feet, to varicose veins to hypertension or hardening of
the arteries. One of the main ways in which acupuncture is understood to
work in western medicine is by affecting the circulatory system and improving
blood flow. From it's treatment of musculo-skeletal injuries to the improvement
of the functioning of the organs, acupuncture and herbal medicine can work to
change the blood flow to specific areas of the body or more generally to
In traditional
Chinese medicine the diagnoses of blood deficiency and blood stagnation are
central to the diagnostic framework. Western medicine has also similar diagnosis
in the form of low or high blood pressure or anaemia. More recently western
medicine is also getting a better understanding of what Chinese medicine refers
to as blood stagnation. Often labelled "sticky blood", there is a number of
conditions such as lupus or factor V leiden that can lead to a thickening or
over clotting of the blood. Because of its long experience with treating such
conditions chinese medicine has become subtle and can be very effective in
treating these sorts of conditions.
Both acupuncture
and herbs can be beneficial for circulatory disorders
