TCM in letting go with water detention

TCM DECOCTION & ACUPUNCTURE FOR EDEMA

This patient came with edema of the lower extremity for three months, numbness of the feet while walking. Due to his history of CHD (coronary heart disease)and pneumonia, he had shortness of breathing and cough daily.

After acupuncture and TCM decoction, we saw the water distention reduced obviously, and he told us there was no numbness of his feet after treatment.

In TCM, the edema is the symptoms that correspond to the lung, heart, and kidney function.

As a metaphor, when we boil the water, the heart is the fire, the kidney is the water, the lung is the steam. If the fire were too weak, the extra water stuck in our body reflecting the edema, and no enough steam to the lung then causing cough.

This case is a classic example that we treat the whole body as a holistic view, as well as the specialty of TCM treatment.