Crofton Health Clinic
88 Crofton Lane, Orpington, Kent, BR5 1HD
88 Crofton Lane, Orpington, Kent, BR5 1HD
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This can have many origins, but some of the causes are stress; poor life style - including diet, exercise etc.; predisposition; accident \ trauma; climactic factors e.g. sun-stroke; blood loss; and the list goes on. Chinese medicine assesses the relative strength of the blood, body fluids, and yin and yang (some thing you may have heard of before), as well as the strength of the qi, or energy.
For example if a person overworks, they usually become tired, and after a good nights sleep their energy is replaced the following morning. This is a natural homeostatic (self-correcting \ regulating) process. If the person then overworks the next day, and then the next day etc. etc. the body soon becomes depleted of qi, or yin \ yang etc. (these are terms for energy) and the person may report that they constantly feel tired. Once depleted it is very difficult for the body to self correct itself with sleep alone, it usually needs a helping hand i.e.: - Acupuncture or Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Once depleted a downward spiral occurs and the body is thrown into a self-perpetuating imbalance, which if left results in illness. Sometimes due to commitments and various pressures we are forced into these situations. The above scenario is just one of thousands, and if looked at in the correct perspective all illnesses have their own story.