Richmond Acupuncture Clinic and Wellness Center in VA
Since 1988 practicing acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine
 
 
 
 
 
 
Xiaoyan Wang
L. Ac., MD (China)
 
Address: 
3721 Westerre Pkwy.
Suite C
Henrico, VA 23233
 
Phone: 
(804) 301-1784
 
Monday to Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Sunday: 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
 
E-mail: 
xy9803@yahoo.com
 
 
 

 
   Home      Dizziness
Dizziness is a term used to describe everything from feeling faint or lightheaded to feeling weak or unsteady. Dizziness that creates the sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving is called vertigo. Dizziness can usually be more specifically described as one of the following sensations:
  • Vertigo — the false sense of motion or spinning
  • Lightheadedness or the feeling of near fainting
  • Loss of balance
  • Other sensations such as floating, swimming or heavy-headedness
Partial causes of dizziness may include: high or low blood pressure, anemia, fever, ear infection, poor cerebral circulation, pinched blood vessels, stress, poor nutrition, aging, lack of oxygen to the brain, or brain tumor. In addition, the sensation of dizziness can be experienced simply from rising too quickly from a sitting or lying position.
 
Chinese Medicine has different disease categories and disease names than Western Medicine, and dizziness is recognized as a disease (rather than a symptom). The word for dizziness is Xuan Yun, with Xuan literally meaning "blurred vision," and Yun meaning "dizziness." Dizziness may also be referred to as "muzziness" or "fuzziness" with a feeling of heaviness in the head and a lack of mental concentration. Symptoms may include slight dizziness upon standing too quickly, or a more severe sensation of vertigo in which the room seems to be spinning and the patient loses his/her balance. There are many different "pattern diagnoses" associated with dizziness, and each pattern diagnosis requires a different treatment, whether herbs or acupuncture (or both) are utilized. The patterns associated with dizziness are termed Liver Yang Rising, Liver Fire Rising, Liver Wind Rising, Turbid Phlegm in the Head, Qi and Blood Vacuity, and Kidney Deficiency. Whatever the root cause, Chinese medicine has a lot to offer to effectively treat dizziness. The best known treatment is acupuncture, which involves the insertion of tiny needles into your body to stimulate healing. In many cases, Chinese herbal medicine—the use of a specific formula for a specific condition—can also be effective.
 

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