Tinnitus

[Lydie Vachon]

Hi!

I have a case that I’m working on which has tinnitus.

She is an aged patient (near retirement, after menopause) also has palpitations only when she wakes up at night, a bit of heat at night, hypertension when she drinks wine, a bit of insomnia. She has hypothyroiditis.

Her tinnitus started a bit after she had an operation to Achille’s sinew followed by a huge thrombophlebitis because of the operation in 2007.

I recognized a luo issue, but that’s the only meridien system i dont really treat yet.

I am working as a chinese medicine coach for now because of the covid situation, and i would like to help her understand the underlying causes of the tinnitus, and also solution avenues to explore. She could do acupressure, but i would like to bring that a big deeper in helping her to understand the pattern and how to work it through.

She is an acupuncturist of experience, and she is just discovering Advanced Acupuncture / Jeffrey Yuen’s system with me and would like to know more.

How could i see her tinnitus in such a situation?

I cannot get her pulse (she doesnt do pulses and she is far away) and she didnt send me her tongue pic yet.

Thanks for your help!
Lydie Vachon

[Armin]

Hi Lydie,

My experience with tinnitus in the clinic has been mostly with younger folks, but couple of older clients too. If the tinnitus has been there for some time, then we need to pay more attention to the internal aspect of things, mediumship, emotions and other imbalances. It usually starts when a person has gone through a period of stress or extra demand on resources. So perhaps the TCM way of looking at it from a liver or kidney deficiency is not too far off.

As far as the complement channels, the 3rd confluence comes to mind which addresses sensory orifices issues. But the 2nd confluence can also be applicable. With insomnia, thyroid issues, as well as hormonal issues in general, then 4th confluence; in fact, this might be a better place to start given her age and the overall health picture. Building up mediumship and working back towards the 2nd confluence over time.

Often I find people with tinnitus to also have a lot of neck and shoulder tension. To that end, I have good results with shao yang sinew releases for tinnitus, but in younger folks with not as much mediumship loss. However in this case, given the relation with post Achilles tendon surgery, there’s probably some sinew issues to explore there in tai yang and shao yang zones. Perhaps she could do some calf, hamstring stretches, along with some twisting stretches on the floor to open the shao yang.

So overall, I see this as depletion of mediumship or Yin with Yang being hyperactive.

Hope this helps.

Armin

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