
Itchy Skin – Skin Itching
Itchy skin may not be serious but still! – it can drive you mad: which is serious! Discover the four main causes in Chinese medicine.
This page is all about Chong Mai or Chong ‘Mo’ Symptoms.
To make more sense of it you may like to read first about the Chong Mai itself.
Otherwise you might find yourself in a quagmire of Chinese medicine technical terms where you could sink without trace! Read that page first, and this page will make more sense.
This vital first ‘energy’ or ‘vessel’ was created when the fertilised egg that grew to be you first rooted itself in the side of your mother’s womb.
If you’ve already read that page, then you might also like to read what could happen when, in Chinese medicine, you get Rebellious Qi of your Chong Mai.
Men! You’ll notice that many symptoms listed below seem to apply more to women, but actually, chong mai isn’t particular! We all started the same way, at the end of a cord – a blood vessel – attached to the inside of our mother’s womb, so chong mai applies to everyone. (What will happen when we’re born in vats of stuff, in the future? No idea! Though I surmise that if we still bear the same genes, it won’t be so different.)
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When first encountering Chong Mo, many acupuncturists roll their eyes! They’ve already learned so much about
So here are you, gentle reader, (I say ‘gentle’ to try and placate your frustrations) trying to make sense of your symptoms in terms of Chinese medicine, when Chong Mo suddenly seems to pull the rug from a good deal of what you’ve read on other pages.
Yes, well, it’s a problem. But also, sometimes a solution, though please don’t rush to diagnose yourself. Get someone else to do it. It’s very easy to get confused or, worse, to be absolutely certain that you are right, then to do something rash about it. Do get help!
On this page you’ve read about Chong Mai symptoms. I have two other pages which help you understand this ‘extraordinary’ vessel:
Itchy skin may not be serious but still! – it can drive you mad: which is serious! Discover the four main causes in Chinese medicine.
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