
Salty Taste in Chinese medicine
Too much food with the Salty taste in Chinese medicine will make you ill. But you need some! Which foods do they mean?
Although the Lung luo channel seems small, the point it starts from is one of the most important acupuncture points in the body.
To find out about luo, also called ‘luo-connecting’ channels, click here. This page, the one you’re reading now, is specifically about the Lung luo channel.
Lung luo path extends from Lung 7 to the wrist, palm and thenar prominence. otherwise known as the ball of the thumb. It also connects to the channel of the Large Intestine.
Of course, each of those syndromes means much more to an acupuncturist. For example, the symptoms of Emptiness (frequent need to urinate and tendency to yawn) are much more than just those two conditions!
Emptiness has a whole range of other attributes which might include tiredness and low spirits, for example. Click here for more about this.
So … signs of Lung luo channel emptiness are not uncommon in the elderly, who are frequently tired and often yawn because of poor sleep patterns, and are also often incontinent.
Unable to take as much exercise as they once did, their Lung qi diminishes, leading to a range of problems including those mentioned here.
Many of them come from the consequences of poor Lung qi.
So an acupuncturist might suggest that someone with this form of emptiness should move around more, walk more outside. Preferably they should do it outside, and even better in the sun! But also, they should not sit for long periods slumped in a chair, which compresses their lungs and makes Qi ‘dissipate’. In other words, they have no energy.
When walking they should try to walk fast enough to get out of breath. When sitting they should do so upright. If they take this sort of advice, they’ll last longer.
Equally, if someone so advised cannot or will not take the advice, then even good acupuncture won’t overcome the results of poor lung-care.
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