ACUPUNCTURE BODY & MIND CARE CLINIC (Deer Lake) ACUPUNCTURE BODY & MIND CARE CLINIC (Deer Lake)

WESTERN & TCM DIFFERENTIATION

Western Differentiation: Mental-Emotional Conditions                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Stemming from anxiety and phobias: stress, twitching, trembling, muscle tension, headache, sweating, palpitation, rapid heart rate, low self-esteem, dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, and abdominal pain.                                                                      2. Various psychiatric syndromes:                                                                                        i) Stemming from paranoid personality disorder: paranoia, expectations of being exploited by others, inability to collaborate, poor self-image, social isolation, detachment, and hostility.                                                                                                          ii) Stemming from schizoid personality disorder: avoid close relationships even with family, avoids social activities, avoids interpersonal contact, appears aloof, and detached.                                                                                                                            iii) Borderline personality disorder: intense, unstable relationships alternating between extremes; fear of abandonment; inappropriate anger, self-mutilation, feeling empty,bored, intolerance of solitude, and impulsive behaviour.                                              iv) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder(OCPD): perfectionism, compulsive rituals, preocupation with details, rules, lists, reluctance to allow others to do things, restricted expression of affection, lack of generosity, and inability to throw away.                                                                                                                              3. Stemming from learning difficulties, e.g. autistic spectrum disorder: inability to hold conversation, slow development of language, tendency to repeat words or memorise passages, communication with gestures, lack of empathy, withdraw, does not make friends, and may avoid eye contact.                                                                  4. Stemming from conditions which cause tics, e.g. Tourette's Syndrome: vocalisations (grunts, throat clearing, abdominal or diaphragmatic contractions), facial grimacing, excessive blinking, rapid, recurrent movement of arms and legs.        5. Other mental emotional problems: psychosomatic disorders, eating/sleeping disorders, organic mental syndromes.

Oriental/TCM Differentiation: Mental-Emotional Conditions:                                                                                                                                                                            Diagnostic Questioning According to:                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Five phases pathology: anger, frustration, resentment, mood swings, feeling trapped, inability to move forwards/see future, timidity, unassertiveness, overcontrolling, tunnel vision, inflexibility; vaxation, agitation, lack of joy, poor communication, hurt, rejection, defensiveness, inappropriate laughter, mania, self-righteousness, paranoia, oppression, anxiety, sorrow, grief, lack of self-worth, pointlessness, inability to let go, detachment, criticalness, confusion, arrogance, guilt, rigidity, repetitive thinking, inability to resolve, unclarity, worry, spite, insecurity, obsessiveness, lack of sympathy, overly solicitous, dread, fear, mental debility, feeling overwhelmed, can't cope, phobias, helplessness, secretiveness, suspicion, recklessness, manipulative, stubbonness,..                                                                      2. Organ pathology engendered by emotion: joy(over-excitability) slackens heart Qi; anger causes Liver Qi to rise/stagnate; worry binds Spleen/Pancreas Qi; sorrow/anxiety disperse Lung Qi, stagnate Qi in chest; fright scatters Qi; fear precipitates/descends Kidney Qi.                                                                                      3. Functions of Heart-mind (Shen): thinking (slow,dull); memory; consciousness(thoughts/perceptions;insight); cognition(perceiving, conceiving, responding to stimuli); sleep(mind disturbance causes restless sleep); intelligence (heart, mind, essence); wisdom(applying knowledge critically, wisely); ideas (mind governs ideas/goals/life purpose).                                                                                    4. ZangFu Patterns:                                                                                                      a) Excess (hyper-fucntion):                                                                                            -Heart/Liver fire blazing                                                                                                  -Stomach phlegm fire                                                                                                      -Stagnation of Liver/Lung/Heart Qi                                                                                -Heart/Liver blood stasis                                                                                                  -Phlegm heat harassing the Heart                                                                                                                                                                                                                              b) Deficiency(hypo-function):                                                                                        -Heart blood deficiency                                                                                                    -Heart/Kidney/Liver yin deficiency with Empty heat                                                      -Heart/Liver Qi deficiency                                                                                                -Heart and Gallbladder deficiency