I went to my first appointment of acupuncture treatment.
I had filled with the long list of questionnaire regarding my medical history beforehand. Based on the list, the acupuncturist asked me many questions about my life. Chinese medicine takes consideration of the balance holistically between body, mind, and spirit. That is why they need to know about a patient from every angle. Their approach to a patient is similar to that of homeopathy treatment.
The acupuncturist checked my blood pressure, pulse, and tongue.
According to her diagnosis, I am lacking in Yin energy. That is why my body keeps warm and I keep feeling thirsty. That makes sense to me. I had lived for about 40 years close to ocean and we had lots of rain. My body had used to be surrounded in the high humidity environment. My current environment however, is very dry with low humidity. As a matter of fact, my regular body temperature has been slightly higher than before.
Another diagnosis was my sadness. My tongue showed the line of sadness. And it also showed the weakness of my lung. She said it is common for a person who devastates from deep sadness to have weakness in lung. Lung represents emotion.
I like this acupuncturist. I could sense her willingness and passion to heal her patients. I felt relaxed and comfortable. I felt like I was embraced with something huge loving entity surrounding her energy field.
During the counseling, I talked about my life history up until now. I noticed I had gone through a lot in my life. Before the counseling, I thought myself as a very happy person. I thought of myself as stress-free. I was surprised I started crying so hard when it came to talking about the current life. They were related to my loneliness living on this land.
I have social anxiety disorder. I don’t scare of people in my county Japan, but I do here in America.
During the acupuncture treatment, I felt that my diabetes comes from the disorder of mind. My body is supposed to function properly. In my case, diabetes had come to me as a sign of “no sweetness in life.”
I am confident that I will be able to heal with the help of acupuncture treatment. I look forward to my upcoming treatment with her.
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