What is Qi and blood blockage?

Qi and blood blockage means that Qi and blood are not flowing. This is a theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine, which mainly refers to Qi deficiency and blood deficiency. Meridian is a spatial channel. Meridian means path, and Luo means network. Meridians are spread throughout the body. If the meridians are blocked, Qi and blood blockage often occurs, which can cause many diseases, such as chronic hepatitis, bronchitis, chronic kidney disease, etc.

What is Qi and blood blockage?

Chronic hepatitis

In traditional Chinese medicine, "the liver stores blood". If blood stasis, dampness and heat occur, it will increase the burden on the liver, causing poor airway and blood circulation, and chronic hepatitis. On the other hand, since the liver and kidney have the same origin, long-term liver disease will damage the kidney, and "the kidney is responsible for receiving qi", further aggravating kidney qi disorder. Therefore, the disease should be treated from the source of regulating qi and blood, while nourishing the liver and kidney, and assisting with clearing heat and removing dampness, in order to achieve a good therapeutic effect. Simply using medication for the liver will only make the disease more difficult to cure.

Chronic bronchitis

“The lungs are the master of Qi, and the kidneys are the root of Qi.” The kidneys are responsible for taking in Qi. If the kidney Qi is insufficient and cannot help the lungs take in Qi, the lung Qi will go against the flow and symptoms of chronic bronchitis such as coughing, shortness of breath, and wheezing will occur. Generally, the cause of this type of disease is not external factors, but insufficient kidney qi caused by unhealthy qi and blood. After a long illness, qi stagnation and blood stasis become more serious, the liver and kidneys become more deficient, and the symptoms become more obvious, such as coughing and shortness of breath, especially when moving.

The treatment of this disease should focus on preventing recurrence. The fundamental measure is to treat Qi and blood simultaneously during the remission period, while also regulating kidney Qi and improving the body's resistance to reduce the number of colds and achieve the goal of cure.

Chronic kidney disease

In traditional Chinese medicine, chronic renal failure and other kidney diseases are classified into categories such as "edema", "consumption", "low back pain", and "hematuria". The main sites of the disease are the lungs, spleen, and kidneys, with the key being the kidneys. The main cause of the disease is qi stagnation and blood stasis, which lead to weakening of the three internal organs and inability to transform qi and blood well. Over time, it will inevitably lead to kidney physiological dysfunction and some complications.

Prostate disease

Western medicine believes that the function of the prostate is regulated and controlled by the hypothalamus, adrenal glands, and pituitary glands. This is very similar to TCM's understanding of the prostate. In TCM theory, the organ that controls the regulation of human functions is the internal Qi, which runs through the meridians to the internal organs, hair and skin. Therefore, although the external factors and symptoms that cause prostate hyperplasia, prostate hypertrophy, and prostatitis are not exactly the same, the key is the imbalance of Qi and blood.