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WHAT IS EAST ASIAN MEDICINE?

East Asian Medicine (EAM), also referred to as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), refers to the traditional methods used to promote health and healing that are indigenous to China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. As one of the oldest healthcare traditions in the world, EAM has effectively promoted healing of the body, mind, and spirit through an integral, holistic approach for thousands of years. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine treat a wide range of health issues, including stress, pain, insomnia, depression, anxiety, infertility, auto-immune and chronic conditions, among others. Silver Lining Acupuncture is here to alleviate pain, prevent illness, improve sleep, enhance digestion, decrease stress, elevate mood, and do our best to provide exactly what you need to fix what ails you.

WHAT DO THE CHINESE CLASSICS SAY ABOUT PAIN?

The Huang Di Nei Jing is the ancient Chinese medical text that has been treated as the fundamental doctrinal source for Chinese medicine for more than two millennia. Regarding pain, it says— 不通這痛,痛則不通 bù tōng zhè tòng; tòng zé bù tōng, which is usually translated as:

“Where there is stagnation, there is pain; Where there is pain, there is stagnation”.

The word “stagnation” is derived from the combination of 不 bù, which means “no”, and 通 tōng, which means “a state of being open and connected”. Thus, a state of not being open and connected is a state of stagnation. This type of obstruction or blockage coexists with pain. This saying speaks to the larger Chinese medical physiological concept of free flow of Qi and Blood in the channels. Free flow of Qi and Blood is necessary on a physical level to support vitality, nourish the organs, maintain health, and prevent disease.

Interestingly, 通 tōng can also be translated as one’s ability to move through something, to open up, to reconnect, to completely understand, to connect with the ancestors, to connect the microcosm of the body to the macrocosm of the universe, and to use divination (I Ching) to break through to the other side (the spirit world). Free flow of Qi and Blood is equally important on a psycho-spiritual level as it enables us to thrive and uncover deep potentials in life.

Thus, the Huang Di Nei Jing tells us that when there is 不通 bù tōng— “no connection”— existence is painful. When the flow of Qi and Blood is obstructed or blocked, stagnation occurs and causes pain in the mind, body and spirit. When the flow of Qi and Blood is 通 tōng— “unobstructed” and “connected”— anything is possible.

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