Attention Deficit Disorder (Adhd - Add)

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"Attention Deficit Disorder (Adhd - Add)" Issue / Symptom Connections

Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for attention deficit disorder (adhd - add).

Content Related to Attention Deficit Disorder (Adhd - Add)

It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "attention deficit disorder (adhd - add)" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "attention deficit disorder (adhd - add)" - i.e. the "cause(s)".

For non-practitioners, we recommend reading treating the "cause" and not the "symptoms" for more on the overall approach and the importance of the TCM diagnostic system in formulating treatment approaches.

Some acupuncture points are considered "empirically" related to a specific condition or diagnostic pattern. While this would rarely, if ever, dictate the entire composition of a treatment, the following points should be considered, possibly even more so within the context of acupressure:

  • View EX Huatuojiaji at C2 (Sides of Spine at C2)

        .5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous processes of C2

        C2 innervates the forehead and the frontal lobe.  The relationship with the Broca's speech area left side of C2 may be used for speech disorders such as stuttering or post-stroke asphasia. Due to the relationship with the frontal lobe use…
  • View ST 41 (Ravine Divide)

        On the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle, approximately level with the tip of the external malleolus, in a…

        Opposite end of channel issues (i.e. head/face) - swelling, headache, dizziness / vertigo. Abdominal pain, bloating, constipation. Can aid groundedness and focus - ADD/ADHD, mania, restlessness, palpitations, epilepsy. Local point for a…

The Tom Tam/Tong Ren Therapy system can be applied via energy healing/medical qi gong methods as well as an acupuncture component. The acupuncture aspect is generally utilized in combination with more standard TCM diagnostic approaches.

For the specific points/areas that would generally be utilized in someone experiencing "attention deficit disorder (adhd - add)", please read "Tam Healing and Tong Ren Therapy for ADD/ADHD ".

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