Loss Of Voice

"Loss Of Voice" Issue / Symptom Connections

Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for loss of voice.

Content Related to Loss Of Voice

It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "loss of voice" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "loss of voice" - 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.

• View HT 5 (Connecting Li)
  
      1 cun above the wrist crease on the radial side of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, on the HT 3 - HT 7 line.
  
      Speech a/or vocal disorders - aphasia (post-stroke), stiff tongue, stuttering, sudden loss of voice, sore throat. Spirit disorders and related physical manifestations, anxiety w/palpitations, arrhythmia, nervousness, depression - although…
• View KD 6 (Shining Sea)
  
      In a depression below the tip of the medial malleolus.
  
      Sore throat from any etiology, especially empty heat from yin deficiency. Other Yin Deficient throat related issues - swollen, dry, loss of voice, difficult swallowing. A range of menstrual issues such as amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, infert…
• View LI 18 (Protuberance Assistant)
  
      Level with the tip of the Adam's Apple between the sternal and clavicular heads of the SCM.
  
      Window of the Sky Point for sudden loss of voice with qi obstruction in the throat. High blood pressure, for which Window of the Sky Points are sometimes indicated, may also be useful for low blood pressure. Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: …