Posts Tagged ‘Stiff Neck’

It has been raining and raining and
raining in South Florida all week!
The weather has been unusually cool for this
time of the year and every day we are getting
strong winds. In Chinese medicine, one of the most
dangerous and illness producing culprits is the wind.
Wind diseases are colds, stiff necks and sore achy backs.

Wind is Yang in nature and tends to injure the
blood and Yin. Wind is often the vehicle through
which other climatic factors invade our bodies.

A wind disease mimics the action of the wind
itself in nature; it arises quickly and changes
rapidly. It moves swiftly, blows and sways the
tops of the trees. There is a saying that captures
the characteristics of the wind.
“Sudden rigidity is due to the wind.”

This refers to the clinical manifestations resulting
from both internal and external wind. An internal
wind disease can cause a paralysis like a stroke
and an external wind can cause facial paralysis
or simply a stiff neck.

The main manifestations of wind disease are:
Its onset is rapid
It causes rapid changes in symptoms and signs
It will move from one side of the body to the other.
It causes tremors and convulsions as well as stiffness and paralysis
It affects the top part of the body
It usually affects the lungs first
It affects the skin and causes itching

People come into my office all of the time with chills,
shivers, and they can’t stand being in the cold.
Their circulation is impaired. All of these are
considered wind diseases. It is like going into a
restaurant and the air conditioner is blowing on your back,
you immediately want to move tables because it affects the lungs.
The next thing we know is we are sneezing and
coughing and end up with a runny nose and mucus.

If a person has a strong constitution, their Whei Qi or
defensive Qi is strong and the wind will not enter the
pores but if a person has a relatively weak constitution,
they end up with a head cold, cough and runny nose overnight.

One of the doctors in the office has a young woman
who works for him and burns the candle at both ends.
She starts early in the morning, works till seven and
then goes to her second job as a cocktail waitress from
8 till 4 in the morning. When she is not working she
parties hardy! Her immune system is shot!
And she is only in her twenties. If anyone ever
gets sick in my office, no matter what it is, they
always see me first! She said, “Dr. Wu, I have a
sore throat, stiff muscles, I think I am catching
a cold, can you help me??”

I asked her what she has been doing and she
said that she went for a walk and got chilled from
the strong prevailing winds. I immediately opened
up the blockages to clear exterior wind invasion and
put her on a remarkable product that seems to work
for everyone when it comes to colds, flu’s, runny nose,
achy stiff body, and cough. It is called Vira-Qi!

http://rechargingqigong.com/qi-essentials-vira-qi.html

These amazing little pills combine medicine form
Chinese medicine, aravetic medicine (Hindu medicine)
and Western herbs. I find this combination to be one of
the most powerful immune builders that prevent and
irradiate wind invasions (the common cold, flu’s and coughs).
She took 6 pills for only 2 days and to her amazement she
was back to her old tricks. Now I am hoping that in the future,
she pays attention to her health but in the meanwhile,
Dr. Wu is keeping her healthy and strong!

I wish you the best in your Health,
Wealth and Happiness

Dr. Wu Dhi