10 Body Signs You Shouldn't Ignore

you might be thinking oh it's just a little acid reflux after having that heavy meal it's nothing to worry about but is that really true one thing I see in my clinical practice is that when patients come to my front door for years or decades they've been experiencing the little canaries in the coal mine the little subtle signals that the balance has been disrupted and now pathology and disease is here on the doorstep and yet what happens so often is that if we miss those subtle signs of illness we also sometimes find out too late when it is something big and is something serious now in this video I thought I would share 10 of the most common signs and symptoms subtle body signs that the body is moving from Wellness to disease hey guys I'm Dr Alex hin doctor of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine and author of the health book master today so let's get into the 10 signs and symptoms now I just want to preface this by saying just because you have these signs it doesn't mean something grave like you're going to get cancer it does not mean that but it is far easier to treat something when it is a seed than when it is a giant oak tree and you're trying to cut down this Mighty Oak of illness so these are just little signs and symptoms to pay attention to not to fret all night about so first let's jump in from the organ pairs from a functional point of view that I tend to see the first organ pair is the yangming organs which are the stomach and the large intestine now symptom number one is frontal headaches these are the people that come into my office and they're often saying you know I have a lot of this pressure or these headaches that range from sharp to dull and generalized so these frontal headaches believe it or not from a traditional Chinese medicine point of view are called stomach headaches stomach counterflow so a high percentage of the time people coming in with these sorts of headaches often have upper GI issues like acid reflux or they have sibo small intestine bacterial overgrowth and they have a whole cluster of other signs and symptoms but if they're getting this on a day-to-day basis they often have significant gut issues as well the second sign and symptom of this organ network is brain fog so I like to break down brain fog or sometimes generalize pressure around the head so generalized pressure as well as brain fog is often a GI sign and symptom assuming you're not having obvious insomnia you're not sleeping well that sort of thing the brain fog overall very commonly is a gut symptom yes of course you could be stressed out yes of course you could be multitasking too much and you're not remembering things but in reality brain fog for me is a chronic issue with the lymphatic system not smoothly flowing and getting rid of these toxins getting rid of the waste in your system now the second org network is the shaan organ Network this is the gallbladder and the triple warmer or let's say lymphatic system the two signs and symptoms here you should pay attention to is gallbladder pressure the way you can recognize as an early sign and symptom an issue with your gallbladder is after you have a large meal or a bad meal you noticing in the right upper quadrant pressure aching or pain and in the case of a gallbladder attack it's unmistakable I mean there such severe pain you'll be up all night stabbing pains on the right upper quadrant sometimes up in the shoulder or up in the trapezius muscle as well these are signs and symptoms that you may either have a functional issue with the gallbladder or gall stones either way it is not a good sign this is not like a last month or two kind of diet scenario this is for years you've either been eating the wrong Foods or eating too much or operating under high stress and so your digestive system has been very very impaired the second one is acid reflux now from my point of view from a traditional medicine point of view you if you're having acid reflux burning you know that gnawing that warm acid you have an issue with not just the stomach but also the pancreas pancreatic enzymes and you have an issue potentially with the gallbladder from traditional Chinese medicine point of view we always are treating the gallbladder most of the time for really really strong acid reflux so this overlaps on the gallbladder as well we also talk about a lot of these signs and symptoms in the free guide of put together the first link below this video which is four daily rituals that can help you add years to your life with traditional Chinese medicine so so this guide will help you understand how to actually heal some of these symptoms and how to move your whole body again out of the canary in the co mine singing into a spot of Wellness where you're feeling well again but that free guy discusses some of those initial ways that you can begin the healing Journey also there's info below this video on how to book a visit with me in Los Angeles or virtually via tele medicine now let's talk about the tie-in organ Network this is the spleen pancreas and the lung from a TCM point of view these are some of the most common GI issues we as well but I'll say one of the first ones is food allergies or food sensitivities now while from an upper GI point of view I often see patients come in and they say Doc I can't eat anything anymore and they're mostly talking about acid reflux but there's another subset of my patients that come in and they say I can't eat anything without getting a Giant Food baby without feeling extremely bloated I have a reaction to everything I mean it's like I used to be able to eat okay but as time has gone on I'm eating a more and more specialized diet and there's less and less that I can actually eat so now I just eat like chicken and a little bit of rice and some cooked vegetables food allergies to me signify that there is significant disruption in the microbiome from a small intestine point of view so while a lot of these organs we're talking about the spleen pancreas and lung a lot of the symptoms of spleen Chi deficiency from a traditional medicine point of view not only relate to the pancreas like enzymes as well as even small intestinal malabsorption issues right when people eat and they're getting this food baby so that's an indicator that there are some long-term gut dysbiosis going on could be your genetic temperament it could be your diet it could be frequent antibiotic usage often it's all of the above the second sign of this organ network is respiratory issues or seasonal allergies seasonal allergies tend to fall within the liver gallbladder the shyang organ Network or they tend to fall in the tyin organ Network the lung and spleen the lung and spleen types tend to be sometimes a little more flamy post-nasal drip runny nose susceptibility to catching colds that sort of thing and in general if you notice yourself getting sick more often you're catching you upper respiratory infections frequently or more fre frequently than prior there's probably some weakness that's been accumulating in these organs right it could be an issue with the immune system it could be an issue with the microbiome it could be an issue with your sleep or many other things but that is a sign or symptom that these organs are being deregulated there is some kind of dysfunction that is no longer allowing good healthy immune function when it comes to the shaan organ Network we're talking about signs and symptoms seven and 8 these are involving the kidneys and the heart so when we talk about our first symptom it is typically issues with libido and erections for men it could be the same for women but commonly when men come in my door around middle age sometimes young men issues with libido and erections are issues with the shaen organ Network you know the heart kidney is an axis even in traditional medicine but even in modern medicine right guys with high blood pressure or people with high blood pressure put on medications that are diuretics that affect the kidneys and the bladder that's where you can see this complex interplay of hormones for example but from my point of view if a man comes in let's say and he says he has issues with libido erection or any kind of gened urinary function there's a very high likelihood he has cardiovascular disease to some degree because we're talking about peripheral blood flow right the same blood flow that has to get to an erection has to get to your limbs come from your heart and go to the extremities and so if a guy really has serious erectile issues he very likely has serious cardiovascular issues as well the Sha in far away is an indicator of what is going on at the tree trunk at the root you have to be very very careful about that now the second one is nighttime urination for women it's a little different nighttime urination can be more of sometimes a functional anxiety sort of issue it flares up with stress goes away when they're feeling better but with nighttime urination very often we have to use traditional formulas that treat the heart and the kidneys for the nighttime urination to go away and assist in the enlarged prostate these are indicators that there's an issue with the heart or with the kidneys and those are obviously two organs you don't want to mess with and they are some of the most common causes today I mean diabetes and cardiovascular disease damage and Destroy these two organs faster and almost more effectively than just about anything now finally for signs and symptoms 9 and 10 let's talk about the dran organ Network which is the liver and the pericardium the first sign and symptom is excessively painful menes or significant disruption in your menstrual cycle we say that the liver governs the blood and it stores the blood in traditional medicine and for that aspect it is one of the main organs we treat to regulate dysmenorrhea or all kinds of functional hormonal issues for women so painful menes can indicate all kinds of things what we call blood efficiency blood stagnation blood heat all kinds of functional issues with the hormones or with impaired flow in the abdomen formulas to treat this are often very very very effective but if you're experiencing an increase in either dysmenorrhea painful menes or your Cycles are all over the place or they've stopped altogether that's a warning sign that something is going on now for our final 10th sign and symptom also the Jan organ Network we're talking about the other side of the liver which is that because the liver governs blood we say that the blood is like the the moisturizer of the body it's the yin it's the fluid but the liver the blood nourishes the hair the skin and the nails so if you notice yourself having issues with skin whether it's dry skin or red rashes you notice yourself having brittle nails or your hair is thinning or falling out there's often an issue with the Dr in liver blood so we use these hormonal formulas that often replenish this Supply and help with moisturization and help regulate the hormones so these are little signs and symptoms that is an issue with these organ networks here sometimes anxiety also falls into this picture because we often use bloodb building herbs from a traditional medicine point of view that regulate the nervous system now I'm very excited to be launching my very first online program healing with traditional Chinese medicine the science of longevity and for those of you who are on my email list it's the first link below that's the only area that I'm actually notifying you of this online program it's going to be available anywhere in the world and it's going to be really really fun because we'll jump into the history of healing within this profession it's so different from anything you'd hear from your traditional physician and we'll be able to go through together week by week and talk about what healing looks like and what you can actually do day-to-day so if you'd like to be 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