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For years we have believed we were either healthy or sick. However,
during the mid-90s, scientists developed a new concept called
“Sub-healthy”, a status between health and illness. Sub-healthy has
become popular because it has helped to explain many health
problems. According to one study, only 5.6% of people in the overall
population are actually sick, whereas the sub-healthy group consists
of about 60%, and the remaining population is considered healthy.
Awareness of one’s sub-healthy will help one to alert the underlying
disease and will help one to remain healthier. Sub-Healthy is a
state in which the body is either transitioning from health to
illness or from illness to health. Our bodies are actively balancing
the conditions of health, sub-health and disease. Factors like
aging, internal or external toxicity, body or mind exhaustion may
cause sub-health, but taking good care of the body can change a
sub-healthy status to a healthy one.
The most common
symptoms of sub-health include: intolerance of hot or cold, fatigue
or exhaustion ; insomnia; low resistance or frequent flu.; body
aches; bloating or other GI problems; fast weight gain; sluggish
memory; hair loss; sexual libido…..
The recommended
standard of sub-healthy status is the persistence of one or more of
the above symptoms for more than 3 months, along with no conclusive
positive medical finding or diagnoses. Or can be a long term disease
patient but the symptoms can not be explained by that disease.
Patients who have chronic diseases may not be considered as
sub-healthy ones if they keep them selves in a good condition.
In Chinese medicine,
sub-health is an Imbalance of Yin and Yang; Chi and Blood and
organs. Our bodies have 12 meridians that are energy pathways and
where are the acupuncture effectives on. Free flow of energy (Chi)
in the meridians ensures the organ’s health, as well as the body’s.
The blockage of Chi causes different symptoms; for example, a
Lung-meridian blockage may cause cough, and Heart-meridian insomnia.
Normally, Chi blockage happens before the clinical symptom develops.
It is important to note that it is this meridian energy sluggishness
or blockage that causes the sub-health status. To solve this
problem, acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine work on two ways:
they clear the meridian blockage or to strengthen the meridians from
the attacks of the illness agents.
To regenerate
sub-healthy back to a healthy state is to rebalance the organ
meridians through acupuncture, herbal medicine, Qi-gong, massage,
diet and exercise. It is very common that our patients are the
healthiest ones in their families because a balanced body is a
healthier body. To identify and treat sub-healthy is to prevent one
from becoming seriously ill. Please be aware of and change your
Sub-Healthy!
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