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Abbotsford News Friday, June 27, 2014
IBS Treated With TCM Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is an intestinal disorder causing a variety of symptoms Dr. Chris Vallee which may include cramping, abdominal pain, gas, bloating, and irregular bowels. Some people with IBS have diarrhea with frequent loose stools, while others have constipation causing infrequent bowel movements that are difficult to pass. Still other IBS patients will suffer from alternating diarrhea and constipation. Symptoms are frequently triggered by stress, emotional factors, or the ingestion of food. IBS is the most common gastrointestinal disease seen by general practitioners and makes up 30-50% of all referrals to GI specialists. Women are affected three times more than men, with the average age of onset being between 20 and 40. Traditional Chinese Medicine is an ancient healing system that has been evolving for the last 3000 years. It started with the use of simple foods better known as Chinese Herbs to help strengthen the body to fight off disease. Acupuncture is a tool of TCM in which very find needles are in-
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TCM treats the imbalance in the body so that the body can heal itself. needs to be adjusted so that it can function properly. Stress is treated in Chinese medicine by working with the liver, because the liver in Chinese medicine deals with emotional problems. The liver in western medicine works as a filter to remove toxins from the body. If the Liver becomes toxic, than the body will become toxic as well and give symptoms like loose stools, diarrhea, pain, bloating, gas, etc. Medical doctors would say that this is inflammation in the digestive system; well in Chinese medicine we call this excessive heat in the digestive system. So the question is if the body is
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absorption is for vitamins and minerals. If the intestines are damaged (inflammation) this means that the body will continue to break down as it is being further weakened from malnutrition. This can help explain why woman are more prone to IBS than men, woman need these vitamins and minerals to help regulate hormones and support all the changes that go on in the body every month. Due to the loss of blood every month during the menstrual cycle the body needs to replenish also. By combining acupuncture and Chinese herbs, TCM treats the imbalance in the body so that the body can heal itself. When the body starts to heal you see that the symptoms and stay on their medicine as it is get less and that the patient feels better. IBS is also called Leaky Gut so only treating the symptom and the thought that toxins leaky into the not the problem. It would be body says that the body is not much easier to look at your diet and remove what foods your body healthy. When we remove toxins is sensitive to and use natural sup- from the body we naturally feel betplements like Chinese herbs, vita- ter and can be encouraged by feeling mins, and minerals. As the body well to continue to eat healthy and reduce the need for supplements as heals you can do most of this our body will need properly absorb through a good healthy diet. the nutrients from our foods. This is In Chinese medicine we want a normal function that a healthy to create a healthy system where our body takes in food and trans- body should be able to do. Dr. Chris Vallee is a Doctor of Tradiforms it into useful things for the body and takes the waste and re- tional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and a Registered Acupuncturist in the province moves it through normal funcof British Columbia. Chris has had a tions of the digestive system. In successful practice in Abbotsford for the our intestines is where allot of re- last ten years.
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