Circulation That Does Not Return, Suffering Legs
Blood and lymph fluid in our bodies must travel up to the heart against gravity.
However, if venous valves fail or lymphatic vessels are damaged, fluid accumulates in the legs, causing Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) or Lymphedema.
Symptoms include heaviness and pain, bulging blood vessels (Varicose veins), skin darkening around the ankles (Hyperpigmentation), and ulcers that do not heal easily.
Lymphedema, in particular, requires early management as it can progress to Elephantiasis, where the skin becomes thick like an elephant's leg.
BM's Perspective: When the Waterway is Blocked, the Land Rots.
BM Korean Internal Medicine Clinic asks, "Why is fluid stagnating and causing rot?"
Circulatory disorders of veins and lymph are the results of Damp-Heat Pouring Downward (Seubyeol-haju / 濕熱下注) and Qi Deficiency and Water Stagnation (Giheo-suche / 氣虛水滯) from the perspective of Korean Medicine.
- Damp-Heat Pouring Downward (Seubyeol-haju): A state where waste (Dampness) and inflammation (Heat) pour down to the lower body, causing leg swelling, redness, and itching.
- Qi Deficiency and Water Stagnation (Giheo-suche): A state where the energy (Qi) to lift fluids is insufficient, causing water to pool below, leading to swelling and coldness.
We look beyond the visible swelling to see your collapsed water metabolism system and lack of vitality that caused the edema.
This is the core of edema treatment as viewed by Internal Medicine by Korean Medicine Physicians.
