One of our clients contacted us to ask our consultant, Dr Wei Feng, about panic attacks ...
The first step into this treatment is the use of pure teas, not the industrialized English tea, but the use of fresh plants with all their natural elements. We highly recommend Chinese teas. You should start with Oolong and Puerh tea to cleanse your system.
Exercise is definitely important but in your case, as well as meditation and focus on your breathing is paramount to control your panic attacks. You should start with five minutes a day and build up to half hour, if you have the time, try to do this two or three times per day. Isolate yourself in a space, focus on your breathing, and try to reduce the speed of your heart beat. You can do it standing up or in the lotus position. Yoga and Tai Chi are also excellent.
Also try to go for long walks and most importantly, try to get out of the city and get in touch with nature. It sounds like a cliché but its not. You must reconnect with nature and ultimately yourself. Every week make sure you go to the country side, sea shore, bicycle ride - this is at the heart of bringing harmony to your condition.
Stress and in your case panic attacks are due to emotional upsets and stagnation of Qi, clinically manifested as mental depression mostly caused by issues that you must address in your personal life. As you mentioned the fact that you are married with no sex life is a sign if some emotional imbalance. This imbalance means the liver fails to control the dispersion, the stagnant liver qi attacks the spleen, which impairs the spleen's function of transportation and transformation and the heart is deprived of nourishment.
Therapeutic Methods: Should take the Chinese herbal medicine: XIANG SHA YANG WEI WAN, LIANG FU WAN, QI ZHI WEI TONG CHONG JI. XIAO YAO WAN
Diet and nutrition are also very important. Cut down on any mucus forming foods such as dairy products, citrus fruits especially oranges; wheat, foods high in saturated fats, white flour products e.g. biscuits and cakes, meats and pies. Reduce salt intake, artificial additives, caffeine and alcohol. Step up your consumption of garlic and onions, which contain the flavinoid Quercetin a natural anti-histamine which helps to reduce the severity of allergies. Take freshly squeezed vegetable juice in the morning (eg. beetroot and artichoke, with some ginger, garlic, apple and carrot) as this helps boost the immune system and also helps to eliminate toxins. Eat plenty of bioflavinoids, which are in certain fruits; they help to protect mucus membranes. Choose from: blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and kiwi fruit. Also eat plenty of fresh vegetables, whole-grains and brown rice which all help to eliminate toxins, boost antioxidant levels and Vitamin B. Teas are also very important to assist in the eliminations of the toxins in your body.
For breakfast please no longer have cereals and coffee, though a very popular mix in the West it is not a healthy start. Have some tea, some toast or fruit. Puerh teas should assist you to lose weight.
As far as your comments on avoiding prescription drugs I could not agree more with you. Stay away from them. They are a short term fix with dire long term effects. We highly recommend Chinese tea and herbs; the use of fresh plants with all their natural elements. In traditional Chinese medicine they also have Acupuncture, Herbs, Acupressure and Moxibustion which are very effective. Chinese herb medicine treats the whole person, mind and body as one rather than just the complaint - another words, it is a form of holistic medicine. The treatment of traditional Chinese medicine aims to prevent illness before it happens rather than cure it once it is present.
Again, try to look into all aspects of your life - physical and emotional. You will only get better if you address them both. Depression is a very delicate state that one must address it with care and courage.
We deeply appreciate you giving us the opportunity to assist you and we hope we will be able to make a difference in your life. It make take a little time but we are certain that it can bring you good results.
Yours sincerely,
Doctor Wei
In Nature
DISCLAIMER: This is not medical advice, this is for information only and was written for this particular correspondent. Should you have this condition, we strongly recommend that you consult a qualified physician.
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