Traditional Chinese Medicine vs Body Piercing
Posted by VickyC on March 30th, 2010
I have been seeing a traditional Chinese medicine doctor for about six weeks. Normally, a Chinese doctor examines you by taking your pulse, looking and your tongue and checking your blood pressure. Chinese doctors can tell pretty much straight away what is wrong with you by taking your pulse. It is even believed that they can tell if a regular patient is pregnant by using this method!
So, on my first visit, the Doctor Wong took my pulse and concluded that the state of my health was awful. Then she asked to see my tongue – and upon seeing my tongue piercing she let out a huge sigh and said “OH… THAT’S why!”. She proceeded to explain to me how detrimental tongue piercings are to an individuals’ health. Traditional Chinese medicine holds the belief that the health of the body is determined by what happens when you’re still a fetus and also by your surroundings after you’re born.
In terms of piercing, Doctor Wong explained that any that run down the middle of your body are BAD – i.e. tongue, belly button. Traditional Chinese medicine believes in meridians – these are channels by which our energy (“Chi” or “Qi”) can flow. Metals interfere with the flow and blockages can make us really sick.
The body’s central meridian is also known as the “Conception Vessel”. So, needless to say, it could mess with your fertility, but also with your ability to conceive new ideas – so it messes with your head too. Most traditional Chinese doctors will tell pregnant women or women who are trying to conceive or women who are nursing to remove their belly piercing, as it could harm the baby.
The belly button is where the umbilical chord is which joins to your mother. Doctor Wong said that Chinese doctors believe that the belly button is very important, as it’s a source of life and nourishment. CV8 – which is the belly button’s actual meridian point, is believed to impact the entire central nervous system. All of our primal, early nerves pass through and around this sensitive area, so piercing it – although cute – may not be a good idea. I mean, for a lot of people, even putting your finger inside your belly button is enough to make you squirm!!
The centre of the tongue is linked to the stomach. So people with stomach piercings could be more prone to stomach related ailments and digestive problems. So I guess that explains my overly sensitive stomach.
Doctor Wong looked at the various piercings in my ears and decided that those ones could stay. But she did tell me to warn my friends about the perils of piercings. Anything that you do to one tiny little part of your body can greatly influence the whole.
Check out this site if you’re interested in what Traditional Chinese doctors say about body piercings.
I think that being part Chinese, I always thought that my mum was nagging about all this weird Chinese medicine stuff, and I didn’t really believe in the whole “Chi” thing.. But after seeing this doctor, I think that they are actually right. I’ve seen a few Chinese doctors – some of them have been not so reputable – but this doctor says it how it is. So she has me drinking this special herbal tea that looks a bit like garden rubbish and smells a bit funny. But if it will fix me, then bottoms up! 
Have any of you sought any kinds of non-mainstream medical treatments? Tried acupuncture? Let me know! 
Tags: Acupuncture, Belly Button Piercing, Body Piercing, Chinese, Conception Vessel, Doctor, Fertility, Fetus, Herbal Tea, Medicine, Meridians, Pregnancy, Qi, Tongue Piercing, Traditional Chinese Medicine, VickyC, VickyC.me
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Hi Amber! I’m glad you found it useful. I must say, I was floored when the chinese doctor told me how bad my piercings were for me.
I hope your health improves! Mine has quite a lot. I’m a lot less tired, I generally have more energy.. Hopefully you will see positive effects soon too!
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btw… infertility may not be always a female’s issue, a number of men are also diagnosed with reduced sperm counts (my husband for one) that categorise them as infertile but the good news is we were lucky enough to treat it and have have a child…
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