30/09/2025
🤍 Earlier in the week we looked at the idea around returning to balance for optimal health and wellbeing. We saw what kind of symptoms may arise when the Metal Element energy within us is deficient…
⬆️ Today we are going to explore what happens when the Metal Element energy within our bodies is excessive.
🥵 When this energy is in excess within us, it performs the functions of elimination and purification too severely, or with more energy than is warranted, resulting in a build up of heat.
🤧 Signs of Metal Element excess can include dry skin or mucus membranes, profuse yellow/green mucus, swollen tonsils, deep & phlegmy cough, dry constipation, or cramping-type diarrhoea.
😭 There could also be a stuffy feeling in the head or chest, skin breakouts including rashes, eczema or psoriasis, a tendency towards excess neatness, to be over judgemental, and to have persistent and inconsolable grief.
🥼 So when we identify these symptoms in ourselves or in our patients in clinic, we can choose specific acupuncture points, and / or offer lifestyle guidance to help us return to balance once more.
🤓 Want to learn more? Come to one of our online open evenings:
📆 Monday 13th October - 19:00 - 20:30 | online
📆 Thursday 13th November - 19:00 - 20:30 | online
➡️ If you would like to book on to an open day, do so via messenger here - https://m.me/cicmcollege?ref=Open
📧 Or just get in touch with our lovely registrar Jo Brown directly - registrar@cicm.org.uk or on 01189 508 889
🎓 See more info about our BSc degree here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/bsc-hons-acupuncture-degree
📣 And if you are already an acupuncturist, we would love for you to share this post with your patients too!
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📕 Symptoms from “Wood Becomes Water; Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life” - Gail Reichstein.
