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Some of
the probable causes are:
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Drugs induced
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Diseases
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Age or Organ Dysfunction
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Lifestyle
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Functional
Drugs Induced: Alka-Mints, Atrofen, Calci-Mix,
Calcilac Calcite-500, Corax, Dia-check,
Edecrin, Enduron, Esidrix, Glycate,
Hygroton, Kalcinate, Lasix, Lorazepam, Lozol, Maxzide,
Medilium, Novo-Clopate, Novo-Poxide, Oretic,Os-Cal 500,
Pharmacal, PMS-Baclofen, Prolixin, Renese, Reposans-10,
Serax, Thorazine, Thorazine,
Valrelease and Zaroxolyn are some of the hundreds and
hundreds of drugs that can cause lethargy.
Diseases:
Bacterial digestive infections,
hepatitis, meningitis, typhoid,
Reye’s
syndrome, Addison’s disease,
acute
disseminated Encephalomyelitis,
bacterial digestive infections,
Chagas
disease,
Discitis,
Encephalitis
Enterocolitis,
Hydrocephalus,
Lactic
Acidosis,
Lassa
fever,
Lyssavirus,
Marasmus,
Meningococcal disease,
Multiple endocrine neoplasia,
Mycobacterial infections,
Myxedema,
Neuroblastoma,
Nocardiosis,
Opsoclonus Myoclonus,
post
streptococcal glomerulonephritis,
Sarcoidosis,
Vibrio,
Viral
digestive infections and
Worm
conditions
Age or Organ
Dysfunction: spleen, kidneys, lungs, liver or heart,
menopause etc
Lifestyle: Over
work, sedentary lifestyle, stress, insufficient rest or
sleep, unhealthy diets or nutrition insufficiency.
Functional: Food poisoning, iron poisoning,
lithium toxicity,
Kwashiorkor (insufficient protein in diet)
Causes
The root cause of lethargy lies within our body.
It could be a sign that our body energy flow has been
disrupted due to too many organs dysfunction. When these organs are not functioning
according to their given duties, the body show signs of
disrupted energy flow: lethargic syndrome.
A fundamental TCM principle states that every living organism
contains a life force that circulates continuously
throughout it until death. In humans, this life force,
which connects with our internal organs, circulates
throughout our energy channels to give us life and
energy. Basically good health is regarded as the smooth
and unobstructed flow of this energy throughout the
body. When this energy is obstructed, illness results.
Health condition, environmental, dietary and lifestyle
factors such as nutrition, work and stress, may affect
the flow and therefore our health.
TCM view our body’s 5 main organs (heart, lungs, kidney, liver and
spleen) as the most important organ system in the body.
They form a complex system that helps to keep our body
healthy. Majority of diseases can be traced back to the
dysfunction of one of these organs or a combination of
these organs and its inter-connected systems. As a
result the energy flow is not smooth and vibrant.
Lets look at one example. The organ mostly affected by emotional
stress (which can lead to lethargy) and drugs is the
liver. One of the primary functions of the liver is to
store and purify blood and to detox our body from
harmful materials. If the liver is affected then
the flow of energy would be affected. In TCM theory, the
liver is paired with the gallbladder in a “symbiotic”
relationship. What affects the liver function can also
affect the gallbladder function. The gallbladder energy
meridian runs across the shoulders, up the neck and over
the sides of the head. This explains why sufferers of
stress often complain of stiffness in the neck and
shoulders. In extreme cases they might have headache.
The reason is because the energy is not flowing freely.
And the result is stiffness (blockages) and pain. Stress
and drugs can affect our organ system. Organ deficiency
result in lethargy.
A deficient lung can cause lethargy. A dysfunction lung and spleen
can also cause lethargy. Weak kidneys can cause
lethargy. A dysfunction kidney, liver and lungs system
(insomnia) can cause lethargy. A dysfunction stomach and
spleen system (our digestive system) can cause lethargy.
A dysfunction cardiovascular system can cause lethargy.
Prevention
In
order to prevent our body's systems from been damaged it
is up most important that we take care of our health.
Diseases, the side effects of drugs and careless
lifestyle are path ways that eventually cause our body
to be permanently affected. Once damaged it is not easy
to rejuvenate the system back to functioning order again
as each system is a complex network of delicate
functioning linkages. One of this linkages is the
"symbiotic" lung spleen relationship. A dysfunction spleen would affect
the health and function of the lung because the
functions of the spleen is to
produce lymphocytes (one of the two major type of white
blood cells) and since the lung is the only internal organ
that is always expose to the outside environment, if
the defense mechanism is down (spleen inability to
produce lymphocytes) then it is lightly that
as a result of weak spleen, the person could always suffers from cold and flu.
Therefore it is important to ensure that the 5 organs
system are always kept in a healthy condition. One
ancient herbal sage once said "It is better to make
weapons before the wars start". Another person put it
differently, saying, "It is no use to try and buy an
umbrella when the rain has begun". As the saying goes
"Prevention is better then cure" therefore it
is only wise that we should keep our engine system
running smoothly. This leads us to the
concept of Restorative Immunology.
In our busy lifestyle it is not always easy to try and
keep ourselves healthy because to prepare nutritious
food can take a long time. Many of us do not have the
time and we opt for instant food that often lack the
nutritional content that our body needs. As the years go
by, lack of nutrition, stressful life, sedentary
lifestyle and quickie "healing" synthetic chemicals
(plus all the side effects) take their toll on our
bodies. Too often the slow changes (in the wrong
direction) within our bodies go unnoticed. We ignore the
symptoms like tiredness, lethargy and lack of energy.
Slowly we find it difficult to wake up in the morning.
One fine day doctors say you have cardiovascular
problems or that your sugar level is too high or that he
detects protein in your urine. Once doctors can detect
the disease, it means your health is already very bad.
But life and health do not have to be that way. In fact
a little knowledge of natural healthcare and prevention on our part
goes a long way in preventing and reducing the enormous
cost of damage to our body. If we can keep our 5 organs
in general good health we can prevent a lot of diseases
and headaches.
Restorative Immunology is taking herbs rich in
phytonutrients that we do not normally get in our daily
diet to rejuvenate all our 5 organs. These nutrients are essential to our good health.
Prevention is cheaper than cure.
A few capsules each day would keep the headaches and
doctor away.
Radix Panax
Notoginseng, Radix Polygonum Multiflorum,
Radix Salvia Miltiorrhiza,
Folium Perilla Frutescens, Semen Sinapis Alba, Poria
Cocos Wolf, Fructus Schisandra Chinensis, Radix
Glycyrrhiza Glabra, Radix Pinella Ternata
and
Rhizoma Zingiberis
are generally used to improve the functions of the
organs.
Radix Panax
Notoginseng, Radix Polygonum Multiflorum
and
Radix Salvia Miltiorrhiza
are traditionally used as longevity herbs. They are also
used to improve blood circulation.
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