Stress is rarely the problem people think it is. In clinical practice, stress is not an external force acting on the body. It is an adaptive strategy—a coordinated physiological and energetic response designed to preserve survival when conditions are no longer optimal. The issue is not stress itself.The issue is how long the body is forced to rely on it. From a physiological perspective, stress activates the sympathetic nervous system, mobilizing glucose, redirecting blood flow, and...

Common symptoms of liver Qi stagnation include irritability, anger, tension headaches, migraines, trouble sleeping, PMS, ....

Acupuncture also treats nausea and vomiting, and it balances the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, which is implicated in migraine....