70 Percent of Tinnitus Cases Are Due to Autonomic Dysfunction—5 Exercises to Improve Tinnitus and Deafness – The Epoch Times

A 58-year-old woman had been deaf in her left ear for 18 years. And this had greatly affected her life and ability to work. She had consulted many doctors and tried many types of treatment to no avail. Just when she fell into despair, she was referred to Dr. Gwo-Bin Wu, director of Xinyitang Chinese Medicine Clinic. The latter treated her deafness with acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. After a while, 70 percent to 80 percent of her hearing gradually recovered, and she almost cried with joy.

Tinnitus and deafness are common problems among the elderly. Nowadays, young people often listen to music and watch videos with headphones, or are constantly in a noisy environment, so they have become prone to tinnitus as well. In this article, Dr. Wu will teach us five exercises to improve tinnitus and deafness, and make our hearing more sharp.

4 Common Causes of Tinnitus

There are two difficulties in diagnosing tinnitus. One is that there is no equipment or blood test that can determine the cause of tinnitus, and the other is that the cause of tinnitus is more complex, often due to a combination of two or three factors.

Tinnitus is only a symptom. To cure tinnitus, the cause must be identified first.

When treating tinnitus, the doctor must pay attention to the other symptoms the patient has, as there are many symptoms that seem to be unrelated to tinnitus but are the key to its treatment. There are four common causes of tinnitus and deafness, each associated with specific symptoms.

Clinically, 70 percent of people with tinnitus have autonomic dysfunction. These patients are often in a state of tension, anxiety, panic, and have insomnia.

Insomnia is the most common symptom of tinnitus patients. Poor sleep aggravates tinnitus, which in turns aggravates insomnia, forming a vicious cycle. In traditional Chinese medicine, Dr. Wu added, these patients are suffering from an exuberance of “liver fire,” so treatment must involve clearing the liver fire.

• Misalignment of the cervical spine

Many patients with tinnitus and deafness experience neck pain. By pressing their neck muscles, they can find some obvious tender points (i.e. pressure points), which imply the problem of cervical spine misalignment (nine safe realignment exercises can be found here).

Cervical spine misalignment is usually caused by poor posture or trauma, resulting in poor blood circulation between the neck and the brain and nerve conduction disorders, which in turn lead to tinnitus or deafness.

In this type of patient, the cervical spine is often found to be fine after an X-ray or MRI scan. However, through palpation, a misalignment of the cervical spine can be found. In this case, to cure tinnitus, the misaligned cervical spine must be …….

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