WHEN THE BODY SPINS: A CASE OF VERTIGO AND THE WISDOM BENEATH

Sometimes it’s not your ear or your brain. Sometimes it’s your soul saying: you’re off center. This is what the return can look like.

She came in with vertigo. Not the kind that hits out of nowhere, but the kind that had been weaving its way into her days—subtle at first, then enough to knock her off balance.

From a Chinese Medicine perspective, vertigo is often a signal of internal disruption: Liver Wind Rising or Phlegm Misting the Mind are two of the most common patterns. But as always in this work, I look beyond the textbook and into the symbolism.

Liver Wind tends to show up when there’s internal pressure—emotions suppressed, plans thwarted, a life moving faster than the body can metabolize. It’s like the nervous system is trying to discharge what was never processed.

Phlegm, on the other hand, represents accumulation. Not just of dampness or diet, but thoughts, worry, confusion. When too much has built up and there's no outlet, the mind becomes cloudy, ungrounded. The world spins.

In her case, I felt both.

So I treated both.

That night, she saw an Instagram post describing the exact same pattern - Liver Wind and Phlegm blocking the clear Yang - written out in language she now recognized. The timing wasn’t coincidence. It was confirmation. For both of us.

And maybe for you, too.

Because vertigo isn’t always about the ear or the brain stem. Sometimes it’s the soul saying:

*You’re off center. You’ve been holding too much. The ground you’ve been standing on isn’t yours anymore.*

When your world starts to spin, it’s worth asking - "what part of me is trying to find its balance again?"

Chinese Medicine gives us the map, but your body is the compass.

Let it guide you back to yourself.

Feeling off center—physically or emotionally?

When your nervous system is holding more than your body can metabolize, the result can look like anxiety, dizziness, exhaustion, or just feeling “not quite right.”

Acupuncture doesn’t treat the symptom in isolation—it helps your system find its way back to balance. Help your body remember what steady feels like.

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