| Are you feeling energised, inspired, motivated, | | | | In Western Medicine, non-medical fatigue is |
| creative and hopeful? | | | | believed to be caused by one of the following: |
| Fatigue is a sense of weariness, lethargy and lack | | | | Alcohol, smoking, drugs Highly processed diet High |
| of physical energy that you wake up with every | | | | acid diet Inadequate water intake Menopause High |
| morning and live with every day, even after a | | | | GI diet Lack of sunlight Poor nutritional diet Stress |
| good night’s sleep. | | | | Excessive intake of coffee & stimulants |
| Fatigue is like a red flag. It is your body’s | | | | Obesity Lack of pleasure in life Poor sleeping |
| way of telling you that something is not quite | | | | habits PMT Unresolved emotions Inadequate or |
| right. Ignoring it won’t make it go away, in | | | | excessive exercise Pollution - Noise or Air |
| fact in may just get worse and possibly lead to | | | | Workaholism |
| illness. | | | | |
| If you’ve been experiencing fatigue, the first | | | | Eastern (TCM) Perspective on Fatigue |
| thing to do is see your GP. If your GP has ruled | | | | Unlike Western medicine, Eastern medicine looks |
| out any medical causes for your fatigue, then I | | | | at specific patterns of Chi imbalance - |
| can help. | | | | disharmonies in the energy channels or the |
| Although Western and Eastern medicine approach | | | | meridians. If a Chi imbalance in any of the |
| the treatment of fatigue in slightly different ways, | | | | meridians is left untreated, it will cause fatigue and |
| they both believe that fatigue is caused by | | | | dis-ease. Their treatment approach is based on |
| internal imbalances in your body. Fix the | | | | locating and correcting these Chi imbalances |
| imbalances and you fix the fatigue. | | | | before they translate into illness and fatigue. |
| These imbalances could be on an emotional level, | | | | The following provides a quick overview of the |
| mental or physical level. So an effective | | | | different internal energy imbalances that may be |
| treatment approach needs to address all 3 levels. | | | | contributing to your fatigue. |
| Western Perspective on Fatigue | | | | |