How Does Chinese Medicine Look At Breast Cancer?

Six channels or meridians run through the breast area, each associated with a particular organ. They are the meridians of the stomach, liver, kidney, lung, pericardium and spleen. Now the chi or vital energy can stagnate in any of them. More than 50 percent of breast cancers are diagnosed in the area where your stomach meridians run. The other areas of the breast where cancer develops relate to your kidney and liver meridians. About 35% of breast cancers appear in the areas where meridians for the liver and the kidney run. The remaining 15% of breast cancers are related to meridians associated with the lung, pericardium and spleen.

Divide the breast into 4 equal parts and call each section a quadrant. According to CM meridian theory, if the stomach meridian’s chi stagnates in the breast area, then your cancer will show in the outer upper quadrant or on the center line that runs through the breast. If your kidney meridian’s chi stagnates, then your cancer will appear in the inside upper quadrant of your breast. If your liver meridian’s chi stagnates in the breast, then cancer will develop in the outer lower quadrant. So 85% of breast cancers occur in these three areas. Keeping your chi running smoothly in these three meridians will allow you to control the development of breast cancer or its recurrence, if you’ve already had it.

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