Your Kidneys (or Kidney, in Chinese medicine) are the source of Yin and Yang in your body. When the fire of Yang is burning low or Yin is not nourishing your body, your Kidney must always be addressed. Your Kidney also houses a substance called Essence, which is similar to DNA.
Also known as Duaneâs retraction syndrome, eye retraction syndrome, and Stilling-Turk-Duane syndrome, This rare disorder is caused by a âmiswiringâ of the medial and the lateral rectus muscles (the muscles that move the eyes) in the fetus in utero.
Wernicke's encephalopathy is a degenerative brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1). It may result from alcohol abuse, dietary deficiencies, prolonged vomiting, eating disorders, or the effects of chemotherapy.ymptoms include mental confusion, vision impairment, stupor, coma, hypothermia, hypotension, and ataxia. Korsakoff's amnesic syndrome-a memory disorder-also results from a deficiency of thiamine, and is associated with alcoholism. The heart, vascular, and nervous system are involved.