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Your Vertigo Might Not Be Ménière's
Description
Spinning attacks, a full ear, a roar you can’t shut off: that’s the classic Ménière’s picture. But a migraine that never causes a headache can mimic it almost exactly. Dr. Chris Motley explains the one test that tells them apart (the audiogram), why every Ménière’s treatment seems to work (in the biggest drug trial, the placebo group got better too), what Chinese medicine wrote about the spinning room 1,800 years ago, and four steps to take before anyone treats your ear. Sources are in the show notes. Educational only, not medical advice.
0:00 The spinning room: is it really Ménière's?
1:03 Welcome to the Ancient Health Podcast
1:16 What a definite Ménière's diagnosis requires
3:00 Vestibular migraine: the condition that mimics it
4:05 The one test that tells them apart: the audiogram
4:32 Why the right label matters before treating the ear
6:53 Why every treatment seems to work
7:56 The betahistine trial: the placebo group got better too
10:00 A crack in the fluid-pressure theory
11:20 What happens when Ménière's comes into my office
12:24 A patient story: vertigo, tinnitus, and afternoon fatigue
13:50 The kidney meridian and the 3 to 5 p.m. window
15:35 Tongue, pulse, and EAV testing
18:20 The urinalysis and the audiologist's results
21:03 Chinese medicine, the spleen, kidneys, and fluid
23:15 Supporting the spleen, kidneys, and lymph
24:58 Homeopathic remedies for vertigo
26:52 Herbs for the kidneys: uva ursi and chanca piedra
27:55 Supplements for the spleen
30:06 Four steps to take this week
31:32 Closing thoughts
32:34 Disclaimer
Supplements Dr. Motley recommends:
SPLEEN
Spleeno-Lyph by Nutri-West
Spleen PMG by Standard Process: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/doctormotley/signup
Albizia Supreme by Supreme Nutrition: https://shop.supremenutritionproducts.com/?aff=28
KIDNEY
Uva Ursi by Supreme Nutrition: https://shop.supremenutritionproducts.com/?aff=28
Body Guard by Supreme Nutrition: https://shop.supremenutritionproducts.com/?aff=28
Cranberry
UT Vibrance
Homeopathics that help with vertigo:
DesBio "Dizzy": https://dbscript.com/?direct=drmotley
Professional Formulas "Vertigo Syncope": https://professionalformulas.com/patientcode/?doctorname=Christopher&doctor_code=GXN776D
Vertigoheel
Standard Process Spleen PMG: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/doctormotley/signup
The common four herbs that help with vertigo:
Cocculus
Conium
Theridion
Ambra
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