Drs Martin & Sue Allbright Traditional Acupuncture
'Blending an ancient medical approach of mind and body with modern health'
This site was last updated on 21.1.2012
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Dreams - Nightmares
All of us dream to varying degrees and so to start with we need to separate what normal dreaming is from dreams that inform us there is a problem.
What is normal dreaming?
- Dreams that process events of the day before
- which are not frightening
- that do not disturb our sleep as such and
- that we still wake refreshed in the morning
These aspects of dreaming we would probably consider as normal.
In Chinese medicine the dreams which may signify a a disturbance in your overall
state of health are when the dream(s) may be:-
- disturbing your sleep, causing restlessness and on waking in the morning -
tiredness - repeating a particular theme
- talking in your sleep
- extremely vivid, waking up screaming
- nightmarish
- Causing you to sleep walk or movement
As traditional acupuncturists we do not analyze your dreams in detail, but the nature and any predominant colours in the dream can provide useful information as to what is happening to you. The information from dreaming does need to be put into the context of you as a whole.
In traditional Chinese acupuncture a dream usually directs us to look at where the energy or 'chi' of a person may be disturbed either physically or emotionally. Some of the dream themes listed below (although the list is not exhaustive) can be very significant to us as acupuncturists.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided in this site is accurate. It is not the intention to mislead or misinform anyone.
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Dreams of forests, trees, wind, anger, tangled roots, quarreling, floating off dreams, out of body experiences, unconcious astral travel, sleepwalking, being unrooted.
Burning, fires, sex, friendships, relationships, heat, blood.
Food, eating, feelings of hunger or fullness, giving things away, inability to move, home or house being damaged, sand, soil, ungroundedness.
Killing, death, violence, battles, wars, crying, melancholy, sadness, flying metal objects, falling downwards, filth, dirt.
Dreams of plunging into or being immersed in water, swimming, sinking sensations, shipwreck, fear, snow or frost.
Recurring repetative dreams that are evil, terrifying or nasty, that involve a very negative thought or image, or of being taken over by a ghost or monster or creature or a person, may well indicate that a persons energy has become severely stuck. These people may be significantly helped by having their energy treated with a very special formula of acupuncture points.
Following a full consultation and depending on your overal state of health, acupuncture treatment would probably be needed on a weekly basis to start with. Very rarely we may have to do a few treatments very close together (ie within a few days) at the start of treatment.
