Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Unraveling the Link Between Lymphatics & Inflammation | Acupuncture & TCM

24 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD, connects lymphatic drainage problems to inflammation and pain, tracing how venous congestion upstream can block the system. POTS, varicose veins, and internal ptosis all contribute. Acupuncture and TCM techniques show measurable effects on internal organs in emerging research.

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So it's really kind of interesting how it's all connected. But now we're understanding how lymphatics, lymphatic drainage can correlate with inflammation, pain, but how that can be caused by upstream effects from venous congestion, which we see in our patients with dysautonomia, pots, varicose veins, people with internal ptosis or hanging of their organs, which get a lot of GI tract issues, and that can have downstream effects. So this is really, really cool stuff. So what, what, what's the point? Well, it's interesting because the article actually talked about somatic therapies that actually now have research showing their impact on internal organs.