Abdominal cramping
The Holistic Perspective
on Abdominal cramping
Abdominal cramping is more than just “stomach pain.” It reflects underlying terrain imbalances in pace/energy, tone, and moisture. While cramps can feel sharp, twisting, or spasmodic, the root causes differ depending on whether the body is overstimulated, structurally weakened, or congested. Beyond the surface, abdominal cramping often has deeper affinities with the digestive system (stomach, intestines, liver), the nervous system (stress response and motility control), and the endocrine system (hormonal influence on gut tone). Everyday triggers, from foods, lifetime choices, to medications, often worsen the problem but act on top of these deeper terrain patterns.
Root Causes & Triggers by Patterns
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👉 Moisture patterns describe whether tissues are too dry, too boggy, or congested with fluid.
Primary Root Causes
👉These are terrain-level imbalances that set the foundation for the symptom and why the imbalance exists. They create a body environment where this particular ailment is likely to appear and thrive.
Deficiency in nutrients that regulate sebum quality (zinc, vitamin B6, essential fatty acids) → alters oil composition, making it waxier and clog-prone.
Excess dietary intake of fats, oils, and dairy → overstimulates sebaceous activity and thickens sebum.
Alcohol overuse → burdens the liver, weakens detox capacity, pushes more waste through skin oils. → Liver sluggishness or impaired bile flow poor fat metabolism, leading to increased excretion of oily residues through the skin.
Hormonal fluctuations (esp. androgen dominance or low estrogen balance) → amplify sebaceous gland output.
High-sugar, high-glycemic diet over time → keeps insulin chronically elevated, indirectly driving oiliness.
Low-fiber diet → slows bowel clearance, increasing reliance on skin as an eliminative organ.
Chronic overeating → overburdens digestion, increasing damp/congestive tendencies expressed as oily skin.
Long-term reliance on processed seed oils (corn, soy, canola) → disrupts fatty acid balance, worsening sebum quality.
Inadequate hydration → paradoxically stimulates more oil production as the skin tries to compensate for internal dryness for people who have a genetic baseline towards oiliness.
Sedentary lifestyle → reduces circulation and detox efficiency, making the skin pick up the slack through oil excretion.
Chronic stress-related eating (comfort foods, overeating sugar/fats) → amplifies both endocrine and digestive drivers of oiliness.
Gut dysbiosis or intestinal permeability → toxins and metabolic byproducts rerouted through the skin in sebum.
Secondary Root Causes
👉Secondary Root Causes show how that imbalance expresses physiologically (e.g., reduced oil and sweat production).
Common Triggers
👉Triggers are external or situational sparks that worsen or bring forward the symptom, but they do not create the terrain imbalance on their own.
Remedies (Practitioner Use Only)
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👉 Pace/Energy patterns describe whether the metabolism and cellular functions are overactive, underactive, or unstable.
Primary Root Causes
👉These are terrain-level imbalances that set the foundation for the symptom. They create a body environment where dry skin is likely to appear.
Secondary Root Causes
👉Secondary Root Causes show how that imbalance expresses physiologically (e.g., reduced oil and sweat production).
Common Triggers
👉Triggers are external or situational sparks that worsen or bring forward the symptom, but they do not create the terrain imbalance on their own.
Remedies (Practitioner Use Only)
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👉 Tone patterns describe whether tissues are too tight, too weak, or unstable in their structural integrity.
Primary Root Causes
👉These are terrain-level imbalances that set the foundation for the symptom. They create a body environment where dry skin is likely to appear.
Secondary Root Causes
👉Secondary Root Causes show how that imbalance expresses physiologically (e.g., reduced oil and sweat production).
Common Triggers
👉Triggers are external or situational sparks that worsen or bring forward the symptom, but they do not create the terrain imbalance on their own.
Remedies (Practitioner Use Only)
Types of Abdominal cramping
Dry skin is not just “dry skin.” It shows up in different terrain-driven expressions, each with its own flavor. Recognizing the subtype helps you know which root causes are most active. Dry skin isn’t a one-size category. Each subtype ties back to a different terrain pattern (moisture, pace, tone, or immune activity). This also means remedies differ: what helps “nutrient-deficiency dryness” (oils, fats, minerals) won’t be enough for “inflammatory dryness” (where stabilizing and barrier-support remedies are needed).
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Constitutional Dryness: Lifelong tendency toward dry skin, rough patches, chapped lips, or eczema-like flares. Often linked to a naturally dry terrain (thin mucosa, low oil production, faster metabolism). This is “baseline dryness”, not caused by disease, but by a genetic predisposed pattern.
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Metabolic / Endocrine Dryness: Dry, pale, cool skin that worsens with fatigue, weight gain, or hair thinning. Hypothyroidism or adrenal hypofunction slowing circulation, sweat, and oil secretion. Often overlooked as a skin problem, but driven by endocrine pace/energy imbalance.
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Nutrient-Deficiency Dryness: Thin, fragile skin that cracks easily, heals slowly, and may peel or wrinkle early. Deficiency in essential fatty acids, vitamin A, vitamin D, zinc, or protein. This is dryness rooted in lack of raw materials for skin structure.
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Environmental / Exogenous Dryness: Seasonal dryness in winter, flaking from over-exfoliation, tightness after washing. Environmental exposure (wind, cold, dry heat, harsh soaps). This form is trigger-dominant but still worsens if the terrain is already vulnerable and prone to dryness.
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Degenerative / Aging Dryness: Loss of plumpness, sagging, thinning, more wrinkles with less oil production. Atrophy and degeneration of collagen + reduced hormone levels (especially estrogen after menopause). A natural but terrain-influenced progression; remedies usually focus on slowing tissue breakdown.
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Inflammatory Dryness: Dry, red, itchy patches that may crack or flare like eczema or psoriasis. Excitation or auto-inflammatory patterns where immune response strips moisture from skin. Not just dry, but dry + inflamed → irritation is as much an issue as lack of moisture.
Call to action: Dry skin is a signal from your inner terrain, not just your outer layer. While root causes create the environment for it to develop, triggers like climate, skincare practices, or medications often make it worse. If you want to know which remedies and practices will actually restore balance for your skin, book a consultation with me, I’ll guide you through terrain-specific solutions tailored to your body.
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