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cognition, which other organs do not have, this is another reason that it is the "emperor" of the organs. For this reason, the H ...

As we have just seen, the Mind, and therefore the Heart, plays a pivotal and leading role in all mental activities. Yu Chang in ...

the Mind or Spirit and, conversely, alterations of the Mind or Spirit will affect one or more of the internal organs. We can now ...

This ancient radical therefore depicts the bodiless head of a dead person flowing to Heaven in a swirling movement or swimming i ...

of depression is precisely the lack of direction, purpose and the absence of dreams and goals in one's life. The length and qual ...

therefore turning into causes of disease. This regulatory function of the Ethereal Soul is closely related to the balance betwee ...

temporarily at night during or just before sleep. Those who suffer from severe deficiency of Yin may experience a floating sensa ...

Sleep-walking, during which the Mind is inactive but the Ethereal Soul is active, is due to the Ethereal Soul wandering at night ...

This is composed of the radical Gui for spirit or ghost: and the character for "white": The Corporeal Soul can be defined as "th ...

itching and pain), the toxic Heat from the uterus erupts on the baby's skin in the form of eczema. Asthma can be explained in th ...

Residing in the Lungs, the Corporeal Soul is closely linked to breathing. Breathing can be seen as the pulsating of the Corporea ...

both urine and faeces from fright. The Intellect The Intellect resides in the Spleen and is responsible for applied thinking, st ...

"Memory [Zhi] indicates Intellect with a capacity for storing [data]".44(210) In the second sense, the Kidneys house Will-Power ...

of the coin; the other is a mental energy which pertains to the relevant Yin organ. This, in fact, explains why a certain emotio ...

organs and, on the other hand, disharmony of the internal organs causes emotional imbalance. The emotions taken into considerati ...

recognized, it may turn inwards and cause an attitude of self-punishment and guilt. Thus, the list of emotions could be expanded ...

Yu Chang in "Principles of Medical Practice" (1658) says: Worry agitates the Heart and has repercussions on the Lungs; pensivene ...

include several other allied emotional states, such as resentment, repressed anger, feeling aggrieved, frustration, irritation, ...

Finally, anger, like all other emotions, also affects the Heart. This is particularly prone to be affected by anger also because ...

in other words, a life of "hard playing". As indicated above, inordinate craving is an aspect of the emotion "joy" and it stirs ...