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slight breathlessness, tensing of the shoulders, sometimes a dry cough and a pale complexion. The right Front pulse position (of ...

It says in chapter 39: "Sadness makes the Heart cramped and agitated; this pushes towards the lungs' lobes, the Upper Burner bec ...

Fear Fear includes both a chronic state of fear and anxiety and a sudden fright. Fear depletes Kidney-Qi and it makes Qi descend ...

hurts them, whether physically or mentally. Obsessive jealousy would also fall under this broad category. "Love" in the sense ou ...

derive from the transgression of social or religious taboos or from having done something wrong which is later regretted. People ...

which may easily harass the Mind. An excessive consumption of Damp-producing foods leads to the formation of Phlegm which, when ...

summarized as follows (Table 9.2Table 9.2). There is of course an interaction among these three periods of life and their respec ...

The shen of the complexion consists in glitter and body. Glitter means that the complexion appears clear and bright from the out ...

long-standing depression, the complexion may be pale. This is due to the depressing effect of stagnant Liver-Qi on Spleen- or Lu ...

The eyes manifest the essence of the 5 Yin and 6 Yang organs, the Nutritive and Defensive Qi and they are the place where the Qi ...

the Spirit. The same emotions can make the Lung pulse Weak, but this can be caused by very many other factors too. Thus the puls ...

because the Heart is the seat of insight and feelings and although each emotion affects its relevant organ, it also affects the ...

Pathology and Treatment of Mental-Emotional Problems We can now turn our attention to differentiating the various disease condit ...

The main manifestations of Liver-Qi stagnation are distension of the hypochondrium, epigastrium, or abdomen, belching, sighing, ...

stores Blood. Any emotional stress that affects Heart or Liver would influence Heart-Blood or Liver-Blood and therefore the Mind ...

Choppy pulse. From a mental-emotional point of view this person will feel very anxious with an acute sense of anxiety in the che ...

Blood. Yin, like Blood, is the residence and anchor of the Mind and Spirit. Emotional problems can affect the Yin of different o ...

capacities and memory. On a physical level, it will cause dizziness, tinnitus, night-sweating, 5-palm heat, backache, deafness, ...

Phlegm always shows with a Swollen tongue body, a sticky coating and a Slippery pulse. Phlegm-Fire Phlegm-Fire obstructs the Min ...

Mind weakened, characterized by depression, mental exhaustion and melancholy. The Mind is obstructed by Phlegm or, in mild cas ...