Choppy pulse. From a mental-emotional point of view this person will feel very anxious with an
acute sense of anxiety in the chest, and even up to the throat. The person will be restless and
prone to be easily startled. This condition is due to stagnant Blood agitating and confusing the
Mind. In severe cases, the person may lose insight and become psychotic.
Liver-Blood Stasis
If Liver-Blood is stagnant there may be vomiting of blood or epistaxis, painful periods with dark
and clotted blood, irregular periods, abdominal pain, a feeling of mass in the abdomen, insomnia,
a tongue which is Purple on the sides and a Wiry pulse. From a mental-emotional point of view
the person will be very anxious, restless and confused about his or her aims in life. He or she will
also be very irritable and prone to outbursts of anger. This condition is due to the Ethereal Soul
being agitated and confused by the stasis of Blood. In severe cases, this may also lead to
psychosis.
Blood-Heat
This is the third possible consequence of emotional problems affecting Blood. It affects the Mind
and Spirit by agitating and harassing them. Blood-Heat also mostly affects Heart or Liver.
Heart-Blood Heat
If Blood-Heat affects the Heart there will be palpitations, insomnia (inability to stay asleep),
anxiety, mental restlessness, thirst, tongue ulcers, a feeling of heat, a red face, dark urine,
possibly blood in the urine, a bitter taste, a Red tongue and a Rapid and Overflowing pulse. This
person will be extremely anxious and agitated and in some cases may be very impulsive and
restless. All these symptoms and signs are due to Blood-Heat agitating the Mind.
Liver-Blood Heat
If Blood-Heat affects the Liver there will be irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger, thirst, a
bitter taste, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, headache, red face and eyes,
dark urine, dry stools, a Red tongue which is redder on the sides and a Rapid-Wiry pulse. The
person will be very angry and tend to shout at other people a lot; may also be violent and hit
people; may also feel angry and frustrated about their life and may tend to be impulsive. All this
is due to Blood-Heat disturbing the Ethereal Soul and accentuating too much its essential
character of movement towards the outer world and relation with other people.
Effects on Yin
Blood is part of Yin and the effects of emotional stress on Yin are similar to those on Blood.
Affection of Yin may, however, be considered as a deeper level of problem than affection of