- Worry, fear, crying, flying: Lungs in Excess26(303)
- Flying and seeing strange objects made of gold or iron: Lung deficiency27(304)
- Being hungry: Spleen deficiency28(305)
- Building a house (dream taking place in late summer): Spleen deficiency29(306)
- Singing and feeling very heavy: Spleen in Excess30(307)
- Abysses in mountains and marshes: Spleen deficiency31(308)
- Swimming after a shipwreck: Kidney deficiency32(309)
- Plunging into water and being scared (dream taking place in wintertime): Kidney
deficiency33(310) - Spine being detached from the body: Kidneys in Excess (i.e. Dampness in
Kidneys)34(311) - Being immersed in water: Kidney deficiency35(312)
- Having a large meal: Stomach deficiency36(313)
- Large cities: Small Intestine deficiency37(314)
- Open fields: Large Intestine deficiency38(315)
- Fights, trials, suicide: Gall-Bladder deficiency39(316)
- Voyages: Bladder deficiency40(317)
- Crossing the sea and being scared: Excess of Yin.41(318)
Sleeping Positions
If a person is unable to sleep supine (lying on the back), it indicates an Excess condition, often of
the Lungs or Heart. The "Simple Questions" in chapter 46 says: "The Lung is the 'lid' of the other
organs, when Lung-Qi is in Excess [i.e. obstructed by a pathogenic factor] the channels and