Kidneys -Water Element “Fear depletes kidney Essence, it blocks the Upper Burner and makes Qi descend to the Lower Burner” Fear can be a chronic anxiety, or a sudden panic. Fear depletes Kidney-Qi and it makes Qi descend, when scared it is normal to feel the need to urinate. All emotions are considered normal as […]
Sadness includes the emotions of grief and regret/ self blame. “Sadness obstructs the Upper Burner and the free circulation of Defensive Qi, agitates the Heart”. Other metal emotions are insecurity, inability to achieve parental or spousal expectations, and lack of confidence. The challenge for a metal type of person is to learn how to express
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Worry seems to be a common cause of diseases nowadays. We live in times of extreme insecurity in all aspects of life. Everything changes so fast and our day to day life and freedom is threatened by unforeseen forces and events. Pensiveness is an excess of mental stimulation. The mind can rest as it is always
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Heart and Fire Element In Chinese medicine “joy” is described as over excitement so much so that it agitates and eventually damages the heart. Joy is associated with heart palpitations,( not only joy brings about palpitation). Living in a constant state of joy- excitement is not a common thing unless the person suffers from some
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Easy pulse diagnosis for 7 most common health ailments 1) Liver Qi stagnation- wiry, strong, not thready and not deep. 2) Qi and Blood stagnation- wiry and firm. 3) Liver Yang ascending-wiry, strong and pumping 4) Liver (inner) wind-wiry, floating and strong 5) Liver and gallbladder fire- wiry, strong and rapid 6) Liver and gallbladder