The Seven Emotions
Emotional related diseases factors, which effect the organ associated with the emotion as well as organs that have a Five Element relationship with that elements emotion.
The Seven Emotions are:
Joy (Over-excitement, Manic) - Heart and Fire Element
Slows the Qi
Fear controls Joy (Water controls Fire)
- Palpitations
- Insomnia
- Unclear Thinking
- Mania, Disturbed Shen (possibly manic, risk-taking)
- Heart Attack
Example:
Migraine headache caused by sudden joy from receiving good news.
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Anger (Rage, Resentment, Frustration) - Liver and Wood Element
Makes Qi Ascend
Grief controls Anger (Metal controls Wood)
- Vertex Headache
- Dizziness
- Blurry Vision
- Blood Pressure is Raised
- Stroke
- Internal Wind (trembling from anger or an onset of Wind symptoms such as a seizure)
- Pain in the Costal Region Especially in the Liver
Liver attacks Spleen and Stomach
- Spleen Qi Xu
- Rebellious Stomach Qi
- Bleeding
a. Nosebleeds common because Qi is ascending
b. Vessels Burst Because Spleen is Weak
Liver counterattacks Lung
Liver Can harm Gall Bladder (Yin Yang paired Organ)
- Inability to make decisions (I'm so angry, I can't think straight)
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Grief or Sadness - Lung and Metal Element
Weakens, Depletes, or Dissolves the Qi
Joy Controls Grief (Fire controls Metal)
- Tightness in the Chest (SOB)
- Excessive Crying
- Asthma
- Frequent Colds and Flu (Wei Qi is weakened)
- Skin problems
Grief Affecting the Heart
- Zong Qi is weakened affecting Heart
Metal counterattacking Fire
- Circulation Becomes Impaired
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Worry and Pensiveness - Spleen and Earth Element
Stagnates or Knots the Qi
Wood controls Earth (Anger controls Worry and Pensiveness)
Harms the Heart (Son Depleting the Mother), and ultimately the Shen
- Palpitations
- Spleen Qi Deficiency
- Heart Blood Deficiency
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Fright (Terror, Shock) - Gallbladder and Wood Element
Fright Confuses or Scatters the Qi
Grief controls Fright (Metal controls Wood)
Note: There is a difference between fear and fright: Fright: startling, scared by things that are present. Fear: deeper, more chronic; scared by things not present
- Indecisive
- Confused
- Lack Courage
Harms the Kidneys (son depleting mother; Wood depleting Water)
- Long-term fright turns to fear (child abused once causes fright; ongoing abuse leads to fear of when it will happen again)
Harms Liver (Gallbladder and Liver are Yin Yang paired organs)
- become angry at what frightened us (a mother becomes angry with a child that loves to startle her as a joke)
Harms the Heart (Wood fails to nourish Fire)Fright unroots the Shen
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Fear - Kidneys and Water Element
Makes Qi Descend
Concentration and thinking controls Fear (Earth Controls Water)
Note: Less sudden, more chronic and internal than fright
Kidneys are weakened when living in fear
- might lose bladder control
Harms Liver and Gallbladder (Water not nourishing Wood)
- Depression
- Indecisive
- Confused
- Lack Courage
Harms the Heart (Water not controlling Fire)
Heart Fire blazes out of control
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