Posted by Hombre on June 9, 2010, at 3:48:18
In reply to TCM » Hombre, posted by janejane on June 7, 2010, at 13:01:08
What's cool about TCM is that the emotions and the material aspect of the body, namely the organs (remember, think functional systems that may include from cellular to inter-organ relationships), are intimately connected. Pathology in an organ system will have physical as well as emotional symptoms. The healthy functioning of an organ system is related to a positive type of emotion or mental function such as the ability to plan and carry out actions with resoluteness (liver). The pathology of said organ system would result in anger or over-controlling behavior. Since all the organ systems are interrelated, one system may be hurting another symptom causing symptoms. That's where it takes a skillful practitioner to look at the big picture and see where the problems are.
This is a pretty good link talking about the 7 emotions and how problems may come about:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/traditional-chinese-medicine-causes-of-illness6.htm
I typed out a pretty good description of the Kidneys in the thread Whitmore posted about cortisome/ACTH. Kidneys are usually implicated if there is fatigue, anxiety, and insomnia. Kidneys (including adrenal and endocrine function) are at the root of one's overall health. I'm taking a Kidney Yang tonic (I tend towards hypo- type symptoms) and the result is stronger will power and decrease in water retention and weight gain that I get from the meds.
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