Class 8- Emotions Flashcards
Which emotion causes qì to slacken (move slowly or relax)
joy
Which emotion scatters the spirit?
joy
What does excessive joy lead to?
heart fire or heart yīn deficiency heat
Joy damages what organ?
Heart
Anger damages what organ?
Liver
What emotion causes qi to rise?
Anger
Expressed anger or rage is
liver yang rising/liver fire
symptoms of excess include headache, red face and tongue, wiry pulse
anger
Unexpressed anger causes
liver qi constraint
With anger the liver will horizontally attack what organ(s)
spleen/stomach
thought damages the
spleen
what emotion causes qi to bind?
thought and anxiety
symptoms associated= fatigue, loss of appetite, loose stools, phlegm
excessive thought/ spleen issues
sorrow damages what organ?
the lungs
what emotion causes qi to disperse?
sorrow
sorrow leads to…
lung qì deficiency: breathlessness, fatigue, crying, sighing.
anxiety damages the
damages the lungs and spleen
fear damages what organ?
the kidneys
what emotion causes qi to descend
fear
fright damages what organ?
kidneys
what emotions causes derangement of qì?
fright
makes qi chaotic
Improper diet
overeating/malnutrition
damages spleen/stomach
overeating –> phlegm and dampness
balance of 5 flavors/temperatures
Work and rest
need balance between the two
Taxation (勞 overwork) causes consumption of qì
Excessive rest impairs circulation of qì-blood and effects spleen
sexual taxation
not too much sex. ejaculation associated with men. too many pregnancies for women
is diet and internal or neither internal nor external disease?
neither internal nor external
Neither-External-Nor-Internal-Causes of Disease
- improper diet
- work and rest
- sexual taxation
- Trauma (physical wounds)
- Improper medical treatment
- Parasites and toxins
Constitution
fundamental physical and mental make-up of a person, composed of essence, qì, and spirit, but essence is the foundation.
what is the foundation of the constitution?
jing
Conflict between right qì and evil qì is associated with ______________
weather invading the body causing excess
treatment for right qì and evil qì
dispel the evil qi
most often do you supplement right qi first or drain the evil qi?
drain the evil qi first, don’t want to inadvertently supplement the evil on accident
Disharmony of yīn and yáng
excess or deficiency of yīn and yáng
involved patient presenting as hot or cold
supplement deficiency and remove excess
Heat is from __________ or ____________
Heat is from yáng excess or yīn deficiency.
Cold is from __________ or ____________
yang deficiency or yin excess
