Etiology: Internal Factors

Question 1

What are the 7 emotions?

Answer 1

1. Joy
2. Pensiveness
3. Sorrow, greif, sadness
4. Fear
5. Anger
6. Fright
7. Worry (anxiety, distress)

Question 2

7 emotions become disease causing factors if…

Answer 2

1) Sudden and severe 2) Chronic 3) Body’s ability to tolerate and self-­regulate is impaired

Question 3

What are 2 relationships that 7 emotions have with organs, Qi and Blood?

Answer 3

1. Emotions derive from Qi, Blood and the organs

2. Emotions affect Qi, Blood and the organs

Question 4

What are the 4 characteristics of the 7 emotions?

Answer 4

1. All emotions first affect the Heart (emperor) and Shen
2. Emotions directly affect the organs
3. First affect Qi-­mechanism of organs [know graph!!!]
4. Emotions can cause illness and/or
   aggravate existing illness

Question 5

Emotion - Affect on Qi - Organ affected?

Answer 5

• Joy - Slows, slackens - Heart
• Anger - Ascends - Liver
• Worry (anxiety) - Knots - Lung
• Sadness - Depletes, dissolves - Lung (Heart)
• Pensiveness - Knots - Spleen
• Fear - Descends - Kidney
• Shock/Fright - Scasers (deranges) - Heart/Kidney