Seven Emotions Flashcards

1
Q

This emotion makes qi rise up/ascend. It is related to the LV/GB/Wood element.

A

Anger

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This emotion makes qi decline/descend. It is related to the Kidney/Bladder/Water element.

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Fear

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This emotion makes qi slow down/relax. It is related to the Heart/Fire element.

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Joy

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4
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This emotion makes qi stagnate or knot up. It is related to the Stomach/Spleen/Earth element.

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Worry/pensiveness

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5
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This emotion consumes or dissolves qi. It’s related to the Lung/Large Intestine/Metal element.

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Sadness

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6
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This emotion scatters the qi. It’s related to the Kidney and Heart axis.

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Shock

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7
Q

This yang climate is referred to the “beginning of 100 diseases.

  • Upward/outward dispersion.
  • Rapid change/onset
  • Constant MOVEMENT
  • Symptoms can arise in the skin, joints and channels.
A

Wind

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8
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This yang climate is associated with the summer season.

  • Qi movement is generally in an upward direction
  • Lots of heat consumes yin fluids
  • Stirs up wind and disturbance of blood
  • Symptoms include: aversion to heat, high fever, sweating, mental confusion, thirst, overflowing-rapid pulse, red tongue with yellow coating.
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Fire Blazing

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9
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This climate is associated with the summer season.

  • It can present with dampness symptoms.
  • Symptoms include: aversion to cold, fever, sweating, headache, dark urine, thirst, floating rapid pulse.
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Summer Heat

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10
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This yin climate is associated with the late summer season.

  • Causes feelings of heaviness and turbidity.
  • Makes fluids thicker and causes stagnation.
  • It impairs the yang and obstructs qi circulation.
  • Symptoms can show up in the muscles, joints and almost any area of the body (especially where body fluids are involved).
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Dampness

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11
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This yang climate is associated with the autumn season.

  • It consumes body fluids.
  • Impairs the function of the lung organ.
  • Symptoms can include dry cough, aversion to cold, fever, dry mouth and nose.
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Dryness

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12
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This yin climate is associated with the winter season.

  • It consumes yang qi.
  • Causes contraction and stagnation.
  • Symptoms can appear in almost any part of the body including upsetting the digestion and uterus.
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Cold

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