Internal injury leading to disease refers to the activities of emotions or daily life that deviate from normalcy, exceeding the body’s self-regulatory capacity, directly harming the organs, qi, blood, yin, and yang, resulting in illness. The factors of internal injury leading to disease are contrasted with external pathogenic factors, as the disease arises from within, … Read more
Internal injury diseases refer to a category of diseases caused by internal factors, as opposed to external pathogenic factors such as the six excesses. The concept of internal injury diseases first appeared in the ‘Huangdi Neijing’ (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon), with phrases like “overwork leads to shortness of breath and sweating, affecting both internal and … Read more
Causes of Internal Injury The causes of internal injury, also known as internal damage, refer to pathogenic factors that arise from emotional disturbances or behaviors that exceed the body’s self-regulatory capacity, directly harming the internal organs and leading to disease. These include internal injuries caused by the seven emotions, improper diet, and imbalance between work … Read more
| Introduction: The “Essentials of Cold Damage” states: “The six meridians are affected by cold damage, and the symptoms vary according to the individual. The underlying causes are not the same, leading to diverse manifestations.” This indicates that although the external pathogens are the same, their manifestations differ in different bodies. The reason lies in … Read more
Click↑ Follow us in blue! (1) Basic Concept of Epidemic Qi Epidemic Qi (lè qì) is a type of highly infectious pathogenic factor, also known as malevolent Qi, epidemic Qi, toxic Qi, foreign Qi, mixed Qi, and perverse Qi. Epidemic Qi is transmitted through the air and contact. Unlike the Six Excesses (liù yín), it … Read more
The Concept of Seven Emotions and Internal Injury The seven emotions, namely joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock, represent the external manifestations of the functional activities of the internal organs. Under normal circumstances, these emotions do not cause illness. It is only when sudden, intense, or prolonged emotional stimuli exceed the body’s normal … Read more
Internal Injury from the Seven Emotions has been documented since ancient times, but it was not until the Song Dynasty that Chen Wuze named the seven emotional changes of “joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock” as the “Seven Emotions” in his book San Yin Ji Yi Bing Zheng Fang Lun, categorizing them as … Read more
Click↑ Blue FollowUs! (1) Basic Concept of the Seven Emotions The Seven Emotions refer to the normal emotional activities of joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock. They are the human mind’s response to external events. The Seven Emotions are closely related to the functions of the body’s organs. Each of the Seven Emotions … Read more
The seven emotions refer to the normal emotional activities of joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock. These are physiological and psychological responses of the body’s organs to changes in the internal and external environment, and they generally do not lead to or induce disease. However, we often hear that excessive worry and thought … Read more
Zhang Shiweng What is external invasion? The common factors are wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire, collectively known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as the Six Excesses (Liù Yín). When studying the causes of diseases in TCM, many people mistakenly equate the Six Excesses with microbial invasion in Western medicine. They believe that the … Read more