Humans experience seven emotions and desires, which are joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fright, and fear. It is normal for a person to feel happy at times and sad at others, or to experience worry and fright. However, excessive emotions can harm the body, primarily affecting the five internal organs.The Huangdi Neijing states: anger harms … Read more
In the process of recognizing the surrounding world or interacting with others, individuals inevitably experience corresponding emotions, which in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are referred to as the Seven Emotions: joy, anger, worry, contemplation, sadness, fear, and shock. Under normal circumstances, fluctuations in these emotions have little impact on health and do not lead to … Read more
Keep Moving 保持·热爱 Understanding the Causes of Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine Seven Emotions Seven Emotions Anger can lead to blood vomiting and death. Out-of-body experiences. Excessive sadness harms the body. Are these classic scenes from TV dramas true? Today, let’s explore the truth about emotions. Causes of Disease In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the … Read more
What? Can unstable emotions cause internal injuries to the body? It is true. Our abnormal emotional fluctuations can interact with the health of the five internal organs (wuzang) and six bowels (liubao). Let’s take a look at how this works. These factors affect our emotions Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) often refers to the seven emotions … Read more
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), emotional and psychological issues leading to disease are not limited to anger. It is commonly said in TCM that excessive emotions, referred to as 七情 (qī qíng), can be detrimental to health. This concept suggests that any emotion, even joy, should not be excessive, as it can become a risk … Read more
Eliminating damp-heat has always been a topic of great concern. This is because damp-heat issues are both common and troublesome, to the extent that the Yuan dynasty physician Zhu Danxi stated in his work “Ge Zhi Yu Lun,” “Among the six qi, damp-heat accounts for eight or nine out of ten diseases.” Since Mr. Zhu … Read more
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), colds are typically classified into two categories: Wind-Cold and Wind-Heat. Wind-Cold colds occur when the body is invaded by the Wind-Cold pathogen, and treatment should involve warming herbs. If cooling herbs are mistakenly used, the Wind-Cold cannot be expelled through sweating, leading to a prolonged illness. Wind-Heat colds arise from … Read more
The Wind-Cold common cold is caused by the invasion of wind-cold, leading to the failure of lung qi to disperse, and is prevalent in autumn and winter. Its symptoms include severe chills, mild fever, body aches, nasal congestion with a heavy voice, coughing, and runny nose. Both Western medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can … Read more
Clinical Manifestation of Wind-Cold Common Cold: Wind-Cold Binding the Exterior Today we will discuss a type of common cold, known as Wind-Cold Common Cold (实证感冒, shí zhèng gǎn mào), characterized by Wind-Cold binding the exterior. The common cold is something everyone is familiar with, as it is quite prevalent. When the body’s immune system is … Read more
The Wind-Cold Common Cold is a common external pathogenic disease caused by the invasion of wind-cold evil qi, characterized clinically by nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, cough, headache, chills, fever, and general malaise. Etiology and Pathogenesis In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Wind-Cold Common Cold is also referred to as “Shang Feng” (伤风), which means to … Read more