The Chinese made the link between emotional; energy and health a
long time ago. Thus they do address the
issue with advice and useful protocols.
You will find that here although most is good common sense. Yet only a few of us are paying attention.
Far too many take the other route and allow their emotions to run
amok. This leads to damage to the
biology.
This is a good introduction and check list. Add in meditation while you are at it and
your brain will transform for the better.
Stay
Balanced Emotionally, Feel Healthier Instantly—What Ancient Chinese Doctors Say
Do you know you can stay
healthy just by managing your emotions? The mind and body are interlinked,
according to Chinese medicine. Excessive swings in emotion will disrupt one’s
qi (vital energy) circulation in the body, and is often the prelude to the
onset of illnesses.
Chinese medicine
recognizes seven emotions and their impact on the human body. Joy connects with
the heart, anger with the liver, worry and grief with the lungs, pensiveness
with the spleen, and panic and fear with the kidneys.
Here’s how your seven
emotions can affect you if left unchecked. Learn to temper them, remain
emotionally balanced, and get healthier today!
Joy
Be careful not to let your happiness hurt your heart.
Yes, there can be too
much of a good thing.
Joy is a source of
positive stress, but it’s stress nonetheless. Excessive happiness causes qi to
flow irregularly to one’s heart, leading to anxiety, palpitations, and
insomnia.
How to tell if you’re
getting a little too happy for your own good? Watch out for the almost
involuntary desire to break out in laughter and meander aimlessly.
Quick Tip: No, you
should not therefore be a stoic. Just be a tiny bit reserved in your
celebrations and expressions of happiness, and you should be fine.
Anger
So angry that you feel your head’s about to explode? Time to consider meditation
This is a no-brainer.
The rushing of qi to one’s spleen and liver will induce headaches, dizziness, a
lost of appetite, and even cause nasty, nasty things to spew out from both
ends!
Of course there are
Chinese herbal formulas to help dispel excess liver qi, but if you’re always
angry, they won’t help in the long run.
Quick Tip: Best advice?
Learn to calm yourself down by self-cultivation and meditation, and watch your
anger-related illnesses vanish as your temper cools.
Panic
In times of panic, keep calm and count to ten.
Sure, we panic every
once in a while when we miss that last train or when rushing to meet a
deadline, but it’s definitely unhealthy to panic over every single thing life
throws our way.
Constant panic results
in chronic stress, which affects the qi flow to the heart and kidneys. One
would feel anxious all the time, experience rapid heartbeats, and lose sleep.
Quick Tip: A good trick
to prevent the onslaught of panic is in a stressful situation count to 10.
Don’t rush to react to situations instantly.
Worrying and Pensiveness
Excessively worrying can lead to intense loneliness and poor health.
These two emotions are
related. One who worries about things excessively will eventually close him or
herself off to the world, perpetuating a vicious cycle of negative stress on
one’s body.
The result is loss of
appetite, color, and breathlessness, as qi struggles to flow through the spleen
and lungs. Eventually, one’s heart will also be affected.
Quick Tip: It’s good to
talk about your stressful situations to a friendly, listening ear. Verbalizing
problems can make them seem less insurmountable, and you’d be able to stop
worrying and move on in life.
Grief
Show support to those in grief.
Feeling constantly short
of breath, quickly fatigue, and down right depressed? Chinese medicine
understands grief to restrict qi flow to one’s lungs, causing the outbreak of
these symptoms.
Quick Tip: Sometimes,
grief is really unavoidable, such as in the case of a recently departed loved
one, or getting the sack. You can help someone in grief out by being optimistic
and reminding them about the positive aspects of life. Just showing that you’re
there for support can work wonders.
Fear
Have you felt so fearful you just want to crawl between your sheets?
A most crippling
emotion, fear can cause a one to have a death-like pallor, constantly feel
giddy, and in severe cases, collapse.
In cases of extreme fear,
both adults and children will even lose control of their bladders, leading to
an embarrassing situation. The desire to urinate stems from the depletion of qi
in the kidneys. A prolonged lack of qi in the kidneys will inevitably cause
chronic fatigue.
Quick Tip: It’s okay to
be frightened, but learn to build some resistance after each experience. Pick
yourself up, and keep plugging away to make your life fear-free and awesome!
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