(Last Updated on November 19, 2024 by Amiee)
The emotions we are talking about here refer to excessive emotions.
The seven emotions, namely joy, anger, lamenting, thinking, sadness, fear, and shock, are the seven emotional changes, which are the mental state of a person. Joy hurts the heart, anger hurts the liver, worrying and sadness hurts the lungs, thinking hurts the spleen, fear hurts the kidneys.
The emotions mainly affect the viscera, causing them to be disordered. The main impact changes are: “Anger causes the qi to go up”, “Joy causes the qi to walk slowly”, “Sadness causes the qi to decrease”, “Fear causes the qi to walk slowly”, “Shock causes the qi to mess up”, “Thinking causes the qi to clump.”
Anger causes the qi to go up: It refers to excessive anger, which can make the liver qi rush upwards, and you can see breathless, red face, red eyes, hematemesis, or even fainting.
Joy causes the qi to walk slowly：It means to be overjoyed, it can make the heart restless. Excitement can make the heart restless, and God does not keep it inward. It is manifested as the inability to concentrate, even frantic, absent-mindedness, etc.
Sadness and lamenting cause the qi to decrease: Excessive grief can cause lung qi depression, depression, and loss of lung qi. Visible lack of energy, shortness of breath, and fatigue.
Fear causes the qi to walk slowly: Refers to excessive fear, which can damage the kidneys due to fear, and can show symptoms such as incontinence and spermatorrhea. Fear is under breath: Refers to excessive fear, which can damage the kidneys due to fear, and can show symptoms such as incontinence and spermatorrhea
Shock causes the qi to mess up: It means that you are suddenly frightened, so that the heart has nothing to rely on, the mind has nothing to return, and worry has nothing to do. Appears as uneasy, and panicked.
Thinking causes the qi to clump: It means that excessive thinking will damage the spleen and weaken the spleen. If it affects the heart, the heart and blood will be insufficiency, which manifests as palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia, and dreams; if the spleen is not healthy, it can also affect appetite and performance. Loss of appetite, fullness of the abdomen or diarrhea, loose stools, etc.
Understanding the influence of emotions on the body is of great help to better grasp the food therapy theory and better application of diet therapy.
