UNDERSTANDING
STRESS : Hyperactive,or Deficiency of Yin and Yang
- THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICAL WAY-
Our world today is filled with stress. Although
the definition of stress and our reaction to it is different from
each individual whereby several members of any one family often
show a similar pattern, the impact it has on our internal organs
is somewhat similar based on Traditional Chinese Medical concept.
One of the results of stress is extreme emotions
and each type of emotion is capable of affecting one of our five
vital organs - namely depression related to liver, excessive joy
to heart, obsession to spleen, anguish to lungs and fear to kidney.
Most people have a tendency towards using one pattern of bodily
reaction rather than others, for example, some have stomach upsets,
others headaches, respiratory illness or high blood pressure.
To elaborate further, due to stress one may
suffer from angina pectons, cardiac pain, arhythmia and discomfort
when lying down - this is similar to heart meridian disorder based
on chinese medicine.
Others may feel pain at the roof of tongue,
heaviness in the trunk, anorexia, lassitude pain and swelling sensation,
coldness in the inner thighs, failing to lie horizontally - this
is similar to spleen meridian disorder in the chinese medicine.
There are also those who have a hot feeling
in the mouth or dryness in the tongue similar to pharyngitis, toothache,
insomnia and weakness of the lower limbs. They will also feel a
feverish sensation in the sole which is related to the kidney meridian
disorder according to chinese medicine.
Another category of feeling is pain in the
coastal region, distension, mass in the abdomen sometimes headache
at the vertex, vertigo or accompanied with blurring vision, tinnitus
similar to the liver meridian disorder in chinese medicine.
Lastly is the feeling of chill, fever, hidrosis
or anhidrosis, distension and fullness of the chest, pain in the
chest and clavicula fossa, neuralgia of shoulder and arm with shaking,
but when arm crossed over chest it will gain relieve - this is similar
to lung meridian disorder base on chinese medicine concept.
An Emotion Of Depression/Stress
Depression/stress in traditional chinese
medicine is often associated with stagnation of Qi of the Liver.
This in turn seen as a result of repressed feelings, particularly
anger, unwarranted worrying, fear and anxiety. The stagnation of
qi may lead to poor circulation of body fluids and the accumulation
of phlegm which is said to cloud the mind, producing apathy, muddled
thinking and pessimism. Here the mind is equated with the Shen,
the "spirit" which is associated with the Heart. The accumulation
of phlegm is said to indicate the involvement of the Spleen, which
is responsible for transforming and circulating body fluids.
Fortunately depression/stress and its effects can be reduced through
exercise, relaxation, meditation, biofeedback, acupuncture, massage
herbs or food remedies and others. Such therapeutic approaches can
help restored normal function to the internal biochemical processes
and help to reverse chronic depression/stress. It has been proven
that high levels of emotional stress increase susceptibility to
illness. Chronic stress results in a suppression of the immune system,
which in turn creates increases susceptibility to illness - especially
to immune-related disorders.
Emotional stress also leads to hormonal imbalances
(adrenal, pituitary, thyroid, thymus and others) that further interfere
with immune function.
Another interesting fact about stress is
that the period of time which it occurs most frequently can serve
as an early indication of an imperfect organ function. According
to Midday-Midnight Law, each of the twelve vital organ-meridian-function
complexes has a period of two hours during which its activity is
maximal. Hence, by keeping a record of stress trend, deficiency
of a certain organ can be detected in its early stage.
Book Reference :
ACUPUNCTURE CURE OF MANY DISEASES Dr Felix
Mann
STRESS AND RELAXATION Jane Madders
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Future Medicine Publishing, INC. Fife,
Washington
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