Transforming Emotions with Chinese Medicine by Zhang Yanhua

Author:Zhang, Yanhua.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

As discussed in chapter 3, a persistent tendency in Chinese thinking is to see motion and change (dong ) as generative of “the myriad things” of the world. In this world of ceaseless transformations, health is maintained by orderly flow and exchanges of the life forces of jing (fine essence), qi (life/vital energy), and xue (blood). According to Chinese medical theory, when the orderliness of bodily processes is upset (dong shi qi chang )—for example, what is supposed to go up fails to go up and what is supposed to move down fails to move down—the physiological circulations would be obstructed, and illness would arise. Seven unchecked emotive activities are the common reasons for the loss of dynamically maintained equilibrium of human physiology.

Neijing: Suwen (39): “When thinking excessively (si ), thoughts are stored in the heart, concentrated in one place, whereby the orthopathic qi stops moving and becomes static. That’s why qi is congealed (jie ).”3

Neijing: Lingshu: “When sad and worried (youchou ), passage of qi closes and its movement stops.”

Zhubing Yuanhou Lun: “Qi congestion illness (jieqi bing ) is produced by sadness and worry (yousi ). When thoughts weigh in the heart, spirit stops, qi gets stuck and therefore congealed inside.”4

Gujing Yitong Daquan: “Yu refers to the blockage of the seven emotions, which leads to congestion of qi. Once qi gets stagnated, it gradually turns into various pathological forms.”5

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