EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS

EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS

Chapter contents

PROPENSITY TO ANGER

PROPENSITY TO WORRY

TENDENCY TO BE EASILY STARTLED

MENTAL RESTLESSNESS

SEVERE TIMIDITY

INAPPROPRIATE LAUGHTER

PROPENSITY TO ANGER

Interrogation, Chapter 44

Liver-Qi stagnation

Repressed anger with occasional outbursts, hypochondrial or epigastric distension, irritability, moodiness, a feeling of a lump in the throat, premenstrual tension, Wiry pulse.

Liver-Yang rising

Propensity to outbursts of anger, irritability, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger, Wiry pulse.

Liver-Fire

Propensity to severe outbursts of anger, irritability, aggressiveness, insomnia, headache, red face, dizziness, tinnitus, irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger, thirst, bitter taste, constipation, dark urine, Red tongue with redder sides and dry yellow coating, Wiry-Rapid pulse.

• Venting one’s anger helps only if there is Liver-Qi stagnation; with Liver-Yang rising and Liver-Fire, venting one’s anger will only fan it more.

PROPENSITY TO WORRY

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Heart- and Spleen-Qi deficiency

Worry, slightly obsessive thinking, slight depression, overthinking, palpitations, shortness of breath on exertion, pale face, tiredness, spontaneous sweating, poor appetite, slight abdominal distension after eating, weakness of the limbs, loose stools, Pale tongue, Empty pulse.

Lung-Qi deficiency

Worry, depression, dislike of speaking, slight shortness of breath, slight cough, weak voice, spontaneous daytime sweating, bright-white complexion, tendency to catch colds, tiredness, dislike of cold, Pale tongue, Empty pulse.

Lung-Qi stagnation

Worry, mild irritability, depression, a feeling of a lump in the throat, difficulty in swallowing, a feeling of oppression or distension of the chest, slight breathlessness, sighing, tongue slightly Red on the sides in the chest areas, pulse very slightly Tight on the right Front position.

Heart-Blood deficiency

Worry, depression, insomnia, poor memory, anxiety, dream-disturbed sleep, poor memory, tendency to be easily startled, palpitations, dizziness, dull-pale complexion, pale lips, Pale and Thin tongue, Choppy or Fine pulse.

Liver-Blood deficiency

Worry which increases after the period in women, dizziness, blurred vision, floaters, numbness/tingling of limbs, scanty menstruation, dull-pale complexion, Pale tongue, Choppy or Fine pulse.

Heart-Yin deficiency

Worry, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, poor memory, anxiety, tendency to be easily startled, mental restlessness, uneasiness, ‘feeling hot and bothered’, palpitations, dry mouth and throat, night sweating, normal-coloured tongue without coating or with rootless coating, Floating-Empty pulse especially on the left Front position.

Heart-Yin deficiency with Empty-Heat

Worry, especially in the evening, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, poor memory, anxiety, tendency to be easily startled, mental restlessness, uneasiness, ‘feeling hot and bothered’, palpitations, dry mouth and throat, thirst with a desire to sip fluids, a feeling of heat in the evening, malar flush, night sweating, five-palm heat, Red tongue, redder on the tip with no coating, Floating-Empty and Rapid pulse.

• Worry is one of the most pervasive emotional causes of disease in Western patients. It affects the Lungs and Heart and it causes pathology of the chest and breasts.

SADNESS

Interrogation, Chapter 44

This includes a sad emotional state with frequent crying.

Lung- and Heart-Qi deficiency

Sadness, crying, depression, dislike of speaking, palpitations, shortness of breath on exertion, pale face, tiredness, weak voice, spontaneous daytime sweating, bright-white complexion, tendency to catch colds, dislike of cold, Pale tongue, Empty pulse.

Liver-Blood deficiency

Sadness, crying, mental confusion, aimlessness, poor memory, dizziness, blurred vision, floaters, numbness/tingling of limbs, scanty menstruation, dull-pale complexion, Pale tongue, Choppy or Fine pulse.

This pattern is more common in women and is due to sadness affecting the Liver.

Heart-Blood deficiency

Sadness, crying, depression, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, anxiety, tendency to be easily startled, poor memory, palpitations, dizziness, dull-pale complexion, pale lips, Pale and Thin tongue, Choppy or Fine pulse.

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