Guest guest Posted July 3, 2002 Report Share Posted July 3, 2002 Interior problems can result from Evils invading, or they can arise within the body. For example, Interior Wind can develop because of Blood Deficiency or high fever. Interior Cold can be due to Cold that invaded from the environment, affecting the Exterior of the body first and then invading to the Interior. Or, Interior Cold can be due to Yang Deficiency and there not being enough Yang to warm the body properly. Etc. Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 Although it is posible that an external factor like wind or cold invade our body , we prefer consider emotional factors as the main causes of internal deseases cause they affect directly energy , blood and fluid metabolism that is why they produce conditions sililars to those produce for external factors. they say rage make Qi regurgitate; joy make Qi armonious worry make Qi stagnate, sadness make Qi disipated, fear make Qi to sink. When we talk about internal wind most of time we talk of dampness for worry that stagnate Qi , then wood is unable to drain drain eath then regurgitation of qi take place. Remember if Qi is unable to circulate blood or fluid will not be able either. lrneninger ===== Dr.L Rodríguez Neninger Ballet Tv Cuba telef 537-797255Especialista en Medicina Holistica(Acupuntura,Masaje,Dieta,Herbologia chinas) Domicilio:Telef 537-95-4446 lrneninger _____________ Copa del Mundo de la FIFA 2002 El único lugar de Internet con vídeos de los 64 partidos. ¡Apúntante ya! en http://fifaworldcup./fc/es/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2002 Report Share Posted July 5, 2002 Chinese Traditional Medicine, Lázaro Rodríguez <lrneninger> wrote: > Although it is posible that an external factor like > wind or cold invade our body , we prefer consider > emotional factors as the main causes of internal > deseases cause they affect directly energy , blood > and fluid metabolism that is why they produce > conditions sililars to those produce for external > factors. Somewhere in some of my packed up books (I think one of the Maciocia texts) there is a good summation of factors that can trigger imbalance. These also include diet and herbs. For example, if someone eats too many foods and herbs with warming energy, the person can become too hot (Excess Heat - from the food and herbs). Some people are born with constitutional weaknesses. These include Western-defined genetic disorders as well as weak Jing, a tendency to certain TCM imbalances, etc. Physical deformities that an individual is born with also can incline a person toward certain imbalances. For example, a club foot, a crooked spine, etc. can interfere with the proper flow of Qi and Blood among other things. Trauma to the body from accidents, surgery, fights, etc. can produce Blood Stasis and Qi Stagnation which in time trigger other imbalances if left untreated. The ancient Chinese also recognized air quality as a factor in health and illness. They wrote of different " mists " and the effects that these can have. I know I'm forgetting some of the factors here, and hope others will jump in and finish the list. > we prefer consider > emotional factors as the main causes of internal > deseases cause they affect directly energy , blood > and fluid metabolism that is why they produce > conditions sililars to those produce for external > factors. They do. They affect Qi and Qi flow. (I'm emphasizing this for the readers who are new to TCM.) > they say > rage make Qi regurgitate; > joy make Qi armonious > worry make Qi stagnate, > sadness make Qi disipated, > fear make Qi to sink. An example of fear causing Qi to sink is someone who wets his or her pants when frightened. This is a dramatic example, but there are many more. For example, the loss of energy in a person who is sad, depressed, or grieving. When we observe someone who is sad or grieving, it's like something has gone out of the person. It has. The Qi is disipating. I want to caution readers - Americans in particular - that the TCM understanding of the role emotions play in health and illness is far, far more sophisticated than that of the West at present. In the United States (and some other countries) " it's psychological " all too often has become nothing more than a catch-phase for doctors who are too incompetent and/or lazy and greedy and uncaring to figure out what is really wrong with the patient and treat it appropriately. A lot of medical conditions that could be treated go untreated as a result. For example, both my father and sister were diagnosed as being " nervous and depressed " when they had cancer. As a result, proper treatment was delayed. An uncaring and greedy doctor can " see " a lot more patients and make a lot more money telling patients " it's psychological " than if s/he took the time to really listen and figure things out. (I'm not talking about all Western doctors. There are some fine Western doctors who do care and take time. But the greedy and incompetent ones far out-number the caring and competent ones these days. In fairness I also want to point out that some TCM practitioners are uncaring, incompetent, and greedy. The difference is that the medical establishment in the U.S. has de-evolved to the point where it actually favors and promotes lack of caring, the incompetence, and the greed. The framework of TCM does not.) I'll be posting more later on the sophisticated understanding of the mind-body(-emotion-spirit) connection in TCM. I want readers who have been hurt or had loved one who have been hurt by being fobbed off with " it's psychological " to know that the TCM understanding of this connection (and the treatments) is not the same as the sham that all too often is mispracticed (and malpracticed) in Western medicine. Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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