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| how the the seven emotions affect Qi Ji? |
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Definition
1. anger makes Qi rise
2. Joy slows down Qi
3. Sadness dissolves QI
4. Fear makes Qi descend
5. Shock scatters Qi
6. Worry and Pensiveness knots Qi |
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Term
| affected Qi Ji interferes with body normal function and causes disease: |
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Definition
1. Qi stagnation
2. Qi rebelling
3. Stagnant Qi Converting to fire
4. Qi stagnation causes Blood and Jin Ye stagnation |
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Term
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Definition
1. anger causes mental confusion
2. anger makes Qi rise and causes vomiting of blood and diarrhea
3. severe anger severs body and Qi, blood stagnates in the upper part and the person may suffer syncope |
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Term
| What are the affects of anger? |
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Definition
| 1. it affects the liver 2. it makes Qi rise 3. symptoms: headache, dizziness, tinnitus, red face, stiff neck, stiff shoulder 4. anger may also affect stomach, intestines, or heart |
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Term
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Definition
1. joy makes the mind peaceful and relaxes, it benefits the nourishing and defensive Qi and it makes Qi relax and slow down
2. over joy injures the heart, fear counteracts joy
3. Excessive joy dispurses the mind out of its residence |
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| What are the affects of joy? |
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Definition
1. it effects the heart
2. it slows down Qi
3. Symptoms: palpitations, over excitability, insomnia, restlessness, red tip to the tongue
4. sudden joy is akin to shock |
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Term
| explain sadness (nei jing)? |
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Definition
| sadness makes the heart cramped and agitated, this puches towards the lungs' lobes, the upper burner becomes obstructed, nourishing and defensive Qi cannot circulate freely, heat accumulates and dissolves Qi. |
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Term
| What are the effects of sadness? |
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Definition
1.it affect the lung and heart
2. It dissolves QI
3. Symptoms: breathlessness, tiredness, a discomfort feeling in the chest, depression or crying
4. it may deplete liver blood (in women) |
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Term
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Definition
1. it affects the Lung and Spleen
2. It knots Qi
3. Symptoms:
Lung:uncomfortable feeling of the chest, slight breathlessness, tensing of the shoulders, dry cough, weak voice, sighing, pale complexion
Spleen: Poor appetite, slight epigastric discomfort, abdominal distension, tiredness, pale complexion |
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Term
| what are the effects of worry? |
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Definition
1. if affects the Lung and Spleen
2. it knots QI
3. Symptoms:
1. Lung: uncomfortable feeling of he chest, slight breathlessness,tensing of the shoulders, dry cough,weak voice, sighing, pale complexion
2. Spleen: poor appetite, slight epigastric discomfort, abdominal distansion, tiredness, pale complexion |
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Term
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Definition
| Pensiveness makes the heart Qi accumulate, and causes the mind to converge: the upright Qi settles and does not move and therefore Qi stagnates |
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Term
| what are the affects of pensiveness? |
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Definition
1. it affects the spleen
2. it knots Qi
3. symptoms: poor appetite, abdominal distension, tiredness, pale complexion |
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Term
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Definition
| 1. fear depletes the Essence, it blocks the upper burner, which makes Qi descend to the Lower Burner |
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Term
| what are the effects of fear? |
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Definition
1. it effects the kidneys
2. it makes Qi descend
3. syptoms: nocturnal enuresis, incontinence of urine and diarrhea
4. it may cause Qi rise: palpitations, insomnia, night sweating, dry mouth and malar flush |
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Term
| explain shock (nei Jing)? |
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Definition
| 1. shock affect the heart depriving ir of residence, the mind has no shelter and cannot rest, so that Qi becomes chaotic |
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Term
| what is the effect of shock? |
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Definition
1. it effects the heart
2. it scatters Qi
3. symptoms: palpitations, breathlessness, insomnia, moving pulse |
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