Liver Invading the Spleen

The liver, which is responsible for the smooth flow of chi throughout the body, is very close to the spleen which is the main digestive organ. When liver chi stagnates, due to stress, anger, frustration or inappropriate diet, it invades the spleen and disturbs the digestive process. From a psychological perspective liver invading the spleen […]

Liver Invading the Stomach

Lifestyle factors and emotional stress, combined with irregular meals and overwork stagnates liver chi and it invades the stomach. The stomach is the ‘giver of life’, but when disrupted it creates pain and disease. Symptoms: Irritability, distension and pain in epigastrium and hypochondrium, fullness in epigastrium, acid reflux, belching nausea, vomiting, irritable bowel syndrome, peptic […]

Liver Fire Insulting the Lungs

Anger causes the formation of liver fire, which rises upwards towards the chest generating breathlessness and asthma. The underlying cause for this pattern is long standing liver chi stagnation resulting from emotional and psychological issues. Symptoms: Breathlessness, asthma, fullness and stuffy chest and hypochondrium, cough, yellow or blood-streaked sputum, headache, dizziness, red face, thirst, bitter […]

Damp Cold in the Urinary Bladder

Dampness is heavy, it obstructs the water passages in the lower body and interferes with the urinary bladder function of chi transformation causing urgent and difficult urination and the feeling of heaviness which is typical for dampness. Excessive exposure to exterior dampness and cold contributes to the development. Symptoms: Frequent and urgent urination, difficult urination […]

Liver Yang Rising Causing Wind

Caused by a combination of emotional factors (continuous states of anger, resentment and frustration) with a hectic lifestyle that depletes kidney yin and jing (your life essence). It can also be caused by physical exertion over a long period of time. Liver wind is serious as it can develop into Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Symptoms: […]

Urinary Bladder Deficient and Cold

This pattern is affiliated with incontinence and us caused by excessive sexual activity or drug abuse, especially methamphetamines, which both weaken the bladder and fluids leak out resulting in frequent pale urination, but also incontinence. Symptoms: Frequent pale-abundant urination, incontinence, lower back pain, enuresis.

Damp Heat in the Liver and Gallbladder

This pattern is caused by a combination of ongoing longterm anger and frustration; the inability to manage stress, plus excessive thinking and an unhealthy diet (irregular meals, excessive cold or raw foods, or a protein deficient diet). This combination causes ‘heat’ and internal ‘dampness’. Symptoms: Fever, scanty dark urine, fullness and pain in chest, jaundice, […]

Kidney Yin Deficiency

This pattern is associated with a hyper-stimulated life that puts all the focus on yang and fails to nourish yin. Balancing kidney yin and kidney yang is the key to a long, happy and healthy life. It will nourish kidney yin, and thus produce enough marrow to fill the brain to prevent dizziness, tinnitus, vertigo […]

Deficiency of Liver Blood

In this pattern the liver’s function of storing blood is interfered with due to factors such as chronic sleep deprivation, skipping breakfast, rushing lunch or no lunch; nutrient poor diet, excessive coffee, lack of relaxation, lack of mindfulness, or hard core exercising combined with ‘explosive’ pre-workout supplements. This pattern can be also caused by a […]

Kidney Yang Deficiency

Kidney yang deficiency affects many aspects of health including core energy, sexual energy, lower back strength, knee strength, bone strength, hair and reproduction. It is affiliated with CFS chronic fatigue syndrome. Lifestyle plays a crucial part in developing kidney yang deficiency. Kidney yang is referred to as the ‘fire for life’ and a deficiency is […]