This pattern is caused by anger, frustration and resentment over a long period of time disrupting the balance of yin and yang necessary for healthy behaviour. The loss of yin causes liver yang to rise, which then sets off a chain reaction of unhealthy and dangerous behaviours. Symptoms: Headache located at the temples, eyes or […]
The main aspect of this pattern is that the kidneys are too weak to receive chi from the lungs, and to hold it down. Chi accumulates in the chest causing an excess in the chest and a deficiency in the kidneys. Kidneys control inhalation and lungs control exhalation, so there is difficulty in inhalation. This […]
This is a pattern affiliated with chronic disease (in TCM chronic diseases can be cured or relieved) and osteoporosis. The kidneys store your essence (jing), the substance that nourishes, fuels and cools the body, and is also responsible for human growth, reproduction and bones. In health, jing is abundant and is transformed into bone marrow […]
This pattern doesn’t happen overnight. A fast-paced life, years of overwork, stress (financial or emotional), malnourishment (junk food and nutrient poor foods) combined with tension, intense worry, frustration, anger, hopelessness and depression deplete the yin of the kidney and the liver. Symptoms: Sallow complexion, brittle nails, dull occipital or vertical headache, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, constipation, […]
The heart and kidneys depend upon each other for support, but they also control each other. The heart descends to the kidneys to provide warmth (kidneys are the fire for all physiological processes) and the kidneys ascend to the heart to prevent it from becoming hyperactive (the heart stores the mind). When kidney yin becomes […]
This pattern is caused by irregular eating habits and chronic overwork combined with longterm worry which injures the lung energy. It is a chronic pattern characterised by the exhaustion of the body’s chi. Symptoms: Dry cough (worse in the evening), dry mouth, blood-tinged sputum, insomnia, thin body, breathlessness from exertion, weak breathing, weak voice, sore […]
A chronic condition involving spleen and kidney. Your spleen controls transportation and transformation, and kidney yang warms the spleen to support its functions. Yang deficiency in the spleen or kidneys will cause dysfunction of transportation and transformation, leading to loose stools, diarrhoea, stomach rumbling, chronic diarrhoea, and a cold abdomen. Kidney yang can’t transform fluids, […]
This pattern is affiliated with the Western diseases of depression, sexually transmitted diseases, yeast infection, urinary dysfunction and is characterised by urinary and sexual manifestations. The kidneys can’t provide enough chi to the bladder causing incontinence, frequent urination, weak-stream urination and dribbling after urination. The chi is too weak to hold sperm or vaginal secretion […]
This pattern is affiliated with gallstones and is caused by longterm stress generating anger, and excessive consumption of greasy and fatty foods. The dampness formed by the greasy food combines with the heat caused by strong emotions. The gallstones form over a long period of time from dampness under the ‘steaming and brewing’ action of […]
This is a constitutional pattern (you can be born with it) characterised by a lack of courage, timidity and poor decision making, that can then affect the way you live. It can also develop as a result of malnourishment, in particular from a protein deficient diet, or from diets that make you emotionally and physically […]
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