Human beings have a relatively fixed lifespan, which Chinese medicine calls “Tiannian”. According to the Zuo Zhuan, the age of heaven should be about 100 to 120 years. It is generally believed that longevity is the result of two processes: one is a physiological change closely related to time, and the other is a pathological change caused by physical or mental illnesses or stress. Chinese medicine believes that innate endowment, natural environment and social factors are the influencing factors of human longevity; the strength and weakness of the essence in the kidney and the state of the spleen and stomach are the central aspects of aging, which are the internal factors affecting human longevity.
The three major killers of human health are poor diet, emotional and moral injury, and overwork. Emotionally induced disease refers to the factors that directly injure the internal organs and cause disease due to the unusual degree of human emotion or behavior.
First, the basic concept of emotion and will
If the seven emotions belong to the five organs, they can be represented by happiness, anger, thought, sadness and fear, and belong to the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, collectively known as the five wills. Under normal circumstances, the seven emotions are the seven different reflections of the human body on objective external things and phenomena, and generally do not cause disease. Only sudden and strong or long-term persistent emotional stimulation, more than the body’s own physiological activities of the regulatory range, causing disorders of the internal organs of Qi and blood function, will lead to disease. At this time, the seven emotions will become a factor that causes disease. For example, undesirable living and working environment, natural and man-made disasters, social unrest, changes in economic conditions, etc., can cause the seven emotions to cause disease; whether the seven emotions can lead to disease, in addition to the intensity of the seven emotions also with the body’s own tolerance, the ability to regulate. The seven emotions cause diseases different from the six sexes, the six sexes from the muscle surface, the mouth and nose from the outside, invading the body, so called external six sexes; the seven emotions directly affect the internal organs and the onset of disease, and from within, so also known as “internal injury to the seven emotions”.
Second, the relationship between the seven emotions and the internal organs of Qi and blood
The human body has a close relationship between the emotional activities and the internal organs of Qi and blood, “Suwen Yin and Yang Ying Xiang Daxue” said: “people have five organs into five gas, to produce happiness, anger, sadness, worry, fear” can be seen that the material basis of emotional activities is the five organs of the essence of Qi and blood. Therefore, there is a corresponding pattern of emotion and will activity with the five organs. That is, the heart in the will for joy, the liver in the will for anger, the spleen in the will for thought, the lung in the will for sadness, the kidney in the will for fear. Undoubtedly, the changes of internal organs and blood will also affect the changes of emotion and will. For example, the Nei Jing: “If the liver is deficient in qi, it is fear, and if it is real, it is anger; if the heart is deficient in qi, it is sorrow, and if it is real, it is endless laughter.” Conversely, too much of the seven emotions will also damage the corresponding internal organs and trigger the seven emotions to cause disease.
Third, the seven emotions cause disease characteristics
1. The seven emotions all originate from the heart.
The heart is the master of life activities, not only dominates the physiological activities of the human body, but also dominates the psychological activities, including emotional activities. The seven emotions are reflected by external stimuli transmitted to the heart through the human senses, so the seven emotions are all from the heart, and after the seven emotions from the heart, different emotions will affect the corresponding internal organs, so there is “heart for the five organs and six bowels of the main”.
2, direct injury to the internal organs.
Because of the relationship between the five organs and the activities of the emotions, therefore, the seven emotions too much can damage the corresponding internal organs. For example, the heart is the main joy, too much joy is sad; liver is the main anger, too much anger will hurt the liver; spleen is the main thought, too much thought will hurt the spleen; lung is the main sadness, too much sadness will hurt the lung; kidney is the main fear, too much fear will hurt the kidney. The heart, liver and spleen are the most common diseases caused by the seven emotions in clinical practice.
Fourth, the impact of the internal organs and qi
1, anger is on the gas.
Resulting in liver qi rebellion, blood rises with the qi, common clinical symptoms of qi rebellion: head swelling, headache, red face, red eyes, vomiting blood, and even fainting, death. Therefore, “Nei Jing”: “great anger is the form of qi, and the blood on the top, so that people thin convulsions.
2, joy is slowing down the qi.
Normal conditions, happy can ease the mental tension, so that the mood calm, relaxed, as a causative factor of the happy, is that the excessive violence can make the heart Qi dissipated not collected, the gods do not guard the house, the spirit can not focus, or even disorientation and frenzy.
3, sadness is qi elimination.
Refers to excessive sadness will damage the lung qi, thus appearing short of breath, mental depression, weakness, etc.
4, fear is the gas down:.
Fear is excessive, can make the kidney qi is not solid, qi leakage in the lower. Clinical incontinence, even fainting, spermatorrhea, etc. are common.
5, fright is Qi chaos.
Suddenly frightened, damage to the heart Qi, resulting in disorder of the heart Qi, the heart has nothing to lean on, the gods have nothing to return, nothing to set, there are palpitations, panic and anxiety.
6.Thinking is qi stagnation.
This refers to excessive thinking, resulting in spleen qi stagnation, resulting in spleen loss of health symptoms such as dullness, bloating, loose stools, etc.
Five, how to regulate the mind and body
Emotional injury, the seven emotions cause disease, can shorten the human life span, but can be maintained through a variety of conditioning to enhance the human physique, improve the ability to adapt to the external environment, reduce the avoidance of disease, so that human life activities in the coordination of yin and Yang, the body with the harmony, the best state of physical and mental health, thereby delaying the process of human aging.
1.Nurture quiet and hide the spirit:.
The “Nei Jing” said “quiet is hidden, manic is extinct”, “quiet” means that people are required to maintain a peaceful and pleasant state of mind and achieve the spiritual state of the vain, selfless. The key to keep quiet is to abstain from desire: people should abstain from all desire for fame and fortune to prevent loss of life. Therefore, there are “thin fame and profit, forbid the sound and sex, cheap goods and wealth, loss of taste, in addition to sycophantic forgetfulness, go jealousy” and other requirements, but does not exclude obedience to the desire to nourish the spirit. In the possible case, should try to meet the requirements of food, clothing, housing, transportation and work and living environment.
2.Movement of the shape of the spirit.
Move the shape including walking, physical exercise, etc. Can promote the smooth flow of blood, tendons and coordination of the internal organs functional activities, so that people are refreshed, relaxed and happy.
3.Transferring emotions to sex.
The transfer of feelings refers to the discharge of emotions, so that the focus of thought to shift to other places, change the directionality of the internal consideration of love, so that it is transferred to another thing. Ease of sex: refers to the change of mind, including the exclusion of the change of its misconceptions, bad emotions or habits, so that the sense of bad emotions moderate catharsis, in order to restore a pleasant and calm state of mind. There are more specific methods, such as: often enjoy music, reading and poetry, participate in various gatherings, friendships, planting flowers and fishing, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc., so as to achieve the role of anti-aging and anti-aging, prolong life.