What is it about emotions that cause disease?

  Chinese medicine has always attached great importance to the emotions that cause disease, and the holistic view of “mind-body unity” and “heaven-human unity” was already formed in the era of the Nei Jing. This “holistic view of mind and body” has influenced the formation of the basic theories of Chinese medicine, and has been applied to the prevention and treatment of diseases and health care by successive generations of physicians. In the Nei Jing, there are such principles as “anger hurts the liver”, “happiness hurts the heart”, “thinking hurts the spleen”, “worry hurts the lungs” and “fear hurts the kidneys”. “Fear hurts the kidneys” and other theories, that the five wills have a close relationship with the five organs. Another example is “Ling Shu? Mouth Question”, “Sorrow and sadness move the heart, and when the heart moves, the five internal organs are shaken.” Su Wen? The main bright is under the security, ……, the main unknown is the twelve official danger,” indicating that the brain’s response to emotional stimuli will affect the function of the internal organs.   People who are often angry are prone to hypertension and cerebrovascular disease.  Moderate joyful emotions promote the secretion of endorphins in the brain, which can keep the body healthy and enable the organism to repair. However, too much joy can damage the heart qi, as Chinese medicine says, “joy is slow qi”, and the heart is pneumatic, the spirit is scattered and the evil qi is extreme, resulting in excessive excitement, such as palpitations and insomnia. The story of Fan Jin, who was old enough to win the imperial examinations, suddenly developed a feverish illness due to a combination of sadness and happiness, which is a typical case of happiness and sadness.  1, thinking about the injury to the spleen Chinese medicine says “thinking is qi knot”, excessive thinking, affect the spleen and stomach transport function, loss of appetite, dull food, abdominal distension, fatigue, etc.. People who are depressed and worried are often prone to digestive system diseases, such as gastritis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, etc.  In Chinese medicine, it is said that “sadness makes the qi disappear”. When a person is strongly sad, it can hurt the lung qi, resulting in dry cough, shortness of breath, coughing up blood and so on. The “Dream of the Red Chamber”, sentimental, sad and sad body Lin Daiyu, is a good proof.  2, panic injury to the kidney Chinese medicine said “fear is the gas down”, excessive fright can be seen incontinence, inability to ingest, kidney essence is not solid, and bone acid spasms, seminal emission and other diseases; can also interfere with the neuropsychiatric system, appearing in a trance, fear does not understand, tinnitus, deafness, dizziness, etc.. In life, through the language of fear implied, and the person really scared to death reports, has been seen time and again. It can be seen that fear is the danger of Qi down. In summary, it can be seen that the relationship between emotional and mental activities and the function of the internal organs is very close, the five will be too extreme, it is easy to cause disorders of the internal organs, and produce different diseases.