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The Fabulous Human Body
Modern medicine tends to have a very mechanical and physiological view of the functions of the organs that make up our body. But in ancient Greek medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, as in other medical systems, the internal organs are considered to be the seat of emotions and would be influenced by them.
Emotions represent our body's response to our feelings. Ancient Greek medicine considered that emotions were capable of playing an important role in the health of the organs or in the occurrence of certain diseases linked to them. Traditional Chinese medicine associates 7 emotions with their respective organs.
See what emotion each organ corresponds to, according to ancient Greek medicine, from which Western medicine was developed, and also according to traditional Chinese medicine.
Ancient Greek Medicine
Heart
The heart is very sensitive to emotional states. Noble emotions such as courage, bravery, honesty, altruism and empathy strengthen the heart and spirit of life, while less noble emotions such as guilt, remorse and the tendency to give up weaken it. Love and the will to live are very important to the heart.
According to ancient Greek medicine, it is indeed possible to die of a broken heart. The heart is considered vulnerable to turbulent passions that can agitate it and cause acute fevers.
Lungs
The lungs are a very important organ that works closely with the heart and is sensitive and vulnerable to similar emotions. The feeling of being denied one's physical and vital space can cause breathing problems and asthma. On the contrary, feelings of dignity and pride contribute to opening the chest and allowing the lungs to expand and work better. Emotions that reduce the will to live are dangerous to the lungs, especially pain and grief.
Throat
The throat is considered the communication center of our body. The inability to expose yourself and express yourself through words to say what you feel can cause throat problems. The throat also includes a portion of the digestive system. Strong emotions, such as anxiety and tension, can cause problems such as the classic "lump in the throat" and cause difficulty swallowing. Repressed words can have the same effect.
Liver and gallbladder
Bile is produced by the liver and is collected in the gallbladder. These two organs are vulnerable to angry emotions such as anger, irritability, frustration, resentment, jealousy and envy. Angry emotions are based on these organs, according to ancient Greek medicine, and can damage them. Anger and anger can explode from the liver to the head and thus cause headaches, neck and shoulder pain, tension and stress. Digestive disorders caused by liver and gallbladder malfunction may also appear.
Stomach
The stomach, like the liver, can collect angry emotions such as anger, rage, hatred and frustration. When these emotions build up in the stomach, they can cause ulcers and gastritis. Passivity, worry, anxiety, tension and stress block the flow of energy and can cause stomach problems, cramps and bloating, even disorders such as nausea and appetite disorders.
intestine
The intestine is related to psychosomatic disorders and digestive disorders caused by emotions that can start in the liver and stomach. In the middle and lower portion of the intestine melancholy emotions are entangled. The colon is very vulnerable to these emotions and can feel the negative effects of worry, anxiety, stress, tension and nervousness.
Kidneys
Terror, fear and shock are the most dangerous emotions for the kidneys. The energy flow of these emotions is directed downwards and can undermine our strength and security, but also encourage them. Strength and safety are related to the balanced functioning of the kidneys in their retention and evacuation functions. Extreme fear and fright can lead to loss of control over kidney function.
Traditional Chinese medicine
See some of the main associations between emotions and organs in the human body, according to traditional Chinese medicine.
Joy - Heart
In traditional Chinese medicine, joy is an emotion of deep contentment and is linked to the heart. When a person feels overexcited and overjoyed, they may experience restlessness, insomnia, fever, and heart palpitations. In the heart, love is also connected.
Rabies - liver and gallbladder
Anger is an emotion that is associated with resentment, frustration, and irritability. In Chinese medicine it is said that choleric-type emotions are stored in the liver and gallbladder. Anger can cause high blood pressure and dizziness.
Anxiety - Lungs and Large Intestine
Anxiety is an emotion related to excessive worry and it can mainly affect the lungs and large intestine, according to traditional Chinese medicine. Anxiety can prevent a person from making good use of their energy, which can cause shortness of breath, colitis, ulcers, and inflammation of the large intestine. Worry is associated with the stomach. Anxiety is also linked to the spleen.
Sadness - Lungs
Emotional pain can cause disharmony in the lungs and problems with the circulation of energy throughout the body. Pain can weaken the will to live, damage the lungs and cause respiratory illness, according to traditional Chinese medicine. The emotions of pain and sadness are associated with the lungs.
Melancholy - Spleen
Melancholy and excessive worries that cause anxiety, affect the spleen and can cause fatigue, lethargy and difficulty concentrating. Melancholy can also compromise the digestive system and affect the stomach with gas accumulation and bloating.
Fear - Kidneys
Fear can cause disharmony in the kidneys, according to traditional Chinese medicine. Extreme fear can cause a person to suddenly lose control of bladder and kidney functions.
Fright - Heart
Fright is an emotion of shock and panic caused by a sudden and unexpected event. According to traditional Chinese medicine, fright primarily attacks the heart (eg, feeling palpitations) but when it becomes chronic, it can also affect the kidneys, the organ associated with fear.
Hidden Enemies – A Poem to Diseases
by Maurício Santini
Suffers from rheumatism, Who walks the crooked paths, Who is destined for the rubble of sadness, Who lives stumbling in selfishness.
Suffers from arthritis, Who never gives up, Who always points out the faults of others, Who never offers a rose.
Suffers from bursitis, Who doesn't offer their friendly shoulder, Who permanently tenses their muscles, Who takes care, excessively, of other people's issues.
Who suffers from the spine, Who never bows before life, Who carries the world on their back, Who doesn't walk straight.
Who suffers from the kidneys, Who is afraid of facing problems, Who does not filter their ideals, Who does not separate the wheat from the chaff.
Suffers from gastritis, Who lives on overwhelming passions, Who usually acts on emotion, Who only reacts with impulses, Who always cries over spilled milk.
Suffers from constipation, Who imprisons their senses, Who holds their sorrows, Who hardens too much.
Suffers from the lungs, Who is intoxicated with anger and hatred, Who permanently suffocates others, Who does not breathe relieved by the accomplished duty, Who does not change the air, Who does not expel bad fluids._cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_
Suffers from the heart, Who holds grudges, Who lives in the past;
Who doesn't follow the beats of time, Who doesn't love himself and therefore doesn't have the heart to love someone.
Suffers from the throat, Who speaks ill of others, Who vociferates, Who does not release the verb, Who repudiates, Who omits, Who uses their sharp sword to hurt others, Who subdues, Who complains all the time, Who does not speak to God._cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
Suffers from the ear, Who prejudges the actions of others, Who does not listen, Who usually listens to the conversation of others, Who is deaf to the divine call.
Suffers from the eyes, Who does not see themselves, Who distorts the facts, Who does not broaden their vision, Who sees everything in a double sense, Who does not want to see.
Suffers from disorders of the mind, He who lies to himself, He who lacks the slightest lucidity, He who prizes unconsciousness, He who despises intuition, He who does not watch his thoughts, He who blunts his channel with Creation, He who does not turn to the Universe, Who lives in the world of the moon, Who doesn't think about life, Who lives dreaming, Who deludes themselves, Who feeds the illusion of others, Who masks reality, Who doesn't air their head, Who has a head of wind._cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
Cause and effect. Action and reaction. Everything is intrinsically linked. Everything connects all the time. And so, successively, the years pass without the human being knowing himself.
We are certainly the greatest love of our lives!
Just as our greatest enemy is the one that is hidden and that dwells, inexorably, within ourselves.
Text extracted from the book Detoxifying Food - Conceição Trucom - Alaúde publisher.
* Maurício Santini is a journalist, composer and writer.