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immune system
fever of unknown origin
psychospiritual approaches

metaphors and correlations

• Anger; burning up. (Hay, 1984, p. 164)

Chinese psychophysiology:
Liver ~ Gan is the home of the Hun (Ethereal Soul); maintains smooth flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); and reflects emotional harmony and movement.
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Healthy expressions are kindness, spontaneity, and ease of movement.
» Liver Xu (Deficiency) signs include impotence; frigidity; pain in thighs, pelvic region, and throat; ready tendency to "the blahs" (Seem, p. 28); timidity; depression; irritability; vertigo; pruritus; dry skin and/or tendons; asthma; aching at the waist; hernia; and difficulty raising head up and down.

Lung ~ Fei is the home of the Po (Corporeal Soul); governs the Qi; facilitates the immune function by assisting the dispersal of the Wei (Protective) Qi; regulates the rhythm of respiration, the pulse, and all bodily processes; relates to strength and sustainability; moves and adjusts fluid metabolism; extends through the skin; and controls the pores.

Kidney ~ Shen relates to ambition, focus, and willpower, and provides the Watery qualities that temper the Fiery qualities of the body, so that the deficiency pattern associated with chronic degenerative processes produces heat
» Healthy expressions are gentleness, groundedness, and endurance.
» Excess signs include over-decisiveness; dreams of difficulty undoing one's belt; and hot, heavy painful legs (Seem, p. 28); abnormally excessive energy; dark urine; and occasionally tinnitus.
» Kidney Xu (Deficiency) signs include indecisiveness; confused speech; dreams of trees submerged under water; cold feet and legs; abundant sweating (Seem, p. 28); hearing loss; fearfulness; apathy; chronic fatigue; discouragement; scatteredness; lack of will; negativity; impatience; difficult inhalation; low sex drive; lumbago; sciatica; and musculoskeletal irritation and inflammation, especially when worse from touch.
» Intense or prolonged fear depletes the Kidney. Often chronic anxiety may induce Xu (Deficiency) and then Fire within the Kidney. (Maciocia, p. 250) Overwork, parenting, simple aging, and a sedentary or excessively indulgent lifestyle all contribute significantly to Kidney Xu (Deficiency).

San Jiao ~ Triple Warmer regulates the relations among the three regions roughly delimited by the chest, abdomen, and pelvis; influences the supply of Xue (Blood), Qi and Fluids; is the source of Wei (Protective) Qi; and relates to the function of heat regulation.


therapies

affirmation:
• I am the cool, calm expression of peace and love. (Hay, 1984, p. 151)

process paradigm: (experientially oriented)
• What is the symptom preventing me from doing? What is the symptom making me do? (see process interview: psycho/neurological system)

related materia medica listings:
the shadow and physical symptoms
converting a symptom to a signal
affirmations: guidelines and precautions
process paradigm


footnotes

Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.