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eyes/ears/nose/throat
dental caries/toothache
psychospiritual approaches
metaphors and correlations
Teeth represent decisions. Problems represent inability to break down ideas for analysis and decision; longstanding indecisiveness. (Hay, 1984, p. 185)
Teeth represent aggression and assertiveness. Those who have bad teeth lack vitality and also the ability to 'come to grips with things' and to 'get their teeth into things'. (Dethlefsen, p. 128)
Chinese psychophysiology:
Stomach ~ Wei is the Sea of Nourishment and origin of all fluids; transforms and digests food so that the Spleen can separate the distilled food essences; with the Spleen, is the root of post-natal Qi; and as Earth, relates to the ability to assimilate, stabilize, and feel balanced and centered.
» Stomach Xu (Deficiency) signs include slow digestion; vomiting after meals; painful eyebrows; emotionality; teariness; sadness; cold feet (Seem, p. 28); cold and shivering in the abdominal area; abdomen swollen and full; gastritis; loss of appetite; diarrhea; nausea; and leg weakness. Stomach Yin Xu (Deficiency) predisposes to the Excess states such as Stomach Fire Blazing.
» Stomach Shi (Excess) signs include nightmares; acne; skin eruptions; excess stomach acid (Seem, p. 28); heat in the abdominal area; overactive digestive system causing hunger and thirst; yellow urine; gluttony; halitosis; swollen gums; red dry lips; pains and cramps in legs.
» Mental signs of Stomach channel disorder include depression, death wishes, instability, suicidal tendencies, mentally overwrought, doubt, suspicions, tendency to mania, and slowness at assimilating ideas. (Seem, p. 27)
Kidney ~ Shen houses the Zhi (Will); expresses ambition and focus; controls the bones and teeth; reveals the natal constitution; and displays the stresses of aging and chronic degenerative processes.
» Healthy expressions are gentleness, groundedness, and endurance.
» Kidney Xu (Deficiency) signs include indecisiveness; confused speech; dreams of trees submerged under water; 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).
therapies
affirmation:
I make my decisions based on the principles of truth, and I rest securely knowing that only Right Actions is taking place in my life. (Hay, 1984, p. 185)
process paradigm: (experientially oriented)
What is the symptom preventing me from doing? What is the symptom making me do? (see process interview: eyes/ears/nose/throat 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.