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nervous system
narcolepsy
psychospiritual approaches

metaphors and correlations

• Selective IgA deficiency is one endogenous abnormality reported to increase the risk of systemic entry of foreign materials such as food (i.e. milk, gluten) and infectious agents. Patient with selective IgA deficiency with hypersomnia and GI manifestations, was found to respond to comprehensive management of dietary and other environmental exposures. Symptoms yielded to treatment for exposure to common foods, chemicals, and natural inhalants. (Locke, 1983, p. 162)
• Can't cope, extreme fear; wanting to get away from it all; don't want to be here. (Hay, 1984, p. 176)
• Look at fears about what the day demands - activity and work, responsibility. As going to sleep is a little death, waking up is a little birth. (Dethlefsen, p. 236)

Chinese psychophysiology:
Spleen ~ Pi governs digestion and manifests in the muscle tissues; transforms food into Qi and Xue (Blood); resolves Dampness and Phlegm; governs the Xue (Blood); maintains upbearing; and relates to the ability to assimilate, stabilize, and feel centered and balanced.
» Healthy expressions are fairness, openness, deep thinking, and reminiscence.
» Spleen Xu (Deficiency) signs include slightness (deficient "form"); abundant elimination; morning fatigue; cold, wet feet (Seem, p. 28); abdomen taut and distended like a drum; craving for sweets; flatulence; nausea; mild edema; memory failure; heavy feeling in legs; pale lips; loose stools; and muscular weakness. Unresolved Spleen Xu (Deficiency) predisposes to Spleen Shi (Excess), particularly accumulation of Dampness and Phlegm, as the Spleen's functioning declines.
» The excessive use of the mind in thinking, studying, concentrating, and memorizing over a long period of time tends to weaken the Spleen. This also includes excessive pensiveness and constant brooding. (Maciocia, p. 241) Likewise, inadequate physical exercise and excess consumption of sweet and Cold foods will also deplete the Spleen. Environmentally, the Spleen is highly susceptible to attack from external Dampness and Cold.

Kidney ~ Shen stores Jing (Essence) and governs birth, growth, reproduction, development, and aging; houses the Zhi (Will); expresses ambition and focus; produces the Marrow which generates the spinal cord and "fills up" the brain; nourishes the brain to sustain concentration, clear thinking, and memory; carries the constitutional endowment from the parents; and displays the effects of sexual dissipation, overwork, chronic debilitation, and extreme stress.
» Healthy expressions are gentleness, groundedness, and endurance.
» Kidney Xu (Deficiency) signs include indecisiveness; confused speech; dreams of trees submerged under water; cold feet and legs; abundant sweating (Seem, p. 28); 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. Depletion of the Kidney Fire makes it difficult to remain awake and active.
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Intense or prolonged fear depletes the Kidney. Overwork, parenting, simple aging, and a sedentary or excessively indulgent lifestyle all contribute significantly to Kidney Xu (Deficiency).


therapies

affirmation:
• I rely on Divine wisdom and guidance to protect me at all times. I am safe. (Hay, 1984, p. 176)

psychotherapy:
• An exaggerated need for sleep may lead to the following questions:
» Am I running away from activity, responsibility, and conscious development?
» Am I living in a dreamworld, afraid to wake up to reality? (Dethlefsen, p. 236)

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
body reveals: the spirit
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.