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urinary system
cystitis
psychospiritual approaches
metaphors and correlations
Bladder problems represent anxiety, holding onto old ideas, fear of letting go, being 'pissed off' (UTI is usually at lover, blaming others). (Hay, 1984, p. 155, 187)
Inflammation: fear; inflamed thinking; seeing red; anger and frustration about conditions in one's life. (Hay, 1984, p. 170-1)
Chinese psychophysiology:
Heart ~ Xin houses the Shen (Spirit); governs Fire and Heat; rules the Xue (Blood); opens into the tongue, and relates to the integration of the organs and the personality. Heart expresses the Yin aspect of the Fire phase.
» Healthy expressions are warmth, vitality, excitement, inner peace, love, and joy.
» Heart Shi (Excess) signs include false or facile laughter; sobbing; agitated spirit; insomnia (Seem, p. 28); frightful dreams; anxiety; tongue feels numb and heavy; heavy chest; hot sweat; and orange-colored urine. Heart Shi (Excess) can pour down into the Bladder.
» The Heart is the Emperor of the bodily realm so that when the Heart is disturbed all the other organs will be disrupted.
Pang Guang ~ Chinese "Bladder" receives the "dirty" part of fluids after Small Intestine separates them from the "clean" fluids; is in charge of Qi transformation, i.e. transforming and excreting fluids by the power of Qi; and controls the storing of fluid.
» Fear, or more exactly fright, adversely effects the Bladder. In adults, Bladder disharmonies are often manifested with feelings of suspicion and jealousy over a long period of time. (Maciocia, p. 287-288)
» Bladder Shi (Excess) signs include agitation; excessive erections; prostatitis; frequent and urgent need to defecate; headaches on defecation (Seem, p. 29); headache; olfactory problems; pain along spine or waist; congestion in abdomen; insufficient and cloudy urine.
therapies
imagery:
self-cleaning drain (Chavez)
affirmation:
(UTI) I release the pattern in my consciousness that created this condition.
I am willing to change.
I love and approve of myself. (Hay, 1984, p. 187)
(Inflammation)
My thinking is peaceful, calm, and centered.
I am willing to change all patterns of criticism.
I love and approve of myself. (Hay, 1984, p. 170)
psychotherapy:
Those who are prone to inflammations and infections are attempting to avoid conflicts. The following questions may be useful:
» What conflict am I dodging? What conflict am I failing to admit to?
» What conflict am I failing to see, hear, feel, take in? (Dethlefsen, p. 108)
Bladder problems involve release of pressure, which may relate to and be revealed by the following questions:
» What areas am I clinging to, despite the fact that they are waiting to be released?
» Where am I putting myself under pressure?
» What have I got to cry about? (may be considered as 'lower level crying')
(Dethlefsen, p. 181)
process paradigm: (experientially oriented)
What is the symptom preventing me from doing? What is the symptom making me do? (see process interview: urinary 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.