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chinese medicine models
Lung ~ Fei
psychospiritual approaches
definition
Lung ~ Fei houses 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; includes the throat; opens at the nose; extends through the skin, controls the pores, and manifests through the body hair.
» Healthy expressions are righteousness and courage.
» Weakness, dysfunction and illness associated with excessive grief, sadness, worry and depression.
» Lung Xu (Deficiency) signs include cold shoulder and back; changing complexion; and inability to sleep (Seem, p. 28); shortness of breath; changes in urine color; rumbling in the bowels with loose bowel movements; pallor; malar flush; chills; sniffles; sneezing; light cough; and sensitivity to cold. Chronic Lung Yin Xu (Deficiency) increases susceptibility to rising Heat and acute Shi (Excess) conditions such as Phlegm, Wind, Heat and Cold.
» Lung Shi (Excess) signs include panting; yawning; sneezing (Seem, p. 28); pain the upper back, shoulder and chest; colds with stuffed nose; hoarseness; wheezing respiration; frequent urination with small amounts; heavy chest; reduced lung capacity; coughing; and nasal discharge.
» Mental signs of Lung channel disorders associated with obsessions that are future directed (Excess); and a feeling of being vulnerable Xu (Deficiency). (Seem, p. 27)
dreams:
» When the Lung is exhausted, one dreams of white objects, cruel killing of people.
(from "Simple Questions" as translated in Maciocia, p. 117 and Ni, p. 161)
» When the Lung is in excess, in dreams one will be frightened in dreams, cry or soar through the air.
(from "Spiritual Axis" as translated in Maciocia, p. 117 and Ni, p. 161)
» When the Lung is in extreme difficulty, "one dreams of soaring through the air or sees strange objects made out of metal." (Ni, p. 161)
footnotes
Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, p. 117, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.