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chinese medicine models
Gall Bladder ~ Dan
psychospiritual approaches

definition

Gall Bladder ~ Dan is the source of courage and initiative; is responsible for decision-making as the bodily Minister of Justice; controls circulation of the nourishing and protecting energies (Ying Qi and Wei Qi); expresses itself through the sinews (ligaments and tendons); and opens into the eyes. Its channel purifies Yang energy in the body.
» Healthy expressions are kindness, decisiveness, control and spirit of initiative.
» Gall Bladder Xu (Deficiency) signs include insomnia; wandering pains; chest and side pains; swollen breasts (Seem, p. 29); weakness in muscles and tendons of the legs; difficulty standing; asthenia; vertigo; chills; timidity; cowardice; indecisiveness; and excessive sighing.
» Gall Bladder Shi (Excess) signs include tiredness; sighing; irritability; bitter taste in the mouth in the morning; pain in all joints; edematous knees and legs (Seem, p. 29); tinnitus; lateral headache; heaviness in head and stomach; muscular spasms; and limbs slightly cold. Chronically suppressed anger can implode and give rise to Fire in the Liver and Gall Bladder.
» Anger, frustration and resentment can cause Stagnation of Liver Qi which, in turn, can produce Heat which affects the Gall Bladder.
» Mental signs of Gall Bladder channel disorders include bitterness, lack of control, irritability, unfaithfulness, lack of courage, timidity, and hypochondria. (Seem, p. 28)

dreams:
When the Gall Bladder is weak, one dreams of fights, trials, and suicide.
(from "Spiritual Axis" as translated in Maciocia, p. 116)



footnotes

Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, p. 116, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.