(1) affects the qi of zang-fu organs, causing diseases by seven emotions, mainly affecting the qi of zang-fu organs, causing qi and blood disorder and leading to various diseases and syndromes. Among them, anger leads to qi stagnation, happiness leads to qi stagnation, sadness leads to qi stagnation, thinking leads to qi stagnation, fear leads to qi stagnation, and shock leads to qi disorder.
(2) direct damage to internal organs. Excessive emotions will directly affect the physiological functions of zang-fu organs and produce various pathological changes. Different emotional stimuli will hurt different viscera and produce different pathological changes. For example, Su Wen's theory of Yin and Yang says that anger hurts the liver, likes to hurt the spleen, grieves the lungs and fears hurting the kidneys.
(3) Abnormal emotional activity caused by emotional fluctuation. Since it can directly hurt the internal organs, affect the viscera and qi, and lead to the occurrence of diseases, it will inevitably affect the existing diseases, or aggravate the disease, accelerate the deterioration, and even lead to death.
* * Sadness "is a modality caused by sadness and pain. It is characterized by pale face, lack of air and occasional touch, that is, tears or sadness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that worry is the further development of worry, and both of them damage the lung (referring to lung qi), so there is a saying that "excessive worry hurts the lung, and lung injury relieves anger". This shows that too much sadness will hurt the internal organs. Therefore, once something unfortunate happens at home, you must feel sorry for your loss and take care of yourself.
"Fear" refers to the fear and timidity caused by extreme mental stress. "Surprise" is a sudden encounter with something extraordinary, which leads to sudden mental tension. Such as sudden danger, sudden danger, witnessing foreign objects, hearing loud noises, etc. , can cause fright. Surprise is different from fear. The surprise is that you don't know, and you are scared. I'm scared. I know and I'm scared. People who are afraid for no reason are mostly deficient in kidney qi and qi and blood; People who are stunned and at a loss by sudden fright are mostly helpless and unable to return to God because of inner disorder and the damage of painstaking efforts. Therefore, it is necessary to tonify the kidney to treat fear and soothe the nerves to treat shock.
When you are shocked, you will be angry. It means that you are suddenly frightened, so that your heart has nothing to rely on, your mind has nothing to turn to, you are uneasy and panicked.