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Volume 2, No. 1: April, 2008
Oriental Medicine & On Human Conditions
Chapter One
Liver: Anger, Love, and Redemption #2
"Every nerve ending in my body felt like it was exposed....I was dying from within." domestic violence victim
Anger is easy and quick to arise. But, we know little to extinguish it or how to come out from the state. Since anger is a very strong emotion, we hold on to it longer than our heart desires. In the back of our head, we wish we could end it, but as it lingers, the personal weakness is exposed, and the frustration builds up. The frustration pushes away the help and the love, and we feel more trapped as we find ourselves unable to dissipate anger. We then justify anger and search for the scapegoat. When anger turns to righteousness, it inflicts psychological damages to a person we love. It could turn into a daily verbal or physical abuse. Violent and irrational actions are stemming from trapped emotions, not knowing how to escape from the shell we think we cannot break.
When anger is stored internally. Angry words are trapped in the mind, and it is constantly fed and reinforced by negative thoughts. Past negative experiences are amplified, and we feel trapped by a current circumstance even though we may not know clearly what we are angry about. Our mind constantly spins, searching for an answer in vain. Insomnia sets in. The adrenal system goes out of balance. The blood pressure rises. The eyes get redder, facial expression becomes distressed, and indigestion becomes constant.
In a case of domestic violence, daily yelling, demeaning phrases, and physical threat become routine. Nothing is good enough for him since anger makes him forget why he gets angry in the first place. A victim on the other hand experiences fear, hopelessness, and numbness. She forces herself to close her most inner feeling, filtering her thoughts to the fear of retaliation. The sense of entrapment sets in. She becomes fearful and self-doubtful. When she speaks, her voice shudders. Outburst of crying becomes frequent. Her whole body aches and she feels that she is dying from within.
Both man and woman feel trapped, for anger attacks and displaces the intention and the will. The original intention moves out from the heart's desire, and the process displaces the will. The communication between the will of the heart and the brain is lost. We longer act on the heart's desire, instead, anger becomes abstract, and the brain tries meaninglessly to depicts and define what it is. Since we loose the intention and the will, we have nothing to hold on to and feel vulnerable. Now, only thing certain is the anger itself.
If we are unable to come out of anger, we fall into the chasm of dark and lonely place with remorse and regret. No one can help. Deed is done. Time heals us, and sometimes, friends help us. However, we know the only way to come out from the abyss is by ourselves.
It is unfortunate that we must fall hard to bounce back. Great healers have come out of the stage. Some become wiser and find the personal fortitude. Some learn to be excited without anger. Some find solace in newfound interest. It is the beginning of reconciliation and the awakening of true human potential. Once we find it, it is much easier to move to the next Element* which is the Heart. Heart rules the joy, and joy heals the Heart.
*Five Element Theory: Joy belongs to the Heart as anger belongs to the Liver.
Simplest Thing You Can Do For Your Health No. 15
Three Dantiens:
Anyone who does marshal art knows that the power source of his Qi comes from the lower abdomen area called Dantien. It is located about an inch directly below the navel.
This is the lower Dantien. There are two more: the upper and the middle. The upper is the brain and connected with the Third Eye (Yin Tang). The middle is on the mid-center of the sternum at the 4th intercostals (mid-center on the chest bone between the breasts), and it is connected with point called Ren-17. Ren-17 is also known as the Receiver of Emotion. In healing, the three must be balanced.
Yin Tang, being the Third Eye, opens all the gates* in the body, releases the anterior nape of the neck and then the mid-back. It then sets Ren-17, the Receiver of Emotion, in position. Ren-17 then sets all the lumbar vertebrae and the sacrum. It then sets the lower Dantien.
In healing, especially emotional, you bring your finger to each point and place it gently, starting from the Third Eye. Take a deep breath and try to be in alpha wave stage we talked about my last newsletter. When relaxed, bring another finger to the sternum.
Now, two fingers are connected, and you should feel the healing energy going down. Then bring the finger on the Third Eye, open the palm, and gently place on the lower Dantien. Feel the warmth of your hand spreading all around the lower abdomen. Disconnect the finger on the sternum, and gently place the palm on top of the other. Again, feel the warmth. Imagine that the warmth from the lower Dantien is spreading all over the body, down to the leg and up to the head and arms. Once the feeling is complete, disengage the hands, bring finger to the inferior boarder of the supra-sternum notch (the base of the triangle at the nape of the neck) or ½ inch below it. From here, you can listen to the Heart and connect with the Uterus. Now all the Dantiens are balanced. When this happens, you realize that this point looks on the North Star* which is represented by the Kidney meridian of the foot. North Star being the center of the universe, it is to reflect on the Center* of ourselves.
*gate: where sickness and emotional distress come and go
*North Star: astronomy is incorporated with acupuncture, Ren-21 is called the Sextant.
*Center: whatever you make up and feel connected
© 2008 Dr. Y. Frank Aoi/Japanese Acupuncture
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