Traditional Chinese Medicine recognizes the effects of emotions on our health. Emotions can be harmful to our health if not kept in check, particularly when it comes to the related organ. Likewise, if our organs are not functioning optimally, they can produce the connecting emotion. The following shows the corresponding organs and their emotional counterparts;
Liver = Anger
Heart = Over thinking/mania
Spleen = Worry
Lungs = Grief
Kidney = Fear
Acupuncture can help the body deal with emotions and their affect on our health on a deep level. It is very important to our well being that we have healthy emotions. Many people recognize how their emotions are affecting their health by understanding how TCM connects them.