Function Liver (Yi Wood) - Part 01
A. LIVER ENSURES SMOOTH FLOW OF QI
It is extremely common to find Stagnation of Liver Qi in clinic. Liver ensures smooth flow of Qi throughout all the body, in all directions.
Any activity that depends on Qi relies on the Liver's "flowing and spreading" (升降).
The Smooth Flow of Liver Qi Affects Three Main Areas
1. Emotions
The emotional state is seriously affected by the Liver's function of "Flowing and Spreading" Qi. When it flows normally, emotions are approximate and easy. When the spreading of Qi impaired or the circulation of Qi restrained, there will be emotional depression, frustration, repressed anger, and physical symptoms.
There is a relationship between emotional state and Liver Qi.
"Anger makes Qi rise and Blood stagnate in the chest."
Stagnation along channels related to Liver: hypochondriac and costal pain, "plum pit Qi", chest oppression, swollen/tender breasts and genitals, lower abdominal pain.
(NOTE : In the event the Wood Qi is unhealthy, the person can get irritated or angry easily)
Without some goal and some effort to reach it, no one can live.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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