Function of Heart (Part 02)
Manifests in the Complexion
If Heart Blood is abundant, there will be a rosy and lustrous complexion.
Deficient Heart Blood: pale chalky complexion (plus other signs e.g. palpitations).
Deficient Heart Qi: Bright white complexion
Stagnant Heart Blood: Bluish purple complexion
Stores the Shen - The Spirit (神)
When there is abundant Heart Blood and Yin: Shen will be nourished. Individual will respond appropriately to the environment and Shen will retire to the Heart.
Weak Heart Qi, Deficient Blood or Heat in Heart: Shen is not nourished.
Symptoms vary, may include dull thinking, poor memory, insomnia, sleepiness, or (esp. with Heat) agitation, mania and delirium.
Religion is not something separate and apart from ordinary life.
It is life -- life of every kind viewed from the standpoint
of meaning and purpose:
life lived in the fuller awareness of
its human quality and spiritual significance.
- A. Powell Davies
1 comment:
Hi Master Goh,
I wonder what causes food poisoning, resulting in vomiting and purging. Has it something to do with the blood being contaminated?
Karen
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