ON STAGNATION OF LUNG- AND HEART-QI
Liver-Qi stagnation is one of the most "popular" diagnoses among Western practitioners. Liver-Qi stagnation is certainly very common but, in my opinion, it is over-diagnosed and over-emphasized. Besides that, it is hardly ever mentioned that practically every organ - not just the Liver - may be subject to Qi stagnation. For example, the following organs suffer from Qi stagnation: Stomach, Spleen, Lungs, Heart, Intestines, Gall-Bladder, Triple Burner, Bladder and even the Kidneys. The present blog will concentrate primarily on Qi stagnation of the Lungs and Heart because such stagnation is particularly common in mental-emotional problems. Related to the over-diagnosis of Liver-Qi stagnation is also the over-emphasis on anger among the emotions. Over-emphasis on anger is, in my opinion, also present in China. It is easy to see why that would be as anger is the most disruptive of the emotions: if you are angry, you rebel and that is not done in China, whether in the Neo-Confucia...