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(The Creation Cycle goes: Liver -> Heart -> Spleen/pancreas
-> Lungs -> Kidneys -> Liver etc).
from Paul Pitchford's Healing With Wholefoods.
I'm just a beginner when it comes to TCM (and bearing in mind
that the organs such as Liver have a different meaning and significance
than in Western medicine), but I was thinking about the relationship
of the liver and the heart in that healing system.
Pitchford says that heart palpatations are a sign of qi and yang
deficiencies of the heart. This includes signs of coldness.
Michael Tierra gives wormwood as a cooling bitter, so could it
be that the removing of heat from the liver decreases the energy
of the heart and produces palpatations?
TCM is a complex system, but I was interested to think about
the connections. Of course that doesn't address the self testing
issue.
I was also thinking about liver herbs. I tend to chronic subclinical
liver complaints and find that stimulating liver herbs make them
worse. I feel the cold so find the warming remedies like fenugreek
or rosemary are better at the moment, but either way it seems
very easy to overdo the dosage. Anyone that had alot of 'hot'
conditions would want to use somewhat (but not too) cooling remedies,
although my sense is that wormwood is very cooling and will produce
side-effects. Would Susun call it a stimulating/sedating herb?
The other thought I had was maybe finding a herb that supports
liver and heart function. Or digestitve and heart function...
(thinking if the liver or digestion is being supported then it
changes the whole body and other systems need attention as the
change happens).
And could the prescription med have palpatations as one if its
side effects, and the wormwood is kicking that off?
Wormwood
reaction? Site 5 >>>
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