What I learn

 

wisdom in traditional chinese medicine

22. Lungs

i. The condition of the lungs is reflected in the hair and skin, e.g. aging spots, yellow spots.

ii. The Yellow Emperor’s Canon of Internal Medicine: all organs can cause coughing and coughing need not be related to the lungs.

iii. The lungs and large intestine are related so bowel movements can also be affected if there is lung problem, e.g. leading to a few movements a day.

iv. Know how to cough so one does not hurt the trachea.

v. Pensiveness (one of the seven emotions related to the five organs) affects the lungs, can lead to coughing.

vi. Good for lungs:

- musical tones can relate to organs, e.g. certain organ likes certain tone, thus can use tone to heal organ, listen to music

- exercise, and breathing exercise

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