We all have emotions. It’s natural and fine for us to feel joy, anger, anxiety, pensiveness, grief, fear, and fright (Chinese call them Seven Sentiments). In fact, if we are able to handle them well and let them move through us they will pass; but if we try to deny them they stick with us for a long time.
What would happen if the emotion gets stuck in our body? It eventually becomes disease—many health problems will be developed. Hatred is one of them. As you may notice, hatred doesn’t belong to Seven Sentiments. In fact, it is the mutation of anger. Which means as we hold anger inside of us and fail to let it move through for a long period of time, it will transform into hatred.
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), excessive anger is harmful to liver. And how about hatred? It also hurts liver, only in a faster and more fierce way. When we are angry, our liver cells will be irritated and over-active. Consequently, excessive energy will exude from the liver, laying pressure on the stomach, which leads to loss of appetite, excess stomach acid, or poor digestion.
Without allowing it express and move through in a healthy way, long-term anger once transformed into hatred, it only makes the liver branch out more energy continuously. Unfortunately, if the surrounding organs and tissues are unable to disperse this excess energy speedy enough (as is often the case), an energy blockage will develop in and around the liver. After a while, liver dysfunction or even liver disease will occur induced by the blockage.
“Although herbal medicine and acupuncture both can control the situation, the best remedy is to handle our emotions. Instead of resisting the emotions, accept the way we feel and allow it to move through,” TCM Practitioners said. “Truth is, to handle our emotions well means our energy being handled well.”
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