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Spring is here in NYC! In Acupuncture and Chinese medicine, it is liver and gallbladder organs.
In the covid19 environment, stress and frustrations affect liver energy.
The human liver is one of the few organs that can regenerate itself from as little as 25% of tissue. The liver is the Yin organ and the gallbladder is its paired Yang organ. Acupuncturists and Chinese medicine practitioners will be using the liver and gallbladder energy to balance their patients' bodies.
Anger is the emotion for the liver and an unbalanced liver can be a source of high blood pressure, insomnia, heart problems, reproductive problems, PMS and fertility in women, headaches/ migraines, body toxicity, allergies, depression, and anxiety. The liver element is wood and the heart is fire. Anger/ wood causes fire/ heart to overwork and creates organ stressors.
The liver and gallbladder open into the eyes and often affect the eyesight. They also affect the nails. Brittle nails could be a sign of poor liver function or deficiency of the blood. Pink nails and tongue indicate healthy liver and smooth flow of energy in the body.
Spring in NYC, is the best season of the year and New Yorkers are usually happy in the Spring weather.
However, I noticed that some people could be easily irritable or angrier in
Spring, perhaps it is that anger element is associated with the liver. Also, in big industrial cities like New York, a busy and fast paced life can cause additional strain on people's irritability and anger.
The wood element of the liver in acupuncture is prominent in the spring as everything blooms and causes extra load on the liver to process airborne allergens. Watery red itchy eyes are also signs of the liver imbalance as the liver opens into the eyes.
THINGS BAD for the LIVER.
Alcohol, anger, stress, greasy, fried foods, drugs, toxins (food, environmental).
THINGS GOOD for the LIVER.
Sour tasting or green foods (because the sour taste and color green are associated with the liver) such as green apples, lemon or lime, avocados, and green peppers all work.Stagnant energy makes us depressed so the Spring gives the liver a "kick" to go and "move it, move it". We feel rejuvenated and young when the energy is properly circulating in the body nourishing the organs and the mind.
The liver spreads the energy (Qi) in the body and that is why we are all so alive and well when the Springtime comes, we must be moving our energy around through sports or any other physical activities and keep our emotions positive.
Be well,
Mark Moshchinsky, L.Ac (NCCAOM) Licensed Acupuncturist in NYC and founder of
www.NewYorkAcupunctureCenter.com
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Mark Moshchinsky, L.Ac (NCCAOM) Licensed Acupuncturist in NYC and founder of
www.NewYorkAcupunctureCenter.com
Copyright 2018 Tree of Life Acupuncture, P.C. New York, NY All rights reserved
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