Within Chinese medicine, the organs responsible for digestive function are seen to have the greatest effect on the mind and thought. Nationalism, racism and exceptionalism are outgrowths of a rigidity in thinking. There is a rigidity to the collective thinking of communities. Collectively, the world is experiencing a great deal of violence brought on by an undercurrent of fear. As an acupuncturist many of the disorders I see in my patients have either a root in conflicts within the mind or are complicated by the mind, preventing full healing.Īt this moment in time working with our minds feels even more important. Psychosomatic medicine is the study of the mind’s effect on the physical body. Studies have shown that how we feel about ourselves and the world affects many areas of our physical bodies, including our immune systems, sleep and blood chemistry. The way we see the world (and ourselves) has a tremendous effect on how we experience life. Most of us are not even aware of the extent to which our thoughts make us suffer. Much of our suffering is caused by our minds.
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