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musculoskeletal system
ankylosing spondylitis
psychospiritual approaches
metaphors and correlations
Created as a result of the frustration and anger that accompany the belief that life circumstances are somehow assigned to a person without choice. This illness thrives on self-pity, and that attitude is central to the development of the disease. The life force that runs along the spinal column gradually diminishes in strength, and the spine responds by developing an illness that reflects the belief that one is powerless. (Shealy, p. 240-2)
Spine represents the flexible support of life. (Hay, 1984, p. 183)
Inflammation: fear; inflamed thinking; seeing red; anger and frustration about conditions in one's life. (Hay, 1984, p. 170-1)
Chinese psychophysiology:
Kidney ~ Shen stores Jing (Essence) and governs birth, growth, reproduction, development, and aging; houses the Zhi (Will); expresses ambition and focus; controls the bones (especially the spine); and displays the effects of aging, chronic degenerative processes, and extreme stress.
» Healthy expressions are gentleness, groundedness, and endurance.
» Kidney Xu (Deficiency) signs include indecisiveness; confused speech; dreams of trees submerged under water; cold feet and legs; abundant sweating (Seem, p. 28); hearing loss; fearfulness; apathy; chronic fatigue; discouragement; scatteredness; lack of will; negativity; impatience; difficult inhalation; low sex drive; lumbago; sciatica; and musculoskeletal irritation and inflammation, especially when worse from touch.
» Intense or prolonged fear depletes the Kidney. Often chronic anxiety may induce Xu (Deficiency) and then Fire within the Kidney. (Maciocia, p. 250) Overwork, parenting, simple aging, and a sedentary or excessively indulgent lifestyle all contribute significantly to Kidney Xu (Deficiency).
therapies
imagery:
related materia medical listings: imagery for immune enhancement
affirmation:
My thinking is peaceful, calm, and centered. (Inflammation)
I am willing to change all patterns of criticism.
I love and approve of myself. (Hay, 1984, p. 170-1)
I am supported by life. (Hay, 1984, p. 183)
psychotherapy:
Those who are prone to inflammation are attempting to avoid conflicts. The following questions may be useful:
» What conflict in my life am I failing to see? hear? feel? move?
» What conflict am I dodging?
» What conflict am I failing to admit to? (Dethlefsen, p. 108)
process paradigm:
What is the symptom preventing me from doing? What is the symptom making me do? (see process interview: immune system; musculoskeletal system interview)
related materia medica listings:
the shadow and physical symptoms
converting a symptom to a signal
imagery for immune enhancement
imagery: precautions
imagery: techniques
affirmations: guidelines and precautions
process paradigm
footnotes
Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.