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eyes/ears/nose/throat
hearing loss
psychospiritual approaches

metaphors and correlations

• Rejection, stubbornness, isolation; don't bother me; what don't you want to hear? (Hay, 1984, p. 162)
• Our capacity for hearing is a bodily expression of how obedient and submissive we are. Those who are hard of hearing are people who will not listen, they simply fail to hear what they do not want to hear. It shows a certain egocentricity and lack of submissiveness. (Dethlefsen, p. 153)

Chinese psychophysiology:
Kidney ~ Shen stores Jing (Essence) and governs birth, growth, reproduction, development, and aging; houses the Zhi (Will); expresses ambition and focus; manifests through the ears, and displays the constitutional endowment from the parents as well as the debilitating effects of aging, overwork, and extreme stress.
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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; discouragement, and scatteredness; lack of will; negativity; impatience; difficult inhalation; chronic fatigue; low sex drive; lumbago; sciatica; and musculoskeletal irritation and inflammation, especially when worse from touch.
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Intense or prolonged fear depletes the Kidney. Overwork, parenting, simple aging, and a sedentary or excessively indulgent lifestyle all contribute significantly to Kidney Xu (Deficiency).

Liver ~ Gan is the residence of the Hun (Ethereal Soul); it relates to decisiveness, control, and the principle of emergence; stores and cleanses the Xue (Blood); maintains smooth flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); reflects emotional harmony and movement; and expresses itself in the nervous system.
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Healthy expressions are kindness, spontaneity, and ease of movement.
» Liver Shi (Excess) signs include discontent; anger; pain in lumbar region and genitals (Seem, p. 28); muscular tension; excessive sex drive; insomnia; moodiness; excitability; genital diseases; red, tearing eyes; sudden hearing loss; tinnitus; compulsive energy; and bitter taste in the mouth. Chronically suppressed anger can implode and give rise to Fire in the Liver and Gall Bladder with symptoms of irritability, bitter taste, headaches, etc.
» Liver Wind derives from Liver Yin Xu (Deficiency) and/or Liver Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency) and their subsequent inability to embrace the Yang, and can manifest as joint stiffness, dizziness, tremor, paralysis, convulsions, rashes, itching, and neurological problems.

• Mental signs of Gall Bladder channel disorders include bitterness, lack of control, irritability, unfaithfulness, lack of courage, timidity, and hypochondria. (Seem, p. 28)

Mental signs of Triple Warmer channel disorders include emotional upsets caused by breaking of friendships or family relations; depression; suspicion; anxiety; and poor elimination of harmful thoughts. (Seem, p. 28)


therapies

affirmation:
• I listen to the Divine and rejoice at all that I am able to hear. I am one with all. (Hay, 1984, p. 162)

psychotherapy:
• In the cases of hearing or ear problems, it may be useful to ask:
» Why am I not prepared to lend other people an ear? What am I refusing to hear?
» Are the poles of self-centeredness and submissiveness balanced within me?
(Dethlefsen, p. 154)

process paradigm: experientially oriented
• What is the symptom preventing me from doing? What is the symptom making me do? (see process interview: eyes/ears/nose/throat system)

related materia medica listings:
the shadow and physical symptoms
converting a symptom to a signal
affirmations: guidelines and precautions
process paradigm


footnotes