Stop picking on the Liver

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Title

Stop picking on the Liver

Description

Lantern (2020), Max, Michael.

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Abstract

The Liver gets a bum rap. In standard textbook Chinese medicine (TCM) it is the bad guy. We call edgy, angry people "livery". If there's an issue with anger, the Liver gets the blame. When there's and trouble with emotions, we fix the crosshairs of treatment on the Liver. As simple as 2+2=4, we equate the Liver with a bad attitude, blame it for our own moods, and label patients who annoy us with some kind of Liver qi diagnosis.

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Language

English

Date

Subject

volume

17

issue

2

page start

38

page end

41

Alternative Title

Lantern

issn

1449-2717

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