Chinese Medicine: Anger and the Element of Wood

Chinese Medicine: Anger and the Element of Wood
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Anger and the Element of Wood

We all get angry sometimes, right? I certainly can get furious, and I’m sure many of you have plenty of angry moments. It hurts to feel angry, and it is often treated as an unacceptable emotion. But, Traditional Chinese Medicine has a different view of anger.
Classical Five Element Chinese Medicine theory says that each of each of the five elements has a particular emotion related to it. The emotion of the Wood Element is Anger. The Wood element is also the element of Spring, making it appropriate to think about now.
Jennifer Dubowsky
Jennifer Dubowsky
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Jennifer Dubowsky is a licensed acupuncturist with a practice in downtown Chicago, Illinois, since 2002. Jennifer maintains a popular blog about health and Chinese Medicine and In 2013, Jennifer released her first book, Adventures in Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture, Herbs and Ancient Ideas for Today.
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