Anxiety - Alternative Medicine

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), generalized anxiety disorder is understood as a disorder of Shan You Si or anxiety and preoccupation, and is thought to affect the Zang Organs. While the Heart Zang is said to store the Shen or spirit, which includes emotional responses to stimuli, traditional theory also holds that each of the Zang Organs plays a role in the emotions as well.


For example, the Spleen Zang is associated with excessive worry; the Liver w...Read the full article